Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-17
STATE NE VS.

THE mystery surrounding the dis
appearance at Milwaukee, in Novem-
Der last, of Andrew Sheriffs, of Chicago,
was cleared up on the 14th, by the
finding of his body in the Milwaukee
River. The cause of death Is un-
known.
THE steambarge Heath arrived at
Racine on the 18th, with a cargo of
lumber from the North. She is the
first arrival of the season, and her
captain reports the lake free OF ice.
CHARLES HELD, a moulder we'll
known in Racine, attempted suicide
at his home, on the 18th, by Jumping
into a well twenty-one feet deep con-
tanning nineteen feet of water. His
wife witnessed the act, and son and
her brother pulled the man from the
well In an exhausted condition. Held
is In a critical condition and it is
doubtful if he will recover from the ef-
fects of his cold bath. He has been
sick for over one year and was labor
ing under alteration of mind when
he attempted his life.
CHARLEY DAsKAM accidentally shot
himself in the face while handling re-
A PERlPATETIC dentist named Zim-
norman was shown out of Hartland,
Waukesha County, because of his pc
culiar method of practice. Not long
before a young lady named Stena
Krim called upon him and desired to
have two teeth drawn and two filled.
The dentist thereupon prevailed upon
her to take some whisky, and becom-
ing drunk himself he col tinued TO pour
The liquor down her throat until she
became insensible, and while in that
condition he extracted the four de-
,ayed teeth and ten perfectly sound
ones.
New LONDON, Waupaca County, is
excited over an Injunction served on
she city treasurer by some of the tax
payers, restraining him from collecting
the tax levy for the year 1885. It is
claimed that the tax is illegal on the
grounds that the assessor did not
assess the property at it's real value
as required by law. The county
treasurer has been notified that there
will be no returns from New Lon
don and the county tax will be short
the amount apportioned to that city.
In the circuit court at Racine on the
18th, the jury in the case of Henry
Burkholz VS. VIM. Greig rendered a
verdict of 500 damages for the plant
if. Greig accused Burkholz of steal
ing q sheep and the latter sued for
SIS, 600 for SANDER.
The depot at Chiffon was entered
by a burglar on the night of the 11th
He took quite anumber of things, and
destroyed a great many express pack
ages. He also opened some of the
freight boxes. Up to the time Of writ.
ing it is not known whether any tick
cts were taken-but all the cases were
opened. No money was taken.
THE people of La Crosse County are
to vote at the spring election for OF
against the proposed appropriation
Ct $40, 600 for an insane asylum.
FIFTY ONE thousand brook trout
have just been placed in the streams
around Lancaster. as follows: Pigeor
branch, 10000; Walker branch, 1 l.,
600; Suck branch, 5000; Decker
branch, $4,000.
THE report of the receiver of public
moneys of the land Office in the Eat
Claire district for 1885 shows a large
falling of in business, compared with
previous seasons, and it is generally
believed the offices of Eau Claire, La
Crosse and Wausau will be consoli
dated and the Office established al
some central point. The number o
acres sold for cash, including pre-emp
ton sales and committed homesteads
in 1885 aggregates IL, $50, and re
ceipts for same amount to SIT,
6S919.
A LARGE wolf, which has been feedin,
on farmers sheep in the northwestern
part of Racine County and also owe
the line in Milwaukee County, wa