Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-30
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STATE NEWS
OLE CHR1sTIANsoN and Fred. Chady,
the two incendiaries arrested at Wau-
paca, were sentenced on the 25th by
Judge Webb to seven and five years
imprisonment respectively. Chris
tianson confessed to Sheriff Carroll
and Dist.-Atty. Weed that he set fire
to the Woodnorth building, occupied
as q saloon by Sam Stout, duplicating
the latter. Stout has just been ar
rested and waived examination, bonds
being placed at $4,000. Christianson.
claims Stout agreed to pay him $50
for the job and has not done so.
Other interesting developments areex-
pected.
RACINE business circles were some
what agitated on the 26th when it be-
came known that bill of sale had
been made out of the business and
property of the Belle City trunk fac
tory, that has been run by E. J.
Palica & Co., to M. A. Kraupa, father
in-law of Pal;ca.
The residence of Ed. Flanders at
Chippewa Falls, WAS entered by burg
lars and valuables to the amount of
Yearly $500, including two plush
cloaks, gold watches, iewelry, etc.,
taken.
The session of the State Homeop
athic Medical Society at Milwaukee
closed on the 25th. DR.. o. W. Carl
on was elected president.
J. Drummer, town treasurer of New
Berlin, was killed on the night OF the
23d, near Calhoun, by the limited
train on the Chicago & North-W estern
Railroad. He had been to Waukesha
during the afternoon, and had drawn
$696.2O for the town, which amount
was found on his body.
The resignation of Prof. Bascom, to
take effect in one year, has been re-
ceived by the regents of the State Uni
versity. Prof. Thomas G. Chamberlin
was chosen as his successor.
In the municipal court at Milwau-
kee, on the oath, verdicts were reached
in the cases of three of the prisoners on
trial for completely in the recent riots.
Herman Lampel. charged with riot,
was acquitted, and John Protzman
and Henry Damp we're found guilty.
A stay of proceedings was granted in
both cases, which will be taken to the
supreme court on the question Of juris-
diction.
AN iron pulley in O. saw-mill at Prai-
RE du CHEN burst and Instantly killed
Philip Gokey.
The hardware store of O. J. Will
Jams & Co., at New Richmond, was
broken into and robbed of $3.50 worth
Of goods.
CARLSON Bros, Eau Claire, hard
ware dealers, have assigned. Their
assets are estimated at $4,000.
ON the afternoon of the 22d, the
wife of David Terrill, a farmer residing
near Mt. Hope, Grant County, went
to Lancaster to take steps toward
procuring q divorce from her husband
on account of incompatibility of tenn
per. On arriving home angry words
passed between them, and the hus-
band attempted to strike her with a
chair, whereupon she seized q club
and knocked her husband down, kill
ing him instantly. Terrill was about
Is years old and was, a short time
ago, officially examined as to his san
ity, when he was pronounced sane.
VIM. 81. CLARK, JR., has received
official notice of his appointment as
postmaster at Florence.
THE House, on the 23d, passed Ste
phenson's bill authorizing the con-
struction of bridge across Menomi-
nee River at Marinette.
Two horses were stolen from the
vicinity of Racine on the night of the
! 21st; one from E. Rogan and the 9th
er from John Streube. 1t is surmised
| that g. gang of horse thieves are Oper-
ating in the neighborhood.
A TERRIFIC storm, accompanied by
heavy hail, swept through the country
west of Eau Claire, on the 21st. Hail
stones as large as hens eggs covered the
ground. The storm was of short dura-
ton, but the growing crops were great
ly damaged and in some places COM
pletely destroyed. Corn was cut to
pieces and ground into the earth.
Windows were smashed and roofs
damaged.
AT Eau Gale, six miles from Durand,
burglars entered the store OF Carson q
Rand, blew the safe open, and rlied
the drawers of $1,000, of which
amount $500 belonged to Louis Heike.
The operators could not be traced.
ON UQ6 6iC6ruOOu VI JIG AAoO, oOAA
Mehan, bricklayer, who was en-
ployeG in the new building OF Rumble
& Spence, Just south of the Menomo-
nee Hotel, on Second Street, MllWau-
kee, fell through an elevator hatchway
from the fifth floor to the basement,
and was Instantly killed.
c. J. BoUTELLE, dealer in millinery
and ladies' furnishing goods, at Chip
pewa Falls, has assigned to F. M. Buzz
cell, for the benefit OF his creditors.
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $4,000.
He has creditors in Milwaukee.
WILLIAM MACARTHUR, living near
Flambeau Reservation, was fined
500 and costs, at Madison, for selling
LIQUOR to Indians.
ANTON QUIeLEY, an aged resident OF
Oak Creek, met g. violent and peculiar
death at Milwaukee on the 21st. He