Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-17
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| died in Seneca, Wood County, where
| he has lived IN seclusion for over forty
years, earning q scant subsistence by
making baskets.
POWERS & STONE, general merchants
at Fennimore, have been closed up by
attachments. The stock inventories
worth $4,000 more. They claim to
be able to pay 100 cents on thedollar.
THE family of Michael Haney are
about to bring suit at Hudson against
the Omaha Railway Company for &c.
600, on the ground that the company
had no right to put q minor at the
service of braking. Young Haney was
killed by q switch engine last Deem
Der.
THREE-F1FTHs of the stock of the
Montreal Iron Mine, on the Gogebic
Range, has been purchased by Capt.
Sam Mitchell, for the Cleveland Rolling
Mill Company, the price paid being
$4,000 Active work will be COM
menced at once under the direction of
Capt. John R. Wood.
The Marinette Eagle reports that
the body of Gus Holstrom was found
near the railway track in Section 16.
The young man fell from train and
was SO confused by the shock that he
ran into the woods. His body was
nearly eaten up by wolves.
A FINIANDER named Mat Matson
was found dead in the snow at Bay
field. He was intoxicated at the time
of his disappearance.
IT is reported that the late D. B.
Palmer, of Ashland, bequeathed his
estate, valued at $1OO,OOOt to daugh-
ter aged 10 years, the fruit of mar
riage with woman of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The vacancy in the Eau Claire Y. M.
G. A., caused by the resignation of
Secretary Lougee, has been filled by
the appointment of Mr.. Caldwell, of
Chippewa Falls.
THE ST. Paul station, at Eagle, was
robbed on the night of the 10th, be-
tween the change of watches, and over
$30in cash stolen. Two young fellows
looking like tramps, who were seen
around the depot, are supposed to have
committed the crime.
THE building committee of the Board
cided to build the new Science Hall at
Madison of red pressed brick from Me-
nOmOnee.
CARL BLAzINA, q Milwaukee CHM
ney sweep, died on the morning of the
18th. from the effects of the injuries
sustained by falling from the roof of
house, He is said to have been intox-
icated at the time of the accident.
A cABLEGRAM was received at Racine
announcing the death of George Baker
at the Continental Hotel, Milan, Italy,
on the 10th. The deceased was son
of Mrs. Emily Baker and Of the late
&. H. Baker, of Racine. He was g.
student at Harvard University until
December, when be left for a foreign
tour. His disease was blood-poison-
ing.
JOHN CRAIG, g. leading farmer in the
town of Seymour, Eau Claire County,
may suffer amputation of his feet,
having frozen them while driving to
Eau Claire with load of produce.
THE annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Trotting Horse Breeders Associa-
ton will be held in Milwaukee this
year. The date has not been fixed.
THE Kissinger Mining Company, of
Milwaukee, has filed articles of incor-
poration. The capital stock is $780,
900, and the incorporators are J. P.
Kissinger, August T. Mueller and
Christian Fernekes.
TRAIN No. 50, on the Prairie du
Chen division of the ST. Paul railway,
was delayed nearly two hours near
Elm Grove station, recently. While
about mile east of that place, the
crank pin on one of the driving wheels
gave way, causing the shaft to wreck
the pilot-house and dent the boiler so
as to cause leak. The engineer,
Ed. Fleming, had a narrow escape
from serious if not fatal injury.
Mr.. EWING, the animal painter for
the past few years engaged at Racine,
has completed a. fine painting in oil of
Jay-Eye-See being driven by Ed Bith-
| 6r.
MARINETTE has organized a. militia
company. The officers are: Captain,
A. M. Fairchild; first lieutenant,
Charles Thomas; second lieutenant,
Wallace P. Green.
PROBABLE loss of speech will be the
result of injuries received by Ernst
Kleinschmidt, Milwaukee, in a quarrel
at an early hour on the morning of
the 9Th. Kleinschmidt attended
party on Bismarck Avenue. He left
the place in company with Albert
Holz, who, during the evening had had
a quarrel with one N@hring, of Bay
View. Outside the building the latter
met them, drew knife and slashed
into Kleinschmidt's mouth, severing
the tongue. Kleinschmidt cannot talk
and will probably never recover his
speech.
IT is reported from Eau Claire that
the loggers in the Chippewa valley are
now very satisfactorily situated. The
roads are well iced, the forces large,
and the methods SO admirable that
corresponding results may be antici-
pated.
THE contract for the construction of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Company's depot in Milwaukee was
ouor1o1 on tho 9th inst tn BRYANT,