Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
BADGER NOTES.

Elk CONGRESSMAN MCCoRD Is Ill With
the grippe at Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs j. II. Newbouer were
held for trial for alleged traffic in lottery
tickets at Milwaukee.
NAVIGATION bids fair to open later
than usual at Marinette; trltle earlier
than usual at Ashland.
AT Prairie du Chen young son OF
A. Nickerson, and q son of Mr.. Target
aged about IA years, died suddenly after
a few hours illness, from nicotine pol
soning. Both boys INDUCED IN cigarette
smoking to excess.
NOTHING is left of the smallpox scare
at Prairie du Chen, about which sensa-
tional reports were printed q lew weeks
400. In fact there never was the dan
ger of an epidemic which many people
not familiar with the situation and
the extraordinary precautions taken
feared.
A NOVEL surgical ope ration was per-
formed at one of the Milwaukee hospl-
tails on Ernst jaeger a few days ago.
Superinduced by Inflammation OF the
bowels an abscess had formed between
the third and fourth ribs, and both
we're affected by it and began to decay.
To save the mans life about six inches
were cut off from both ribs. The oper-
htion was successful, and the man Is
we'll again.
JOHN PLANKINToN, Milwaukee's we'll
nown capitalist and philanthropist,
led at his residence in that city on the
vening of the 18th, after long illness.
lie was Il years of age.
Miss KNUTsoN, who died at Racine,
belonged to a religious sect, members
of which do not even take medicine.
THE telephone wire to Bailey's Har-
Dor is to be extended to Garrett Bay or
Hedgehog Harbor during the coming
season.
E. c.. TURNEY was sentenced at Eau
Claire to two years In state prison, Tor
obtaining money under false pretenses.
THE stock of the Marinette and Me-
nominee Paper Company, owned by t.
Starring, J. f. Joy, and ex-Gov. Paine
of Detroit has been purchased by
Marinette stockholders to the amount
of about $4,000. A consolidated COM
pany will be formed with $500, 900 capt.
Ital, for operating the extensive new
Iplant to be built this season by the pres
ent stockholders with the addition of
T. Carney.
CHARLES Hess, a butcher doing bust.
ness on Third Street, Milwaukee. was
fined s. and costs for having neglected
to post a sign in mis- store advertising
the fact that he has butterine for sale,
as required by law.
FRANK DANA, leader of the First Regi-
ment Band, has been presented beau
tiful goid-plated cornet, handsomely en-
graved and valued at $500.
! NELSON +. KINDS committed suicide
at st. Francis, q suburb of Milwaukee.
THREE horses were cremated in q
barn on the south side, Milwaukee.
THE Sturgeon Bay Canal Committee
NAV not report till the next session of
the Legislature.
SIXTEEN miles south of Ashland, ac
cording to the Press Il gold and silver
mine is down thirty-five feet. At the
surface the essay showed 81 90 per ton.
This was silver. Gold and silver are
mixed all through the quartz. The gold
assay was about $45 per ton. This has
been by no means the average, though,
for as low as 81 % per ton for silver has
been assayed. The mine is about two
or three miles from the Brungweltes
River. Assays are in progress II CHI
cago and Denver.
Two deaths from trichinosis have oc-
cured in a Milwaukee family, five mem
bers of which are still critically sick
with the same disease.
JOHN LANG was found dead in hisshop
at 81 Chicago Street, Milwaukee.
JOSEPH II. NEwBAUER was arrested in
Milwaukee on charge Of dealing in
lottery tickets.
AFTER ten weeks fight for the pos
session of Burglar Joseph White, the
Minnesota government has denied the
prisoners appeal to the Federal SUI
preme court and will turn him over to
the Wisconsin authorities for trial.
Whites crime was the theft of 81 500 i'll
silk.
STATE SUPT. WELLS has received
through the department at Washington
two handsome bronze medals from the
French government. The medals were
given to the educational reports and
| courses Of studies shown in the reports,
which were exhibited in the Paris Elk
position.
THE will of John B. Hull, of Miiwau-
kee, disposing of $3.50, 900, has been filed.
FIRE destroyed the Central House at
Prairie du Chen on the 24th. The loss
was about $1,000, partially covered by
insurance.
THREE alleged agents of the Louisiana
lottery were arrested in Milwaukee.
FIRE destroyed block Of business
buildings at Spencer, Wis.
Two locomotives were wrecked IN the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul yards,
Milwaukee.
THE Cyprus Lumber Company, OF
Sheriff., Ark, whose stock was taken
possession of by the sheriff, is Wiscon-
sin concern. 1t was incorporated at
Coolidge, Price County, and it operated
along the Wisconsin Central. The
claims against the company are said to
amount to about $40 000
JOSEPH WHITE. it is alleged, who broke
into store at Eau Claire, December 81
stole and concealed 81, 800 worth OF
goods, fled to St. Paul, was arrested
eight times there and by technicalities
got up to the United States circuit court
has been brought back and jailed. His
appeal to the United States supreme
court was denied at st. Paul.
MILWAUKEE ministers adopted resolu
tons protesting against the opening o.
the Worlds Fair on Sundays.
The Milwaukee Bridge and Iro1
Works failed.
AT La Crosse, on the 23d, Mrs. w
Burrow died under chloroform, while
an operation was being performed. Al
inouest was held which found no blame