Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-28
WISCONSIN ITEMS

CAMUEL ROSENBAUM, who cOmm1tteO
suicide In Chicago by shooting himself,
was formerly dry goods merchant In
Milwaukee, and removed twenty years
ago to Chicago where he had become
the most prominent Hebrew dry goods
salesman in the West. The death of
his wife and daughter. together with his
own recent illness, it is thought, had
caused temporary insanity.
MAJ. MCKENZIE, government engi-
neer, has accepted the plans Tor bridge
at La Crosse. They provide for 800
1eet span, and draw span swinging 200
1eet clear on either side.
ANTON SCHUMACHER, for many years
postmaster at Springfield, Dane County,
1eil down stairway and broke his neck
whlle hurrylng out after a crowd OF
drunken rowdies who had thrown
stones at his house.
u. A. ENGLEsTAD, editor of the Eau
claire Reform, has sold his interest in
the paper and will soon leave for Chris
tlania, Norway, his former home, accom-
panied by Mrs. Englestad, who is secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Total Abstinence
Association.
AN 0-year-old son of Charles Hughes,
OF the town of Westport, Dane County,
was found in the road near his home
with his skull crushed. It is thought
that he was accidentally thrown from
the seat OF mower on which he was
riding, in front of the wheel, which
ran over his head, killing him instantly.
THERE are I'll Indians on the Onei-
ola reservation. According to the allot-
ment plan adopted each head of fam
lily will probably receive ninety acres,
persons over Is years forty-five acres
and children twenty-five acres. The
roll as prepared will be forwarded to
washington. and when approved the
allotment will begin.
THE Wisconsin Telephone Company
is made defendant in suit for $4,000
damages by Andrew Jackson of Eau
Claire. whose building was set on fire
by lightning and destroyed few days
ago. The plaintiffs claim is that tel
ephone wire strung over the building
caused the lightning to strike. The
case IS novel one, and is expected to
furnish some law on a point of growing
EARLY on the morning Of the Goth
Eau Claire was visited by second vio-
lent storm. Two residences were struck
by lightning and badly torn up, and the
large agricultural building on the
grounds of tire Northwestern Fair As
ISOLATION, owned by Andrew Jackson,
was struck and totally consumed, with
large amount of grain and agricultural
machinery. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
w. H. Parker, superintendent of the
La Crosse government building, has re-
ceived finally the plans for the heating
machinery, and will at once advertise
for bids. The contract will be let Sep
TENDER 3, and the building entirely fin
ished before winter.
AN unknown man was run over and
killed by an Omaha passenger train,
about two miles from Ashland Junction,
on the 18th. He lay across the track
asleep at the rounding of curve and
was not seen until too late. Two bottles
OF whisky were found In his coat pock-
ct. The railway company will provide
for the burial of the unfortunate.
DURING heavy storm at Eau Claire,
lightning struck the house of Gilbert
Markham, near Fairchild, stunning all
the occupants. A boy who lay on fur
coat had his hair singed and his back
blistered. He was unconscious for two
hours. A number Of houses in this
vicinity were struck and considerably
damaged.
A MAN employed by A. Mcmillan, of
La Crosse, as gardener and coachman,
Mike Joyce by name, drowned on the
night of the 10Th, while sailing on the
His boat was found late in
the night over turned and lying at the
head of small island. Mr.. Allen,
who keeps the La Crescent Ferry
house, saw q man out On the river at
about half past 9, and watched him
by occasional flashes of lightning until
he was near the point where the boat
was found. Joyce could swim and
knew how to sail a boat, but the wind was
high and squaily, and there is little
doubt as to the cause Of the accident.
Joyce leaves wife and two children.
Col. c.. w. HUFsCHMIDT, of the Dous-
man House, at Prairie du Chen, has
gotten into trouble with the internal
revenue Office, and is charged with dis
posing of liquor without the government
stamp on it. The case will be heard be-
fore Judge Baccus.
The residence of Mrs. Clara P. Mas
ton, in Eau Claire, was fired by an in
cendiary on the morning of the 10th,
and completely destroyed. There was
no one in the house at the time. The
loss was about 81 900. This makes the
aggregate Of the losses by incendiarism
in that portion of the city fully Sc, 900.
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