Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
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ceived in defective street.
| THE Rev. Henry Faville, who recently
withdrew from the Methodist Church.
has accepted the passionate of the Con-
| gregational Church at La Crosse for one
| year.
In the case of the Land, Log and Lum-
Der Company VS.. j. S. Davidson, lust
| tried at La Crosse, the verdict was for
| the defendant, he being held liable only
for the actual value of stumpage cut
over by the mistake of his men.
LA Crosse is to have glass factory.
Ten acres have been donated toward
the enterprise:
ANOTHER German newspaper is to be
issued in La Crosse by gentlemen of the
Excelsior Printing Company of Milwau-
kee. Its name is to be The Patriot and
its editor Mr.. Bonecamp. In politics it
Will be Democratic in religion Catholic
having the approval of Bishop Flasch.
EDWARD E. GEORGE, an old Madison
resident, died at Omaha, Neb., his
home. aged go. He was q pioneer at
Madison and, for some time, was prop
prletor OF the old United States House,
a hostelry famous in its days. He was
hetelkeeper during most of his career
having had the management of houses
In Chicago, ST. Paul and Omaha.
The State Horticultural Society Is in
| receipt of valuable manuscripts collect
ed by DIR. /. A. Lapham while chief of
the state geological bureau. The papers
include early plats of the state.
CHARLES HERBERT, who was shot at
bayfield, by Police Officer Wilkinson,
died from the effects OF his wound.
JAMES MALoNBY, one of the oldest res
idents of Buffalo County, died on We'd
nesday, aged 80.
THEODORE R1TTEE, aged 5, lost leg
under train while playing upon the
track near his home in La Crosse.
JOHN MAHoNEY, of dance-house noto-
riety, who was shot full of lead by Ed
ward Lindsay, at Ashland, died on the
18th. His estate, it is believed, will be
None Of the property is in his own
name, he having once failed as lum-
herman In Michigan when he led an
honorable life. What disposition will
be made of his property is unknown,
but 1t Is believed a woman and num-
Der OF near friends in Ashland will re-
ceive it. Mahoney's relatives live in
Lawrence County, New York.
The late G. B. Arnold, of Blue
Mounds, Iowa County, at one time inn
proved the highest summit, built
house upon it, and moved there with
his family, but wind blew the house
down. He rebuilt, when a second wind
wrecked his home, and he then aban-
doned the location.
IT is now announced that the North
Western company will erect its new
depot in Milwaukee next spring.
JOHN Hoy, a railroad man, was stabbed
in the side at La Crosse by an unknown
man, who met him on the street. Hoy's
wound is not serious. His assailant
escaped.
A NEW feature is to be introduced in
the law school of the State University.
Lectures ON legal topics are to be deliv-
caster; Hastings, ofGreen Bay; Jenkins,
of Milwaukee; Noyes, of Milwaukee,
| and Wlnslow, of Racine.
IT is probable that judge will be
called to La Crosse from another circuit
| to try cases in which change of venue
| has been asked on the ground of preju-
dice oftbe Judge. The most important
of these cases is that of n. B. Holway VS..
the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul Rail-
way.
II. S. WAKEMAN, chief dispatcher of
the Chicago, Burlington & Northwest
ern Railway, whose headquarters were
| at La Crosse, has accepted a similar
position at Cheyenne. The trainmen
presented him with fine gold-headed
cane on his departure for his new post.
II. F. PAUL, city solicitor for FL. B.
Dewey, dealer in furnaces at 100 Sec
| ond Street, Milwaukee. has decamped
with some 5000 or $500 of his employ.
er's money. In letter witch Paul left
| on the desk in the store, he confesses
to stealing 1854 and incloses his note
| for that amount.
SIGMUND KELLER, travelling salesman
for the wholesale liquor firm of A. Blade
& Son. 241 East Water Street, Milwau-
| kee, was arrested in Minneapolis on the
18th, charged with embezzlement. Kel-
| Ter left the employ of Blade & Son some
| two weeks ago and soon afterward short
ages were discovered in his accounts.
| The amount is believed to be about
5000.
JACK MAHoNEY, the notorious dive
keeper at Ashland, riddled with bullets
| by Edward Lindsay. may not recover.
| DR.. Sem, of Milwaukee, removed bull
| Let that was imbedded in his bowels.
J. M. BRACKET, former resident of
| Eau Claire, and at one time editor of
the Daily Free Press, died at Ainsworth,
Neb.
FERDINAND OPANKOWSkI. In0cnaHIc III
| the St. Paul shops, at West Milwaukee,
| attempted to board a freight tt ain at the
foot of Grove Street to 60 out to his
work on the night of the 18th. His foot
| slipped and he fell beneath the wheels,
which crushed his skull to fragments.
| He leaves vile and several children.
THREE million feet of lumber in the
ward of Alfred Weed & Co., at Black
River. was DESTROYED by fire, which is
! fire started early in the evening, and as
sstance from the Hurley and Ironwood
fire department quenched the flames
| after half the lumber had gore up in
smoke. Loss, 900; fully covered by
| insurance.