Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-30
STATE NEWS.

The old chapel of perpetual adora-
tlOn at the convent in La Crosse is
being replaced with larger structure.
There is never an hour, day or night,
year after year, that someone is not
to be seen kneeling in worship before
the altar of this chapel, and the can
dies are never allowed to be extin-
guished. There is only one other
chapel of the kind in America, and
that is in Baltimore.
A. THORsoN had his right hand bad
ly mutilated by q saw in mill at
Madison.
A LITTLE child of Patrick Mcclure,
Of Milwaukee, was terribly burned on
the Oath by spilling carbolic acid over
herself.
The International Brotherhood Of
BOllermakers, in annual convention
at Milwaukee on the 22d, elected the
following officers: President, Thomas
J. Curren, New York; vice-president,
Henry O'Hearn, ST. Paul; treasurer,
Thomas Mccain, Milwaukee; secre-
tary, James McGivern, Cleveland.
CHARLES GUTENBERG, retired
saloonkeeper, aged about 40 years,
was found drowned in the Milwaukee
River on the 22d just outside the city
limits. AS his clothes were found On
the bank, and the water is only three
teet deep, it Is thought hewent in bath
ing and was taken with cramps.
REV. ROBERT SLOss, pastor Of the
Presbyterian Church at Greenburg,
Ind, died at the Milwaukee County
Hospital on the22d The unfortunate
man wasfound a few days before in an
unconscious condition in a lodging
house in the city. 1t appears probable
that he came to this state for medical
treatment for some nervous disorder
and becoming demented from taking
an overdose of drugs, wandered into
the place where he was found. A
quantity of medicines was found in his
room.
QUITE a sensation was created
among saloOnkeepers and low-license
men in GAINESVILLE, on the 22d, over the
canvass Of the vote on the license
question. The count made and an
nounced Cd the evening of the election
day showed 176 majority for low
license-$2OO. Now the Second Ward
poll-books show 2O4 votes cast for
$500 instead of 80, as was first re-
ported. This changes the result Of the
election by giving "a majority for
$500. An investigation and recount
will probably follow.
ALBERT GROSS, a 16-year-old German
boy, shot himself through the head
at Eau Claire on the 21st with a So
caliber revolver. Hewas up and about
at o'clock, but returned to his room
and locked the door, soon after which
the fatal shot was fired. Gross father
is a prominent citizen. The cause Of
the deed is unknown.
ROBINSON & LOSER s hardware store
at Eau Claire was robbed of about
$500 worth Of firearms. The safe and
money drawer were left undisturbed.
THE three Milwaukee brewing COM
panies which contributed handsome
sums to the Y. M. G. A. building fund
have received an insulting letter pur-
prudential committee of the Y. M. G.
A." There is no prudential COM
mittee' of the Y. M. G. A., and the in
sulting letter was "made out of whole
CLOTH" and sent with malicious in
tent.
AN awful disease is destroying hogs
in 81 locality west of Beloit, and scores
Of farmers have lost all the hogs they
had. The nature of the diseases such
as to puzzle the stockmen and veter-
inarians. In some cases thehogs seem
ito death. The disease is thought
to have originated with hogs which
died of CHAMBERS. Over / ,OOOhogs and
some cattle have died in two town
ships within two weeks
A 2-YEAR-oLD child of Charles John
son. of Racine, fell from g. window on
the 21st, and struck on awooden plat
form twenty-five feet below. 1t was
picked up for dead, but soonrecovered
and apparently is not injured in the
least.
THE Milwaukee Creamery Company
has suspended, with unsecured liabili-
ties amounting to about 500. The
collapse is attributed to the fact that
the company paid too high price for
milk and cream, while the market for
cheese and butter has been very much
depressed.
THE semi-centennial anniversary of
the first election in Milwaukee was
celebrated in that city on the 10Th by
procession to one of the parks,
where appropriate exercises were held.
Miss ELLA BRAY, daughter of the
Rev. W. L. Bray, of Kenosha, will sail
from New York on the Sd of October
for Turkey, in Asia, where she will en-
gage in the missionary service. She
is agraduate of Holyoke Seminary.
T. CARRIER, of Boscobel, received
$4,000 from the company on whose
railway he was injured while return
ing from New Orleans.
A DIFFERENCE of opinion among
members of ST. Hedwig's Polish Catho-
lie Church, Milwaukee, eliminated on
the goth in a riot at the house Faith
er Rodowics, the pastor. About 100
enraged parishioners entered the house
and made things warm. When the
police arrived the place was totally
wrecked. A number of arrests we're
made.
NERVOUS old LADY boards a train.