Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-14
WISCONSIN ITEMS

sheriff on the 10TH on attachments
| sworn out by the State Bank and A. E.
Burnham. The claims aggregate about
$4,000, of which Burnham holds 5000
and the bank the remainder.
JOHN HELLER was returned to Lam
caster from Gordon, Neb., to answer
charge OF seduction preferred against
him by Maggie Akerman.
The Rev. Stephen Peet, formerly of
Clinton, now editor of the American
Antiquarian. is making examinations of
the mounds in Grant County, along the
Mississippi.
will give away in premiums So 500. The
managers have also arranged to give
grand Base Ball Tournament on Sep
TENDER and i.
THE Wisconsin Central round house
at Ashland was partially destroyed by
fire, originating in the oil room. Sew
eral locomotives were slightly damaged.
The loss will probably amount to Sis, 900
or $4,000.
DURING baptism in the stream at
Cataract, Monroe County, recently,
Mrs. Malteson, wife of Mark Matteson,
suddenly fell, gasped convulsively, and
was dead in few minutes. Heart
disease was said to have been the
cause.
THE people of Sturgeon Bay are con-
slderng propositions by the Northwest
ern Electric Light and Water Supply
Company.
IT is now very probable that Eau
Claire will secure Half-Moon Lake
Island for park purposes, Jas. S. Vail
having sold his interest to The Shaw
Company for $6,S52.50. That the lum-
Der company will make handsome
offer to the city cannot be doubted, and
it is likely that ere long that charming
locality Will be properly fixed up and
opened to the public.
JOHN HELLER was returned to Lam
caster from Gordon, Neb., to answer a
charge of seduction preferred against
him by Maggie Alderman.
THE people of Eau Claire will raise
81 500 to guarantee a fair there the last
week In September.
THE work of excavating for Madison's
new 600 opera house was commenc-
ed on the 9th. It will be rushed TO the
end that the building may be enclosed
before cold weather, and it is the inten-
ton to have it ready for occupancy by
February or March, 1890. All the latest
archite ctural i'm provements will be OBJ
served in its construction, both in the
matter of convenience and aesthetic de-
tail. The auditorium will have seating
capacity of 1900, and the stage room
and actors quarters will be up to the
standard of frst-class theaters in large
cities.
AFTER an exciting debate, the Eau
Claire Common Council, by majority
OF l, resolved to revoke the license Of
all saloonkeepers convicted of viola
tons of the Sunday law. Mayor Shaw
strongly favored the resolution.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway Company is plan ming to trans
fer its switch yards from the middle of
North La Crosse to the marshy land
west of the North Side, adjoining Black
River.
The little son of Mike Myers, living
five miles south of La Crosse, was play
ing with scythe hanging up in wood
shed, when it tell on him, inficting
wounds from which he bled to death.
CONGRESSMAN LA TOILETTE has gone
to Dakota, where he will visit his firm
and take look at the political signs of
the new states.
The Fourth Mutual Building and Loan
Association Of La Crosse has been in
corpOrated with capital stock of So
0UO, 900.
The Waterworks Company of Ash
land, is improving its plant. The new
intake pi pc OF 1000 feet is now out
1900 teet, and large force is employed
upon the work. There will be two
complete sets of machinery, so that in
case the supply of water by the new
pipe is cut off, the old one can be used.
Two wells are also provided, duplicat-
ing the source of supply. The extern
sions Of water mains on several streets
will require an additional force of sixty
men to complete before freezing
weather. Two miles of the large pipes
and about one mile of six-inch pipe
will be required to make the proposed
extension.
The school census at Ashland shows
school population of zoos, an increase
of 610 during the year. This gives the
city population OF $4,000, figuring on
the usual basis.
WILLIAM FARNUM, of La Crosse, a vet
eran of the Union army, died in the
Mendoza asylum. His insanity was due
three years ago.
La Crosse on the 7th, during which the
rainfall in four hours was 240 inches.
There was no wind, but lightning played
necessarily. AS far as reported five
houses were struck by lightning, slight
fires resulting in two cases and some
damage to property in all. At one
house boy was stunned so that he did
not recover for some time. On the
river division of the Milwaukee road
the track was INSTRUCTED by stones and
earth washed down from the bluffs, and
the evening train was delayed four
hours.
THE Milwaukee post-office middle has
been at last settled by the acceptance of
the resignation of Mr.. Paul and the rec
ommendation by Congressman Van
Schaick of w. A. NOVEL; for the posi-
ton.
CARL TEDERN1AN, a pit boss in the Flor
ence mine, at Elorence, was killed by
fall of ore.
PAT FAGAN, while feeding threshing
machine in Crawford County, near
Prairie du CHEN, had hand tom off
in the cylinder of the machine.
JOSEPH DUcHIEN was struck by pile
that was being driven, ON the big bridge
at Prairie du CHEN, and was injured so
seriously that he died few hours later.