Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-27
STATE NEWS.

was destroyed by fire on the I'D.
Loss, 81, 200; insurance, $500. In the
Heckla.
ONE who has been careful observer
OF the logging operations IN this state
says he does not recall ever having
seen so many men moving to the
woods as he has this season.
LA CROSSE papers report that about
S0,O0O,OO0 feet of logs were turned
out of the Onalaska boom, which, with
the SO 100000 feet run out In the
spring, nearly makes the anticipated
total of 10000, 600 feet.
On the night of the 23d, during one
of the heaviest storms known in this
region for years, the farm house of
John Powell, south of Eau Claire, was
struck by lightning, set on fire and
completely Quilted, the contents being
left in a chaotic condition. The loss
is about So 500. Two of the occu-
pants of the house, a hired man and a
son of Powell, were Frustrated and
severely injured. The hired man had
one side of his body, from head to
foot, badly scorched.
CONRAD TURNER, g. German laborer,
residing on the West Side, at Eau
Claire, fell dead on the morning OF the
Oath, while going to his boarding
house. The verdict at the Inquest
was death from heart disease.
MRS. JOHANNA ONION, living on
Walnut Street, Milv aukee, was fatal
" burned on the 22d, by the explosion
some milk for her baby.
e. J. NEIL, the Milwaukee tailor, on
the 22d, was acquitted at Racine OF
the charge of forgery alleged to have
been committed in the alteration OF g.
chattel mortgage after it was executed.
He was released from Jail after having
been locked up for six months.
A BARN and several buildings on the
farm of DR.. Ormond, two miles south
of Bay View, with about forty tons of
hay and q large number of farm tools,
burned on the night of the 21st, caus-
ing loss of about $4,000, which is
partially covered by insurance.
Seven valuable horses we're rescued
from the barn. The origin of the fire
is not known.
THE jury at Racine, brought in q
verdict of guilty in the case of the
state VS.. Samuel Posey, charged with
shooting and attempting to murder
Mrs. A. Fife. The penalty for the
crime is from one to fifteen years.
THE Common Council of Madison
has granted the Illinois Central Rail-
road Company franchise to cross
over or along the highways or alleys
shore; thence along such shore inside
- I, %ro oI~c1
chooses, across the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul Company's track on Blair
Street; thence along East Wilson
Street, parallel to the St. Paul Com
pany's track, to or east of Few Street.
IF the company does not wish to use
this line it can select an alternative
route of tunneling from Third Lake
shore northerly under East Wilson,
King aid Butler Streets to the
marsh in the eastern part of the city.
The company also has tbs option of
building a line out OF the city west
ward.
EDWARD MCFARLAND, an old soldier
and member of Gov. Harvey Post,
G. A. r., met with an accident in
Somers, Kenosha County, on the 10Th,
which will in all probability prove
fatal. He was standing in g. wagon
when the horse suddenly started and
threw him out so that he struck on
the back OF his neck, breaking the liga-
ments and iniuring him internally.
A wooDsMAN from up the Chippewa
Valley reported at Eau Claire that he
piloted the supposed robbers of the
Ashland bank to the Beef Slough Dam
on the Chippewa, distance of twenty
miles. His description of the men cor
responds with that sent out by the
bank. He says the men approached
him at Glidden and offered him $3.50
to guide them to the dam, which he
accepted. Both of them were armed
with heavy revolvers, and in their
possession was large bundle OF
money, considerable portion OF
which was silver.
ALBERT RUSSELL was arrested at
Eau Claire with the wife of Thos.
Hines of Saltwater, Mimi, with whom
he had eloped. Both pleaded not
guilty to a charge of adultery, and are
being held for trial They are in jail,
in default of bail.
A PAINTER named Holgeson fell from
the new ST. James Catholic Church at
La Crosse, on the 10Th, and was in
jured so that he died before night.
This is the third fatal accident that
has occurred at this church.
In a row in the saloon of George
Keller, in the town of Wauwatosa,
just outside the Milwaukee city limits,
on the 18th, John Burns and William
Daily were shot by The proprietor. Both
will probably die.
A FARMER living near Elk Mound on
the night OF the 18th mistook the time
OF the night train going west from Eau
Claire. Rather than wait, he started
to walk home on the track, accom-
panied by stranger, who said he was
also going to Elk Mound. Outside OF
town the stranger knocked the farmer
down, pounded him badly, robbed him
of about $50 and fed. There is no
trace of the assailant.
THE Dells Improvement Company
has discharged It's force employed at
the log sorting works above Eau Claire