Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-02

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In the circuit court at Eau Claire, aft
er ten days argument, Judge Bundy
has decided that the panel of petit iu.
rors for the present term of the circuit
court for that county is irregular and in
valid, and has set it aside and ordered
an open venire.
The museum of the State Historical
Society has just obtained fine BIRCH
bark canoe, thirteen feet in length and
three feet beam. 1t was made by Chip
pewa Indians on the upper waters of,
the Wisconsin River, and is the gift of
Prof. Frederick j. Turner, of the State
University. The society contemplates
making collection before it is too late,
of canoes made by each of the Wiscon-
sin tribes.
AT the recent Sheridan Guard cleo
ton, at Milwaukee, Arthur R. Hanley
was made captain vice Capt.
tenant John j. Lynch succeeded
A. r. Hanley as first lieutenant,
and the place made vacant by the pro-
motion of Lieut.. Lynch was filled by
the promotion of Sergt. w. III. Per-
thesus to the second lieutenancy. Sec
rotary Frank J. Murphy was reelected.
CHARLES ZATocIL, Mazomanie shoe
maker, was found dead in his bed one
morning recently. He had died appar-
emily without struggle, from heart dis
ease.
CHRISTIAN BAER. of Cross Plains, Dane
County, was thrown from a wagon by
breaking down the vehicle, and sus-
tanned fractured arm, besides dislo-
Gated elbow joint.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Central Wisconsin Medical Society oc-
Cured at Madison on the Oath. The
time was devoted to the reading of pa
pers on cOntemporaneous topics OF
medicine and surgery and the discussion
of the same.
A PINERY dive in Wisconsin, situated
several miles from Iron Mountain and
kept by an Italian named Morisini, was
forcibly closed by the owner Of the
land, Mr.. Bennett.
On the evening of the oath Mayor
Dengler, of La Crosse, laid before the
common council communication from
Washington notifying him that the
plans for bridge across the Mississip-
pi River had been accepted by the War
Department. Certain blank forms in
the nature of a contract were furnished.
These have been signed and now the
way'is clear to proceed.
MRS. K. X. KEENAN,, of Milwaukee,
died at her home in that city on the
25th alter a brief illness. She was
daughter of John P. McGregor, presi-
dent of the Northwestern National In
surance Company.
A NEW evening daily paper is to be
started at La Crosse by Frank Smith,
late of Tennessee, and Fred Burke, one
of the publishers of a weekly paper
called the Independent. Mr.. Smith
several years ago ran a small evening
daily at La Crosse called the Star and
after closing it out went to Tennessee to
boom a new town. He has lately been
in the real estate business.
EFFORTS are being made to bring about
the use of steam or electricity in swing
ing the principal bridges in Milwau-
kee.
MRS. ABIGAIL CLARK JOHNSON, wife of
Rev. w. w. johnson, died OF heart dis
ease on the oath, at her home in North
Greenfield, Milwaukee County. The
deceased was born in Ashfield, Mass.
January Is, 1912. On October "a, 1888,
she was married to Mr.. Johnson, with
whom she came to Wisconsin in 1912,
and settled in the town of Greenfield,
which has been her home ever since.
She was the mother of one daughter and
five sons, all except the daughter grow
ing up to mature years. The late Alvan
Clark, of Cam bridgeport, Mass. was her
brother.
The Ashland Rifles were mustered
into the state service on the oath by
Adit.-Gen. Burchard. Sixty names are
enrolled. One of the members was
born in Ashland nineteen years ago.
A SPECIAL election in Eau Claire re-
suited id majority against issuing $780,
600 additional improvement bonds.
AvERY's drug store at Madison, was
entered by burglars and several boxes
of cigars were taken. Entrance was
gained through rear window, which
had been left unlocked. No clue to the
robber has been obtained.
FRANCIS Downs, who years ago was a
well-known Wisconsin boy, is now one
of the solid men of New Mexico. He
enlisted for service for the late war from
La Crosse. He was a graduate of the
first law class of the Wisconsin Univer-
sity i'll 1862 Afterward he spent sew
eral years in Chicot County, Ark, and
was Judge of that county for four years,
and was member Of the constitutional
convention of that state in 1874. He
now resides in Santa Fe, n. NJ. Mr..
Downs is spending some time in Wis
consia.
CAPT. ANDREW FAINTER, of Menomonee,
Dunn County, is erecting costly and
fitting monument to the memory of his
daughter, who died a few years ago.
He is building an opera house, which
will be used as Unitarian Church.
The structure will be three stories high,
and cost $50, 900. When completed it
will probably be the finest and most
costly edifce of the kind built in North
ern Wisconsin.
IT is now stated that the expenses of
the great Encampment at Milwaukee
will aggregate about $4S, 900.
The international Plumbers and Cas-
filters Cooperative Association store at
Milwaukee has been closed by
the sheriff on an execution by Glenway
Maxon for $4S7.24. The company is
said to be in bad way and for some
time Bradstreet's have declined to give
it rating. Members of the firm claim
they will be able to settle all claims and
resume.
THE contract for supplying the eiec>
trio appliance for the Hinsey road, Mil
waukee, has been let to the Thomson &
Houston Co., of that city.
WIN. A. NOVEL;, Milwaukee, new
postmaster, took possession of Uncle
Sans chair on the 23d.
ASHLAND COUNTY had no criminal