Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22

other children were playing on the
street, when car came toward them.
The shouts of the driver were heard by
many people, and all the other children
managed to get out of the way except
the little Schnn girl.
LOUIS CONRAD, of 315 Jackson Street,
Milwaukee, had been suffering from
neuralgia for several months, and had
been under the care of DR.. Sem, who
in order to relieve his pain had taken
out piece of the mans skull. But he
grew worse and became RESPONDENT.
During the absence of his wife he took
pair of lnincing knives and began to
chop his head with them. When Mrs.
Conrad returned she found him in
sensible from the loss of blood. He
died.
HANS KLINGBEIL, about so years old,
VINO lived at 1014 Richards Street, Mil
waukee, was widowed wood turner
He bought a quantity of arsenic at
drug store, saying that he wanted it to
kill rats. He swallowed this as we'll as
quantity of Paris green, and died i'll
great agony.
IN November last, late at night,
Maurice j. Dullea, the Milwaukee un-
dertaker, was stopped by a masked man
at the corner of East Water and Erie
streets and forced at the point of pis-
toll to hand over his money and gold
watch. The police kept it secret. On
the 18th inst. they succeeded in finding
the watch and also the highway robber,
Edward Hogan, who had pawned it.
The Grand Temple, Patriarchal Cir
Gle, will hold its reunion in Milwaukee
in May.
The will of the late John Plankinton
has been filed. The main provisions of
the will are these: Mr.. Plankinton
leaves 5000 to his sister, Mrs. Hickey,
of Sharpsburg, Pa; $1,000 to his niece,
Julia Hickey; $1,000 to Jeremiah Quin,
his confidential secretary; 81 900 each
to eight household servants: $4,000 to
Passavant Hospital; $4,000 to the Mil
waukee Orphan Asylum.
GEN. G. S. HAMILTON died on the 18th,
at his family residence, 73S Marshall
Street, Milwaukee. Gen. Hamilton was
6S years old in November last, For the
past four years, ever since an attack OF
apOpleXy, be has been confined to his
house most of the time. He was a
classmate of Gen. Grant, and fought in
the Mexican war as we'll as the rebel
lion.
GEN. KILBOURN KNOX, governor of the
Milwaukee branch of the National Sol
diers' Home, died on the 18th. He had
been i'll for several weeks, but not seri-
ously.
A SENSATION was caused at Eau Claire
on the 18th by a personal encounter be-
tween 0. II. Ingram and Robt. K.
Boyd. Mr.. Ingram is president of the
Empire Lumber Company and Of the
National Bank Of Eau Claire, and an Of
fcer in half dozen other large corpo-
rations. Mr.. Boyd is pine land deal
er. Some time ago MIR. Ingram and
other wealthy citizens formed pool to
fight the issuing of about $780, 900 of NIL
nicipal improvement bonds. Boyd was
made the plaintiff and the others were
was defeated, and judgment for several
hundred dollars costs stands against
him. The quarrel arose over discus
sion of the amount which Ingram should
put up.
THE old Commercial Hotel at Madison
is to be completely overnauled and
placed in charge of Jacob Van Eta.
THE Ashland Y. NJ C. A has arranged
for series Of open air meetings.
JOSEPH REMINGTON, of La Crosse, the
father of the young man who murdered
q Dakota grain dealer, is dead. Physi-
clans say that he died Of broken heart.
The old man had wept almost contlnu-
ously since the arrest Of his son.
BYRON A. BURLINGTON, one of the best
known citizens Of Eau Claire, was Sc
verely injured in a runaway.
FRED. WIEsHoF, who lived west of the
Milwaukee limits, on the Fond du Lac
road, died very suddenly on the 18th.
He had been sick for some time. He
left the house and walked toward the
city, when he suddenly staggered and
fell to the ground, dead He was about
60 years old, and leaves family.
Two section crews of the Milwaukee
road at La Crosse struck on the 18th for
an increase in wages from 81 10 to $1.25,
which the company refused to grant.
The foreman of one crew stayed out
with his men, while the other foreman
went to work alone.
CAPT. CHARLES HOWARD FORD, who
served in the Tenth Wisconsin Infantry,
and afterward as private secretary to
Gov. Fairchild, died at Redondo Beach,
Cal, after lingering illness.
JOHN NJ. TRUE, secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, contemplates is
suing occasional bulletins on the amount
and condition of the crops, for the in
formation of farmers and others inter
ested.
WISCONSIN last year, according to the
census, produced l 1856, 900 cubic feet of
granite worth $266, 900. This is an out
put greater than the seventh granite
producing state had in 1880. The prin-
cipal quarries are in Green Lake, Mar
quette, Marinette and Waupaca coun-
ties.
THE case CT the state of Wisconsin vs..
Grove & Son was brought to an issue on
the 18th. 1t has been one of peculiar
interest to manufacturers throughout
the state The complaint was made by
Dairy Commissioner Thorn, soon after
his appointment, on the ground
that the defendants were selling
spirit vinegar for pure cider vim
egar. A technical law point was in
volved, and the matter was carried
through the circuit court to the supreme
court, which last tribunal found for the
state. The case was then tried on it's
merits before Judge Siebecker in the
circuit court. The defendants confessed
Judgment and were fined by the court,
which throws all costs upon Grove &
Son, amounting to something over 5000