Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-11
BADGER NOTES.

TIE Catholic Order of Foresters will
hold its next national convention in Mil
waukee, June, 1891. The conventions
have hitherto always been held in Chi
cago, and Milwaukee was unanimously
chosen for the place of meeting next
| year.
IT is reported that an option on the
Milwaukee q Northern Railroad has
been given the Wisconsin Central.
HENRY CoLLErTE, the well-known Wis
consin lumberman, has purchased the
saw mill at Rapid River, Mich, across
the bay from Escanaba. The plant has
a capacity of 10000 feet of lumber and
100000 shingles per day. The purchase
includes ,0O0, 600 feet of logs in boom.
THE Northern National Bank, of Ash
land haze secured judgments against the
countA for So, 1882 which were filed
with the circuit court, together with
county and municipal court orders.
TIE Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, in
session at Eau Claire, adjourned on the
9th. Nine directors were chosen for the
state Odd Fellows Home as follows:
David Alder, Of Milwaukee; James
Corning, of Kilbourn City; Past Grand
Judge Mead, of Shell Lake; DR..
Vivian, of Mineral Point; Martin
Rich, of Horizon; Mrs. Hutchin-
son, of Waneka; Mrs. Cunningham, of
Milwaukee, and Mrs. Ryan, of Apple
ton, the three latter representing the
Rebekah Association. The Grand
Lodge made preliminary appropria-
ton of $1,000 for the home. The direct
ors will locate it at the city which makes
the best offer.
THE State Medical Society, in session
at Milwaukee, elected Dr. Iadd, of that
city, president.
Gil of the ROYAL Arcanum, in session at
Milwaukee, were rendered public re-
ception at the Schlitz Park Summer
Theater, in that city, on the evening of
the 18th inst. About 5000 people were
in attendance.
STATE SUPT. THAYER announces that an
examination for state teachers certifi-
Gates will open at Madison, August II,
and continue four days. The standings
will be reported August t..
L. III. LINN has been arrested at La
Crosse, charged with using the mails for
purposes Of fraud. His scheme was to
advertise for agents and charge a five
dollar price for tifty-cent batch of sam
pies
KARL BERG, aged ~, hanged himself
w
kee County, on the 4th inst He was
unmarried and had no relatives in this
country.
SEVER KoHLHAGEN and Kittie Olson,
Of the town of Albion, got into an al
tercation while riding home together
one night some months ago, and kolha-
gen slashed Olson with knife, inflict-
ing serious wounds. Kohlhagen plead
ed guilty at Madison on the Sd, and was
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary.
The St. Paul City Railway Company
sent Miss Emma L. Thorsen, of Milwau
kee, check for $500. On the after
noon of January o. 1888, a cable train
person being killed and twenty injured.
Among the latter was Miss Thorsen.
She was thrown against the stove and
held there by other passengers until
burned In such q terrible manner that
for long time her life was despaired of
For two months she lay very Ill at the
Hotel Ryan, and her lawyers brought
suit for see, 900. She was given a YER
dict for IS, SEQ, ard the case appealed to
the supreme court. The railway com
pany has withdrawn the appeal and
paid the full amount OF the verdict.
TIE mother of Charles Boorman, who
COIlIIlllcu SulCiUc iii GCUIdtUdueT >
Hotel in Madison, last March, has
brought suit to recover So, 900 from the
Northwestern Mutual Relief Association
on policy held by the deceased Boor-
man had previously exchanged one
policy for another having clause speci-
flying non-payment in case of suicide,
and the plaintiff will plead insanity of
the deceased when making this ex-
change.
On the I'd inst. Milwaukee was visit
ed by about sixty newspaper men from
Arkansas, being portion of those in at
tendance on the annual meeting of the
Arkansas State Press Association.
AT Ashland, on the I'd inst, Judge
Parish issued an order calling on the
district attorney to appear June 80, to
answer certain charges filed against
him by the Ashland County bar, to
show cause why be should not be dis
barred
THE organization of the Milwaukee
Traffic & Terminal Railway Company
has been perfected. John J.. Mitchell
was chosen president; Patrick Cudahy,
vice president; E. ?. Hackett, secre-
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