Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-25
BADGERDOM.

SATURDAY, the 21st, was the coolest
day Wisconsin has experienced for
years, the mercury ranging from 5 to
so degrees below zero.
CHRISTIAN REESE, the old man ar
rested some time ago for stealing from
his employers, B. Goldsmith & Co.. Of
| Milwaukee, pleaded guilty to the
charge of grand larceny, and was SEN
fenced by Judge Mallory to two years
IN the house OF correction. Reese is
90 years old, and had been in the en-
ploy Of Goldsmith & Co. for twenty
five years.
The total earnings of the st. Paul
| Railway for the year 1887 were $685.
722 900, a net increase of $674, 900.
The Wisconsin Central earned 81
| 600, OOOs an increase of 100000.
IF the bill, which has just passed
the federal Senate, refunding the
direct war tax, becomes a law, Wis
coDsin, which Loyalty paid to the GEN
eral government every cent levied
upon it in the time Of the nations
need, will receive back in round mum.
bers 100000.
JUDGMENT has been entered at Bay
field against Rood & Maxwell, the
failed lumber dealers, for $2O8, 900,
In favor of the First National Bank Of
| st. Paul.
LA CROSSE has arranged to hold a
| ski tournament.
EUGENE SMITH, aged Is years, of
| Mount Horeb, was sentenced to
twenty days in the county jail by JUS
tice Rustic, of that village. He pointed
q gun at a Mrs. dinner.
IT is probable the Madison Club and
the Business Mems Club will combine.
The former has offered to take the
members of the latter C as charter
members.
AUGUST SCHMIDT, an employe at the
Chicago & North Western yards, Mil
waukee, met with terrible accident
on the 10th. He was working about
g. coal shed, and got his left leg caught
between the shed and the cab of a
passing engine. The leg was terribly
crushed, the bone being broken in sew
eral places. Schmidt is g. married
man, "a years old.
| A LARGE number Of warehouses will
be built in Ashland next season to
accommodate the merchants who car
~ such large stocks OF goods beyond
the capacity Of their stores.
THERE are over 200 cases on the
spring calendar of the circuit court OF
Ashland County.
A CONVENTION of school superintend-
ents OF Dunn, St. Croix. Polk, Sawyer,
Barron, Pepin, Wood, Jackson, Clark,
Price, Taylor, Pierce, Burnett, and Eau
| Claire Counties was held at Eau Claire
on the 18th, presided over by State
Supt. Thayer. Chippewa and Doug
lass Counties were the only ones not
represented. The convention dis
cussed school visitation, examinations
and contracts.
| ADAM FEINER, q Milwaukee saloon.
keeper, has disappeared, leaving his
family destitute and his creditors In
mourning. There appears to be g.
woman in the case.
SHERMAN & BELL, well-known auc-
tioneers, Milwaukee, have made an
assignment. Assets and liabilities I'M
! known.
The Eau Claire United States land
office has received from Washington
| list Of patents to railroads on 335
|
600 Omaha indemnity lands in the
district. Since the adjustments some
Of the Omaha selections patented
were made IN 1875 and some in 1882.
The Central's were made in 1875.
Under the revocation on indemnity
Withdrawals about 2,7OO acres Of
Central lands were taken up by set
tiers in this district. Patents to the
Central extinguish the claims OF most
of these settlers, vino will get their
money back.
The residence OF Gen. Fairchild, at
Madison, narrowly escaped Gestruc-
ton by fire. A spark from an open
CRATE ignited the floor, and when the
flames were discovered at 4 A. NJ. the
house was filled with smoke and the
building was in danger OF destruction.