Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-23
WISCONSIN ITEMS

BERNHARD STERN, a well-to-do citizen
OF Milwaukee, was robbed of $3.50 by
plckpockets at the door of the Mer-
chants Exchange Bank in that city at
noon on the 18th. Although no ade-
guate description of the thieves could
be obtained the police had two of them
behind the bars and had recovered
most of the money the same afternoon.
The veterans in and around Ashland
are forming Grand Army post.
In is proposed to enlarge the bounda-
ries of Sturgeon Bay by taking in the
tier of sections on the east side of the
present limits and extending to the ship
canal, the remainder of the eastern part
of Sturgeon Bay township to be given
10 Sevastopol.
DR.. KATE BUSHNELL has caused the ar
rest OF James Fielding, state employe
at Madison, on the charge of using
abusive language towards her.
The La Crosse directory publishers
claim that the population of the city is
27,106.
MARTIN and Forger Mark are on trial
at Eau Clare for the murder of Chris
tian Nelson.
THE city of La Crosse has purchased
as site Tor it's public abattoir 100 acres
near Winona Junction.
HIRAM CoMsToCK and Margaret Miles,
of Boscobel, have given bonds to an
swer a charge of adultery.
THE Ashland Daily News is in receipt
OF an anonymous communication COM
planning of the lawlessness now exist
ing there, the loosely-executed laws,
etc., and stating that an organization
has been formed for the purpose of rid
ding Ashland County of bad men.
1t concludes with an order to-
Billy Andrews, who was acquitted
of numbering his mistress, few
days ago signed Vigilance Commit
tee.' It is as follows: ITO Billy An
drews: You are hereby requested to
leave this city and county by Saturday.
that time you are seen in this city, you
will suffer the consequences tor not
needing this warming"
THE State Board of Dental Examiners
has decided that applicants must have
at least two years experience.
RUBLEE A. COLE has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Jack Ma
honey, the Ashland dive keeper shot
and killed a month ago. Mahoney'sl
property is in the hands of Ashland
parties. The administrator is appoint
ed on application of Michigan creditors,
THE earnings of the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore & Western Company for the sec
ond week in January were $33 1864,
against $4,000 for the corresponding
week last year.
BURGLARS entered several stores in
Ashland on the night of the 18th and
blew the safes open, but failed to secure
more than $500. At saloon, where
they ordered the barkeeper to throw up
his hands, general fusilade ensued.
The steam log-hauler is coming into
style rapidly, and twelve of these
unique road locomotives are in use in
the Eau Claire district this winter. Pro-
yided with traction wheels the steam
log hauler will drag seven or eight
sleigh-loads of logs from four to six
miles an hour, and can be run ten miles
an hour coming back from the river
bank with empty sleds.
A SUIT brought by Anton Dersch to re-
cover 81 ALLEGED to be due from w. M.
kropp, which was begun before Justice
Caldwell in Wauwatosa last October, bids
lair to give one or the other OF the
parties concerned taste of law
III exchange for a sum much in
excess of the amount sued for.
The suit has grown in seeming i'm
portance till now writ of certiorari
has been asked for by the defendant to
bring the case into the circuit court for
reheafing. The case was begun before
Justice Caldwell, transferred to Justice
Wheeler's court, and verdict finally
rendered there for the plaintiff with
costs accumulated to the extent of $25
or more.
AT Ashland on the 18th, a verdict
against the city Tor $500 was rendered
in favor of Catherine Mcdonald, by the
jury. 1t was the first suit for damages
ever brought against the city, and was
to recover for injuries sustained by a fall
on an icy sidewalk.
WILLIS Downs, well-known logger,
committed suicide at his home in Bar
ron by shooting. The act is supposed to
have resulted from heavy losses in lum-
bering operations.
THE Kreuz & Curtis Shoe Company
of Madison, has been incorporated with
capital of $4,000.
The authorities of Florence County
have written to the State Board of
Charities to see whether a courthouse
with a Jail in the basement would be ap-
proved by the board. and were told that
it would not, as it is against the law to
put q jail in Che basement Of any other
building.
The La Crosse Republican and Lead
er says paper is now being circu-
lated among the employees of the Bur-
Hngton shops to raise money to be
used in the erection of a bronze statue,
heroic size, in memoriam of the late 7.
j. Potter, the late general manager of
the Union Pacific Railway.