Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-05-20
BADGER NOTES.

men anu BOSSES having D0Cn TedcueO.
Wages are increased . cents per hour.
THE Madison police discovered man
ding q show window of Joseph r.
Cooks iewelry store. He was arrested
and it was found that he was John Pur-
cell, an old resident. A search of bis
premises revealed the fact that he had
committed other petty burglaries, and
the liquors recently stolen from John
SchGtts saloon were found. Purcell
pleaded guilty in the municipal court.
JoHN MATHIsoN, an inmate of the Mil
waukee Soldiers Home, was run over
and killed by train on the Home
grounds during the night of the 10th.
No one saw the accident, but it is sup
posed the man lost his way and was
walking across the track when struck
by the engine.
THE most disastrous fire which has oc-
Cured at La Crosse for years destroyed
the saw mill of Capt. III. S. Davidson
early on the morning of the 18th. The
mill had been rebuilt during the past
winter, combining two old mills, and
was practically new structure, flied
with two gangs, two rotaries, band saw,
sh1ngfe machines, etc. 1t began saving
two weeks ago, but the band was just
started The capacity, when in full
operation, was 200, 900 to 225, 900 feet per
day. The loss is placed at $4,000.
LA CROSSE, Galesville, Trempealeau
and Centerville will be represented at
the shooting match that is to take place
at Winona on Memorial Day.
THE Christian associations of the State
University have pledged $4,000 for
already paid in. The intention is to
erect building that will cost at least,
$1,000, and $4,000 is considered the
most desirable figure.
THE addition to the car shops of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
at West Milwaukee is almost ready to
begin work. Three hundred more men
will be given employment by the new
shops, and the capacity of the plant will
be Increased from four to ten box cars
day.
JOHN PLUMB, farmer from Prospect
Hill was killed while driving through
North Greenfield. His wagon struck a
little platform in front of McCullough's
store, and he was thrown to the ground.
His back was broken.
A COW belonging to German named
Mooretide, at Ashland. died of hydro
phobia.
Mrs AUGUSTA HEUR burned to death
at State Line while at work about red
hot stove.
THE log case of James L. Gates VS.. E.
i. Young, at La Crosse, was decided in
favor of the defendant Gates sued
Young, who was lumber inspector, for
the difference between the woods scale
and the boom scale on IL 900, 600 feet of
logs, amounting to about % per cent.
There was great deal of evidence that
the shrinkaee was rarely below Is and
sometimes exceeded 80 per cent The
case has been watched with great inter
est by lumbermer.
THE Eau Claire County authorities
have decided that an inquest be held on
the death Of Mrs. Bertha Erickson, of
the town Of Drammen. who was buried
six weeks ago, and whose husband be-
lieves she was poisoned. She lies buried
near the little town of Vaudeville, in
Pleasant Valley Township, ten miles
from Eau Claire. The stomach will be re-
moved for analysis as soon as the body
can be dlslnterred.
PROF. GossMAN, ex-consul to Athens,
died at his home, 1898 Humboldt Ave
nue., Milwaukee, on the Nth. He
was 81 years Of age and a native of
Ohio, and had travelled extensively.
He was an accomplished linguist, and
was a teacher of Greek, German. French
and other languages. He was at one
time principal Of school in Syria He
had lived in Milwaukee about three
years, coming from California.
e. T. GILLETTE, printer, foreman of
the La Crosse Chronicle, is said to have
fallen heir to fortune of 50 900, 900, left
him by an uncle IN New York
An unknown young man fell off a
train at Lake Station. near Milwaukee,
and fractured his skull. He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital.
The report of the State Board of
Charities and Reform giving statistics
for insane for the month of 4 pril shows
that the county asylums are growing
rapidly. The total number of inmates
in all asylums IN the state at the end of
the month Of April was 1926, an in
crease of III since last September. The
increase is the largest in the county
asylums, and the members of the Board
are satisfied more than ever that the
county asylum system is a complete
success.
Dr.. WINGATE, Of the Milwaukee health
Office, recommends the building OF four
cottages IN some sparsely settled dis
tricts of the city, to be used as ':isola-
ton hospitals, y instead of the present
city hospital, which he considers wholly
unsuitable for contagious diseases
The Fourth Wisconsin Regiment will
hold its annual meeting in connection
with the annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Veterans Cavalry Association at
Madison June II and 49,
DEERFIELD, Dane County, voted to in
corporate recently. The vote on the
proposition was 80 in favor of and 20
against the Incorporation.
The establishment of State Farmers
Alliance paper and the organization of
state purcha sing agency will be dis
cussed at the meeting in La Crosse on
June 8.
SEVERAL contests between suuatters
and flers on forfeited lands 10 Ashland
County have been settled by Zach tax
ing eighty acres Of the disputed quar-
ter section.
CAPT. BALLARD, commanding Co. F,
Third Regiment, has been having diff
Guilty with some young Eau Claire soci-
ETY. men who have been lodging drills.
Late on the night of the 18th Capt Bal
lard marched a squad of men from the
armory 20 the residence of a promi-
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