Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-25
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have refused to accept the cash GER
tlfieates for 5000 Deposited by
County Treasurer Mcmahon with the
tailed banking firm OF Hodges & Co.,
Plattev1lle, AS the county had pro-
vlded no safe place for it's funds, Mr.
Mcmahon will test the case in the
courts.
The citizens of Altoona, thriving
suburb OF Eau Claire, propose to re-
move beyond the line Of Washington
Township and rebuild on % large plat.
AT a meeting of the Blake Opera
House Company, of Racine, it was
agreed to accept q proposition Of the
Young Mems Christian Association to
purchase the old Blake House site, at
the corner Of College Avenue and
Sixth Street, for $4,000. It is the
intention of the Y. M G. A. to buy
the property and erect large and
substantial building upon it early
next spring. Over $4,000 has been
subscribed for the purpose.
HENRY RAEssER, q well-known resi-
dent OF Milwaukee, was found dead in
his bed on the morning of the 21st,
having been suffocated by escaping
coal gas. Deceased was SD years of
age.
The Dahlman block, owned by
John Dahlman, OF Milwaukee, also
two other small business buildings
at Oconomowoc, burned on the 22d.
The occupants on the ground floor
saved most OF their property. They
were j. A. Cook, shoe store, insured
in the Hartford & Northwestern;
James McAteer, barber, uninsured;
J. J. Hall, jeweler, insured in the
Home; Jordan Hester, barber, insured
in the Pennsylvania. Nothing was
saved on the second floor, the losers
being Mrs. e. l.. Jones, household
goods, insured in the Queen; III. O.
Jones, tailor, uninsured. The build
ings were not insured in local offices.
BILL NYE, the noted humorist, and
his wife were thrown from q buggy at
Hudson, and had marvellous escape
from a very serious accident. Mrs.
Nye escaped unhurt, but Mr.. Nye SUI
Tered a painful bruise of his "cyclone'
leg.
In the La Crosse circuit court on the
goth, the following were sentenced to
state prison: Charles Bender, horse
thief, three years; William Lee, burg
lar, two years; James Kelly, man
three years; Henry Carter,
adultery, one year; Frederick Chesley,
burglar, one year.
On the night of the 10th, some un-
known villain entered the house of
August Koch, on Vliet Street, Milwau-
kee, in the absence of Mr.. Koch, and
after silencing Mrs. Koch, who was
found asleep, ransacked the house and
got away with $S5.
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY has voted S.
600 for the construction OF jail, and
$4,000 for the purchase OF grounds
and buildings suitable for a poor-farm
plant.
DR.. MCDONALD, of Edison, Chippewa
County, is OF the opinion that the man
found murdered near Eau Claire, last
week, was Charles Everett, of the
town of Eau Claire. Everett had
started out to find work, and was &C
companied by a ruffianly fellow, with
whom he frequently quarreled while
living at Ludington. Everett's team
has not been recovered.
JOHN DAILY, of Waukesha, in order
to get rid of paying a debt to Max
Busjaeger, swore that he was not 81
years of age when the debt was con-
tracted. His father also confirmed
the testimony, but as young Daly's
name appeared on the Pewaukee
election list twice prior to the con-
tracing of the debt, he has been ar
rested for illegal voting.
WHILE an inmate of the Soldiers
Home, named Jacob Story, was walk
ing on the railroad track near the iron
bridge in the vicinity Of the stone
quarries at Wauwatosa, on the 10Th,
he was struck by a passing train, his
injuries resulting fatally in a few
hours.
THE mail route between Grand
Haven and Milwaukee has been dis
continued, the order dating from the
23d inst.
CARL HUEBNER hanged himself under
kee, on the 10Th. He was discovered
about o'clock in an almost PROSTATE
posture, as the space under the house
is only about three feet high and he
was probably on his knees when he
tied the rope. Excessive drinking is
assigned as the cause of his act. The
deceased was about SO years of age,
aud leaves a wife and four children in
poor circumstances.
THE cost of building improvements
in Milwaukee during the present year
will reach nearly $5,OOO,OOO.
In the circuit court at La Crosse on
the 18th, James Kelly, the murderer
of Patrick Kennedy, pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the third degree.
The district attorney was of opinion
that a jury would not convict him of
a more serious offense. He thought
Kelly's story that Kennedy provoked
a quarrel with him, and then struck
him with a cane, would be believed,
and nobody thinks Kelly meant to
kill the old man when he struck him
A MAN named Matthias Oblerhaus,
supposed to belong in this state, was
picked up on the street in Chicago on
the 18th with a fractured skull. No
clue as to how his injuries were received
has been discovered, as he died with
out regairing consciousness.