Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-01
STATE ITEMS.

The legislature has passed a. bill
providing that anyone who will put
up watering-troughs on public high
way shall be credited SIS on his road
tax, provided, however, that such
watering-places are not to be nearer
to each other than two miles.
MRS. EURETTA E. PRINK, widow of
the late Rev Peter Prink, the first
Baptist missionary in Wisconsin, died
at Green Bay, aged 49,
FRANCIS Downs, son of Timothy
Downs, of Delavan, was run over by q,
dray and badly injured a few davs
since. One of his legs was broken.
The body ofPatrick Riley, who mys
terlously disappeared from Eau Claire
last fall, was discovered lying against
a pier IN the Chippewa River, near
Water Street in that city, on the 9th.
HIS skull was crushed. 1t is supposed
that he was murdered.
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
d Omaha Railroad Company, and
the Northwestern Fuel Company have
made arrangements and will Jointly
erect extensive coal sheds on their
docks at Washburn. They will handle
upwards of 100000 tons of coal this
summer at that place, shipping it as
fast as possible, and the road will
have stored at the close of naviga-
ton a supply of coal for use on the
road during the winter.
MISS RUTH E. WALES, of Elkborn.
for three years teacher in the gov
eminent schools of the Argentine Re-
public, IS visiting friends at Lexington,
Mo. The Intelligencer, of that place,
publishes an extended account of her
Experiences in South America. She
went twice to Chill, over the Andes.
riding a mule, from Mendoza, during
her holidays She found Chill a little
superior to the Argentine Republic in
agriculture, but inferior to it in other
respects, especially in education.
The Palace Roller Skating Rink
at Chippewa Falls, owned by J. B.
Kehl and operated by Cosgriff Bros,
was totally destroyed by fire
on the 26th. Kehl's loss on the
building is $4,000; Cosgriff Bros. on
stock 500; no insurance, The origin
| OF the fire IS not known. The rink
was one of the largest in the state and
has benin existence only one year.
In the Racine circuit court on the
26th, William Leach who forged a.
check for $28 on Manager Hathaway,
was sentenced by Judge Winslow to
two years In the state prison, the first
and last days to be spent in solitary
confinement
On the Oath, Mrs w A. Walker, of
Racine, gave birth to triplets, two
! boys and girl The children are per
fectly healthy and will live. Only six
years ago the same lady gave birth to
twins, which are living and both
bright and intelligent children.
VIM. P. RUGGLEs, ofRidgeway, Iowa
County, recently deposited in the cab
inets of the State Historical Society
the locked horns of two great stays,
which he found near his Ridgeway
home IN 1884. Mr.. Ruggles was born
IN Massachusetts seventy-nine years
ago and as boy of 7 years remem-
bers many Incidents of the war of
1912. He was a captain in the Bay
State militia, as was his father before
him, and removed to Wisconsin in
1886, settled in Grant County, where
he remained two years, at the expira-
ton of which time he went to Iowa
County, where he at present resides.
AT midnight, on the night of the
Oath, the store of S. Meyer, on Main
Street, Marinette, was found to be on
fire. Investigation disclosed a pan
under the rear of the stove filled with
kerosene and shavings, proving con-
clusively that the fire was the work of
an incendiary. The fire was promptly
Subdued. The stock was heavily in
sured.
THE will of ex-Gov. Abner Coburn,
OF Maine, has been filed for proof in
the La Crosse County probate court.
This will conveys a large amount of
property, rising into the millions, and
will be proved under the statutes of
the state of Wisconsin. George II.
Ray, who resides in La Crosse, is one
of the legatees, receiving $4,000. The
estate includes vast amount of Wis
consin pine lands. The will has al
ready been proved in Somerset County,
Me.
CAPT. W. S. SCOTT was killed at Birm-
ingham, Ala, March 49, In company
with his wife, son and g. negro servant
he started up the Hillsboro River in
sail boat While the captain was
standing on the cabin of the boat, 81
breeze swung the boom and knocked
him into the water He was rescued,
but died in a few minutes after the &C
cident. During the war he was cap
tain Of Company E, Thirty-third Wis
consin Volunteers.