Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-14
STATE NE VS.

ERNST SCHELBECK, aged IA, was run
down and killed by street car on
Chestnut Street, Milwaukee, on the
evening of the 9th inst.
SAMUEL HAMERBERG lost an arm at
La Crosse by contact with saw IN
Sawyer & Austin's mill.
A 16 YEAR-oLD farmer boy named
Goodean shot himself at his home In
the town of Weston while temporarily
insane. He so placed q gun that he
readily discharged it with his toes,
after getting into his bed, the slugs
taking effect in his head.
A YOUNG man from Sweden Coohe
brought to the Office of the La Croose
County clerk in a big sack, SIX little
creatures that looked like rats They
were wolves week old, for which the
clerk issued an order for $l2G.
ROBERT BLACHEK had his right leg
broken and crushed at the ankle by
being run over by a street car at La
Crosse.
WILLIAM GARNER, aged 40, living on
Winnebago Street, Milwaukee, while
insane on the 9th inst., smashed all
the furniture he could get his hands on
and wound up by setting fire to
straw bed. The department was called
out, and Garner was taken IN.
AT fire which destroyed the old
Rorchert elevator, Milwaukee, on the
9Th inst, two firemen were seriously
hurt by falling timbers.
A FARMER, named Gabriel Ullury,
living in the town of Modena, hanged
himself in his granary. jealousy is the
supposed cause of the act.
VIM. S. EVANS, chairman of the
board of education at Hudson, has
been cited to appear before the city
council to answer charge that he ap-
propriated school wood to his own
use.
FIRE broke ont early on the morning
of the 7th in the wholesale drug house
of G. A. Metzger, on South Third
Street, La Crosse, and Quilted the es-
Establishment. The stock and building
are a total loss. The fire extended to
the Wholesale hardware house of Fred.
Kroner adjoining and burned out the
second and third floors, with q heavy
stock. Kroner's loss is $4,000 on
building and stock. He is fully in
sured. Metzger's loss is $4,000 on
stock. He is insured for So, 900. S.
Gantert, who owned the building and
adjoining furniture establishment,
places his loss at 5000; he was fully
insured. Other losses amount to
$4,000.
WILLIAM GAM, one of the Oldest ri
oneers of the Chippewa Valley, died
at Eau Claire, after protracted i'll
ness, at the age of So.
Urr, No;oooo M;I-o,,11oo p c. Do,l
Railway Company has built strong
it's bridge at La Crosse. 1t is 1,6O8
draw and sos feet below. An idea of
its size and cost will be gained from
the statement that 553 piles and
232, 600 feet of timber were used in
It's construction.
WILLIAM MERCER, aged % years,
was accidentally shot while out duck
hunting near Spring Green, on the 9th,
and died three hours later while being
carried through the river bottoms to
the nearest habitation. His brother
Robert was shifting gun-a 81 cali
bre rife-in the boat, when it dis
charged into Williams right shoulder
and lung.
Il OOh LILIES 1LOn OuGU0k, uOctI LOU
Claire, in a log cabin in the brush.
Mrs. Lars Grindahl, aged 81, gave
birth to four male babies, weighing
twenty pounds in all, each alive,
bright-eyed and healthy. All will live.
The mother is doing well. She has
been married sixteen years and had
six children before these, all living.
All the children have blue eyes and
golden hair.
FIRE on the 4th, at Boscobel, de-
stroyed the store of Churchill & Son,
and Walkers brick block, containing
the post Office, Masonic Hall and G.
A. r. rooms. Churchill's loss is So
900, insurance, 1000; the Masonic
loss, $4,000; insurance, $3.50.
Walkers block was insured for 49,
900. The loss on the building oc.
cupied by Churchill, owned by Mayor
Comstock, was $4,000; insurance,
$1,000. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of incendiaries, as
it was the second time within a few
months that fire had been discovered
in the neighborhood.
THE Montello water works project
has been abandoned for the present
The Eastern company would not sign
the contract drawn by the village
board.
MICHAEL FEIERTAG, driver of brick
delivery wagon, In turning out OF
the street car track on Clinton
between Orchard and Lapham Streets,
Milwaukee, on the 9Th, was thrown
from his seat and very badly cut about
tho head. His injuries may prove
fatal.