Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-09
STATE NOTES.

| anu SIdVe HILL. LIS origin is complete
| mystery and incendiarism seems hardly
possible, but any other theory lacks any
support. The mill was new one, built
a year ago, and cost $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. The loss direct and by stoppage
is heavy on Mr.. Judd. The mill viii be
rebuilt at once.
| STEAMERS again ply between Green
Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
| CHEoUAMEGoN BAY is open at it's head
for great distance, clear water being
visible for miles.
II. 0. JACKSON, the absconding man
ager of the Badger State Mutual Benefit
| Association, at Eau Claire, has written
| letter from Minnesota promising to set
| tie his financial obligations as soon as he
| can get the money.
THE Thompson & Walkup Company,
of Ashland, has contracted with vessel
| and barge company to ship 200, 600 feet
| of lumber to its Chicago yards. Four
| million feet of the stock is at Ashland
and the remainder at Washburn.
JOSEPH SMITH and Warren Bailey, Of
Sturgeon Bay, cut and hauled 100000
pieces of cedar at their establishments
on the upper peninsula. Of this 100000
are ties, 5000 telegraph poles, and the
remainder, upward of 100000 pieces, are
posts. The ties will be shipped from
| Duluth, Mimi, from whence they will
| be distributed to points in the west and
northWand.
ED. THUBERyILLE, boy living with
his parents at 543 Grove Street, Milwau-
/ kee, was shot in the eye while playing
in the marsh near Wolf & Davidson's
shipyard. No report of gun was
| heard, but the theory is that the shot
| which struck him was fired by some of
| L, L. L l.
marsh is infested at this time of the
year. The wounded boy was taken to
his home and physicians called who ex-
| tracted the shot. He will not lose sight
Of the injured organ.
| HOG CHOLERA made its appearance in
the stock yards at Milwaukee, but it is
| believed the prompt measures taken
will prevent the spread of the disease,
as all infected animals were immediate
ly killed,
| BELLE BOYD, the "female spy of the
Rebellion" is delivering lectures in in
terror Wisconsin towns, under the
auspices Of the q. A. R.
A COMPANY is preparing to build stove
works at Ashland at cost of $40, 900.
FIRE at midnight, on the Sd, destroyed
Cassell's small butcher shop in La
Crosse. A card was found tackled to the
wall, inscribed: "This is to pay for the
bone got two weeks ago." Cassell says
| he had trouble with customer about
| bone. This is the most suspicious thing
about the affair, but he does not cast
suspicion on the customer thus Indirect
ly accused.
| RUMoR has it that the Eau Claire Lum-
| Der Company has sold its Meridian
| Mills, on the Lower Chippewa, and
other property, to the Mississippi River
| Logging Company, which last fall pur-
chased 100000 worth of property
| from the same company. The consid-
Grafton of the present sale is withheld
but it is probably several hundred
thousand dollars.
CHARLES RE1NHoLDT, of the Pioneer
Meat Market, Prairie du CHEN, has
made an assignment in favor of credit
ors. His liabilities are about 500.
THE contract for furnishing the Wis
consin National Guard with / 300 pairs
of trousers has been let from the quar-
| termaster-general's department to Louis
Lachman, of Milwaukee.
EDGAR PALMER, of La Crosse, has been
reappointed by the Governor a member
of the State Board of Dental Examin-
ers. The term is five years.
The business men of Ashland have
agreed to the terms that will ensure the
establishment of another iron works at
| that point. Parties also stand ready to
establish stoVe-Works.
THE head of the Wisconsin Patrons of
Husbandry has arranged for the cree
| ton of large tent for grange meetings
during the state fair. The managers of
i the fair have also agreed to enlarge the
capacity of the amphiteater to 5000
people.
ABOUT one-third of the 275 100000 feet
of logs cut along Black River during the
winter will be hung up on the banks Of
| the stream, having been carried out of
| the channel by high water.
THE Winona & Southwestern Railway
| surveying party is now running levels IN
| Burns Valley, La Crosse County.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
! pearance of William III. Harnden, from
his home near Madison, was cleared up
on the 1st inst. by the discovery of
| the missing man in a hollow tree not
far from his home. He was in a
! ing himself and when taken from the
| tree was in state of collapse. Death
resulted soon after the unfortunate man
| had been taken to the house. The de-
ceased was nephew of Gen. Henry
| Harnden and was about 45 years of age.
For years he was well known about the
city as dealer in berries, etc.
JOSEPH Stock, Pole, living on Bis
marck Avenue, Milwaukee, celebrated
the LIST of May by getting gloriously
drunk. On going home at night he at
! tempted to close the festivities by cut
ting his wife's throat with razor. He
came near succeeding, but was arrested.
A FIRE at La Crosse. destroyed build
| ing owned by John Gautsch and occu-
! pied as butcher shop. Gautsch's loss
was about $500 above his insurance for
$500, while the tenants were fully in
| sured.
JOHN KENNEDY, of Ashland, has sued
| the Wisconsin Central Railway Com
pany for $4,000 as compensation for
an arm rendered useless by an engine
while he was working in one of the
company's coal sheds.
FERDINAND MILLER was drowned on
the Eau Claire River, while driving logs.