Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-03
BADGER NOTES.

A FEARFUL calamity happened at Mil
Ter, Signorr d Co.'s logging camp, ON
Long Lake, twenty miles north of Rice
Lake, on the 29th. The men who we're
on the opposite side of the lake from
che camp were returning to supper.
The first load came over safely in the
boat, but the second load was caught in
q heavy gust of wind between the ice,
which upset them, and six men were
drowned.
JOHN UNDERWOOD, an old resident of
Racine, died at st. Luke's Hospital on
the 9th, aged So.
TELEGRAM was received in Racine
on the 2Sth announcing that James
White, nm old Racine boy, now at Buff
falo, n. Y, had been killed
THE mystery surrounding the sudden
disappearance of Robert Armstrong, a
veteran Milwaukee painter, was cleared
up on the 9th by the finding of his dead
body in vault in the rear of his es-
Enlistment on Michigan Street.
THE Wisconsin Central's new bridge
across the Eau Claire River at that
town is finished.
DISPATCHES from La Crosse state that
the lumber trade is good, with an in
creasing demand. The John Paul Lum-
Der Company has purchased the Dew
herst pine on the Black River, sup
posed to be about 100000 feet.
THE state is likely to be sued for a sec
ton of Indian land sold by mistake to
lumber company.
A SOCIETY for the promotion of tech
nical science has been formed in Mil
waukee.
ED. HERBERT, of Bayfield,, and four
Swedes drowned in Lake Superior
THOMAS SAWYER, a homesteader, was
found dead in the woods near Ashland,
where he had been caught by falling
tree.
INDIAN AGENT LEAHY has received
positive orders from the secretary of
the interior to allow no logging done
this winter on the Indian Reservation
under his jurisdiction. The order is a
great surprise, rs logging has been GUS
tomary. The reason for the issuance of
the order is not given. He has been
further notified that no allotments will
be made Flambeaus pending the settle
ment of the difficulty over allotments
THE Milwaukee curriers' have proposed
that the Gordon medal, which has been
contested for between Eastern and
Western players, be finally played for
this winter and retired permanently to
the winning club. 1t is proposed that
big match be played at Buffalo or Toronto
for the trophy. The Mitchell medal will
be played form The East this year. Mil
waukee may send strong rink or two
to enter the contest.
AT Milwaukee on the night on the
night of the 25th, William Clarke, presi-
dent and sole owner of the Sheboygan
Electric Light Company, of Sheboygan,
while on his way to the North Western
depot, was knocked down on Wisconsin
Street by two unknown men, and
robbed of his valise, in which he car
ried $19, 800 in currency.
A. V. II. CARPENTER, general passen-
ger agent of the st. Paul road, has been
retired on half pay. Geo. Heaford sue
ceeds him.
Badgers" was formed at Portland,
Ore, lately. Those prominently con-
nected are G. L. Fay, insurance agent,
and c. w. Roby, ex-postmaster of
Portland, and who was former resi-
dent of La Crosse.
PEOPLE who are plating the new Ash
land County town of Peck asked per-
mission Of the governor-elect to name
it after him, and he replied: of you
want to take the chances of spelling
good town, you are at liberty to use my
name for that purpose"
JAMES WILLIAMS, who was tried at La
Crosse for criminal assault and escaped
because of the character of complaining
witness, has since been hanging about
Mrs. Ryder's boarding house. She
asked the police to watch him, and an
officer concealed himself in the house at
midnight, and between 4 and 6 O'Clock,
printer Jim," as Williams called him
self, entered, selected two garments and
departed. The officer captured him
outside the door.