Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-16
BADGER NOTES. \

stored.
IT is rumored at Prairie du Chen that
James Fisher, Jr., the defeated Demo
cratic candidate for Assembly, will con-
test the election OF j. 0. Davidson on a
technicality. The town and village OF
Soldiers Grove have heretofore voted
together, but Soldiers Grove has been
Incorporated, and the law requires
them to vote separately.
ED. ANDERSON, q chopper in Bigelow' 8
lumber camp. near Washburn, was in
stantly killed by falling limb. This
was the second man killed in the same
way within week.
THE case of the Montreal River Lum-
Der Company against the Madison Car
Company, at Madison, has been settled,
paying it's own expenses. The suit in
volved claims and counterclaims
amounting to over $4,000. The de-
fendant was awarded q Judgment in the
lower court, which the supreme court
reversed. The trial lasted thirteen
days, and was very expensive to both
sides.
The Unitarians at Madison have ex-
tended cali to the Rev. George Hunter
Clare, Of Walpole, Mass, to become
pastor of their church, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of DR.. H.
G. McDougall.
A CLAIM has been entered against the
Madison Electric Railway Company by
Patrick Feeney for damages caused to
his buggy by collision with an cleo
trio car. Feeney and companion were
crossing the track in a buggy when it
was struck by an electric car, throwing
them out and completely demolishing
the vehicle.
Mrs. KNIFE, who shot Policeman
Kelley in the forehead, two months ago,
at Hurley, was sentenced by Judge
Calkins, at Ashland. to one year in the
penitentiary. The policeman was en-
forcing an eviction when shot by Mrs.
Knife, but the bullet glanced, doing
but slight damage.
ONE of the largest deals in residence
real estate ever made in Milwaukee has
just been consummated, and Milwaukee
real estate men were surprised to learn
that nearly 81, 100000 of Chicago capital
had been invested in city acreage by
the real estate firm Of E. A. Cummings
q Co. The property secured lies in the
north end of the Eighteenth Ward and
is known as the Wightman estate.
THERE is a large and robust rumor
atioat in Milwaukee of probable addi-
ton to the daily press of that city in the
form Of wide-awake Democratic morn
ing paper. The alleged plans include a
capital of 100000,
JOSEPH JOHNSON, one Of the inmates
of the Dane County Jail who assaulted
Robert Lockwood, turnkey, several
weeks ago, pleaded guilty to assault with
Madison municipal court, and was sem
fenced to two and half years in the
state prison. His partner pleaded not
guilty and will stand trial. Lockwood
was nearly killed by two prisoners in
their attempt to overpOwer him and
make their escape.
Col. E. A. CALKINs has retired from
the Chicago Evening Journal, with
which he has been connected ever
since he sold out his interest in the Mil
waukee Sunday Telegraph, and has
been succeeded by Lewis A. Proctor, of
Milwaukee. Mr.. Proctor was formerly
associate editor Of the Evening Wiscon-
sin.
The earnings OF the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway Company for the
first week in November were $Sl3, 1874 !;
an increase over the corresponding
week last year of $19, 494. The earnings
of the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
Company for the first week in Nouem-
Der were $37 ,294, decrease, as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year, of 81 500.
The assessment of Milwaukee Coun-
tv for 1892 has been fixed at $121 900, =
600, OF $4,000 below the total amount
returned by the assessors. The city
portion Of tho total is about $1O6, 1000, 900,
or SIT 900, 900 less than the local assess
ment.
Mrs. ABRAHAM SC#wARZ, mother-im-
law of Samuel B. Auerbach, Milwau-
kee cigar dealer, fell from the second
to the first floor of Mr.. Auerbach's
house, and received fracture of the
skull which caused instant death.
GEORGE PEEP, one of the founders of
the Methodist Church at Marinette,
died at the age of 70 years.
MICHAEL LYNCH was sentenced to sixty
days in iail for stealing pair of shoes
at La Crosse.
Mrs. BARBARA SCHMTrT, a resident OF
Madison for thirty years, died at Chi
cago, aged So years.
! AN elegant dinner was given in honor
of President and Mrs. Charles K. AID
ans, of the Wisconsin University, at
Madison
THE farmhouse of Michael McDer-
mott, at Bailey's Harbor, Door County,
was destroyed by fire, entalling q loss
OF nearly 81 900.
The amount of logs sorted this sea-
son to date by the Menominee Rive,
Boom Comp of Marinette, has been
$50. 600, 900 feet. The season for sorting
is drawing rapidly to a close, but il
looks as if 575,OOO,OOO feet would be
reached before the close of the season
FREDERICK Prentice, of Bayfield,, has
the new brown stone monohh, which
is to be exhibited at the Worlds Fail
nearly completed, and inside of week
it will be ready for shipment. Three
sides of the monolith have already
been finished and workmen are at work
on the last side. The monolith is a
Houghton Point, Bayfield, County
where it was quarried, and all oper
atoms so far connected with it have
been successfully carried on. The
monolith is longer than Mr.. Prentice q
first agreed to furnish. 1t was intended
to have the monolith 100 feet in height
which would make it several feet larger
than the old Egyptian monolith, but a.