Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16
BADGERDOM.

C1dlIOns
AUGUST GRIEFE, farmer lad Is years
old, committed suicide in Bostwick's
Valley, near La Crosse, by hanging. No
cause is assigned.
A LARGER quantity of ice will be
shipped South from Ashland than has
ever been cut heretofore in one season.
THERE were 176 marriages, SOD births
and 1874 deaths recorded in Crawford
County during 1888.
A. L. RUGGLEs, of Washburn, has
been appointed chief clerk in the State
Department of Public Instruction.
Col. STEWART. of Philadelphia, is urg-
ing the people of La Crosse to build a
pontoon bridge from Barron's Island to
La Crescent on a plan that he has sue
cessfully carried into effect at Nebraska
City. The cost will be $19 lineal foot.
A YOUNG actress connected with a
company playing at Eau Claire, retired
to secluded spot near the city to re-
hearse her part. Her actions attracted
the attention of passers-by, who sup
posed she was insane, from her gestures
and words, and informed the authori-
ties. A squad of officers went out to ar
rest her, but discovered the mistake
that had been made, just in time to save
the lady the inconvenience of going to
jail.
FREDERICK w. RHINELANDER, of the
Lake Shore Railway Company, bought
the kakagon Iron mine for $4,000.
The Nimikon mine, also on the Gogebic
range, has been purchased by the Wind
sor Company, of Milwaukee, for $685.
600.
Gov. HOARD on the 10th received
telegram from the American minister in
London to the effect that Sheriff Estes
did not know Kuhni, the Dane County
murderer, and that man would have
to be sent Immediately to indemnity the
prisoner. This step will have to be
taken as the identity must be proved be-
fore extradition papers can be obtained.
A man will be selected at once to go to
England.
LoGeERs in the Ashland district be-
gan operations in the woods on the 10th,
encouraged by the plenitude of snow.
Sprinklers are used to harden the roads
and logs can be hauled easily now.
Enough are on skids for the winters
work. The cut will be as large as in
tended.
COMPLAINT is made at La Crosse that
the city schools are overcrowded.
A WINTER bridge is being put across
the Mississippi River at La Crosse.
LA CROSSE lodged and fed 1926 Migrants
during 1888, at a cost of cents each.
OVER 200 delegates attended the La
Crosse convention of Norwegian Luth-
eran Missionary Societies.
THE ministers of La Crosse are en-
gagged in discussion of the s'intermedi-
ate state" BY vote it was decided that
there is no intermediate state" after
death.
The heirs of the English explorer.
Jonathan Carver, it is said, will contest
the title to large portion of North
western Wisconsin, under recently dis
covered deeds.
L. WACHENHEIMER died at La Crosse
on the 9th while sitting in chair in the
register Of deeds Office counting money
which had just been paid him. He
was a native of Germany, came to La
Crosse in 1858, and was register Of
deeds from 1870 to 1880. Since then he
has been in the real estate and insur-
ance business. He was 81 years Of age
and leaves a family of wife and six
grown children.
WILLIAM SwALE, an old citizen of Mil
waukee, died OH the 9Th inst. from blood
poisoning, caused by a cut in the foot
with knife with which he was pairing a
corn.
The plant of the Eau Claire Linen
Works cost from $50, 900 to $50, 900. The
establishment employs about seventy
five hands.
CHILLY" ANDREWS was acquitted at Ash
land of the murder of his mistress. The
citizens are indignant over the verdict.
CAPT. PACKARD, of Sturgeon Bay, has
sold the steamer Sam Neff to j. M.
Jones, Jr., of Detroit, for sc, 800.
M. E. GAFFNEY, the outgoing county
clerk of Ashland County, shot himself
through his brain on the 9th inst. Calf
ney's wife was awakened by the sound
of the pistol shot and arose in time to
see her husband fall dead. He stood at
the head of the stairway, placed re-
yolver in his mouth and pulled the
trigger. Gaffney was about So, 900 short
in his accounts and this fact together
| with severe sickness made him des-
| perate.
NEARLY $4,000 barrels of beer and
nearly 100000 cigars were manufact-
| ured in the La Crosse revenue district
during the past year The revenue col
lections amounted to $106, 972 oil.
The Parrish Manufacturing Company,
the big institution which recently re-
moved TO ASnIanQ from chicago ana Is
erecting mammoth foundry and ma
chine shops in the Lake Shore division,
| has filed articles of incorporation with
the register. The capital is $185, 600,
divided into shares of $50 each.
F. W. HoYT, assignee of Geo. W.
Huntley, of Madison, has fled the
statement of the financial condition of
Mr.. Huntley, showing the assets to be
| S., 706.71, and the liabilities SIS ,556.5S.
The annual meeting of the La Crosse
County Agricultural, horticultural and
Dairy Association was held at the court
| house on the 7th. J. S. Harris was elect
ed president, A. J. Phillips secretary
and J. J. Johnson treasurer. The soci-
ETY. holds monthly meetings and dis
cusses topics Of interest to farmers. At
the next meeting the topic will be ''Im-
proyement of Highways" and s'Orna-
mental and Shade Trees"
The family of Albert Palawa, Hun
garian, living at Ashland, had a narrow
| escape from death by poisoning. Some
enemy of Palawa's, who has sworn re-
venge against him, Matched the diabol-
| ical plot, and when the family. sat down