Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-09
BADGER NOTES.

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Gilman, residing near Madison, and the
wife of Frank Main, a nephew of Sena-
tor Spooner, died on the 9th, at her
country residence, of gastric fever.
Mrs. Main was "a years old. She was
graduated from Wisconsin University
and Hahnemann College, Chicago,
travelled extensively abroad, and was,
perhaps, the most successful female
medical practitioner in the state. Be
sides her husband she leaves a son and
one brother, the latter, Stephen Gill
man, being a well-known coal operator
in Chicago.
FIRE broke out on the 4th on the Col
umbus & Hooking Valleys coal dock, at
Ashland. About 26O feet of the
structure was destroyed, including three
coal towers. The loss is $50, 600. The
flames communicated to the steamer
Iron Age. Her upperworks were de-
stroyed, the damage being placed at
$40, 900.
THE BURBERRY crop in Trempeleau
County is the most abundant in years.
THE chief of police of Eau Claire pro-
hibtted the Salvation army from para
ding the streets, on account of recent
disturbances. The army was just about
to move, but desisted.
H. D. WYMAN, one of the oldest set
tiers of C~hequalnegon Bay district, re-
siding at Washburn, dropped dead.
IT is represented to the authorities of
Trempealeau County that an Original
package Joint" is in operation at Gales
Vile.
r. I'll. PAssMoRE, cashier of the Secur-
ity Bank of Tacoma, committed suicide
on the I'd inst. by cutting his throat and
stabbing himself in the heart with a
small penknife, the blade of which was
not over two inches in length. When
he was found life was nearly extinct,
and all efforts to save him were unavail-
ing. Mr.. Passmore had resided in Ia
coma for about a year., having come
from Milwaukee to take care of the
Security Bank, of which he was one of
the incorporrtors.
FIRE in the Columbus & Hooking Val
ley Company's oal dock at Ashland, on
on the 4th, destroyed $4,000 or 500, 900
worth of property, caused the death OF
n fireman, and the serious, probably
fatal injury of several more.
THE celebration of the Fourth in Mil
waukee was unusually quiet. There
were only a few accidents.
JUDGE PARISH, on the Sd, denied the
motion for a new trial submitted by
Bakers attorney, at Ashland. Before
sentence vas pronounced, Baker de-
clared his innocence and asked for
mercy. He was sentenced to five years
in the p~enitentiary. The supreme court
will be asked to pass upon his case.
JOHN SToHRE committed suicide at
Seneca, near Prairie du Chen, having
worried himself into a craze over tinan-
cial complications. He was one of the
proprietors of the bankrupt Stohre
bakery, of Prairie du Chen.
THE Eau Claire chief of police has
prohibited the Salvation Army from
parading the streets on account of re-
cent disturbances. The army was just
about to move, but desisted.
OWEN HOWELL, the colored man who
was refused a seat in the parquette of
the .Bijou Opera House, Milwaukee, got
a Judgment of 800 damages against
Manager Lit. Mr.. Lift says he will
probably appeal the case to the supreme
court.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic among the
Germans at Fall River, twelve miles
northwest of Augusta.
TIE large stock barn of A. w. Law
renee, on the outskirts of Sturgeon Bay,
was consumed by fire on the LIST. All
the stock was saved. The barn was
valued at $1,000; insured for $4,000.
THE Milwaukee pension office. paid
out nearly $4,000 900 the past year.
MILWAUKEE cracker concerns will Join
the Western combine in that trade:
SERGT. CHAs. A. REED, who has been
on duty at the signal station at La Crosse
a little over a month, having been trans
ferred from Vicksburg, died at the local
hospital after a brief illness. His re-
mains were forwarded to Carrolton. n.
j., forrburial.
MILWAUKEE and Chicago parties have
bought 100 acres of land in the town of
Lake.
THE labor commissioner finds very
few children illegally employed in Wis
consin.
The State Board of Normal School Re-
gents at its annual session elected Of
fcers as follow: j. III. Evans, of Platte
vile, president; S. M. Hoy, of Osh-
kosh, vice-president, and w. H. Chan
dler, of Madison, secretary. A good
deal of routine business was transacted,
and reports of committees on appoint
ments during the year ratified. There
was nothing done Of any special import.
The State Board of Charities and Re-
plans submitted for jails in Dodge and
Monroe Counties. Some other routine
work was accomplished.
SENATOR SPooNER has introduced an
amendment which will make it possible
to go on at once with the Milwaukee pub
lie building.
JERRY M. KINNEY was elected captain
Of the Milwaukee First Light Battery.
The option for the purchase of the
Milwaukee & Northern Railroad has ex-
pired.
EDWARD BOWMAN, of Clinton, Ia, lost
one of his feet by falling under the fast
mail train at La Crosse. Dan Bauvor,
of La Crosse, fell under a street car,
and was SO injured that one of his feet
had to be amputated.
ARMv OF THE p0ToMAc pAIIv