Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
BADGERDOM.

A SWEDE, whose name Is unknown,
was recently run over and killed by the
cars, at Paoli Station, on the Chicago,
Madison q Northern Railroad
THE Rev. Capt. Clark, of the Salvation
Army, was arrested at Hudson on a
charge Of abducting Miss Bellings, of
Winona, Mimi. The couple were found
in house of ill-repute. The case was
dismissed, Clark showing that he had
previously married the girl.
THE residence of James VAIL, four
miles south of Alma, was destroyed by
an incendiary fire. A sum of money
was stolen from the house during the
progress Of the fire.
The Association for the Advancement
of Milwaukee" has been Incorporated.
THE sheriff of Bayfield, County sold for
Rood & Maxwell their interest in the
old mill at Bayfield, not covered in the
attachment. The Thompson & Walkup
Company, of Chicago, were the purchas
ers, and it was knocked down to them
at $4,000. Four million feet of logs
owned by Thompson & Walkup have
been replevined by S. G. Cook & Co.,
the latter firm claiming that it holds a
draw on renewed and probably pro-
The state board of charities and re-
forms favor the erection of a new jail at
Madison. They report that the old one
is an outrage on decency.
THE young man who lost both of his
arms by the bursting of a saw on Scotch
Prai RE, La Crosse County, was Attic
Lincoln, of the town of Holland, in that
county.
THE Mississippi River is now open up
to La Crosse.
The carpenters and joiners of La
Crosse have formed union.
THE Republican state convention will
be held at Madison on the 9th Of June.
THE new Layton Art Gallery, at Mil
waukee, was formally opened to the
public on the 9Th inst.
EDWARD LYNCH, coachman for DR..
Carlson, was found dead in bed on the
morning of the 4th, having been asphyx
lated by escaping gas from a coal stove
during the night. He had a room in DR..
Carlson's barn at 124 Twentieth Street,
Milwaukee, through which passed
leaky stove pipe, and had neglected to
repair 1t.
NEARLY every fence, dead-wall and
store-front in Ashland is covered with
posters containing the following: "MiI-
Waukee nOn-union beer contains more
water and chemical substances than
malt or hops. Take care for your
health" All the big Milwaukee brew
ers have warehouses and agents there,
and supply the region with about all the
beer that is drunk. The agents are en-
deavoring to find out who is at the bot
tom of the affair. 1t is presumed that
the boycott is the outgrowth of the
trouble between the brewers and
Knights of Labor employees.
IT is reported that the Indians on
government lands near Trempealeau
are becoming dangerous. Four of them
recently visited Winona, became intOx-
icated, assaulted O white woman and
threatened the lives Of several persons.
They are under arrest and the authOrl-
ties are in quest of the parties wEo sold
them liquor
The municipal election in Milwaukee
on the Sd resulted in the election of the
Citizens city ticket proper and twelve
out of twenty aldermen. The Keogh
election law in its practical operation is
pronounced an unqualified success.
The Ashland Iron & Steel Company's
furnace, the largest charcoal furnace in
the world, was blown in on the Sd. The
capacity is ninety tons of pig day. Ore
rom the Gogebic mines is being used.
HENRY KANITz, laborer employed 10
the Northwestern Fuel Companv's yard
at the foot of Eighteenth Street, Mil
waukee, was buried beneath falling
pile Of coal on the I'd, and was severely
injured.
THE Second Wisconsin Cavalry holds
a reunion at La Crosse in June.
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mill wood. Over 2,OU0 cords were ship
ped to one firm.
The Rev. J. Parmenter, of Wabash,
Ind. has accepted the pastorate Of the
First Baptist Church of Thorp
]. B. CossAC, of Kilbourn City, was
seriously injured by a runaway at Eau
brick wall.
MORRIS DAGNoN was killed by train
near I ynXville. 1t is supposed that he
he fell asleep upon the track.
J. B. CUsACK was bound over for trial
at E III Claire on complaint that he had
obtained contracts under false pre-
lenses for state maps that he is selling.
He got the signatures of fifteen farmers
who supposed they were merely signing
a recommendation. He has been doing
Northwestern Wisconsin in the same
manner.
A CITY base ball organization has been
organized at La Crosse. The Browns
and the Fruit House club have joined in
leasing the base ball park and will not
only play a series of games, but ex-
pect to secure an occasional date from
some of the Western League clubs as
they 60 back and forth through the city
on their visits to St. Paul.
WHILE horse was drawing a wagon
loaded with lumber, at Madison, both
hind feet of the animal were caught in
the mud and held so tightly that in at
tempting to extricate them it uniointed
the Ieet from the leg at the fetlock joint.
The horse had to he shot.