Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-11
STATE NEWS.

A soDA-wATER bottle exploded in the
saloon of Geo. Hohl, at La Crosse, and
8 piece of the glass cut out one of
Hobbs eyes.
jacob Bros wagon and black
smith shop, together with q house,
barn and dozen or more sheds and
outbuildings, were burned at La
Crosse Wednesday. Loss small.
MRS. THEODORE ARTHUR, of Baro-
nette, Burnett County, strayed in the
woods while berrying and wandered
about three days and nights before she
found g. way out of the labyrinth.
She subsisted on berries and slept up
on leaves.
THE La Crosse authorities failed to
identity the prisoners at Prairie du
CHEN as the murderers Of Nels White.
ALBERT E. BUCKINGHAM has sued the
La Crosse Street Railway Company
for damages for personal injuries. He
claims $4,000.
A LABoRING man named Brand living
in the outskirts of Milwaukee, shot
himself fatally on the night of the 9Th.
He was 20 years old.
JIMMIE NOLAN, about 20 years of
age, living on Detroit Street, Milwau-
kee, walked off the dock into the river,
at the foot of Mason Street, shortly
before 2 o'clock on the morning of the
9TH, and was drowned. Hewas under
the influence of liquor at the time.
AT Meridian, fifteen miles below
Eau Claire, John Johnson, foreman in
d sawmill, lost one of his legs by being
drawn against rotary saw.
THE Western Good Templar, pub
lished in Lancaster by w. n. Stone,
has been purchased by III. III. Roser, O.
university student, and will in future
be issued from the ProhibiUionist Office,
in Madison. The paper is the official
organ OF the Good Templars of Wis
consin and Illinois. The new editor is
district chief templar of the Fifth
District of Wisconsin, which includes
the Southwestern counties.
GEO. WALTERS, of De Forest, ILL.,,
fell between the cars at Oconomowoc
and was instantly killed. His body
was shockingly mangled. Walters was
engaged in the stock business and was
bound either for Milwaukee or Ch1ca-
go.
| SAM PRICE, the first settler of the
town of Price, Langlade County, was
| found near Deerbrook, unconscious
| from burns received in some unknown
manner, and died in afew hours.
JOHN BRADY, of Trempealeau, shot
and killed John Sullivan tor running
away with his 13-year-old daughter,
Maggie Brady. 1t seems that SulE-
van, who was one of the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern construction
gang at work near Trempealeau, fell in
love with the Brady girl, and after a
spree induced the girl to leave home
with him and go to Winona to get
married. A brother of the girl fol-
lowed the couple, but was driven back
by Sullivan, who drew q revolver and
threatened 30 kill his pursuer. The
latter sent telegram to Winona and
effected the arrest of the couple, who
were brought back to Trempealeau,
when the father settled the whole mat
ter by killing Sullivan on sight. The
town is greatly excited over the affair.
with sympathy strongly in favor of
Brady, who gave himself up.
ARTICLES of association have been
| filed at Madison of the Chicago, Madi-
son, & Northern Railway Company.
This is the corporate title of the Hi
nois Central Northern extension via
Freeport and Madison.
WHILE Mrs. Richard Bosch, living on
Walker Street, Milwaukee was getting
dinner On the Sd INST, her 3yearold
child pushed the chair containing the
baby, 7 months old, near the stove,
where pan of milk was being scalded.
The little one pulled the pan off the
stove and was frightlully scalded by
the contents, death following in few
hours.
IT is now stated that the deficit of
the big s8ngerfest at Milwaukee will
be about ST., 900.
HERMAN MARTEN, driver OF a wood
wagon at Milwaukee, was thrown from
his seat on the Sd by the upsetting of
the vehicle. Part OF the load fell upon
him and he was so badly injured that
he lived but few hours.
The Eau Claire street railway has
been sold to New York parties. A new
company will be organized to operate
the road.
| TT is reported that John Sullivan,
aged 35, has eloped from Trempealeau
with Maggie Brady, aged ID years.
CONTRACTOR JAMES LIvEsLY, of Madi-
son, whose skull was crushed by a
falling brick, will recover.
THE badly decomposed body of an
unknown man was found in Bertram's
Lake, near Cassville, Grant County.
A YOUNG man named Fred. Miller,
who watches engines for the ST. Paul
Company, was killed instantly at
Durand while attempting to board a
passenger train. Five cars passed
over his body, seveting itin two. The
remains were taken to Wabasha for
burial.
A New Trick at the Swimming Baths.