Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-07-11
STATE NOTES.

Gen. FAIRCHIID mas presented the
sta5e Historical Socisty with life-sized
bust OF the late Gen. John A. Logan.
The little 5-year-old Sheboygan boy
who had been awaiting a claimant at
Eau Claire has been called for by his
mother, Mrs. Gruener, now of Eleva,
Trempealeau County.
The body of Valney r. Velie, late
clerk OF court for Florence County, was
eXhumed to satisfy alifeinsurance com
pany that his death was she result of an
accident. He carried a policy for $5,-
0O0.
ON taking up the remains of Mrs. Pat
rick Farley, at Nasewaupee, for removal
to another cemetery, it was found that
the silk wedding dress that had served
as a. shFoud, was In perfect condition,
though it had been in the grave about
seventeen years.
MILWAUKEE has curious, case of con-
Jugal lnfellcity. After getting divorce
from her first husband and marrying a
second, the woman in. the case changed
her mind and eloped with her first.
Col. WALTER S. JOHNSON died on the
9th at his rooms at the Plankinton
House., Milwaukee. where he had lived
for some time past. Col. Johnson was
one. of the most widely-known of the
old citizens of Milwaukee. He was
born.in 1917 at Middleburv, VT.
ABOUT noon on the 9Th the office of
the Northwestern National Insurance
Company at Milwaukee was visited by
three men, one of whom engaged
Cashier Einsdale in conversation while
another slipped behind the counter and
robbed the money drawer of $213. One
of the thieves, Rufe Miner. has been
caught.
JOHN and Martin Nesse, employed in
Tom Sharpe's camp, drowned in the
Eau Claire River east of Fall Creek, by
losing their footing on the logs in the
river while breaking a jam.
AT La Crosse on the 4th, George Nc
Gee, a railroad fireman, while fuddled
with whisky, shot and seriously wound
ed William Horn, a saloonkeeper.
THE expert engineers who. were ap-
pointed several months ago to recon-
mend plan for the abatement of the
Milwaukee River nuisance, met the
reported that as yet they have done
nothing.
LUcIAN RIPLEY, of Eau Claire, recent
ly located $4,000 acres of pine land in
Alabama for Henry w. Sage, of Ithica,
N Y.
PROF. ALBERT HARDY, of La Crosse,
was chosen president of the State Teach
ers' Association, which has been in ses-
sion at Eau Claire for several days.
A MANUSCRIPT written on vellum and
supposed to be product of the early
part of the fourteenth century, has been
purchased for the library of the State
Historical Society.
A BRANCH of Catholic Knights has
been organized at Bayfield,, with A. T.
Williams as president.
In Eastman, Crawford County,
farmer named Burgett fell under hay
laden wagon and was instantly killed.
ACCORDING to the city directory for
1888, Milwaukee's population is 200,57S.
The project for Republican club
building in Milwaukee has been aban-
doned.
The school district of Sun Prairie has
re solved to tax itself the $3.50 lost by the
abseonding of E. E. Johnson. Many
were in favor of holding the treasurer
to account, but he was exeulpated by
majority of 80.
BY city ordinance the Milwaukee
Street cars will hereafter be compelled
to run all night. This will be great
accommodation, particularly during the
coming campaign.
JOHN RYAN, the locomotive engineer
drowned off the Wisconsin Central
docks at Ashland, had his life insured
for $4,000.
DR.. THEODORE PETERSON, of Eau Claire,
rose about O'Clock on the morning of
the I'd, and intending to take morphine
for rheumatism, swallowed a heavy
dose of atrophine. A stomach pump
saved him.
In the case of Mrs. Lydia Reber, of
Lena, H., against ex-Congressman Ma
COON, now of Milwaukee, the circuit
court of Lancaster decided in favor of
the plaintiff in one of the notes in ques-
tion-for So ,000-and cancelled the 9TH
ers, one for $1,000 and the other for
81 900. The defendant claims that his
son obliged him to sign the notes at the
muzzle of revolver. He will appeal
to the supreme court.