Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-24
STATE NEWS.

J. L. CASE has purchased g. 3-year-
old mare named "Eggo" from parties
in illinois. 1t is sstid thaG the price Is
$4,000.
A SUIT for Sis 600 has been begun
in the superior court, at Chicago, by
Jerome I. Case against William Rob
bins. 1t is claimed that the sum Is an
old debt resulting from loaned money
| and the interest thereon.
OLYMPIA BROWN, of Racine, opened
a series of woman suffrage meetings at
| Eau Claire, on the 10th, addressing
| thirty women and about a dozen men.
| In the course of her remarks she bold
| ~ and alphabetically claimed that a fair
construction of the suffrage amend
ment just adopted giving women the
right to vote at elections pertaining to
school matters, would give them the
right to vote for governor, because
that official appoints university re-
gents for state perintendent OF pub
lie instruction, etc.
On the afternoon of the goth, Willie
and Joseph, aged respectively 8 and 6
years. sons of Manly Stanhope, near
Melrose, Jackson County, broke
| through the ice on pond near their
home and were both drowned. The
mother saw them and, in her endeav-
ors to rescue them, she also broke
| through the ice and would have
drowned but for timely assistance.
| LATHAM & SMITHS sawmill at Stur-
geon Bay shut down on the l 9th. The
shingle machines are being placed on
| the schooner Peoria and will be taken
to Leathem, Mich, where they will be
run this winter, the crew employed &C
| complaining them. Several numbering
crews have left for the west shore and
will operate back of Menominee.
AT the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Monona Lake Assembly
it was shown that the receipts of the
last encampment were SO, ISL, so. OF
this amount SIS, 1924 81 was expended
for programme and the balance in inn
| provements. There is floating in
debtedness of 2,4OO, and $4,000 is
due on land, making the total indebt-
edness of the association $4,4OO.
JOHN RUsK, son of ship builder at
| Quebec, Can, was found dead in bed
at q cheap lodging house at 121 Ferry
Street, Milwaukee, on the 18th. Rusk
complained Of pains in his chest when
he retired and said he intended going
to q hospital the next day. He was
about % years of age, and for the
| past two seasons has been sailor on
the propeller f. & P. M, No. /. He
was known by the name of 'Brien.
| A Is YEAR OLD con of Lewis Brook
man, OF Little Falls, was accidentally
shot by his uncle. Tbeboy was about
ten feet away watching his uncle load
q Winchester rifle, when the gun was
prematurely discharged, the bullet
passing through both legs between the
| hip and the knee. One leg had to be
amputated at the hip.
THE First National Bank of Ash
land, Wis, has been authorized to
commence business with a capital of
| $4,000.
A MINNEAPOLIS book dealer named
Eric Il. Farnes, g. graduate of the
State University in 1875, a graduate,
also, in theology, and fine scholar,
died at Madison OF malarial fever.
THIRTY odd acres of French Island,
at La Crosse, have been plated and
form the beginning of what will be
known as ''West La Crosse"
A WRECK, caused by g. collision be-
tween two freight trains, occurred five
miles north of Oregon on the night of
the 18th. A wild train, going south,
which had orders to meet No. 33-a
regular north-bound train-at that
point, held the main track, instead of
running on the side track. Train No.
33 came along, expecting to find the
wild freight on the siding, and a coils
ion occurred. The engines were
wrecked considerably and few box
cars smashed. Luckily no one was
hurt.
Frederick HADKE, g. laborer, aged
40, occupying poor lodgings with his
wife and two sons, at La Crosse, COM
mitted suicide on the 14th by cutting
his throat.
News has been received of the de.
struction by fire of the barn and con-
tents, consisting of a large quantity of
grain and hay, of Chas. Everett, near
Waterville, twenty-three miles west of
Eau Claire. A valuable span of horses
was burned. Loss from$1 200 to ST.
500, with no insurance.