Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
BADGER NOTES.


society.
Mrs. KuNKEL, wife of a Milwaukee
sa1oonkeeper, was so badly burned by
the explosion of lamp that she is not
expected to recover.
AN unknown man committed suicide
on the 10Th by jumping from one OF the
bridges into the river.
Two boys, Michael Quin and William
Irsch, aged 19 and IA years, were
drowned in the lake near ST. Francis. a
suburb of Milwaukee, on the 26th.
LA CROSSE has a dog which seems to
take delight in killing smaller dogs. He
is Newfoundland, very large, and for
some time the animal has been in q bad
humor, and, like human murderer,
was too cowardly to select victim that
might prove dangerous. His victims,
therefore, have been little dogs. In
one instance he was seen to jump on
small dog, and with one bite and
shake the big Newfoundland had killed
the little dog. Dropping the body on
the ground he walked away.
THE Governors Guard of Madison,
has received its new uniforms.
THE Lutheran Swedes of Ashland are
raising money to build a church.
Mrs. WILLIAM f. Villas and daughter,
of Madison, are summering on the St.
Lawrence River.
ELMER FOSTER, a 16-year-old La
Crosse boy, caught a siXty-pound fish in
the Mississippi at La Crosse.
I'll. G.. IRISH, son of the Rev G. Irish,
a Methodist minister we'll known
throughout Wisconsin, has fallen heir to
$11 900.
A YOUNG man named Grundy and his
sister narrowly escaped drowning i'll
Monona Lake at Madison. They were
attempting to land twenty pound pick
erel when their boat capsized.
THOMAS PURCELL, arrested at Madison
on charge of larceny and sentenced to
six months in the county Jail, has been
formally adjudged insane.
An Ohio company is to erect an extern
sive mill at Ashland for the manufac
ture of steel and nails. The company
will be given building site, and Ashland
people will take $4,000 worth of stock
in the company. Fifty men will be en-
ployed, and the nail output will be
5000 kegs annually.
LIEUT.-CoL. JOHN E. ToURTELLoTTE, of
La Crosse, is dead. He was a gallant
soldier during the war. When the war
terminated Col. Tourtellotte went to
Mankato, Wis, and resumed his law.
His close personal friend, Gen. Sher-
that he decided TO re-enter army life,
and was commissioned major of the
Seventh Cavalry, afterwards Clusters
regiment. He was detailed on Gen.
Sherman's staff, and in time became its
chief. He assisted Gen. Upton in
thorough revision of cavalry tactics.
When the Marquis of Lorne and Prin-
cess Louise visited this country, Col.
Tourtellotte was detailed as their escort.
He was 90 years old.
JOHN MALLoY, a convict in the state
prison.. serving two years under SEN
tence in Dane County for burglary,
made a bold attempt to escape in day
light. He was at work within the stock
ade and crowded through a doorway
left open to permit car to pass. He
was seen by guard, who fired his Win
chester to attract attention. The
prisoner was pursued and captured
twenty minutes after his escape.
STATE TREASURER HUMMER paid to the
Milwaukee city treasurer the sum of
$4,000 for a corresponding amount of
school bonds which have been sold to
the state. The remaining $4,000 viii
be paid into the city treasury in the
near future.
THE Agrin boy, who was lost in the
woods few miles from Shell Lake, was
found near Barronett. Two hundred
men were searching in the woods for
him. The mill shut down and business
was practically suspended.
A FIERCE rainstorm on the oath struck
the Assembly grounds, on the banks of
Lake Monona, and raised havoc among
the tent-dwellers.
ASHLAND will issue 100000 in bonds
to pay for projected street improve
ments.
L
ty, was 1nclnerated by hotel fire st
Butte, Mon.
HENRY c. AMBER, an old soldier who
lived with his family near the Story
stone quarry, was run over and instant
ly killed by St. Paul passenger train
at Milwaukee Wednesday night.
AT meeting of the Catholic clergy, of
La Crosse, it was decided to erect a
chapel and vault at the Catholic GEM
etery, to cost about 5000. The fun1
for the purpose has already reached
$1,000.
The Metropolitan Iron & Land Com
pany, owners of the Norrie mine, will
pay dividend of $1.25 per share of S25
August 1. This is not expected to be
the only dividend to be declared this
year by the Norrie. The output of the
mine this year SO far is not up to that Of
last year, but is considerably in excess
of SOC, 900 tons.
AUGUST RATzMAN, milkman from
Wauwatosa, had his right leg broken by
being thrown from his wagon which
collided with an electric car on Wells
Street, Milwaukee.
THE Shaw Opera Company disbanded
at Eau Claire, owing TO illness in th,
family of the leading lady.
PROF. FRANK w. BAKER has been re-
engaged as principal of the Florence
free high school.
j. n ROSE, an Ashland furniture deal
er, has failed. Assets, SIS, 900; liabilities,
$4,000.
IRIS said that ST. LOUIS syndicate
will purchase the Belle City Street Rail
way for $4,000. George B. Hathaway
has an option on the system. Repre-
sentatives of the st. Louis parties are
now III Racine, inspecting the road.
A DISPATCH from Birmingham, Ala,
says Edna BIakely, a young girl from
Darlington, Wis, has commenced
criminal action against her cousin. I. B.
Ellison The girls brother w r.