Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-28
BADGER NOTES.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Milwaukee, on a mortgage
of S14, 500 The house will probably be
allowed to go to sale, when local parties
will bid it in. Possibly new opera
house company may then be organized,
but he title is more likely to remain IN
the hands of one or more Individuals.
y. Nj. BENJAMIN, of Milwaukee, has
been appointed Worlds Fair commits
soner. vice John L.. Mitchell resigned
on account of his election to a seat IN
Congress.
THOMAS DACHRAUER, an immigrant,
was robbed OF $500 marks at Mllwau-
kee. He was on a more or less enjoy
able spree with some new friends, IN
GLIDING two of the gentler sex, during
the evening. and later in the night his
money was missing.
TIE earnings of the Chicago, Milwau
kee 4 St. Paul Railway Company for the
third week in January were $442, 45S;
increase, S45,647
THE earnings of the Milwaukee &
Northern Railroad Company for the
third week in January were $50, 200; in
crease, 81 1925.
MoRE than eight tons of diseased or
otherwise unfit meats were conflscated
by the Milwaukee meat inspectors dur
ing the past year
THE Milwaukee Chamber of Com
merce adopted resolutions opposing the
passage by Congress Of the pending sill
yer coinage bill.
MILWAUKEE is to have new weekly
publication, to be known as the Realty
and Building Record.
THROUGH series of experiments 1t
has been determined that wool can be
made from cinders which come from
the Mayville blast furnace This wool
is used to cover steam pipes and Tor
like purposes 1t is said that a COM
pany will at once be formed to take al
vantage of this discovery.
TIE Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul
Railway Company has started an indus
trial department for the purpose of
bringing the merits of the localities
along the line of its road to the atten-
ton of Eastern manufacturers, with a
view of inducing them to esta bliSh plants
in the growing West.
TIE Eau Claire Light Guards will build
new armory.
TIE Prentice Brownstone Company,
of Ashland, has secured contracts to
furnish the stone for two large Eastern
churches and one court house, and two
courthouse contracts are as good as
made. There is Il prospect that the
company will also sign contract Tor
the delivery of ,0000C0 ieet of stone at
Chicago for The Worlds Fair, and that a
government contract which calls Tor
1,250,0 coo feet will be undertaken.
ADJT-GEN. FALK thinks Congress
should supply the national guardsmen
with uniforms and camp equIpage.
THE Afro-Amcrican League has begun
war on saloon keepers, BARRIERS and no.
tel men who refuse to serve negroes.
ALBERT IEoSTEL x Sous tannery, Mil
waukee, was damaged $4,000 by fire on
the 23c.
TIE Milwaukee Commercial Club
property was sold for s. 800.
Census returns show that Wisconsin
annually consumes 164, 72S barrels OF
alcohol IN arts, manufactures and medl-
cine.
On. BURToN. a faith cure believer, is
astonishing the natives at Badger Mills,
Eau Claire County, with his frauds.
OH officers of the La Crosse National
Bank were reelected throughout. q. c.
Hixon is president.
OVER $500 was cleared for the Eau
Claire Children's Home by the charity
bail.
FErEB VAN hanged himself in Geo.
Thomas barn.
JOHN OGDEN, pioneer of 1870. died at
the age of so years
TIE Hon c. T. Estabraok, late attor-
nev-general, has located III Madison
fo1 the present, for the practice of his
profession.
LAST years donations and disburse-
ments by the Columbus Welsh Bible
SOCIETY," amounted to S,539.S9.
Soon alter the old Jail at La Crosse
was abandoned some one entered it and
cut hole into one OF the ventiiator
fiucs. The suppositioH IS that some
thing valuable was hidden in the fue
years ago, and that there was no chance
to recover it until the new jail was com
pleted and the old jail vacated.
SEVENTEEN persons have been inocu-
lated with DR.. Koch lymph in Milwau-
kee.
MILWAUKEE may take .he place o.
Louisville in the American Association
g. s. Norris took an overdose OF
choral at the Kirby House, Milwaukee,
and 1t took three physicians to cave bis
life
Col w F. Villas was nominated bv
the Democratic members of the state
Legislature for United states senator, to
succeed John c. Spooner.
NRs. FRED. REESE attempted suicide
by shooting, at Milwaukee on the 22d.
CAPT. GRTLING was found not guilty
of rlanslaughter, at Milwaukee.
Mrs. SoUTHwoRTE, who once resided
at Prairie du Chien, Wis, where her
husband conducted a hardware store
ana failed, is the author of eighty nov
els. "Retribution," the first story, be-
ing published in 1919
PROF. OWEN has just completed the
removal from his own residence in
Madison to Science Hall of his very val
liable collection of butterflies and
moths. The collection is one Of the I'm
est In the country.
). H. DocKERY has left Madison to en-
ter the law firm Of Dockery d Kingston,
Ashland. He is Il graduate of the state
university and law schools and mas been
secretary Of the supreme court the past
two years.
FITTY-six Milwaukee saloonkeepers
have agreed TO boycott wholesalers VINO
retail liquors.
SOME of the striking operators on the