Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-06
WISCONSIN ITEMS

JUDGE JOHNSON on the Cd dismissed
the petition tor n writ OF m8ndamuS to
compel Mayor Brown to appoint cleo
ton inspectors without regard to party
atflllatlon. No opinion was given. The
case will 90 to the supreme court.
OWING to an over-supply of coal in
| Milwaukee, the commodity ia likely to
be cheap the coming winter.
AN aaent for English capitalists has
asked Milwaukee flour mill owners tor
figures at which they will sell.
The Second Methodist Church at La
Crosse was dedicated on the Sd.
IT is estimated that there will be 49,
0OO, GOO worth of lumber piled upon the
Menononee River alter the closing of
the shipping season.
EDWIN and Peter Cooper, brothers
living in the town OF Greenfield. Mil
Waukee County, quarreled at the break
fast table and Edwin shot Peter dead.
The tratricide is in jail. He is town
treasurer at Greenfield.
The Bayfield, Press says Lake Superb
or brown stone is becoming popular in
New York City.
A PORTION of the Marinette Driving
lark has been set apart for case ball
ground.
MARINETTE papers report that r. w.
Merryman & Co. have purchased large
tract of land east of their lumber yards
and will have their slip extended 30 as
to surround their property to distance
! of 1900 feet, giving them one OF the
most extensive water fronts ON the riv-
er.
JOHN SCHwARz, aged Is, was shot and
| dangerously wounded at his home IN
Florence by a boarder named Mike Gar
Der, who escaped to the woods.
Johnnie, bov-like, had picked up a
rifle belonging to the boarder and began
examining the weapon. "What the =
are you doing with nv gun ?" CARRIER
angrily exclaimed. The boy made
some laughing reply, when the
man sprang out of bed, seized the rifle,
stepped back a couple of PAGES and
fired, the ball striking young Schwarz
on the right cheek. The would-be
murderer then grabbed the bleeding
| choked him to death, and probably
would have done so had not the older
members of the family come to the res
| cue.
Col. J. A. WATRoUs has been appoint
ed collector of customs of the port Of
| Milwaukee.
TIE university hazing cases has been
taken from Judge Keyes' court to the
circuit court.
| CHARLES NUM- has been appointed
city treasurer at Rice Lake in place OF
II. Strehlau, resigned.
A STATE league of colored men is to
be organized to look alter their civil
rights.
| MANAGER Lift has decided to discon-
tinue the Milwaukee Dime Museum, as
1t is no longer a paving investment.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Peterson and
| the party of slate officials who have
been on a tour of inspection over the
lines of the Minneapolis q Sault Ste.
Marie and Milwaukee 4 Northern roads
| have returned to Madison. The COM
missioner reports that the physical
condition of the $500" road is greatly
improved over that of year ago, and
that the Northern road is in excellent
condition. Both companies, too. he
says, are doing an exceedingly profit
able business and rapidly opening up
the country they traverse.
The name of the post-office at Cos
grove, Baron County, has been
changed TO Parkin.
| A RATE of 81 fare and third has been
agreed upon from all Wisconsin points to
Madison and return during the semi
annual meeting of the State Teachers
Association, December 26 to %.
MICHAEL OWENS, who came to Wiscon-
sin from Ireland in 1915 and settled at
Watertown, Wis, died at Etu Claire
suddenly, aged II. He was the father
Of City Clerk Owens, of Eau Claire.
George Martin, formerly of Milwaukee
who was managing editor Of the Chicago
| Times a year or two ago, and Who alter
ward had editorial charge of paper in
Helena, Mont, is at Santa Rosa, CAL,
with his family. George has fallen in
love with fruit farming, and may bid
goodbye to fakes and scoops to tackle
the soil among the irrigating bitches OF
the sunny slope.
JUDGE MOVES granted divorce in the
| Pearson case, at Milwaukee, without re-
curing any legal arguments.
THE Eau Claire City Railway Com
pany commenced the operation OF its
line by electric power on the 3lst, on
the Sprague overhead syst IN. The last
span of mules was sold 10 the M 4rinette
Street Railway Company.
LAWRENCE JOHNSON, luz. ber-camp
cook. at Bean Creek, Sawyer County,
committed suicide. His personal et-
fects were left in charge of E. A.
O'Brien, Of Veazie, Wis.
PROF. ANDERSON, late minister to Den
mark, has accepted the general agency
of q codliver oil manufacturing COM
pany.
IT is now believed that both William
jain and Crawford Stevenson were
murdered by an unknown assassin in
Price County.
The special committee of the Milwau-
kee Common Council decided to remit
ell fines imposed on aldermen for non
| attendance at meetings.
The La Crosse Humane Society has a
membership OF two-president and sec
| rotary.
SUIT has been commenced by r. K.
Boyd and others against the city OF Eau
| Claire, Mayor Shaw and other city :
| ficcrs, and the Common Council. The
object of the action is to restrain the
city from issuing 100000 of city i'm
provement bonds on the ground that
the transaction is illegal.