Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-29
WISCONSIN ITEMS


THE Milwau ee Whist Club defeated
the Evanston club by I32 points.
The custom tailors will hold their
next national convention in Mllwau-
kee.
The Common Council of Madison has
accepted the resignation of John Cor
scot as city clerk, and elected .. l..
Norseman to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Cor
scot has been city clerk for over twenty
wears, and retires TO become secretary
of the Madison Gaslight and Coke Com
pany. The new incumbent is young
man and Democrat.
ARTICLES of incorporation have been
fled at Madison by the Flheld Manu-
featuring Company, of Fifeld. Price
County; capital stock, $l0t,0C0; lncor-
porators, O. ID. Van Dusen. w. F. Him..
j. Arnold, E. d. Arnold and q. o. Van
Dusen.
MARTIN BULGER was arrested at Ash
land on warrant charging him with
setting fire to the office of the Prentlss
Brown Stone Company. The rooms
of the building where the fire origin
ated were filled with household
goods belonging to Bulger and his
wife. The goods were being held
by the sheriff, pending decision OF the
circuit court as to the ownership. Mrs.
Bulger was granted divorce from Blu
ger Oh the grounds of cruelty, and she
was given the household effects by the
court.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY WALKER has
appealed for the government from the
award of the commissioners on block 70,
Milwaukee.
SARAH w. POWELL sues the Milwaukee
City Railway for SIS 500 damages for in
juries.
SEvERAN census supervisors were NOM
mated, on the Esd, including l.. b.
Moves, OF Marinette.
CAPT. HANRAHAN, of truck No. /, Mil
waukee, was badly injured about the
eyes by an explosion of pitch at fire.
The Ashland land office denied the
claims of the squatters on land claimed
by John T. Knight.
DURING the past year the death rate
in Milwaukee has continually dlmin-
lshed.
DANIEL MEEK died of the injuries he
received from a freight train at Dane
Station, several days ago.
THERE is a probability that the Con-
gregational Church at Madison will IN
vite the Rev. John Bascom, ex-presi-
dent of the State University, to become
removal to Philadelphia.
In the circuit court at La Crosse, In the
case OF the heirs of Mrs. Eve, killed 10
the collision at WInona, some time ago,
p verdict was returned awarding the
plaintiff s., 800 damages.
GEORGE c. MAIN, the manager and di-
rector of the University of Wisconsin
Banjo and Guitar Club, has, alter much
correspondence, arranged tor a trip to
be taken bv the club during the spring
vacation. The club will be accom- panied
by the University Glee Club. The
trip will be rather extensive, and
will be made in Pullman dining and
sleeping car, which has been chartered
fer the occasion. AS far as has been
learned the first date is La Crosse,
March 81. From there the club will
proceed northward to st. Paul and Min
neapolis, and Nlll then return 10 Eau
Claire.-- Milwaukee, Chicago, end Ann
Arbor, Mich. The whole spring vaca-
ton will be taken up with the trip.
1T is reported that Bulbrant Hal
verson was frozen to death near his
home in the town of Dunn, Dane Coun-
ty. The particulars are not given.
The HekIa Fire Insurance Company,
of Madison, has decided to effect the re-
insurance Of it's outstanding risks, pre-
paratory TO winding up its affairs.
COUNTY JUDGE MAsBAUn, of Forest
County, is under arrest for selling
liquor without license.
THE Jury in the Eve case at La Crosse
returned q verdict OF s., 500, sustaining
the Burlington Company in every ones
ton propounded in the special verdict
THE Board of Regents of the State
University completed the quarterly
session at Madison on the 22d. No ac-
ton was taken IN the matter of electing
a successor to the late Prof. VIM. F.
Allen, but it was decided TO leave the
history departm of the college to
continue as at present for the remain
der of the college year. On the recon-
mendation OF the committee on
mechanics arts. tho sum OF $500 was ap-
propriaied for the purpose of employ
ing an organizer 10 take initiatory steps
toward the establishment OF mechanic
institutes in the various cities OF the
state, to be under the supervision of
the mechanical department OF the uni
versity.
The annual state conference of chart
ties and reforms will be held at Madi
son three days, commencing February
49,
PAUL BEGINNER, of Milwaukee, was
1C-CICCtCo pICEIdSAt Vi lAC 1ASdAC
Asylum Board OF Trustees.
On opening the bids for building the
steel draw-bridge ac1 oss the Mississippi
at La crosse, there were four bidders.
The Clinton Bridge Company was the
lowest-$S0, 000-and will be awarded
the contract.
LEONARD GRoMAN, who caused the
death of a companion named Buchanan,
at La Crosse, by striking him over the
head with billiard cue, and who could
have interposed plea OF self defense,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the
fourth degree. and was fined 500.
There was but little interest in the case
JOSEPH nj. BECKER, proprietor of a
store known as ''The Fair" at La Crosse,
has assigned his business to John Mil
Ter, who gave bond of 1000. The
assets and liabilities are as yet I'M
known.
r. d. CAMPBELL, a pioneer lawyer of
Augusta, Wis, is dead.
MRS. GAARD, the Ashland woman
whose husband failed to appear against
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