Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-17
STATE NEWS.

JAMES KELLY, aged about so, was
thrown from q grocery wagon at Madi-
son, and injured so badly that he died
on the 10Th. He leaves wife and a
son.
ON the 18th, at Racine junction
when q freight car, which had been
| loaded by the Racine Hardware Com
pany, was being switched, it jumped a
frog and ran on the main track of the
/ Chicago & North Western Road, iniur-
ing O. switchman whose name could
not be learned. A north-bound pas
senger train was delayed somewhat by
the accident. The injured brakeman
WAS taken to Chicago.
SAMUEL PETERSON, a farmer and old
resident OF Brunswick, was thrown
from his wagon by O. runaway team,
and struck on his head fracturing his
skull. Physicians say he cannot re-
| cover.
| ALvA ADAMS, governor. elect of Col
orado, was formerly Dodgeville boy.
His father was one of the pioneers of
Iowa County.
THIRTEEN million feet OF logs are to
be banked on the Chippewa River this
winter for John Paul, of La Crosse.
A YOUNG lady named Barbara
evening of the 18th from the effects of
q dose of phosphorus taken with
suicidal intent.
A FIRE in the village of Bruce, north
of Eau Claire, destroyed the residence
of r. w. Pease. The owner, who
was uninsured, estimates his loss at
$1,000.
ON the morning of the 18th Addison
Bigbee, of Indianapolis, took posses
sion of the shops of the National
Vehicle Company, under a mortgage
which was given him to secure claim
of SIT, 800, and placed Fred. Robin
son in charge as his agent. Other
debts raise the total liabilities of the
concern to about $26, 1000. Theprinci.
pal stakeholder of the company is
Frank M. Allen. The works arelocat-
ed at Racine Junction.
NEWS has been received that John
Olson, living on an island at Wind
Lake, town of Norway, plunged a
butcher-knife into his body, infictine
wound from which death resulted
He was half demented and a character
well known to sportsmen who visit
the lake.
! A VALUABLE horse was stolen from
the stable of g. J. Hansen, on Cass
Street, Milwaukee, on the night of the
10th.
AFTER suffering for long time from
cancer in the mouth, Patrick Hanley
a well-known contractor of Milwaukee
died on the 18th.
The knights of Labor Printing
Company, of Milwaukee has been or
ganized.
JOHN MURPHY, aged 55, was rur
down and killed by st. Paul engine
at the yards of that company in Mil
waukee, on the 18th.
FRANK NORTON, son of r. G. Norton
of Madison, committed suicide al
Lonp City, Neb, by shooting himsel
in the left breast.
| JOHN SCHULTZ, supposed to be 6
laborer, fell into the river in the real
of Benjamin's South Side coal yard al
Milwaukee, on the 9th. The body was
taken out OF the river fifteen minutes
later, but life was extinct.
A YOUNG man named Alfred Nelson
aged 19 years, had his left leg badly
broken by being kicked by street.
car horse, on Third Street, milwaukee,,
on the 9th, while assisting the driver
in pushing the car over hole in the
pavement.
THE body of an unknown man, de
composed beyond recognition, was
found in an abandoned field, four
miles south of Prairie du CHEN, on the
7th. AS q revolver with one chamber
empty was found under the body, ,he
coroner's jury concluded that the c3se
was one Of suicide.
| The labor troubles at the Racine
Wagon and Carriage Works have
been settled, and the men are being
taken back as fast as they are
wanted.
GEORGE De HAVEN, formerly an en-.
gineer on the ST. Paul Railroad, and
q resident of Racine, was killed by the
explosion of locomotive boiler at
New Orleans.
JAMES SHAM, claiming to be a
grocery clerk from Indianapolis, at.
tempted suicide by jumping into the
river at Racine three times one day
last week. He was evidently deranged
and the officers shipped him to Ken.
osha.
0. j. HALE, q well-known citizen Of
Milwaukee, was found dead in his bed
on the morning of the 9Th inst. Heart
disease was the cause of death.
EDWARD HINTON, aged II years, an
oiler employed at the Milwaukee Ce
ment Company's Works, in the town
OF Milwaukee, was instantly killed by
the bursting of a fywheel of an engine
at the works, on the 9Th.
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