Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-16
STATE ME- VS.

Dane Station, was arrested and taken
to Madison on the 18th, charged with
robbery. He entered therailrOad sta
ton at the place, wearing q big hat
and mask, and compelled the agent
at the point of a. revolver to give up
what money he had, amounting to
1913. The affair was conducted IN the
most approved border bandit style,
but the agent recognized the mans
voice and he was taken in. Ross is
said to have been O. close student of
yellow-colored literature. He is %
years old.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
depot, at Aliens Grove, Racine Coun-
ty, was destroyed by fire of the 10th
inst.
CARL HACHBACHT, a deafmute of the
town of Paris, Kenosha County, at
tempted to stab his father and then
felled his mother with billet Of wood.
His sanity is questioned.
| AT it's closing session at Milwaukee,
on the 10th, the Wisconsin Masonic
Grand Lodge elected and installed the
following officers: Grand Master
Eugene S. Elliott, Milwaukee; Deputy
Grand Master-H. J. Farr, Eau Claire;
Grand Senior Warden-G. B. Shepard,
Ripon; Grand Junior Warden--J ohm
Matheson, Elkhorn; Grand Treasur-
Err. l.. Won Suessmilch, Delavan;
Grand Secretary-John w. Latin,
Milwaukee; Grand Lecturer-M. L.
Youngs, Milwaukee; Grand Chaplain
Rev. VIM. E. Wright, Wausau;
Grand Marshall. j. Wallace, Du-
rand; Grand Sword Bearer-W. H.
Hughes, Madison; Grand Senior Dea-
comp. A. Herzog, Racine; Grand
Junior Deacon-S. Ell. Cheney. Fond
du Lac; Grand Stewards-W. I'll.
Clark, Humbird; Aaron Kribbs, Gales
vile: Grand Pursuivant-J. E. Lyon,
Beaver Dam; Grand Tiler-Leonard
Barrett, Milwaukee; Grand Trustee
-Myron HI. Reed, Waupaca.
WILLIAM SCHULZ, proprietor of a
wood and coal yard at Milwaukee
was seriously injured on the 10th by
the fall of shed the moving of which
he was experimenting.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has been in
vittd to attend the Northwestern
Sangerfest, to be held at Milwaukee III
July.
On the 9th inst, the body of Phillip
Schwartz was found in q field near On
alaska. He had been absent from
home two days. There werenO marks
Of violence on the body.
DANIEL HANLEY has been found
guilty of murder in the second degree
He shot James Callahan, in thelatter's
dooryard, at Neshkoro, Marquette
County, February 2, 1886. The act
was committed while Hanley was I'm
der the influence of liquor. Hanley
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
state prison.
THE First Wisconsin Regiment held
it's first reunion since the war at Mil
waukee on the 9th inst, the twenty
fifth anniversary of the departure O.
the regiment to the front. About Loo
members were present and a perma
nent organization was effected. II
the evening the veterans enjoyed 8
banquet of old-time army rations.
In removing number of animals
from the Dime Museum, at Milwaukee
on the 9th, Martin Young, the keeper
was attacked and badly scratched by
one of the wildcats.
The Southwestern Wisconsin Veter
ans Association held it's annual reun
ion at Mineral Point on the 9th
About 600 members were present.
JOHN ANDERSON and James Barnett
were killed in the shaft of the Ashland
mine by the fall of timber that was
being lowered in the shaft.
Gov. RUsK has appointed William
Pitt Bartlett, of Eau Claire, q regent
of the Wisconsin State University tC
fill the unexpired term OF Senator j
G. Spooner.
THE Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Railroad Company held its annua
meeting at La Crosse on the 9th. The
directors in the vicinity were present
but the voting was mostly by proxy
The following directors were elected
A. E. Touzalain, VIM. Powell Mason
A. w. Cochrane, Edward G. Perkins
Charles J. Paine, John L. Gardiner
Augustus Hemenway.
WITHIN the past three months, the
Young brothers, of Louisville, in Dunn
County, have captured twenty-five
wolves, seven wildcats, and one lynx
a short distance from the Chippewa
bottoms. On presentation thu
scalps to the county clerk they re
ceived $134 bounty. Thestate bounty
is as much more, which allows then
the snug sum of $268, not including
the value of the skins.
In consequence of Eau Claire Coun
ty having for g long time more thar
it's quota OF insane patients under the
care of the state, the board OF super
visors has decided on building a coun
| ty hospital for the insane at a cost O
$4,000 to $4,000. The location
will be in the city suburbs, and thu
preliminary building work will be com
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