Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-20
WISCONSIN ITEMS

AN interesting story of reform is tele-
graphed from Eau Claire. William
the village of ArKansaw. Pepin County.
few nights ago he was persuaded to
attend a Methodist revival meeting
there. He said he would go just for
fun, but didn't take any stock in
| preachers. The effect upon him was
| wonderful. He went from the meeting
to his saloon, where be pulled down his
bar and billiard tables and broke them
up with an axe, and poured bis entire
stock of beer and liquors into the street
IN the presence of an aston
Erated a prayer meeting in the
man discoursed with such eloquence
that seven of the worst cases in the vii
lage protested themselves converted.
He declares he will now spend
all his spare time In preaching
the gospel among saloonkeep-
ers. He has issued the following notice:
TO My .Friends-Havingb been led to see
the error OF my past life, have cleared
out my saloon business. / am deter
mined by the grace of God. to Iced an
upright and Christian life, n ha pur-
chased StOck OF Hour.
A REPORT comes from Madison of a
discovery of a rich deposit of lead ore in
the town Of Cross Plains, Dane County.
| s. w. Landau, young artist of Ia
Crosse, will, accompany Lieut.. Schwatka
on his trip through Mexico.
| LEVI M. Villas, formerly of this state,
has been appointed district judge by
the governor of Minnesota.
GEORGE REINHARD, the PENNSYLVANIA
| newspaper man who has been travelling
| In Northern Wisconsin, has completed
MS circuit of the dives and declares, that
ne discovered nothing to warrant DIR.
Kate Bushnell's tales of horror.
FIFTY residents in the vicinity of the
Salvation army barracks, at Ashland,
have sent petition to the Council ..sk-
ing them that the army be declared q
public nuisance or be SO abated as
to cause less annoyance. The
communication stated numerous rea-
sons why the barracks of the
SalvatiOnists are nuisance to the
nelghborhood, among them that the
morals OF young boys and girls are con-
tajninated by attending the meetings,
and that noise and confusion created
thereby was annoying to persons living
in the vicinity.
CLEMENT GENEIssE, postmaster at
Namur, Door County, did not die of the
exposure during the recent blizzard, as
was reported. He is recovering, but
may lose the use of his hands
r. J. EVANS, one of the old settlers of
Prairie du Chen, who for many years
was supefintendent of the round house
Of the St. Paul Railway Company, died
on the 18th, after long and painful ILL
ness. He was carried on the payroll of
the company for over year previous to
his death, although unable to perform
any labor. He leaves a wife and six
children, one of whom, daughter,
lives in Milwaukee.
Mrs. PERCY BEAsER, of Ashland, who
was seriously injured in the Watersmeet
disaster, has been removed to her
home. 1t is now believed that she will
recover.
AT Eau Claire on the 18th, five young
children, four boys and girl, were
found in a state of terrible destitu-
ton in ~ shanty near the. city
limits. They were, famine stricken
and nearly. naked, without fire
and covered with vermin. They had
had nothing to eat for a day or two.
The mother of the children died some
time ago. The father is an imbecile,
and though receiving aid from the city,
had squandered it on himself. The
children were taken in charge by the
authorities.
At a special election held at La Crosse
on the 18th, to vote on the proposition
to issue city bonds to the amonnt of $70,-
600 for building wagon bridge across
the Mississippi River about nalf the full
vote was cast. Out of 1887 votes cast
2.545 were in favor of bonding.
JUDGE BUNDY, in the circuit court at
Eau Claire, has refused to grant an ap-
plication for new trial in the case of
Martin March, convicted of being a
party to the killing of Chris. Johnson,
at Fairchild
WHILE alone in the freight elevator of
the Belvidere, a large apartment house
on Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Jacques
Haberfetzer in some way was caught
and SO badly hurt internally that he
died in a few minutes. He was As years
old.
A MAN named Young was struck by
falling plank at Glidden, Ashland Coun-
ty, and killed.
,MEDoRA CLARK, the well-known
writer, is giving dramatic Rotations
throughout the state.
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