Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-23
STATE NE WS

Y. NJ. C. A.
THE Waupaca County veterans will
hold their annual campfire at Wau-
paca July 3 to Z.
VIM. FL. CLARK, JR., has received
official notice of his appointment as
postmaster at Florence.
ABOUT 100000 feet OF lumber will
be used in the construction of the ele-
vator at West Superior. The Supe-
rior Lumber Company is furnishing the
material at the rate Of twenty car
loads day.
A PIECE of copper weighing 27b
pounds was recently found on the
farm of Fred. Pfifer, in the town of
Sebastopol, being the second find of
this character that has occurred dur
ing the past month. AS the lands in
the county are cleared and come un-
der cultivation it is probable that
many discoveries of a similar kind
will be made.
The Westinghouse of William Ros-
coe, in Pepin County, was struck by
lightning on the 10Th and with most
OF the contents completely destroyed.
Loss 1,2OO; uninsured.
THE jury in the case of James Sal
mon VS.. the Milwaukee, Menomonee
Falls & Western Railroad, gave YER
dict at Waukesha in favor of the
plaintiff for 81, 4S3.6O. 1t was an APP
peal from the commissioners award
for land condemned for the use of the
railroad.
A MAN giving his name as James
PTo6 Tod Of
the night of the 18th for disorderlv
conduct. While awaiting the arrival
of the patrol wagon he attacked Off
Ger Bender with a knife, giving him
three cuts, one across the right hand,
which will probably cripple him for
life. He escaped for the moment but
was found and locked up.
WILLIAM VARLEY attempted to
shoot and kill Mary Schindal, a keeper
of house of ill-fame in Superior, and
then shot himself through the head,
killing himself almost instantly. The
shooting created great excitement for 81
short time. Marley at one time tended
bar In a saloon ct that place, and has
a brother at Washburn who was for
merly chief of police at Cumberland.
The woman in the affair was supposed
by many to be his wife, and was
known by his name. The affair
grew out of several petty criminal
suits in which the parties were ar
raigned against each other during the
past month.
HARLAN M. PAGE, we'll known
throughout the state, died at Baraboo
on the 18th. Mr.. Page was the man
aging editor of the Madison State
Journal for number ofyears, and by
overwork brought on softening of the
brain, from which he has suffered for
the past eight years, and which was
the cause of his death. He was born
in New York City in 1888.
SOLOMON M. LANGwoRTHY, once g.
leading merchant OF Potosi, died at
Dubuque, Ia, OF paralysis.
A FOLDING screen, standing four feet
high, and fac-simile of one which
graces the rotunda of the Mikado's
palace at Toxic, was present sent by
DR.. and Mrs. Stuart Eldridge, of
Japan, to the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. E.
B. Wright, Waukesha. The material
of this exquisite work of art is of black
satin, heavily embroidered in gold,
representing flowers, storks and birds
OF Paradise. A Grape border, en-
broidered in silver and gold, illustrat-
ing many specimens of reptiles, bugs
and fish surrounds the center, and all
is encased in frame of ebony and
gold.
GREAT excitement was caused at
Racine on the night of the 18th, by
an attempt to assassinate M. M. Sc
cor, ex-mayor of the city. A dyna-
mite bomb loaded with nails, slugs and
spikes was exploded in close proximi-
ty to Mr.. Secor's house, and almost
in the path which he had used few
moments before in returning home.
Trees and bushes in the vicinity were
torn up by the explosion, and a man
named Jambers, living in Milwaukee.
who was passing on the street at the
time, was badly hurt, receiving over
twenty cuts all over his body. He
Was arrested next day, charged with
attempt to murder. Jambers is q
Bohemian, 35 years old, had been in
the employ of E. P. Allis for six years.
He was not known to have been q
member of any Socialistic society,
c1uO OOCkdLCS uc kAOWS uO buIuS NOOUU
the bomb.
THE largest sale of real estate
ever recorded in Milwaukee was
made on the 10th inst, when g. block
on Grand Avenue. 800 feet front, was
sold to John Plankintonf for 100000.
Tom Wilson, desperate character
and keeper of q disreputable house at
Ostrander, Waupaca County, shot
and fatally wounded John Kelly of
the same place, on the 18th. A num-
Der of citizens went to Wilson's for
the purpose of getting him to leave
town, and, upon his refusal, threw
stones through the windows, whereup-
on Wilson fired into the crowd with
the above result.
Word has been received from lit
tie town near Omaha, Neb., that Peter
Peterson, q former Racine man, was
murdered few days since by broth
er-in-law. From the meager particu-
lars at hand it appears that Peterson
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