Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-02
&TATM ~ 10 FYE.

1uho. CHRlSTIANA hURTZ, 5U years
Old, was found drowned in arainwater
barrel at her home in Wauwatosa
Suicide.
The house OF Ralph Smith, at Chip
peWa Falls, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss $1,000.
AUGUsT SCHLECHTER, aged 10 Years.
and his little sister were playing near
the railroad track at Milwaukee on the
afternoon of the goth. The younger
child was on the rail when a train came
along. The boy caught her and threw
her out OF reach, but was himself struck
by the engine and killed.
4.YEAR OLD son Of Friedrich
Berndt was drowned in the river at
Milwaukee on the 28th.
A GERMAN railroad laborer named
Charles Hammer was found dead I'M
der a tree near Cassville. Alcoholism
was the cause of death.
THE body of drowned man was
found under the railroad bridge at
North McGregor. It is supposed that
the man was knocked from the bridge
by locomotive.
THE supreme court has adjourned
for the summer.
MRS. SUSAN Fox, mother of Mrs.
James Potter, wife of prominent far
mer of the town of Lind, was burned
to death on the Goth. Her clothes
caught fire at the cook-stove. She
died in two hours after the accident.
EAU CLAIRE is to have new Congre-
gational church.
The Grafton at thereunion of South
ern Wisconsin Veterans, to be held at
Mineral Point, will be delivered by
Congressman Woodward, of La Crosse
MRS. JANE HAYES, living near Por-
terville, was seriously injured by the
upsetting of her carriage at Eau Claire.
The driver was drunk.
A YOUNG railroader named Patrick
Mckinley, of Racine, had one of his
feet so badly crushed by the cars, near
Escanaba. Mich, that amputation
above the ankle was necessary.
JAMES MCCAIN, q Milwaukee travel
ing man, was thrown from buggy
near the town of Franksville. His
collar-bone was broken, shoulder dis
located and internal injuries sus-
tanned.
The premiums to be offered at the
next Wisconsin State Fair aggregate
SIS, 900.
Mrs. E. @. DwELLEY, relict of the
late VIM. Dwelley, and j. w. Graves,
her protege, were released from the St.
Croix County jail on the Goth by Judge
Bundy on a compromise. They have
been in alleged confinement for con-
tempt of court since last April on re.
fusal to answer questions relating to
Mr.. Dwelley's will and the amount OF
his property. The case will now go
over until next fall unless the Federal
courts consent to hear it contrary to
Judge Bundy's ruling. This is one of
the most Important will contests ever
Irrigated in that part OF the state.
A. BUSHNELL, of Emerald, st. Croix
County, tried to shoot his brother-in-
law, one Mcleod, a neighboring far
mer, for sparkling an older sister and
then marrying q younger one. He
pleaded guilty on the Goth, and was
sent up for six months. Heis a crank
and poor marksman.
FRED. CHRIsTIANsoN, the boy ar
rested on a charge of having commit
ted perjury during the Michael
Schultze murder trial, at Racine, had
his examination on the 25th, and
was discharged, there being no testi-
mony to show that he intended to
commit perjury. lie is the brother of
Louis Christensen, now serving q
six years sentence for the crime,
and was arrested on complaint of
VIM. Santry, father of John Santry,
who was sent to prison for twelve
years after having been found guilty
of having hand in the murder Of
Schultze.
A PTTsBURG dispatch chronicles the
destruction by fire of the local depot
of the Best Brewing Company of Mil
waukee, with thirteen horses. A num-
Der of employees Of the brewing COM
pany who slept in the building had q
very narrow escape. The loss is
placed at $4,000.
JAMES RossITTER and A. Gilroy, two
Milwaukee boys who tapped the till in
O. Racine laundry and stole chickens,
were each sentenced to the reform
school until OF age. Joseph Dolan,
the third boy, was taken home to Mil
waukee by his parents, who settled the
case.
A FoUR-sToRY brick building on West
Water Street, Milwaukee, occupied by
J. P. Lindemann and Co., hardware
dealers, collapsed on the Oath. The
trouble was caused by the weight of
the goods on the top floor. The inte-
rior of the building is a. total wreck.
The next building, occupied as g. sales
room by the Brunswick Bake Billiard
Company, was also badly damaged.
The accident occurred early in the
morning, and no one was hurt.
Mystery of the Private Harp.