Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-04
STATE ITEMS.

ROBERT MCBEATH, clothing merchant
at Whitewater, Wis, has made an as
Segment.
IHE auction store of Gardner &
Loose, at La Crosse, was closed by the
sheriff on the 31st.
The La Crosse Gas Cornpanv has
sold its plant to W. W. Woodbury. of
Minneapolis.
THE site of the burned Newhall
House, Milwaukee, which has been va
can't since the fire, was purchased on the
Cd inst. by the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company for $4,000.
The company will 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.
JOSEPH PERRIER, of the town of
Pittsfeld, was instantly killed by fall
ing tree while in the act of cutting it
down. He was aged so years, and
leaves wife and children.
The GAINESVILLE Independent Cavalry
Company, recently organized, is about
to disband.
The village of Hewitt, Wood County,
has a ghost sensation.
}. Fl. DIETz, wanted at New Rich
mond, st. Croix County, for forgery,
hoe h0o1o o1 o. TTo1o-oa
b. IL. GLINEs, relic of earlier days
and the father of grown-up sons, whose
mother is presumably dead, married
widow named Callan, last summer, she
having seven small children. The en-
tire group have been supported by the
city and town of Marshfeld alternately,
for some time. With the advent of
winter the sons of Glines migrated, and
now the elder Glines and wife have left
for parts unknown, leaving the brood
of seven Callans alone and destitute.
The city authorities have taken charge
of the discarded children.
OLE HANSON and his wife, of Racine,
we're found on the Both, the former dead
and the latter unconscious, from the
effects of escaping coal gas. They had
hOu OOOA oOOA A11EnOO10 I'LL LEGALLY
two days, and a relative forced an en-
trance into the house, with the above
result. 1t is feared Mrs. Hanson will
not recover.
CARROLL COLLEGE, at Waukesha, one
of the Oldest institutions of the kind in
the state, was burned to the ground on
the goth. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000.
AT o'clock on the morning of the
28th, fire destroyed the Klingle block,
Burlington. Loss $4,000; insurance,
81 900. The property was owned by A.
Beller, boot and shoe dealer. The build
ing was insured for $500, and Boilers
stock for $3.50, in the Northwestern Ma
tional, of Milwaukee. The fire engine
was frozen up and could not be used.
The Flambeau Indians are being pro-
vided with school house and corps of
teachers.
WATER has been struck in the new ar
tesian we'll at the Milwaukee County
Hospital at depth of 2,200fee The
flow is very poor, the amount being in
sufficient for the needs of the institu-
ton, and the drillers will continue, I'M
til a depth of $500 fest is reached.
A HEAVY fire occurred at Eau Claire
on the morning of the 18th. The meat
packing house owned by the Eau Claire
Lumber Company and occupied by
Schwahn Brothers, was destroyed, caus-
ing total of about $4,000.
The town of Burlington has voted to
raise $1,000 to aid the Chicago, Wis
consin & Northern Railway.
The citizens of Marinette have again
voted against incorporation.
A MOVEMENT is on foot for the forma-
ton of new county from parts of Clark
and Marathon.
The new st. Paul depot at Sparta has
been completed.
A MAN named Gargon Ellison, living
near Abbotsford, in fit of dependency
hanged himself on the 9th.
JOEL L. BRIGGS, of Colby, committed
suicide on the 9th by shooting the
top of his head off. His family were alb
sent from home at the time.
A DISPATCH was received by Gov
Rusk on the 9th from New Orleans,
stating that Wisconsin had taken first
prize at the Exposition for the best ex-
hibit of butter and cheese.
THOMAS WHITE, section man on the
st. Paul road, was run down and killed
by switch engine at West Madison on
the 9th.
THE jury in the Whittemore trial at
hartford were unable to agree and were
discharged. The vote stood three for
conviction and nine for acquittal.
The La Crosse Odd Fellows News
has suspended.
I'D. HURLBUT has sold his interest
in the Prairie du Chen Union to his
partner A. M. Beach.
A PARTY of capitalists contemplate
erecting works at Eau Claire for reduc-
ing the ore taken from the Big Heart
mine.
Four members of the family of Julius
Stetson, of Marquette, Green Lake