Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-14
WISCONSIN ITEMS

WIN. KING, yardmaster at the Lake
Shore yards, at Ashland, had his lett
loot cut off while switching cars, and
narrowly escaped with his life.
TRAFFIC MANAGER BARLOW, of the Wis
consln Central, will move his office from
Milwaukee to Chicago in June.
SAM. III. FERNANDEZ, Chicago travel
ing man, was found dead in his room at
q Madison hotel.
NEWTON WooDRUFF, of Chicago, has
been elected secretary of the Wisconsin
Humane Society, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss Ty-
ner.
GEN. JOHN GIBBoN, commander of the
old Iron Brigade, is expected to become
a resident of Milwaukee after next
April, when ne will be placed on the
retired list.
The new Ashland city officers as
sumed their duties on the 9th. The
parties denied saloon licenses were
ordered to close, and special orders
were issued by Mayor Willmarth to the
chlef-ofpolice to prevent gambling in
together with the Sunday closing of sa-
looms and the organization of Citizens
League, will be sustained.
CHARLES ST. PETER, alias John Bushv,
laborer at Mowatt & Thompson's mill,
Ashland, has been arrested, charged
with forgery. He received q check
from firm for wages due, and present
ed it at the First National Bank, togeth-
er with bogus check.
W. w. WINTERBoTHoM has received
his commission as postmaster at Eau
Claire. B. ]. Demarest is to be assist
ant postmaster, in place of w. M. Ha-
VEINS.
ABOUT 10000 feet of logs per day is
being RATED at Beef Slough, notwith-
standing the high winds they have had
to contend with the past week.
GEO. NICHOLS, once one of the best
known pilots on the Upper Mississippi,
IS city charge at La Crosse, and is be-
Heved to be insane.
SUPT. CHARLES HoILENBECK, of the
Green Bay. WinoDa d st. Peter Rail-
road, started from Winona for Chicago
in his special car, and when but few
miles out his right hand was caught in
the car door and seriously mashed.
One finger was cut off, and another was
so badly injured that it was necessary
to amputate it.
r. c. Judson has been engaged as sec
Rotary and general manager of the La
Crosse Interstate Fair. There is no
man in the West WHO has longer expe-
rience or a better record than Mr.. Jud-
son in this line. He has been thirteen
years engaged in the work, part of the
time as secretary of the Minnesota State
Fair.
DR.. w. L. GALLOWAY died at Eau
Claire, on the 8th. aged -, OF paralysis
He was one of the early settlers there.
He came to Fond du Lac from New
York in 1850, and settled in the Chippe-
wa Valley in 1851. He leaves large es-
tate.
FRANK TARDECK yesterday got a judg-
ment of $1,000 III the circuit court at
trunk maker. Tasdeck sued for So, Coz.
He wss employed in Romadka's factory,
and In dispute the defendant pounded
him on the head with chair, INJECTING
severe injuries.
Miss NANCY COMsToCK, aged 81, died IN
Milwaukee on the Sth. She was Tor
three terms grand vice-templar of the
order of Good TEN plars of this state.
The Wisconsin commandery of the
Loyal Legion held its annual meeting
on the 9TH. There was large attend
ance of members from all over the
state, and business was accompanied by
pleasant social time. The election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted as
follows: Commander, Maj. c. Fl. An
son, Milwaukee; senior vice-com-
mander. Lieut.. VIM. II. Upham, Marsh
field; junior vice-comnander, Capt.
Geo. Z. Sutherland, Milwaukee: re-
corder, Capt. A. Ross Houston, Milwau-
kee; registrar, c. T. Chapman, Madi-
son; treasurer, Capt. Edward Ferguson,
Milwaukee; chancellor, Ensign A. s..
Ludlow, Waukesha; chaplain, the Rev.
G. Mott Williams, Milwaukee. The
council was made up as follows: Fl. I.
Drake, George Allanscn, w. f. Leigh
ton and F. H. Msgdebur0, all of Mil
waukee; A. II. HOLSTER, Madison.
THE Prohibitionists have named July
90 as the date OF their convention, the
place to be Madison. It liz said that the
resolutions to be submitted will endorse
the Bennett law.
DIR. ]. w. STEARNs, of Madison, will be
one of the principal speakers at the
forthcoming meeting Of the National
Teachers Association, to be held in
Minneapolis. He will speak on the
subject. "The Correlation of Subjects in
Elementary Schools"
The thirty. fourth annual meeting of
the La Crosse Valley Baptist Associa-
ton Will be held at Trempealeau June 3
and 4. About sixty delegates will be in
attendance from La Crosse, Augusta,
DdugOT, DldCk hlN0I rails, heuUdll
and Elroy, Melrose, Ontario, Sparta,
Tomah. Trempealeau. Whitehall, War
rem Mills, and West Salem. The Rev.
S. E. Price. of Minneapolis, formerly of
Second Church, of La Crosse, is moder-
ator, and E. n. Trowbridge, of White
hall, is clerk of the association.
ARTICLES of incorporation have been
filed by the Eau Claire Light Guard
Armory Company; capital stock. $4,000;
incorporators, George Olson, Dwight j.
Chandler, and Peter Schlosser.
A MAN about 35 years of age, and
dressed in the garb Of laborer, was
struck by Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul switch engine, near the corner of
Canal and Seventeenth Streets, Milwau.
kee, on the 9th. His head WAS badly
cut, but re was not fatally injured. He
was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
He was under the influence of liquor
when he was hurt.
ADJT.-GEN. BURCHARD has issued q
general order stating that companies
will be expected to reach an average of
at least 10 per cent. in order TO entitle