Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-07
BADGER NOTES.

kGG DreWor1eS during the month OF
September amounted to S217 eco 20,
against SIT, 023.03 for the same month
last year. The increase in the revenue,
amounting to $50, 997. %, is equivalent to
nearly $4,000 barrels, and is due en-
tirely to the hot weather which pre-
vailed for the past two or three weeks.
THE earnings of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway for the last
week in September, were 1869, 700; in
crease, $103, 346. The earnings of the
Milwaukee & Northern for the same
week were So ,765; increase, $40, sos.
This shows total earnings for the entire
system for the week of 81 ,027, 474, the
largest amount ever earned in a single
week by the road. The total earnings
of the system, exclusive of the MiIwau-
kee & Northern, for the month of Sep
TENDER were a little over S. 900 900.
The St. Paul system is enjoying a
marked degree of prosperity, with an
increasing volume of business all along
its lines.
A SAD story comes from Marinette.
John Mcdonald, a poor man, has been
confined to his bed in the last stages of
consumption. His wife died of typhoid
fever, leaving their two children to be
cared for by some kind neighbors.
THE So, 900 damage suits, Pennebecker
VS.. Ashland Lighting Company, viii be
tried at Superior, before Judge Mar
shall, at the next term of court, in Feb
ruary.
WILL RoNEsoN, of Ashland, lost part
of his right hand by the accidental dis
charge of gun.
AT meeting of the La Crosse Presby-
terry the resignation of the Rev. j. W.
MCNary was accepted.
LA CROSSE Turner's will celebrate their
thlrty-slXth anniversary on October "a.
THE examination of Guy Dibell, Of
Montello, charged with assault on Mrs.
Caroline Dock, a county charge, result
ed IN the proving OF an allbl.
2. w. MEEHAN, who fired five shots at
the bookkeeper of the State Journal
Printing Company was brought into the
municipal court at Madison on the I'd.
Several witnesses, including Mr.. Wiss-
Ter, who was shot at, testified to the cir
cumstances surrounding the shooting.
The defendant was held for trial under
s. eco bonds, which he is unable to fur
nish. Meehan still seems to be labor
ing under the delusion that he shot at
man whom he calls Allen, who, he says,
has been pursuing him. Aside from
this he seems to be perfectly sane, but
II 10 ll1OuSiIU OllStG l1G COuIU w III uI6U Ill
quire into his sanity.
AN application for pardon for Charles
Holtz, who IS serving a life sentence for
completely in the murder of Buelow, at
Buena Vista, Portage County, in 1887,
has been reviewed by Gov. Peck 1t is
believed that Holtz was but an innocent
witness of the killing, and that pardon
will be granted. The application was
signed by scores of prominent citizens
of Portage County.
THE water in the Madison lakes is I'M
usually low this season.
O. @. EWING, one of the earliest set
tiers of La Grange, is dead.
A SENSATIONAL encounter occurred at
Marlnette between Drs. Frank Gregory
and Fred Golfer. DR.. Gregory has for
several years been practitioner in that
city, and DIR. Golfer is young physician
who went there from New Brunswick
| about two years ago. The provocation
is not definitely known. The two met
on Hall Avenue, and DR.. Gregory struck
DIR. Golfer with horse whip, and dur
ing the alteration pistol in the hands
of DR.. Golfer was discharged, the ball
passing through the leg Of DR.. Gregory,
but producing only flesh wound Dr.
Golfer has been arrested for assault
with intent to kill.
THE Ashland County Board will con-
struct 100 miles OF road way at an ex-
pense OF $50, 900.
FULLY one-third of the cranberry
marshes in Wood County were burned
over. The damage is about $3.50, 900.
Mrs. ALANsON SWEET, widow of a once
prominent MilWaukeean, is suing in
Chicago for her dover rights in real es-
tate that her husband had disposed of
N 1924 To hic 10
waukee. 1t is claimed that the convey
ances by him were defective.
ARTICLES of association have been filed
IN the secretary of states office by the
Drummond & Southwestern Railway
Company. It's object is to build rail-
way from the village of Drummond to a
point in or near section q, town A
north, range west, in the county of
Bayfield,; length, seven miles. The cap
ital stock is $4,000. The incorporators
are R. E. Rust, John FL. Rust, John S.
Owen, all of Eau Claire, and Frank
Drummond and John G. Riggs, of Bay
field County.
THE Carlyle Park Company, Of Mil
waukee, has filed articles of association,
| with a capital Of 100000. The incor-
poratOrs are Frank @. BigeloW. John B.
LeSautiner and John Johnson
OWING to opposition in the Common
Council of Eau Claire, the contract for
erecting a new high school building has
not been awarded.
REV. A. BRGNs, of Sturgeon Bay, sue
ceeds Father Steinbrecher as secretary
of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
Father Steinbrecher is to take charge of
st. Mary's Church, Wausau relieving
Father Richard. who is to take charge
Of Rev. Bren's congregation at Sturgeon
Bay.
The Quincy Refrigerator Company, at
Eau Claire, had crew of men dam the
river, SO they could obtain enough
water to run their engines.
The Marinette Lumber Company has
purchased the No. 2 mill at the mouth
of the Upper Menominee, not two mills
as reported.
A CONTAGIOUS disease has made it's ap-
Dearance among horses in the vicinity
of Appleton. 1t is known as cerebro-
spinal meningitis, and it proves fatal in
nearly every case.
At Gaylord's Landing, Marquette
County, farmers are hauling hay in
wagons across the Fox River, without
even moistening the loads. Ordinarily
the stage of water at that place is twelve