Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-21
STATE NEWS.

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are interested, has been made at Eau
Claire by the Chippewa Logging Com
pany or log pool purchasing the 90 per
cent. of stock held by j. S. and A. M.
Sherman in the Sherman Mill Com
pany. The consideration was $751;
600. The pool is alleged to have been
crOWding the Shermans to the wall by
not allowing the mill to put In service
this season.
The Milwaukee abattoir has g. curl
osity in the shape of two-headed
calf. The animal was stlll-born and
will probably be stuffed and disposed
of to q dime museum.
AT 4:3O on the afternoon ofthe 18th,
Mcdonald Bros raft steamer, Bella
Mac, caught fire at the landing, at La
Crosse, and in less than minute was
a mass of flame. Other property be-
ing endangered, she was towed into
shallow water and fire steamer put
alongside on another boat to save the
huh and machinery if possible. Al
though the hull did not sink, the boat
may be considered total loss. She
was being stripped to lay up at the
time and there was no fire on her, but
several other boats lay at the levee,
with engines passing at intervals, and
1t Is probable the fire was caused by
sparks. Loss, $4,000; insurance, &c.
600.
THE La Crosse police Ehave not yet
succeeded in recovering Lulu Wheeler,
the little girl abducted from her guar
dian, Mrs. Oberst, by her father,
Lowell B. Wheeler.
BAYFIELD, calls for a. brickyard
Builders there are now paying $40 to
SIS thousand for good brick.
THE Ashland Press reports that a
party of Wisconsin Central Railroad
surveyors have been put in the field
near Penokee, to locate spur track
to the Hoppenyan mine, and adds
that it would not be strange thing
to see the Central hauling ore this sea-
son.
THE safe of Chisholm & Kennedy,
proprietors Of the Star FIGURING Mills,
Chippewa Falls. was blown open by
burglars on the night of the 18th. 1t
contained 5000 but the thieves did
not succeed in opening the money
drawer, which was burglar proof.
One side of the safe was blown out.
1dREE vi I0O. OIdIks ~
farmer living near the village Of Bloom
.er, were struck by lightning on the
18th, and the eldest, aged 8 years,
killed instantly, the others were rem
dered unconscious from the shock
At the time of the visitation they
were engaged in innocent sport on the
porch.
FIRE broke out at 1890 on the
morning of the 18th, in McMartin' s
hardware store, in the old portion of
the town Of Bloomer, Chippewa Coun-
ty, destroyed and rebuilt three years
ago) and from there swept through the
center of the business portion of the
place on one side of the street. All of
the five new business blocks are in
ruins. In the midst of the excitement
nothing near the amount of loss can
be made; but it will not fall short of
between 100000 and $4,000, COW
cred little over half by insurance.
The fire is q serious loss, but the town
will be rebuilt without delay.
FRANK SEIFERT, employed in Mem
ecke's factory, Milwaukee, was
drowned in the river about noon on
the 18th. He is supposed to have
fallen into the water. Hewasl8 years
old.
MARTIN ALBERT. a young travelling
man, unsuccessfully attempted to COM
NIT suicide, on the 18th st the Hotel
Saxonia, Milwaukee, by taking NOR
phine.
THE Republican state convention
has been called to meet at the capitol,
Madison, on the 9Th of September
THE Wisconsin State Poultry Asso-
citation is very desirous of holding its
next annual exhibit at Madison. In
order to secure it a guarantee fund of
$500 must be raised.
A FAMILY of immigrants from Swe-
den, consisting of mother and five chill
dren, the eldest only z years of age,
on their way to Dakota, had a sad ex-
perience at Madison on the 18th.
The mother left the train to get some
milk for the children, and during her
absence the cars started. The Oldest
boy jumped off to look for his mother,
who had boarded the train without
his knowledge. In his attempt to get
on the train the boy missed his hold
and was thrown under the wheels, los
ing g. portion of one of his feet. In
this condition he ran after the train
for some distance. Medical aid was
summoned and his foot dressed, and
the wounded boy was taken to Bara-
boo, where the remainder of the fami-
" had stopped for him.
THE President has signed the bill
providing for new lighthouse to take
the place of the present beacon on
North Point, Milwaukee.
A LABoRING mems convention was
held at La Crosse on the 18th to dis
cuss the placing of q state ticket in
the field. The convention adopted a
platform and adjourned to meet at
Neenah.
THE celebrated case of the city oil
Eau Claire against the Chippewa Log
ging Company-otherwise known as
the Log Pool-which has been in liti.
cation for three years, and which in
volved important interests to WiscCn.
sin and Mississippi River lumbermen,
has inst hapn withdrawn from the