Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-04
STATE NEWS.

| EXCITEMENT prevails at chippewa
Falls over two deaths which appear
to have been caused by cholera.
A YOUNG man named Fred. Miller,
who watches engines for the st. Paul
Company, was killed instantly at
Durand while attempting to board g.
passenger train. Five cars passed
over his body, severing in two. The
remains were taken to Wabasha for
| burial.
A PACKAGE containing from $500 to
| 500 was taken from the safe of the
local agent of the Best Brewing Com
pany, at Eau Claire. The safe bears
no marks of force and the papers in it
were not disturbed.
FL. BoLDT, of Amigo, who was con-
victed of selling liquor without IL
cense, has been sentenced to pay g.
fine of 500 and costs and imprison
ment in the county jail for three
months. A few weeks ago he was
| fined $75 and costs for similar Of
| tense.
HENRY DUNKEL, O. laborer on the
| Wisconsin Central Railway, was found
hanging. an the farm of Geo. 6. Blair,
two miles north OF Waukesha. He
| left note in his outside coat pocket,
written in the German language, which
ran as follows: "My dear friends I
must part this life Idread thefuture,
and am tired and want rest"
MRS. FREDERICK KLIPsTEIN, living
about four miles from Prairie du Sac,
was seriously injured by the sickle Of
reaping machine. Pieces of bone
from one of her limbs were found on
| the sickle-bar.
Two boys, Arthur McLaren and
Hiram Bellington, were drowned at
Badger Mills, near Chippewa Falls.
Bellington sacrificed his life in an en-
deavor to save his companion.
| FIRE broke out at an early hour on
the morning of the goth in q building
owned by Chas. Loveland at Chippewa
Falls. The building was q total loss.
Insurance $500. Two buildings ada
cent, one used as meat market and
the other for a blacksmith shop, we're
also burned. These were owned by E.
E. Breuster. Total loss; no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
JOHN BRADY, who resisted arrest at
Milwaukee and attempted to kill Po-
lice Officer Bender, was on the goth
sentenced to eight years in state pris-
| on.
MATTE JANSEN, aged 35 years,
hanged herself at Milwaukee on the
Doth. No cause is known for the act.
She was employed as O. domestic.
THE dead body of Patrick Rudy,
an inmate of the Northwestern Sol
deirs' Home, was found in the woods
near Milwaukee on the goth. De-
ceased was 65 years old.
THE Monona Lake Assembly was
opened on the 28th with defense of
the superstitions of science, by DR.. G.
F. Drews, of New York. There are
about /, 200 people at the grounds.
THE State Prohibition convention
at Madison, on the 28th, after adopt
ing platform, placed the following
state ticket in nomination: Cover
nor, J. NJ DIN. OF Madison; ieuten-
ant governor, DR.. Chas. Alexander, of
Eau Claire; secretary of state, G. M.
Blackman, of Whitewater; treasurer,
A. @. Merryman, OF Marinette; attOr
ney-general, G. W. Chain, of Wauke-
cha; railroad commissioner, Ole A.
Rilan, of Cumberland; insurance come
missioner, J. j. Sutton, of Columbus;
state superintendent, Prof. J. j. Blais-
dell, of Beloit. J. ]. Sutton declined
80 accept the nomination for insur-
ance commissioner and B. E. Parker,
of Mauston, was put on the ticket III
his stead.
FRED. G. LIsTOE, a labOrer, was
killed by the cars at Barron. He Is
| b 4 Io1 OF ~
La.
A 4-YEAR-oLD daughter of Herman
Bierbaum was thrown from a carriage
at Milwaukee, striking on her head
and receiving injuries which will prob
ably prove fatal.
THE sad coincidence of two drown
ings at the same hour occurred at Mil
waukee on the afternoon of the 9th.
Mary Galenski, aged 10 years, was
playing about the undergrad at the
foot of Reed Street, when she accident
ily fell into the water. The body was
soon afterwards recovered. At the
same hour a 17-year-old boy named
Henry Brandtjen was drowned while
bathing above Racine Street bridge.
He was alone at the time, but the &C
cident was seen by men on the oppo-
site side of the river, who reached the
scene too late to save him. The body
was recovered and taken to his home.
The premium list OF the coming state
fair has been issued and is a neat and
attractive looking volume. The de-
partments and the superentendents
are as follows: Department A, horses,
open to the world; 4. L. Newton,
Beaver Dam, uperintenden1. De-
partment B, cattle; W. A. Johnston,
Galesville, superintendent. Depart
ment G, sheep; G. M. Clark, White
water, superintendent. Department
D, swine; F. c. Curtis, Rocky Run,
superintendent. Department E, poul-
try; A. F. Marquardt, Wausau, super
intendent. Department T, az iculture;
Seth Fisher, Center, superintendent.
Department G, fruits and flowers;
John M. True, Baraboo, superintend-
ent Department FL, machinery; A.
w Vauphn. Lodi, superintendent.