Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-11-05
BADGER NOTES.

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large boarding house, at Whitefish Bay.
ten miles north of Sturgeon Bay, owned
by the V. and G.. Mashek Company,
were destroyed by fire. Loss, ST., 900;
insurance, $500. The origin of the fire
Is unknown.
Miss ANNIE BENrzEy, of Christiana,
Norway. teacher in the Norwegian
schools, Is making visit to the princi-
pal cities of the state. She is a trusted
agent OF the Norwegian government,
sent here at public expense to investi-
gate schools and educational ideas Of
the United States Miss Bentzen is a
light haired, fine looking young lady,
and makes favorable impression.
ASHLAND taxes for the ensuing year
are SCI 900.
WILLIAM NOLIQUETTE's summer resort,
near La Crosse, burned to the ground.
COAL companies operating at Superior
claim that they cannot get enough cars.
FRANCESCA GUTHRIE, prima donna of
the Hess Opera Company, was quietly
married at her home in Milwaukee, OH
the Both, to Charles D. Meyer, Mime
apolis lawyer.
The death of Harum Merrill is an
nounced from Boston. The deceased
was the father of A. F. Merrill, assistant
general ticket agent of the st. Paul
road, and the eldest brother of the late
S. s. Merrill. He was so years old, and
had lived in Boston for sixty-two
years.
SECRETARY NOBLE has written to In
dian Agent Leahy to the effect that no
green pine can be cut this winter on the
Indian reservations.
DANIEL STAHL, aged Is, stepped on
saw in Bayfield, mill, and completely
severed his foot.
THE Midland Lumber and Manufac-
turing Company purchased 10000 acres
of timber land in Clark County for
$4,000
OVER $500 new voters have been
naturalized in Milwaukee.
EAU CLAIRE has decided to raise $45,-
600 to cover expenses in the direction
of education.
BERT DAILY, of Eau Claire, aged -,
will lose the sight of one of his eyes, a
playmate having run the point of a com
pass into the orb.
THE "short ferry across the Missis-
sippi at La Crosse has begun operations.
The Bayfield, Box Company has just
completed a long-term contract with the
Calumet Mining Company to make oak
slaves, and the factory will consequently
be run the season through.
THE Booth Packing Company's large
fish freezing establishment at Bayfield,
is now in operation. About ten tons a
day are put up in this way Herring
fishing will begin November l. The
seasons catch has been fairly good.
MRS. SUSANNA T. JENNINGS and Mrs.
Margaret Murray, old residents of Mil
waukee, died on the 10Th.
HOG cholera is raging in parts of Eau
Claire County. w. +. Seidger, of Fab
River, has been the heaviest loser, hav-
ing lost sixty head.
FRITZ FLACK, a middle-aged farmer OF
Washington township, Eau Claire Coun-
ty, has been in the habit of locking him
self in his bedroom and playing suicide
by firing revolver to bring his wife to
terms after quarrel; SO the wife and
five children paid no special attention
when he did it on the 18th. After three
hours they broke in and found him living
unconscious with bullet hole in his
chest. He will die.
CHILLY" HAWKINS knocked out "Pa :
dy'' McEvoy at La Crosse.
NOBLE HENDERSON has begun action
at Ashland for $11 ,11S against the Prem
ages sustained in his falling from
scafold in defendants quarry at Bay
field, last April.
PACKAGES of Louisiana Lottery litera-
ture are sent through the express of
fees and distributed at La Crosse.
CHARLES w. HUDSON, of Madison, was
married at Winona to Miss Grace
Wright.
WHILE feeding his fathers horse,
Bernhard, the 10-year-old son of Gustav
Kaiser, living at the corner of Vliet
and Twelfth streets, Milwaukee, was
kicked by the horse in the head and is
not expected to live. His absence in
the house caused search for him to be
made, when be was found lying insensi-
BILE at the feet of the horse, with his
skull fractured in two places and one of
his legs broken.
BAUM, Fischer & Co., wholesale
clothing manufacturers, Milwaukee,
failed. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, un-
known.
GEORGE J. SHAW, for thirty-fve years
locomotive engineer in Wisconsin, is,
dead.
THE firm of Cohen Bros, clothiers,
Ashland, have made an assignment to
Harry Leichtenstein. Liabilities and
assets are claimed to be about Sc, 5000.
AT Eau Claire, on the 9th, coroner's
jury censured Ralph Mosher, driver of
the electric street street car which ran
over and killed John Meath, deaf and
aged man. The jury found Mosher
guilty of negligence. which he strenu-
ously denies. Meath was buried at the
company's expense.
WORK has begun on the Wisconsin
Central's new depot at Eau Claire.
MERRYMAN's big sawmill at Marinette
has shut down for the season.
PROF. w. H. WILLIAMS, of the State
University, is canvassing the state in the
interest Of the projected university Y,
NJ. c. A. building, to cost about $4,000.
He has about 600 pledged now.
THE Wisconsin Central Company is
willing to donate four lots for the Ash
land government building, and wants
the citizens to give So 600 TO partly re-