Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
WISCONSIN ITEMS

S. HoMMERBURG's feed-mill, at La
Crosse, was totally destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss, 50 500; insurance 81 900.
1t Is supposed that the fire caught from
passing locomotive.
JOHN FRAzELLE, of Eau Claire, an old
resident, fell dead on the 30th, just as
he reached the Baptist Church. He
was overcome by the intense heat.
THE Frohsinn Society, of La Crosse,
recently received silk banner that had
been made to order in Switzerland.
THE saloonkeepers at Sturgeon Bay in
sist that no distinction must be made in
the enforcement of the Sunday law.
They hold that as they pay license for
the privilege OF selling their goods they
stand upon the same footing with other
mercantile houses, and that the Council
cannot justly refuse to them the privi-
!ege enjoyed by restaurants, liverymen,
BARRIERS, marketmen, grocers, milk deal
ers, and all others who supply the wants
OF customers on Sundays.
AS the result of difficulty with the
government civil service commission re-
garding his administration Of the Office,
Postmaster Paul, of Milwaukee, has
sent In his resignation.
MRS. GERTRUDE RAssBAcH, of Cross
Plains, Dane County, has secured di-
vorce from her husband, DR.. Geo. +.
Rassbach, of Owatonna, Mimi, with
$500 alimony. They had not lived to-
gether for twenty years.
THE Bunker Hill Creamery, of Ellen
boro, Grant County, has filed articles of
association with the secretary OF state;
capital stock, s., 900; incorporates, j. L.
Wilkinson, D. II. Lille, L. D. Culver,
and eleven others.
WILLIE OBURN made desperate at
tempt to murder Thos. Hawley, at a
saloon in Bay on the 2Sth. Haw-
ley was cut seven times with large
jack-knife. Both men were intoxicated
and the fight was the result of an old
grudge. Oburn made his escape and q
reward of 500 has been offered for his
capture.
The La Crosse Veteran Association
will meet at Onalaska July 20.
JOHN A. CULLMAN, of La Crosse, who
was terribly injured in runaway acct
dent. is dead.
and E. B. Putnam, of Eau Claire, have
purchased a sawmill plant at HInckley,
Mimi, and 100000 standing pine, for
S250,0OO.
TIE remains of Richard Hallager.
who committed suicide in New York,
were buried at La Crosse.
c. F. COOLEY, of Madison, will furnish
the state hospital for the insane with
1900 tons of diamond Indiana block
coal, at 1915 per ton.
The Milwaukee Health Department
middle over the recent smallpox cases
resulted in the exhoneration OF the city
health commissioner by committee of
the city Council.
A TERRIBLE crime was committed at
La Crosse early on the morning of the
9th. A burglar entered the residence
of j. VI. Weber, and On being discovered
by Mr.. Weber's two daughters, stabbed
Lena, the younger, with long knife,
inflicting wound which will probably
prove fatal.
DURING the storm at Milwaukee on the
Goth, lightning killed three horses in
places were struck without doing much
damage.
AT Benoitville. small station on the
Omaha Line, Mrs. Alice Brown, post
mistress at that place. struck John Rose
on the head with club. He died from
the effects of the blow. Coroner Leon
ard and Chief of Police Latin, of Wash
burn, went there and held an inquest.
Rose was intoxicated, and Mrs. Brown
claims that she struck him in self-de-
Tense.
]. G. NoRToN's store, at Flambeau,
Chippewa County. was burned, with a
loss of $4,000. Insurance; s., 900.
RICHARD HALLAGER, one Of the most
prominent Norwegian citizens of La
Crosse, committed suicide in New York.
His remains will be inferred at La
Crosse.
FRED. WALSH, of Menomonie, Dunn
County, threatened to take his life with
gun. His wife and children attempt
ed to take the weapon from him, and
in the struggle it went off and set fire
to the house, which was burned. with
$75 in money. The family is now desti-
tute.
THE intake pipe of the Ashland water
works Is to be extended about 1900
feet
JOHN KENNEDY, who figured in the
Highbridge riot, is servings six-months'
sentence in Ashland Jail for an assault.
JOHN JERsMAN, stranger, had fatal
hemorrhage from the lungs on the
streets of Ashland.
STAUF's warehouse and the residence
of J. Larson, at Eau Claire, burned on
the 9th. The loss-estimated at So, 800
lis fully covered by insurance.
A FIRE at Horseshoe Bay, on the oath,
destroyed 400, 900 teet of hardwood lum-
Der owned by Jacob Johnson, of Chica-
go. The loss-about $5,0OO-was fully
covered by insurance. AS the mill had
not been in operation for several days,
the fire is attributed to an 1ncendlary.
FIGHTING THE FLAT-HEADS~