Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-04-13
BADGER NOTES,

A NEW departure in logging will soon
be inaugurated in the vicinity Of Ash
land. The Sand River Lumber Compa-
ny has let a. contract to Case q Morrison
to cut 100000 feet of logs for them by
September l. This is the first attempt
at summer logging that has ever been
made in that vicinity. There have been
logs cut heretofore during the summer,
near railroads, but not to any extent.
These logs which will be cut are not
near any railroad, but will have to be
hauled two miles 10 water. The hauling
will be done with wagons having wide
wheels.
CHARLES JEROME CARY, one Of the old
est insurance men of Milwaukee, died
at the Wisconsin General Hospital on
the 9th inst. from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis received on the evening OF
March y.
THE state fish commissioners are no
longer paying any attention to the prop
agation of carp, not deemlng them
worth the time expended on them. A
hatcher in California writes: 81 cannot
imagine what the United States Fish
Commission was about III sending out
such a coarse-tleshed, ravenous fish as
the carp are. They are certainly
worse TO eat than almost any fish we
have in California, and they are thin
ming the good fish out"
WAUpUN prison has $40 inmates 500
men and l9 women.
THE cities of Marinette and Menom-
inee each cast ZOO votes at the recent
election.
COMMANDER G.. B. WELToN, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, has ap-
pointed a committee to take steps to
fur Their procure and preserve the Wis
consin war records The committee
consists of r. G. Spencer and Sheriff NJ.
?. Walsh, Of Milwaukee, and Gen.
Lucius Fairchild, of Madison.
ANOTHER pearl button factory is to be
established at Eau Claire.
By premature explosion of powder
at the lime kiln of Henry Strow, Albert
Erickson and Sever Knudson were Sc
Tiously if not fatally hurt.
THE Eau Claire Free Press names the
Hon. j ohm J .Jenkins, of Chippewa Falls,
as an excellent candidate for Congress.
WILLIAM II. METCAIF, one of the old
est merchants Of Milwaukee, passed
away on the Sth, after long illness.
He had been O sufferer from disease of
the kidneys for many years, and for
three or tour months past his recovery
has not been expected.
Mrs. CHARLES SHIRLEY, Of Ashland,
has fallen heir to q quarter interest IN
an estate valued at 81 10000 in New
York City The estate has a romantic
history. 1t was left by a great-uncle
in New York many years ago
1t is said that nothing was
known of his relatives for several
years Till his body was removed, and
will found giving the address of his
niece, in pocket of the coat in which
he was buried. This niece was Mrs.
Shirley's mother. Her husband had
charge of the Wisconsin Central dining
rooms, and the two expect to go to En-
gland in a short time to look alter other
property interests said to belong to the
deceased great-uncle.
GEORGE w. DULANEY, of Hannibal,
Mo-, has transferred the Mcdonald fleet
Of raft-boats lately purchased by him, to
the Mississippi River Towing Company,
an organization formed at La Crosse
A. w. Pettibone is president; John
Paul, president; w. A. Sutor, sec
rotary and treasurer. &. l.. Coleman is
one of the directors.
The heirs Of Mrs. Johnson, of Craft,
who was killed in Eau Claire about q
year ago by being thrown out of a
wagon, have brought suit against the
city for $4,000 damages, her horses
having been frightened by over hang
ing branches.
The mystery surrounding the death
Of Kate Whitman, an Eau Claire girl who
died in Oakland's resort, near Neills-
vile, and whose father, it was said
thought her death was caused by vio-
lence, is cleared up. The girls father
had her body eXhumed and examined.
She really died of diphtheria. DR.. Ash,
of Neillsville, attended her and says she
had all possible care.
TIE city election In Milwaukee, which
has been the hottest for several years,
resulted in the return of the Democratic
administration, but by reduced ma
jorities.