Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-31
STATE NEWS

w. s. MCDOWELL, of Oconomowoc,
is building steam yacht designed for
shallow-water navigation.
The Rev. Alfred Gardner, for thirty
years pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Weyauwega, died recently
at Atlantic, Ia., at the age of 90
years.
AN old English printer in Madison
directs the attention to the fact that
the late A. N. kellogg did not originate
the auxiliary newspaper print. He
says the Kingsbridge (Eng.) Gazette
used print of the kind during the
Cr1mean War and has continued the
system to this day. The Madison
journal thinks it remarkable that the
same necessity that we experienced in
Wisconsin gave rise to the "patent
inside" in England-the popular desire
for detailed war news.
The Indians at Round Lake, Saw
yer County, have commenced the cree
ton of church. Twenty-Five of the
tribe recently signed g. temperance
pledge.
AT Baraboo, VIM. Husher and Sam
uel Richie, who were arrested in Be-
lott, few weeks since, on suspicion of
being connected in the Shaing- Green
robbery, were convictedof the charge
In the circuit court.
The Ancient Order of United Work
men In Wisconsin will hold it's annual
state picnic in Madison, June II. 1t
is expected that 1000 people will at
tend.
WILLIAM PLATTs escaped from the
Milwaukee insane asylum on the Goth.
An hour and half later he was cap
tured.
LAIRD, NORTON & Co., the Winona
lumber manufacturers, are negotiating
for the mill of the Pioneer Lumber
Company, at Eau Claire.
THE Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston,
will lecture at Baraboo in May.
ELIAS j. PRITCHARD, died at Racine,
aged 46 years. During thelate war he
was g. member of Company E, Twen-
ty-second Regiment, Wisconsin Volun-
teers.
DAVID JONES, q prominent farmer OF
Caledonia, Racine County, had his left
leg fractured below the knee by kick
from a horse, while assisting a surgeon
in operating on the animal.
CHARLES A. ABRAHAMsON, a. painter,
dropped dead at the Mitchell & Lewis
Company's shops, Racine, on the 25th.
He was g. young man about 20 years
old, and it is said his father died of a
similar cause-heart disease.
IT is reported from Prairie du Chen
that the Mississippi River is clear of ice
as far as Lake Pepin, and that steam
boats are on their way up from St.
st. Louis.
A POOR cripple, bent double by age
and disease, entered a saloon at Wau-
kesha, accompanied by his fond and
faithful dog. Some heartless loafers,
who thought it would be good Joke,
secured the dog and smeared it with
turpentine; and this SO crazed the
animal that he ran against red-hot
stove, which ignited the turpentine and
made him frantic. The suffering
creature was then kicked into the
street where death, in charity, soon
ended his misery. One of the perpe-
traitors of the heinous act was ar
rested, but was released, after the pay
ment of a small fine.
FRANK BARR and Ella Hay, two
Lancaster County patients, have been
taken to the Madison Insane Asylum.
The residence of Stephen Grimmer,
at Oconomowoc was destroyed by fire
on the Oath. Loss about 500; in
surance in the Milwaukee Mechanics
at full value.
FRANK BARR, of Lancaster, q gradu-
ate OF Williams College, and classmate
of the late President Garfield, has
been adjudged insane and consigned to
the Madison asylum. His condition
is attributed to judgment against him
for $4,000 in favor of a Mrs. Wilkin-
son, upon whose farm he had fore
closed q mortgage. He refused to see
a nephew, Mr.. Stowell, Of Hudson,
Mich, claiming that the relative had
called to run him off and kill him. He
had been in business at Chicago with
Stowell about twelve years ago, when
a similar mania caused him to at
tempt his life with q pocket knife.
Barr, a single man about 60 years of
age, is worth about 100000, and,
though a man of great intelligence, was
miserly to an extreme surprising to
the friends of his younger days.
WILLIAM MCWEORTER was fined in
Waukesha for cruelty to dog belong
ing to James Andrews. He was ar
rested in Milwaukee.
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A Manly ACKNOWLEDGMENT.