Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-20
STATE NOTES.


swim, and got beyond his depth.
MAYOR NELSON, of Sturgeon Bay. was
severely burned about the hands and
head while standing too near the fire.
box of the steam fre-engine The fire.
man had thrown quantity of kerosene
into the furnace to hasten the general
ing OF steam, when the blaze shot out
and enyeloped both men, who hap
pened to stand near by at that juncture.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, a laborer, about so
iyears of age, committed suicide at Mad
ison by taking laudanum He leaves a
wife and several children, most of whom
are grown.
Ex-AGENT DURFEE, of the La Pointe,
Indian Agency, and Harry I'll. Beaser,
the new chief clerk of the office, have
been subp@naed to give testimony be-
fore Senator Chambers committee at
Washington.
EDDIE KILLIAN, Is years of age and
living with his parents in Milwaukee,
fell down the hatchway of the steamer
Oscar Thompson, on the 16th, and broke
his neck. He was the signal boy on
board the vessel.
The Ashland land Office has received
the decision of the commissioner of the
general land office on it's action in re-
spect to the case of Talliver against the
Wisconsin Central Railroad. It upholds
the decision of the register and receiv-
er that they are Invested of Jurisdiction
on the case when the patents were is
sued to the railroad company This set
ties the whole matter and thousands of
acres of land which were thrown open
for settlement by order of Commissioner
Sparks revert to the Wisconsin Central
Company.
n q TOf of
wreck a Wisconsin Central passenger
train at Westboro, one night recently.
Some one tempered with the switch and
removed the lock. The sleeper attached
to the sOuth-bOund train was upset, Sc
verely bruising three or four passengers,
Mrs. T. Burns, of Ashland being one Of
the victims. Detectives are endeavor-
ing to ferret out the perpetrator of the
outrage.
THE lumber shed, $4,000 feet of hard
wood lumber and blacksmith shop at
Sturgeon Bay, the property of the Stur-
geon Bay Lumber Company, burned
with loss of $4,000; insurance, 5000.
The annual banquet of the Milwaukee
Merchants Association, held at the
Plankinton House on the evening of the
18th, was a notable affair. Senator
| Spooner was the honored guest, and
speeches were made by number of
prominent Wisconsin men.
The contract to build the ladies' hall
| for Lawrence University has been let
| for 800, 026. The building will be 108x95
and three stories above the basement.
THE seasons cut of the lumber mills at
| Ashland will amount to about 80 600 900
| feet.
ASHLAND thinks her interests will be
advanced by the erection of union
| railway depot.
AMONG the trophies on exhibition at
| the veteran reunion in La Crosse is the
| GRASS l2-pounder captured by the Four
teenth Regiment at the battle of Pitts
| burg Landing. 1t was three times taken
| and lost by the regiment and bears
marks of the struggle in which il played
| q part. The ammunition chest has four
| bullet holes in it, besides several spokes
are marked either by bullets Or pieces
of shell. A portion of a felloe and part
| of the tire OF one of the wheels was cut
off by solid shot. 1t was also spiked
| and rendered useless for service during
| the struggle.
The old police station at Milwaukee
| has been leased for term Of years and
will be used as an emergency hospital.
By the filing of petition in the cir
cult court, the initial proceeding has
been taken to secure drainage and re-
clamation of large areas of marsh lands
adjacent to lakes MENDOZA, Monona,
| Waubesa, Kegonsa, Wingra and Mud,
! Special Drainage Act of 1887. Similar
| proceedings were recently dismissed on
| account of irregularity. The drainage
is to be accomplished by the lowering
| of the dams at Madison and Stoughton,
owned by private parties who will in
| the courts vigorously oppose any such
attempt.
AT Eau Claire on the 18th, the Missis-
sippi River Logging Company's shingle
mill, boarding house two shingle sheds,
and other buildings were destroyed by
a fire that originated in the shingle mill
The loss is estimated at $50 600. 1t is
incendiarv as the shingle mill, where
| the flames first broke out, had not been
in operation this season. The insurance
could not be ascertalned.
ALEXANDER NELSON, workman, fell off
the bridge at the White River Crossing,
near Ashland on the 18th, and was car
ried over the dam and drowned.
The announcement for the second
wear of the Wisconsin Summer School
| for Teachers has been issued by the
| committee appointed by the Wisconsin
| Teachers Association to provide for the
establishment of the school. The COM
mittee consists of C. FL. Reyes, of James
vile; w. H. Chandler and W. FL. Beach,
| of Madison; J. E. Hoyt, of Lodi, and J.
| w Stump, of Whitewater. The school.
as last year, will be held at the State
University, will open July 10, and con-
| tinue for four weeks.
A LARGE turtle was found in the Eau
| Claire River the other day which is sup
posed to be 100 years old, the date 1910
| being cut in the shell on its back.
One of party engaged in charivari
| during wedding festivities. in the town
of Brussels, Door County, shot toward
| the house and seriously wounded Will
lam Miller, the ball striking him IN the