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


lishment, and will be held for trial with
three others. Places which kept from
ten to thirty-6ve women each have
closed.
WILLIAM HoYNEs, the Republican can
didate for Congress in the Thirteenth
Indian District, is a La Crosse boy, hav-
ing attended school and learned the
printing business there. At the time OF
his nomination he was professor In
Notre Dame University.
FRED. SCHULTZ, living in Milwaukee,
went nutting on the Cd inst, and while
shaking some from the limbs OF tall
tree fell forty feet to the ground, break
ing one leg. His companions, thinking
him killed, were panic stricken and ran
away, leaving the victim five hours
where he fell.
AT the annual meeting of the North
American United Caledonlan Asso-
citation, held at Albany, n. Y, on the
elected president.
n. c. Fosters sawmill at Fairchild,
Eau Claire County, burned on the 3lst;
loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000, placed
in twelve companies. The fire is sup
posed to have been maliciously set, as
was that which destroyed a big mill
owned by Foster on the same site about
six months ago.
LA CROSSE is considering proposition
to introduce the Gamewell fire alarm
system.
Miss LILLIAN FIFIELD, daughter of
the Hon. S. S. Fifeld, of Ashland,
was married to John B. Payne. of Min
neapolis, at the residence of her pa
rents.
SEVERAL. of the business men of Lam
caster, who were unhoused by the re-
cent fire, have let contracts to rebuild.
The Grant County Herald was issued on
time through the courtesy of the pub
fisher of the Teller.
Moses LUFKIN, formerly Of Eau Claire,
was assassinated at Redwood, Mimi.
While reclining on lounge near hispar-
Tor window ngaged In conversation with
his family, he was fired upon and in
stantly killed by some one from the out
side of the house. A neighbor with
whom he was in litigation is suspected
of the crime.
II working under the Capital House,
at Madison, workmen removed stone
from the foundation which was brought
from Prairie du Chen in 1855 or 1857.
It is the same flint rock of which the
capitol is built.
RICHARD LEWIS, of Madison, son of
Capt Hugh Lewis, has started for the
CITY of Mexico, where he becomes an
attache of the United States legation
under Gen. Bragg.
NOTICE has been filed with the clerk
of the circuit court Tor Dane County of
the appeal of the Pittsburg Mining Com
pany stockholders from the decision of
Judge Stewart sustaining the demurrer
of the defendants, A. FL. Main, Phil.
Spooner, and F. W. Oakley, in the suit
brought to recover $4,000. alleged to
be due the company from the defend
ants. The case will 90 Immediately to
the supreme court
DE-. KENNETT, of La Crosse, whose son
was sentenced to prison for life on con-
viction of the murder of a woman with
whom he had consorted, will move Tor
a new trial of the case at the November
term of the circuit court.
ABE GOLDBERG is wanted in Eau Claire
for Forging the name of Mvron McCord,
the Well-known lumhern1an.
DR.. POWELL, Labor candidate for gov
ernor. emphatlcally asserts IN letter
that be will not pull out before the votes
are counted.
THE business of the United States
.and-office at Eau Claire indicates the
rapid taking up of government land IN
that part of the state. The volume Of
business now, and at corresponding
period last year, shows marked reduc-
ton as to the present. This Is just as 1t
should be, showing as it does, the rapid
settlement of lands and consequent
higher values in private real estate
transactions.
A. III. ALLEN, of La Crosse, narrowly
escaped death from the bite of spider.
While sleeping on new hay in barn
where he had assisted in threshing, he
felt what he supposed to be bug or
cricket making its way up his shirt
sleeve. He put his hand on it thinking
to kill it, and was stung by large black
spider. His arm grew rapidly worse
and he was brought to town, the physi-
clans said just in time to save the arm.
He is doing well at present, and the
swelling is nearly gone, but he has the
appearance of a man who is just re-
covering from long siege of fever.
FRED. KADIG, who drowned off an ex-
cursion steamer at Ashland, had his life
insured for 81 900. He left wife and
two children.
W. A. EMRIAs, a young switchman,
was shot and killed by saloonkeeper
at Ashland.
THE Eighth District Prohibition con-
gressional convention will be held in
Eau Claire. September 10. On the day
preceding, Gen. Fiske, candidate for
president, will speak in the afternoon,
and Frances E. Willard, president of
the W. C. T. T., will speak in the even
ing.
THE assessed valuation of the real es-
tate in the city of Eau Claire is 81 ,037,-
1S4, and of personal property 81 ,537 ,495.
The total increase the past year was
$175,652
THE regatta at Madison, on the 2Sth
inst, was won by the Venus. State
Treasurer Harshaw's yacht, the Carrie
Morgan, was beaten fully twenty-five
minutes.
TRAINS are again running as usual on
the Wisconsin Central road from Ash
land to Penokee, the striking brakemen
having resumed work, the road granting
an advance in pay
HIRAM KNOX has picked up 1000
logs for the Wisconsin River Log Driy-
ing Association of Wausau, and expects
to add l00,0 900 more to the account. The
stock is such as had drifted off into the