Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
BADGER NOTES.

THOMAS H. FERRIS, member of the
Uniformed Rank, X. p, from Geneva,
Neb., was found drowned in the river at
Milwaukee. His identity was fully es-
tablished.,
EDWARD L. IRA ~, Milwaukee brake
man accused Of murder in Chicago. was
acquitted.
THE German union printers of Mil
waukee are at war with the Germania.
FIFTY-Two novices received the white
veil at Notre Dame Convent, Milwau-
kee, on the 18th
THE Rev. Mr.. Updike has definitely
decided to accept the call to Madison
Congregational church.
THE jury which tried Salvationists for
parading the streets at Eau Claire dis
agreed.
Mrs. GEO. n. WoRDEN has been grant
ed divorce at Madison.
JOHN BUcKREIs, aged so, committed
suicide at Milwaukee because a girl of
20 would not marry him.
THE move for shorter hours by the
Ashland Mill employees, inaugurated
early in the spring, has eliminated in
an organization to be known as the
North Wisconsin Mill Mems Union.
Officers have been chosen and constitu-
ton adopted. In it they declare that
''employes and members shall on and
after July Is, 1890, refuse to work in the
mills for longer period than ten hours
day, and to receive the wages for such
DAYS work as are now received, and no
less"
E. J. TURNER, of Pittsburg, has OBJ
tanned requisition from Gov. Hoard
for Michael Callahan, alias Dougherty,
who is wanted by the Pennsylvania au-
thorities for burglarizing freight cars at
Newcastle, Pa. Detective Turner fol-
lowed his man from Newcastle to Ash
land, Wis, where be arrested him, but
Callahan refused to return without the
necessary requisition papers. Turner
says the prisoner was one of the prln-
cipal members of gang of car robbers
which has been operating on the Penn
sylvania lines for some months.
IT is thought that John n. True will
be elected secretary of the State Agr-
cultural Society. Mr.. Newton, the pres
ent incumbent, has said: 81 am out of
the deal entirely. do not want the of
flee longer, and | am now only ambl-
iions to step out leaving all its duties
we'll done and the society in a flourish
ing condition." He said Mr.. True and
the Rev. G.. E. Gordon were candidates
for the place.
AN exciting yacht race occurred at
Ashland on the 9th. Four boats were
entered, of which the Packer and Idle
wild were distanced. The Dreadnaught
won the race and the Ashland Press
championship medal. The course was
triangular one of six miles and return.
Lichtenstein and c. E. Hopkins. The
how front r,rnCantn6 q 90
during the contest.
WILLIAM BRAHAM, well-known resi-
dent, died at the Mendoza hospital for
the insane, where he has been confined
for several years. He was member of
Co. A, Twentythird Volunteer Infantry,
and had suffered sunstroke during his
army service, which caused his insanity.
Less than three months ago Mrs. Bra
ham was granted a pension of $72 per
month for total disability of her 'hus
band, but as his widow she will only
draw SD.
CONDUCTOR Tom SULLIVAN, Of the Bur-
lington q Northern Railway, was ser-
ously gashed by tramp he had put off
at Fountain City. The engineer and
passengers secured the assailant and
turned him over to the authorities at
Alma.
A REUNION of the old settlers of La
Crosse County will be held at La Crosse
during the Interstate fair
RICHARD BURKHARDT jumped from
moving train at La Crosse, striking
switch target. His skull was split open
and he died instantly.
A MAN named Hitchel employed in a
La Crosse lumber mill, went to sleep on
the railroad track while intoxicated.
He was cut to pieces bv train