Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-07
WISCONSIN ITEMS

abouts. He lnortgaged his furniture
and left the place clandestinely with
about 81 900 securely slowed away In his
wallet.
THE people of Marengo, Ashland
County, are petitioning for post-office
They are seven miles from Highbridge
which is the nearest post-ofiice at pres
ent. The Wisconsin Central and the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic cross at
Marengo, and the location of post
office there would accommodate people
living along both roads for several
miles.
In Weeds sawmill, Ashland, Charles
Haaz, while removing saw-carriage,
preparatory to leaving the mill, lost his
balance and fell against big rotary saw !.
One OF his legs was SO badly cut that
there is but little hope of his recovery.
his parents reside at Chelsea.
CONDUCTOR E. w. GLASS, of the North
ern Pacific road, was cut severely about
the body by a tramp, while he was fore
ing the fellow off his train, after leaving
train returned to have bis wounds
dressed. He has been taken to his
home at Duluth. The tramp escaped.
THE State Board of Supervisors has
drawn warrants for the expenses of the
several state institutions for July as fol-
lows: State Hospital for the Insane,
$5,S67.06; Northern Hospital for the In
sane, ST., 1914. As; School for the Deaf, ST.
939.72; School for the Blind, s., 022.46;
Industrial School for Boys, Sc, 500; State
prison, Sc, s07.4 State public school,
$6,4S5.3s, total, S46,076.49.
HENRY SCoTT has been appointed cor
oner of Ashland County, vice J. G..
Smyser, resigned. Coroner Scott quail
lied at once.
THE Wisconsin Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Union, of Madison, has filed
articles Of association with the secretary
of state, without capital stock.
DIVORCES have been granted in the
circuit court at Ashland as follows:
Mary Ellis VS.. Warren Ellis; Grace
Carter VS.. James Carter; Eda McDougal
VS.. Alex. McDougal, Adella A. Taylo
VS.. Thomas Taylor.
THE State Horticultural Society will
give q prize Of $40, and a bershlp
for five years, TO any lady or gentleman,
under q years of age. for the best writ
ten paper on The Native Trees and
Shrubs of Wisconsin" A like premium
and membership will be given for the
best essay on THE Wild Plants of Wis
consin." A prize of $40 and member
ship for FIVE years will be given for a
paper on School Grounds" The pa
per must not exceed 1000 words each,
or tWentyi five minutes in time of read
ing.
The date is fixed for the sixth camp
meeting of the La Crosse District Asso-
citation, organized within the Methodist
Church. It will be August 10 to rs on
the grounds at Viroqua. The associa
ton was incorporated several years ago
and owns a fine grove.
WILLIAM TRA1NoR has sued the city of
Madison for 5000 for injuries to him
and buggy, May IL last. An electric
light lamp fell upon them while they
were riding along West Clymer Street
and besides injuring them frightened
the horse into run, causing Irainor
and his boy to be thrown out and IN
jured
THE farmers of La Crosse County have
finished harvesting, except oats on the
ridges and clay land. The threshing
machines are getting into operation all
over the county, and the results are sat-
thresEed yielded twenty bushels TO the
acre, which was less than expected, and
probably below the county's average.
Thirty and even forty bushels were
looked for by a good many. Corn is
coming on wonderfully, and, with ordi-
nary weather. will make crop.
A FIRE on the dock of A. S. Piper & Co.,
at Little Sturgeon, early on the morning
of the 30th, destroyed three large ice
houses. $4,000 railway ties, 1000 cedar
posts and 500 cords of wood. The ele-
vator was saved by the tug Goldsmith.
which was sent on from this port. 1t is
thought the loss will be about $4,000.
AS the steamer Welcome was at the
landing during the night. it is supposed
that spark from her stack fired the
premises.
ASHLAND proposes to issue bonds to
raise money with which to induce man
ufacturing companies to locate there.
THE sawmills at Ashland are all busy
turning out 625, 900 feet of lumber
day. This is not only great lumber
center of the West, but is the market
for the. East. Large lots have been
shipped to Albany, n. Y; Tonawanda,
n. Y; Buffalo and Chicago, down the
great waterway of the lakes and by rail
to Iowa. Kansas and many points in
the Southwest. The yards are well
stocked with all sorts. Prices vary but
little, holders not seeking buyers, but
storing the neW-cut stock in the Yards.
About forty cars of dressed lumber are
shipped per week by rail. The rail-
roads are making rates for Ashland
AuuD0T 10 new Ork ana Boston,
which is an advantage to the city and
the lumbermen generally. Trade is
improving.
TIE trustees of the German Catholic
Hospital societies, of Springfield, Ill.,,
and of Eau Claire, have purchased Put
nam Park, on the North Side, Eau
Claire, several acres of beautiful tract
long intended by Mr.. Putnam for some
such purpose. The purpose of the hos
pital society is to build hospital where
al the afflicted can go regardless of re-
igious belief, where trained nurses will
be IN attendance on the sick, or be
ready to 60 to any private family in the
city where their services are needed.
DR.. VIM. STUBBs, director of the
three experimental stations in Louisi-
ana and one OF the editors of the
Planters Journal the organ of the
Louisiana sugar planters, is in Madison,
and IN company with Gov. Hoard,
visited the University farm and expert
mental station on the 29th. DR.. StuDbs
has recently been visiting the expert