Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-08
BADGER NOTES.

the globes in the morning one finds sew
eral inches Of dead insects comprising
large number of varieties, some of them
several inches long.
THE earnings of the Chicago, MiTwau-
kee & st. Paul Railroad Company for
the last week in June were $647 ,030; in
crease, sos, 946.
The earnings of the Milwaukee &
Northern Railroad company for the last
week in June were SD, AS; increase,
S9,9S7.
Ten La Crossites are on a tour to Alas
ka, namely: Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Hixon,
Mr.. and Mrs. A w. Pettibone, Mrs.
Townsend, Miss May Crosby, w. l..
Hixon, George Hixon, Robert Hixon
and Bert Pettibone. They will stop off
at Livingston, Mon, to do Yellowstone
Park.
The Lake Emily cheese factory daily
turns out ten 75-pound chedd ars.
THE corner stone for new Presby
terrain church was laid at Madison on
the 4th.
SIMON WARWICK fell dead of apoplexy
while watching his horses Craze at his
home near Barton.
WHILE Cream City line street car
was on the west approach of Huron
Street bridge, Milwaukee, on the 4th, a
fresh" young man threw big fire.
cracker under the horses. This caused
them to Jump and throw the car off the
track and against the bridge railing.
The driver and conductor, who were
the only persons on the car, had time to
save themselves by jumping, but the
car was utterly demolished and the
horses somewhat injured. The man
who caused the accident escaped.
CONTRARY to expectations the Fourth
in Milwaukee passed without the usual
number of accidents, as far as is known,
at least. Six years ago, on the same
day, there were fiftyfour persons in
jured by the careless handling of fire.
crackers, etc.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Wilbur M.
Root has returned from an extensive
trip to Canada. His object in going
there was to examine into the condition
of the several Canadian insurance COM
panies doing business in Wisconsin, and
also to admit new companies. The In
dependent Order of Foresters, one of
the largest concerns in the Dominion,
made application for admission, and it
will doubtless come in as soon as the
necessary papers can be made out and
the security is deposited with the state
treasurer.
AT Eau Claire on the I'd inst, in the
Watson will contest, Mrs. Morton, the
contestant, produced love-letters which
the deceased had written her sixteen
years ago and swore that in 1875 she
and deceased signed contract making
them husband and wife and making de-
tailed arrangements as to property ;
that she kept the contract and showed
it to many people. among others the late
Judge Levi McVilas, also to DR.. d. w.
Day when he attended her when she
was delivered of twins, stlll-born, in
1877; that she had the contract in a trunk
| until two years sgo, and since then she
had not been able to find it. This
caused sensation, but it was followed
| by another sensation. Mrs. Morton re-
peated the lengthy and intricate docu-
| ment from memory without break.
Among other things the contract, as she
| repeated it, gave Mrs Morton full con-
troll of Edith Watson, the daughter,
who is now approaching her majority.
Mrs. Morton further testified that ar.
! Watson was in bad health after beng
kicked on the head by horse two years
| before he died; that the day the will
was made, April II, 1890, Mr.. Watson
was expected to die, a surgical operation
having been performed the day before;
| that he was in stupor and part of the
time could not speak and did not recog-
nize friends. He did not die till Sep
| TENDER,
THE Wisconsin Central Railway Com
pany's ore shipments from Ashland
have doubled in six days, and the COM
pany is now in a fair way to ship great
deal Of ore, as the Ashland Mine has
commenced to ship more freely.
THE Eau Claire linen mill will be run
ming within few weeks.
ABOUT 100 pioneers took part in the
reunion at Augusta.
PROF. H. c. Rowland died at Eau
Claire on the goth. He had been a
teacher and principal in the Eau Claire
schools for twenty-six years.
The publication Of Z. w. Krackowi-
zer's Das Kuenstlerheim has been
suspended, the enterprise having
proved failure. Subscription money
was refunded to all the subscribers.
| ANOTHER land case from Ashland
| County was decided in the United States
court at Madison. The case was Nc,
Dougal VS.. Spencer. Spencer repre-
scented the Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company. This road gave deed to
| Spencer, who failed to occupy the land.
McDougal in the meantime got patent
from the Interior Department and set
| tied upon the land. Judge Bum decld-
ed that McDougal had a good title to
the land.
ARRANGEMENTS were made at Madison
to give the National Education Associa-
ton delegates big reception. They
will have a steamboat ride on Lake
Monona a supper at the various hotels,
and reception in the Assembly Cham
Der. The capitol park is to be illumi-
mated with electric lights and Chinese
lanterns, and two bands of music will
| play at intervals.
The trial of Remington, the murderer
who was captured at Lacrosse last fall,
has begun at Fargo, N. D. Remington's
| lawy attempted to introduce plea of
insanity, but the judge would not permit
| it. Remington also stated that he had
| been placed in a dark, damp cell in La
| Crosse and q confession forced out of
! him.
WILLIAM DoIG, of Dundee, Scotland,
is putting in the new linen machinery at
Eau Claire.
Mrs. J. M. FLOWER, formerly of Madi-
son, has been appointed member of
the Chicago Board of Education.
THE crack shots Of Co. c. First Min