Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-30

OOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE: Inc high
water in the Sturgeon River, at the head
dams of the Van Wrinkle Lum Der Com
pany to be carried away, and big loss
resulted thereby. Several million feet
of saw logs have been scattered through
the woods. for miles, and to get these
back into the stream will necessitate an
outlay of many thousands of dollars
One report says it will cost 500, 900 to re-
place the dams and remove the OBJ
structions from the river.
E. E. BROWN, of the State university
cadets, won the medal at the recent tar
get competition, scoring 50 out Of pos
sible So
The Sturgeon Bay Advocate reports
that a money order department will be
established at the Evergreen postoffice.
CHAs. KoPpL1N, of Ashland, guardian
of the children of the late Herman Nit
tlests.dt, visited Fall Creek, Eau Claire
County, early one morning with hack
and forced the children to accompany
him from there, he taking advantage
of the fact that few people were up. Mrs.
Mittlestadt Immediately followed with
team to Eau Claire in the hope of
compelling the release of the children,
but 1nasmuch as Mr.. KoppIin is their
guardian, nothing could be done. The
residents of Fall Creek were so jndig-
nant over the affair that at night an
efhgy was hung upon a rope stretched
from one side of the street to the other
with placard bearing the words, "Take
care Of your children, Ashland"
HARRY HoEY, Porterville logger, shot
through the sluice in the lower dam at
Eau Claire on single log-a feat never
hcfI0 .c1 Ia,
down III a torrent.
E. S. JUDD, of Ashland, has secured
verdict against the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Com
pany for $40 damages for the killing of a
dog owned by the plaintiff by defend
ants engine.
The remains of Ella Benwards, who
was murdered at Ashland by Billy An
drews, were buried on the Oath, no re-
ply having been received from her rel
atives, who are wealthy farmers living
near Fort Wayne, Ind. Andrews has
made clean breast of the whole affair.
He will recover from his self-inficted
wounds
1t is reported from Alma that survey
ors are running line across Sand Prai-
RE, through Weaver, and across the riv-
CT, up the valley toward Winona The
line is said to be an extension Of the
500" road more generally known as
the Fairchild system.
BURGLARS at Eau Claire robbed Hueb-
ner q Schlosser's store of 500 worth Of
goods.
PROF. r. B. ANDERSON, minister to
Denmark, who has been making short
visit at his old home in Madison, will
sail on the 9th of June to resume his
duties in Denmark. The professor will
be accompanied by his family, who
intend to spend year in European
travel.
LYMAN HIGLEY, aged nearly 90, died of
apoplexy at his home in the town of
Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County. He
came to Wisconsin at very early day
and settled in Dekorra, near Portage, at
time when his was the only dwelling
between Portage and Madison. The de-
ceased is said to have once owned the
site of Council Bluffs.
The great case of the Socialist Grottkau
has finally been settled to his satisfac-
ton. Argument on certiorari proceed
ings in review of habeas corpus, before
Judge Johnson, at Milwaukee, resulted
in his discharge from the house of cor
rection. The case will be appealed to
the state supreme court.
THE Milwaukee Exposition Associa-
ton has sold it's big organ to Emanuel
Presbyterian Church.
A PLAN is being considered at Madi-
son for the purchase of the First Baptist
Church property and the transformation
The sum of $l4 900 is asked for the prop
ertv.
THREE alleged dive-keepers have been
ecuted by the Anthem Association.
THE Mindora Cheese and Butter Fac
tory Association, of Pennington, La
Crosse County. has been incorporated.
GEORGE MCKNIGHT, an. inmate of the
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, committed
suicide on the Home grounds on the
years of old and had long been troubled
with neuralgia, which is supposed to
have made him respondent.
THE body Of an unknown man was
found in the lake in the town of Oak
Creek, near Milwaukee, on the 2lst.
There was nothing by which it could be
identified. An examination showed
that the man, who appeared to be about
OlIl, udU Dttn SuOG through OIO
breast, which is taken as an indication
of suicide.
The large dam in the Menominee
River, near the mouth of Pembina
Creek, in the vicinity of Florence, went
out during the recent flood. The dam,
which was built two years ago, at cost
of over $50, 600, was a very large one.
consisting of eleven wide gates ana four
rolls. Last spring the dam became par
TALLY undermined and was repaired at
an expense of between $4,000 and $10,-
600. 1t is now total wreck.
A NUMBER of conductors on the North
ern Division of the North Western Rail-
way have been discharged for some I'M
known cause.
IT is proposed by the Business Mems
Association of Ashland to raise the sum
of 100000 for the erection of theater
block to include an opera house and
several stores.
THE assignee of W. w. Jones, the La
Crosse hardware merchant who failed
recently, has filed his report, showing
that the liabilities are $40, 062.71 and the