Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-11
STATE ITEMS.

Cno d. aul hallway, died at bis resi-"
dence in Milwaukee on the night of the
7th. He was 81 years of age.
A NUMBER of interested parties. at a
meeting at Madison on the 7th, organ
lied the Wisconsin Beekeepers' Associa-
tion.
SAMUEL J. GOODWIN. one of the
wealthiest and most prominent business
men of Beloit, died on the 9Th, aged rs.
A TEACHER in Milwaukee school is
in trouble over the dissection of a cat.
The Milwaukee authorities have been
cleverly outwitted by Polish saloon
! keeper. Being refused license by the
mayor, he opened place pear Jones'
Island, in the Third Ward, owned by
the general government. He cannot be
reached by the city police, as his place
is outside their Jurisdiction.
LAKE trout are numerous off Ahnapee.
One thousand pounds were secured at
one haul and /, 5OOpounds at another.
The Republican temperance paper, to
be issued at Portage by l.. Fl. Doyle &
Co., is to be known as the Portage Ad-
vertiser.
BARABoo is rejoicing over the COM
pletion of it's new $4,000 hotel, erected
by Mayor Warren. S. B. Todd is
| landlord.
THOMAS MCMAHON, a brakeman on the
Prairie du Chen division of the Mil
waukee & st. Paul road, was seriously
| injured at West Madison on the 5th,
while coupling cars.
The residence of James G.. Ford,
| Watertown, was destroyed by fire on
the 9th. Loss 500, covered by in
surance.
The village of Thorp, was the scene
of terrible tragedy on the night of the
4th, in which Robert Wright shot and
instantly killed his father The elder
Wright came home in an intoxicated
condition, and during quarrel with his
son, the latter committed the horrible
deed. Young Wright was arrested and
is now in jail.
The executive board of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, at its meeting on the
4th, passed resolution excluding all
intoxicating drinks from the fair
grounds.
Two Polanders, named Michael an d
Joseph Gurchak, have been held for
trial for the murder of Ignace Male
wocki, which occurred at Glenmore,
Brown County, January 25.
The American House at Princeton,
burned on the Sd. The fire caught
from a defective chimney. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
A SAD case of hydrophobia is reported
from Prairie du CHEN. A young lady
named Alice CLARK was taken with
spasms. She tore the flesh from her
arms with her teeth; and when she
came to herself she begged her friends
to keep out of her way. Physicians say
the disease was caused by the bite of a
nor any of her friends can fix the time.
She is not expected TO survive long.
CHARLES WORTH, the young man who
shot Charles Thurman, at De Soto, has
been held for trial on charge of MUIR
der in the second degree. John Russ
and man named Sergeant have been
arrested for completely III the crime.
The village of De Soto is very much ex-
cited and indignant over the
killing of Thurman, whose death
now appears to have been the result of
design instead of mistake. The matter
will be given most thorough sitting.
A CHILD of A. Waldemer was badly
burned at Port Washington on the Sd.
The parents were both absent and sew
eral young children were left at home.
sistance was had was nearly burned off.
She cannot recover.
Four barns at Eau Claire, were total
~ destroyed by fire on the 1st inst,
with portion of their contents. The
damage is fully $4,000, partially in
sured.
IT transpires that Carl Taylor, town
treasurer of Chelsea, Taylor County, is
defaulter. Recently his store burned,
and it was discovered after the fire that
the safe door was open. Heis supposed
to have taken about $4,000 of the town
money and several thousand of his
fathers money, with that of his own,
making about $4,000. Warrants have
been issued and several hundred dollars
reward offered for his arrest.
ROBERT McBEATH, clothing merchant
at Whitewater, Wis, has made an as
signment.
HE auction store of Gardner &
AOOSOs AG LII OIOcoC1 WdO C1OcOO ny bAC
sheriff on the 31st.
The La Crosse Gas Company has
sold it's plant to W. W. Woodbury. of
Minneapolis.
The site of the burned Newhan
House, Milwaukee, which has been va
cant since the fire, was purchased on the
Cd inst. by the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company for 100000.
The company viii erect building i'm
mediately.
DISCOVERY was made at Durand, on
the 31st of the murder of Mrs. Henry
Catenhausen by her husband. The
crime was committed the previous Sun
day, and the body buried in the cellar.
Catenhausen was arrested and placed in
jail, where he committed suicide by
hanging on the same evening.