Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-15


REAL estate sales in Milwaukee Coun-
ty last week aggregated $790,0O
PURCHASING AGENT REIGHLEY, of the
Lake Shore road, has resigned
THE Labor party convention at Mil
waukee nominated Robert Schilling for
congressman and full county ticket
MILWAUKEE expects to have a crack
football eleven.
GEORGE FORSTER, president of the
Forster Lumber Company, died at Mil
waukee on the 18th.
ALL the Wisconsin Central Offices VIII
be removed to Chicago.
The annual report of Commissioner
Croft, of the general land office. shows
that Sc, O8S acres of Uncle Sans land in
wisconsin was pre-empted by settlers
IN the past year. For this he received
$4,000.
A BRANCH of the Wisconsin Humane
Society has been organized at Eau
Claire. j. =. Cores is president, and
Arthur A. Meggett secretary and treas
urer.
The Rev. Virgins, of Footville, the
veteran Methodist clergyman, is in his
Goth year. He joined the church in
1915.
w. P. ALEXANDER, who was recently
elected president of the Southwestern
Railway Association, was baggage
smasher at Milton Junction twenty
years ago.
WHEN Deputy Sheriff Cannon, of Ash
land, arrived at Waupun with William
Gray, the express robber, the officials
recognized him. Gray had been there
before for two years for larceny job.
Mrs. GEO. II. SLAUGHTER, widow of a
well-known pioneer, died at Monroe,
aged rs years.
IHE Western Farmer, owned by Supt.
Morrison, of the State Agricultural de-
partment, has been sold to Milwaukee
parties and will be removed from Madi-
son to that city. w. Ii. Bartholf is to
be the editor.
INDIAN AGENT LEAHY denies that any
loggers had contracts to cut timber on
the Flambeau or Court D'Oreille Indian
Reservation this winter. He said that
he had recommended that the Indians
be allowed to cut, SO as to earn money to
live on.
IT has just leaked out that Chippewa
County girl thoughtlessly told friend
displayed with the presents at the we'd
ding. Of course the news got abroad,
and when the day came not even the
presents were displayed. They consist
ed of thirty six sugar-plated spoons and
nineteen salt sprinklers.
At Milwaukee, on the night of the
9Th, Attorney Henry L. Buxton was
assaulted and badly beaten by unknown
men.
TT is announced that any deficiency
in the subscriptions for the celebration
of German-American Day at Milwau-
kee will be made good by Capt. Pabst.
C. Conn, a Chicago travelling man, was
badly beaten by a brakeman on North
Western train. He will sue the Com
pany for $4,000 damages.
AT O'Clock on the morning of the
10th Mrs. Witt, so years of age, residing
ar Sol Pearl Street, Milwaukee, commit
ted suicide by jumping into cistern.
THE assistant secretary of the interior
has affirmed the decision of the commits
sioner Of the land Office in the case of
James Reeves VS.. VIM. FL. Hal yht III the
holding for cancellation the latter:s
homestead entry, tract of land in Wau-
eau land district, Wisconsin.
AT Catholic church fair in Ashland
s2,526 net profit was made.
ANDREW HIPPENMEYER, of Dane Coun-
~, aged IL, was gored to death by an in
Turlated steer.
IT is reported that pearl sold for
5000 by James Ellis, of Winslow, was re-
sold in New York for 5000. 1t was
taken from the Pecatonica River.
The work of draining the Dane Coun-
ty lakes three or four feet in order to
reclaim the low lands of the county will
soon be begun. The cost will be over
$4,000. Over $4,000 acres will be re-
claimed, and Madison streets will be
benefited to the extent OF $4,000.
JOHN E. BURTON has presented to the
museum of the State Historical Society
fine collection of Mexican curiosities,
including specimens of Aztec architect
are and an old Spanish cannon of Cor
tets time.
A La CROSSE man has named his boy
Twice, SO that lightning will not strike
him III the same place.
RECENTLY Badger State Club was or
ganized at Seattle, Wash.
ASHLAND has organized musical So
ciety.
THERE are three candidates for chief
Of police of La Crosse.
ANNA HUsABoL obtained judgment at
Scranton, Pa, against the Rev. Peter
Roberts in the sum of S. 900, for breach
of promise. The same woman masquer-
aded IN Madison some years ago under
the name of Anderson.
BOGUS lightning-rod men who are
working the state send a man anead
who bargains with a farmer to buy a
horse The horse buyer wishes the
farmer to sign paper as reference. He
does So The horse is not called for
but the other parties come along with a
written contract for $3.50 worth of light
ming rods.
AT School Board meeting held in
Eau Claire, Commissioner McDonough
severely scored the present half holiday
system which is IN vogue in the schools
there, the plan being to give the schol-
ars Friday afternoon if not a member Of
the school was absent or tardy during
the week If one of the scholars was
late Prof. McDonomgh states that it was
the custom of the other pupils to give
him a frst-class threshing, and this
leads to great deal of trouble.
WILLIAM A. HENRY, professor Of agri.
culture of the State University and di
rector of the agricultural experiments
station, and John nj. True, of Baraboo
secretary of the State Agricultural So