Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-08-12
BADGER NOTES.

Pewaukee Lake on the 9th, resulting IN
| the dro wning of four of the occupants of
the boat. These were Albert and En-
ma Barth, aged respectively 20 and II
years, son and daughter of Peter Barth,
| the well-known wholesale liquor dealer;
Martha Kindling, aged Is, daughter of
| Louis Kindllng, the cigar manufacturer;
| and Bella Siegler, aged II, daughter of
Leopold Siegler, cigar manufacturer
on Muskego Avenue. Those who were
saved were Lora Barth, Bertha Kind
| ling and Thomas Wright.
| Miss BELLE TIsDALE is in Ashland
from Simcoe, Ont. looking for her broth
| er Wilmot, from whom she has not
| heard in several months.
THE arguments in the Watson will
contest were finished on the 8th, and
| the court may reserve its decision to
| September l.
THE Sturgeon Bay committee which
went to Marinette to look at fire
steamer which belongs to that city,
with view to purchasing it, has decid-
| ed that the price asked, 81 200, is too
| high.
The Wisconsin General Hospital, at
| l02 and 104 Seventh Street, was formally
| opened on the 10th, and on the follow
ing day was opened for the reception of
| patients.
DANIEL c.. GURNEE, charged with Grim
inal assault by 16-year-old girl. Hattie
Hanson, came up for examination at
Eau Claire on the Sth. The court de-
MED motion to discharge the prisoner,
| but the case was continued one week to
enable the defense to get more evil
| dence. Gurnee remains in jail.
THE Ashland office of the Western
| \
other Office in Wisconsin outside of
| Milwaukee, handling an average of 800
messages day.
NORTH LA CROSSE has tennis club of
| eleven members.
Mrs. CLARIssA r. PAINE, widow of the
late Justice Byron Paine, died at her
home in Madison on the 9th, after a
long illness. Mrs. Paine was born in
Ohio in 1881, and was married to Judge
Paine, in gainesville, o., in 1854. After
| their marriage they removed to Mil
| Waukee, and later came to Madison.
| Judge Paine died twenty years ago.
SECRETARY MosELEY. of the Monona
Lake Assembly Association, has pre-
pared figures showing the total receipts
Of the assembly this year, which are
nearly correct. The receipts from tick
ct sales were $5,397.34. The excess of
! this seasons gate receipts over last year
was 81 ,06S.55. The excess on rent of
| tents and cots is about 5000. The big
| gest day this season, the day Talmadge
| lectured, the number of tickets sold was
6,537 and the day ingalls, spoke, 1908.
THE Wisconsin conference of the M.
E. Church will convene at Chippewa
Falls on September Is, Bishop John IL.
| Vincent presiding. About 100 minis
ters will be present.
THE pulp mill on White River, several
miles from Ashland, which has been
| closed for several years, owing to the
competition on the Lower Fox River, is
again to be placed in operation.
THE Bohemian Catholics of Prairie du
Chen are about to build a church edi-
fee.
THE Barron County fair is to be held
at Chetek september S, 8 and TO-
FREDDIE VAIL, Is years of age,
| drowned in the river at the foot of
| Washington Street. Milwaukee, on the
9Th. He was one of several boys who
were swimming. The body was recov-
cred and taken to the morgue. The ia
Their of the boy lost his oldest son by
drowning at nearly the same spot, a few
years ago. At that time the mother was
present and attempted to rescue him by
weak to reach it and sank before her
eyes. The terrible scene so affected the
mother that she died soon afterwards.
AT Ashland, on the 4th, William Wat
son, brakeman, was crushed by the
cars in the Wisconsin Central yards and
| diA1 early next morning. His remains
will be taken to st. Thomas, Canada, for
| burial.
Miss CASSIE BIRD, of Madison, gradu-
ated with high honors at the Leipzig
Conservatory OF Music.
THE earnings of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Road for the month of
July were So 300 SOL, against 81, 149 ,067
for the same period last year, an in
crease of $780, S4. Its auxiliary line,
the Milwaukee & Northern, earned dur
ing the same month $152, 514, against
$132, 1888 in July, 1890. an increase Of
$19,631. For the fourth week in July
the earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul were SITS, 697, an increase of
S67 1867, while those of the Milwaukee
& Northern were 500, 1929, an increase Of
S7,1S5.
Two ore trains on the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore & Western collided between
Sleet River water tank and Wellington
about noon on the 4th. and caused
disastrous wreck, both engines and sew
erel cars being nearly demolished.
Frank Tillman, brakeman, and Harvey
Martin, engineer of No. "A, and Matt.
Grove, fireman, were injured. Grove
is not seriously injured. Martin has a
| leg broken and is injured in the side.
Tillman was badly cut about the face
and head and has broken ankle. The
day passenger was delayed three hours
and the damage amounts to many
thousands of dollars.
The law passed by the last legislature
compelling loan and building associa-
tons of other states which do business
in this state to deposit 100000 cash
with the state treasurer in order to pro-
tect Wisconsin stockholders, will shut
out every association that has done
business in this state. Heretofore it
was necessary to deposit mortgages and
other securities. It was discovered that
these mortgages were being gradually
paid without the knowledge of the state
treasurer, and the stockholders left
without sufficient security. At present
it is understood that the American AS
ISOLATION and the National, both of Min