Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-30
BADGER NOTES.

Id, JtWotfy buISN05.
THE Milwaukee Switchmen's Aid AS
ISOLATION held picnic at National Park
on the 9th.
MARINETrE is organizing ,joint,stock
hotel company. The new hOstelry ia
put up on the present size of the Dun
lap House at cost of $50, 900.
TIE Milwaukee branch of the Nation
al Association of Stationary Engineers
has elected James Bradshaw delegate to
the national convention, to be held in
New York City, the first week in Sep
tember. Mr.. Bradshaw is the engineer
of the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Company's building.
THE most important deal in the saw
mill business this year is the purchase
by La Crosse parties of the Quincy
Lumber Company's fine plant, and the
organization of the Gem City Lumber
Company. A. w. Petition, g. c. Hix-
on, George Ray, of La Crosse, and the
Delaneys, of Hannibal, Mo-, take the
stock
GEORGE GRossMAN, New York travel
ing man, was struck by runaway team
his body three inches. One of his legs
was broken and he sustained conclusion
of the brain. He will probably die.
AT it's annual convention at Indianap-
oils, Ind. on the 25th, the National
Amateur Press Association elected Will
lam Dunlop, of Milwaukee, president
THE Third Wisconsin Infantry will
hold its annual reunion at La Crosse on
the 10th of August.
A CHURCH of the Seventh Day Advent
list has been Incorporated in Milwaukee.
IT is generally understood at La
Crosse that the Chicago & North West
ern road is preparing to run all its pas
senger trains to the La Crosse depot
and do away with the "stub" between
there and Winona Junction.
REPORTS from La Crosse County say
threshing of winter wheat has COM
menced, the result being very satisfac
tory.
r. G. Brown, a well-known merchant
of Marlnette and Pike, has settled at
Olympia, Wash.
MATTHEW LoCKLIN, formerly of Eau
Claire, was killed at Savannah, Ga, by
the fall of a building.
THERE are three men in La Crosse
who have Web-feet Another man has
been discovered there who has six toes
on each foot
KATE ENGLISH, who was held at La
Crosse on suspicion that she was in
some way connected with the mysteri-
Gus shooting of Rilda Gilum, aboard a
Mississippi steamer, was released by
Justice Steinlein. There was no evil
dence against Der.
PURSES aggre eating nearly 5000 are
offered for the La Crosse fair races.
EAU CLAIRE has very large and pros
porous Old Settlers Association. They
are arranging to hold their annual meet
ing and banquet 1t will take place
some evening next week.
FRANK CoBURN, the brilliant farmer
BOY" who ran for Congress in the
Seventh Wisconsin against Ormsby
Thomas, was welded at Hamilton, La
Crosse County, to Miss Minnie Gilflian.
The jury in the case of Nancy jose
phine Hatchard, on trial in Milwaukee
for completely with her husband in I'M
lawful medical practice, on the 24th re-
turned a verdict Of guilty. A stay of
proceedings has been granted in the
case Of both the prisoners.
HENRY BENNEwITz, a foreman in Name
COLDS stone quarry, in WauWatosa, was
injured, probably fatally, by an explo-
sion of powder.
FRANCIS A. BROWN, of Marinette, has
been appointed by Gov. Hoard lumber
inspector for District No 5, in place of
J. B. Nondain, deceased.
Mrs. ALEX. KERR, wife of the profess
Sor of Greek in the State University,
died at Madison of pneumonia. She
was attacked by the grip last winter,
and never fully recovered. A son,
Charles FL. Kerr, is a member of pub
fishing house of Chicago, and younger
son, James B., is a fellow in the univer-
sity.
AT La Crosse Matthew Markham has
brought suit at St. Paul against the Chi
cago & North Western Railway Compa-
ny for $50, 900 damages for personal in
juries received in a collision on the de-
PENDANTS road.
Mrs. ALEXANDER KERR, wife of the
professor Of Greek in the State Uni
versity, died at Madison on the 23d.
She was So years old. Last winter Mrs
Kerr was attacked by the grip, which
left her in a weakened condition, from
which she never recovered. Latterly
pneumonia developed, and for some
been given up. A son, Chas. III. Kerr,
Is a member of publishing house of
Chicago. and a younger son, James B.,
is fellow in the University.
ENGINEERS are at Eau Claire locating
site for new passenger station for the
Wisconsin Central Railway Company.
An iron bridge will be built across the
Eau Claire River at that point.
ARTICLES of association have been
nleQ With the secretary OF state by the
Good Templar Training School of Muk-
wonago; capital stock, 5000; incorpo-
rators, VIM. I'll. Clark, Will S. Frazier
and Thos Mcqueen.
FRANCIS A. BRowN, of Marinette, has
been appointed by Gov. Hoard lumber
inspector for District No. 5, in place of
J. B. Nondain, deceased.
A WHITE woman IN Milwaukee gave
birth to triplets, two of whom are col
ored children while the third is per-
fectly white. All three are hale and
hearty and will probably live.
Two boys from Middleton, Dane
County, were sentenced for stealing
cow-Arthur Parmenter to one year at
Waupun, and Robert Middleton to six
months in the county jail.
BENJAMIN HANSON, aged 10, and Mich
olas Moran, aged Sc, farm hands, were
brought to the Madison Hospital on the
night of the 22d, both having been bad
Jy mutilated by team attached to
reaper running away in the town of