Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
BADGER NOTES.

its organization in 1882.
MILWAUKEE merchants DO not like the
prOvlslt n of the state fair bill requiring
the city to contribute $4,000.
LUTHERAN teachers of Milwaukee have
organized a society for the study OF the
English language.
Mrs. r. r. REMINGTON, of the town of
Fairfield, who went to Chicago recently
to have q tumOr removed, died from
the effects of the operation.
SANFORD MCDONALD, the Ashland man
shot by an angry barber, will recover.
FORGER TYNGo was found guilty at
Madison of committing an assault on
the person of Emma Hanson.
THE clothing of little Swear daughter
of John Burns, residing two miles east
of Lynxville, caught fire during the alb
sence of her parents, and the child ran
into her bedroom, setting fire to the
house. The little girl was burned with
the house and contents. An older girl,
who was absent when the accident oc-
cured, saved two younger children at
the risk of her life.
CITY ENGINEER BENzENBERG, of Mil
waukee, and Chief Engineer White
more, Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, have completed their work
on the plans and estimates for the new
viaduct across the Menomonee Valley,
between Sixth Street and Eleventh
Avenue. The cost of the structure, in
Guiding the land damages, which the
city will have to pay, has been figured
out at $4S5, 900 to $495, 900.
THE Milwaukee Athletic Society de-
cided to organize stock company.
FIRE caused loss of $40, 900 at Schwab
q Sercomb's foundry, Milwaukee.
The Schlesinger Railroad has finally
been sold.
EAU CLAIRE is said to have lost $780,
900 last year by reason Of unjust differ
entails.
THE Illinois Steel Company increased
it's capital stock to $50, 100000.
J. E. HEG was elected president of
the State Press Association.
THE Peoples Theater, Milwaukee,
will be opened by the Blatz Brewing
Company.
FAST, KRAUs & Co., of Milwaukee,
have been sued for an alleged infringe
ment of brand of -four by a Duluth
company.
ALDERMEN are talking of refusing sub
urban residents police and fire pro-
lection unless opposition to annexation
ceases.
IN barber shop at Madison is an or
ange tree bearing ripe fruit, green fruit
anC blossoms. 1t is of the dwarf spe
cies, and grows to the height OF about
three feet The fruit when ripe is
about one inch and one-half in diam
eter, and is Of the average orange color.
The Bass Island Stone Company and
the Prentice Company are each taking
quite an amount Of machinery to their
quarries among the Apostle Islands.
The continued mild weather has made
the ice SO thin as to render it difficult to
get among the islands this winter.
Most of the quarries are already in OPP
Grafton, and are taking advantage Of the
recent cold snap to get their heavy ma
chlnery across on the ice.
WHILE working Oh the top Of pile
Of ore at the Illinois Steel Works, Mil
Waukee, on the 18th, Ole Benson, a
Norwegian laborer, fell off and an in
slant later was crushed to death under
tons of iron which fell on him. He
was horribly mangled.
THE Socialist party is preparing for
state crusade.
THE old officers of Milwaukee College
were reelected.
BURGLAR WHITE has been remanded
for trial from St. Paul to the Eau Claire
authorities.
FARMER BAGLEY, near Eau Claire, filed
a corn thief full Of buckshot, but the
marauder got away.
MADIsoNIANs are contributing to can
eel the Indebtedness of the Dane Coun-
ty Agricultural Society.
EAU CLAIRE may be the new location
of the Normal School now at River
Falls.
SOMETHING like $25O,OOO will be put
into new buildings at Eau Claire this
year.
ACCORDING to some Of the evidence in
the Ashland shooting case Frazier went
to his house knowing that Mcdonald
would come there, and that he laid in
ambush for his victim.
FRED. WILKINS was reelected superin-
tendent of the Milwaukee County
Chronic Insane Asylum, and his salary
increased to 81 $50 year.
THE brewery deal has been consum-
mated by which five Chicago breweries
and the Blatz Brewery, Of Milwaukee,
have been consolidated.
FRAZIER, who shot Mcdonald at Ash
land, has been bound over in $1,000
bonds to await the result of the shoot
ing. He went to Jail in default of bail.
Doctors say that Mcdonald cannot pos
sibly get we'll He is the son of the late
Lieut.-Gov. Mcdonald, of Escanaba,
Mich. The girl who witnessed the
shooting as yet declines. to make any
statement.
A NUMBER OF Lutheran school teach
ers, Of Milwaukee are about to organ
ize society in which the English Ian
guage will be exclusively used in dis
cusslons.
LA CROSSE County farmers adopted
resolutions favoring the retention of the
dairy and food &C commission.
A BURLINGTON engineer was affected
by the Prairie du Chen small pox scare,
and ran his train through the town at
full speed.
IT is rumored at La Crosse that the
Green Bay road has decided to take up
their tracks there and abandon that
city. AS they were given a bonus of
SO, 900 and depot grounds to come to La
Crosse a merry little row would be
kicked up in event of the road with
drawing.
AT meeting of the Ashland Business
Mems Association George w. Harrison
and Thomas Bardon were unanimously
chosen as representatives. Of the Asso-
citation on their visit to England, for the
purpose of inducing iron industries and