Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-08
BADGER NOTES.

| IHE Badger Illuminating Company
has enjoined the city of Milwaukee from
receiving new bids for electric lighting
STREET cars will be run every twenty
minutes after midnight by the Milwau-
kee City and Cream City lines.
WHILE at work in a sewer on Newhall
Street, Milwaukee, on the 9Th, the bank
cayed ia and buried August Porzinsky
The earth vas removed from the unfor-
tunate manas quickly as possible, but he
was SO severely injured that he died
soon after.
FREDERICK WEMPMEL, a Marinette
grocer, has disappeared, and, 1T is said
has $4,000 with him. His store is in the
sheriff's hands.
Nc OBERsT. of La Crosse, aged IL, dis
appeared from West Superior and can
not be found, though thorough search
for him has been made.
THE Board of Soldiers Home Marag-
ers have provided for the erection Of a
cottage, costing So, 800, for the accomsIo-
dation of the treasurer's chief clerk, at
the Milwaukee home. The cottage will
be built as soon as possible.
CHART" SCoTT, treasurer Of Ashland
County, is said to be short in his &C.
counts.
LAKE SUPERIOR fremen held their first
annual tournament at Ashland on the Sd
inst.
DRUGGISTS of Wisconsin are forming a
mutual fire insurance company.
THE Rev. Mr.. Grassle was reelected
secretary Of the Wisconsin Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society.
THE reports that Bishop Wigger had
been appointed to the archbishopric of
Milwaukee are unfounded.
WILLIAM Brown was arrested at Ash
land on charge of burning Christian
Stader's residence.
THREE Ashland Cinnamon, All War,
Lee War and Sam Lee, left for the Ce-
lestial kingdom the other day, after
| having amassed $4,000 with which to
buy their liberty. They were slaves.
FIRE at La Crosse on the LIST de-
streyed the barn of Dr. Frank Powell.
His horses were at his livery stable, but
heavy truck team belonging to Assem-
| blyman j. j. Hogan occupied the barn.
One horse was burned to death, and in
saving the other Mr.. Hogan was badly
burned
THE Milwaukee Gas Light Company
has undertaken improvements costing
about $4,000, and consisting Of new
buildings, machinery and the like. The
company is experimenting on large
scale with water gas system, which it
expects to make steady use of before
winter begins, such gas combined with
the coal gas making an excellent il
luminant.
GOLD MAN SCHNEIDER" an old Ger
man about Ashland, found barrel con-
tanning over 500 in gold, silver and pa
per money, while cleaning out the alley
hooly Of saloon Tho no rrol bod owl.
IDENTITY been there for years. Schnei-
der took his treasure inside the saloon,
and the barkeeper took it to look at
and kept it. Schneider has brought
suit to recover the money.
AN agent for a pillow sharpener is
working All antedeluvian swindle in the
southwestern part Of the state. The
sharpener is put upon the pillow on trial,
the agent taking a receipt for it. In
due time the receipt turns up as note,
which the farmer is compelled to pay.
WILTsE and Carr, arrested at La
Crosse for completely with swindler Pal
mer, were held for trial in bail of 81 900.
NEARLY S1,OG0 was cleared by the
Catholic fair at Washburn.
THE Ashland County potato crop il
several thousand bushels short.
ARTICLES of association have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Amer
lean Onyx Company, of Milwaukee;
capital stock 100000; incorporators,
Charles A. Berthelet, George Sylvester
ard George w. Wilson.
Mr. PETER, of Washburn. found Har-
ry Marshall in his wife's room, and sew
eral shots were fired by both men with
little effect.
MILWAUKEE Republicans nominated
Robert c. Spencer for congressman, and
named their county ticket.
AT Ashland, on the 3Oth, VIM Gray
was found guilty of robbing the United
States Express Company Of $4,000
money package on the Rhinelander
branch about three months ago.
DIEDRICH NOVEMBER, carsmith, was
killed at the stock yards, Milwaukee.
on the 30th. He went under an engine
which had run off the track to jack it
up, when the jack-screws gave way,
and the engine fell upon him and cut
him in two. The deceased was so years
old.
EDWARD JEsKY climbed up in tree at
Madison, slipped a moose around his
neck, tied the other end to a tree and
jumped. He was sixty years of age.
OCTOBER l Maj A Belanger assumes
charge Of the Colby House at Ashland,
having subleased it from George H.
Harper, the present manager.
CHAs. DAGoN, of Madison, has
"double." The two bear such close re-
semblance that both are getting into hot
water all the time.
ARTHUR A. MEGGETT, son of the Eau
Claire millionaire, and Miss Ella
Thrane, were quietly welded at Eau
Claire.
AT Milwaukee, on the 29th, Frank
Birkneder, aged 70, of sos Somers
Street, was struck by an electric car,
and died few hours afterward.
One of the biggest schemes ever pro-
jected in Madison has just become pub
lie. 1t is plan to boom the town as
summer resort and residence place, and
it is to be done by the building of motor
lines around the two lakes and to the
surrounding country Capitalists out
side the state are the principal parties
interested.
PINE land operators in Wisconsin are
growing anxious as to the disposition of
the Indian timber. The contractors
would like to get back to the reservation