Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-03
BADGER NOTES.

OF the Office from which he was recent
ly removed by the board for alleged
misconduct. Nobody knows where he
has hidden the archives. The town is
divided into two factions, and there Is
considerable excitement there.
WILLIAM WHITE was brutally dubbed
by thugs and robbed of SIS at La
Crosse.
JOHN FLYNN, a farmer living near
Mukwonago, was assaulted by his hired
man, and badly cut and bruised about
the head and face. The object of the
attack was to obtain money the victim
was supposed to have on his person.
Mr.. Flynn was struck on the back OF
his head with a stone and deep cash
cut. He was also badly cut about the
face, both eyes being blackened.. The
assallant was unsuccessful in his at
tempt, but escaped. officers are now
on his track.
JOSIAH NUTTING, who had resided in
Sun Prairie for twenty-five years, died
from the effects of being thrown from
his wagon, one of the wheels having
passed over him and injured him in
ternally.
A ROW among a number of inmates of
the Soldiers Home at Wauwatosa yes
terday terminated in Albert Ohde be-
ing stabbed with a knife by Fred Mitch
ell. The latter was arrested and taken
to jail.
WHILE Wisconsin Central engine No.
4S, with train of ten cars loaded with
coal, and eight empties, in charge of
Engineer Orrick and Fireman Taylor,
was engaged in switching on the docks
of the Ohio Coal Company, at Ashland,
about noon on the 9th, it ran off an
open switch upon the ties. The dock
extends out into Chequamegon Bay for
considerable distance, and the ties are
on piles. The engine ran off the ties
and dumped into the bay, being COM
pletely submerged. The engineer and
fireman jumped and were not hurt, ex
cept that the former sustained slight
sprain of the ankle. Owing to a break
in the dock wrecking cars cannot get at
the wreck, and the engine will probably
have to be taken to pieces to be recov-
cred. The engine weighed thirty-fve
tons, and was valued at $l2 900.
MARK HALEY has begun suit at Madi-
son against the Jump River Lumber
Company for $4,000 damages, for the
loss of his legs in an accident on
logging railroad owned by the defend
ants. The accident occurred in October
of last year, and the plaintiff alleges
that the accident was due to the care
lessness of the company.
CHARLES STEIN, of Chicago, has bought
the stock Of w. A. Tanner & Co., of
Marinette, at receivers sale.
OFFICERS at La Crosse found a whole
kit of burglars tools near the county
Jail, and later on the owner, James Do
Ian, hard-shell burglar, was landed in
side that institution.
JAMES KELLY, an ingenious swindler,
was jailed at Eau Claire on the 2Sth.
He had come to Eau Claire and Chip
pewa Falls few days in advance of a
circus company which he falsely
claimed to represent, and bargained
with each of a number of butchers for
400 pounds Of meat, which, he said, was
for the circus lions. Kelly got cash
commission from the butchers in adj
vance, and also borrowed sundry sums.
He likewise ordered meals for fifty
men at several hotels and got com
mission. He has worked several towns
in that section Of the state.
THE biennial report of Insurance
Commissioner Cheek shows th..t in 1899
there were 152 companies licensed to do
business in the state They wrote risks
to the amount of 1912, 722, ito, received
premiums to the amount of SIS, 200, 474,
and paid losses aggregating S1,772,691.
The percentage of losses to the pre-
mlums received was 5o.39.
Mrs. EARL G. ROGERS, wife Of the
United States revenue collector for the
Madison district, died at Lawrence,
Kas., on the 25th, aged As years. Mrs.
Rogers was visiting friends in Law
renee.
THE new Norwegian Lutheran Church
at La Crosse will cost 81 900.
TOBACCO growers are now in the midst
of the harvest. They are afraid of
frost, and for this reason harvesting be-
gan much earlier than usual.
MILWAUKEE & NORTHERN conductors
are required to give bonds for 81 900 that
they will turn over to the company the
cash fares that they collect.
SEVERAL small fires at Mazomanie,
lately, have given ground for well-de
fined suspicion that incendiaries are at
work in the little town. On Sunday
night the Carlisle Hotel was almost to-
tally destroyed by blaze of mysterious
origin. The loss was 81 900, and the in
surance on the building was S., 800.
The Carlisle House, at Mazomanie,
was destroyed by fire at an early hour
on the 25th. The hotel was on the site
of the old American House, the first
hostelry in the village. 1t was brick
structure two and a half stories in
height. The loss is s. 900; insurance
$500. The origin Of the fire is I'M
known, as is the case of several blazes
III Mazomanie recently.
In the Eau Claire courts suit is on
trial involving the validity of sewer
tax.
WALLACE RorrER is at the helm of Pc
mckee, a new Ashland County post-of-
fice
EAU CLAIRE is bidding for govern
ment building.
F1FrY-sEvEN diggers at Ashland struck
for So a day
THE Nichols saw mill, of Onalaska,
has contract to saw half million
feet of lumber for the La Crosse Lum-
Der Company.
LIEUT. Koran has resigned from the
Griffin Rifles at Eau Claire.
NORTH w EsTERN employees picnicked
at Waunequah, near Madison.
THE claim agent Of the Chicago &
North Western road has paid Mrs Jas.
H Mcpherson whose husband WAS