Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-05
BADGER NOTES.

| 1HE urSL car went over the seven
mile electric street railway system Of
| Madison between | and , o'clock on the
! morning of the 1st inst Mayor
| Rogers, aldermen, stockholders and re-
| pOrters made the mi ial trip. The cars
| carried passengers al day, the company
| thus fulfilling It's agreement with the
| city to have the cars running on OCto-
| Der /. An excursion was made over the
| whole line, starting at 2, the cars being
| filled with guests especially invited. In
| the evening a banquet was held at the
| Park Hotel in honor of the completion
| of the new line, and was largely attend
| ed by invited guests. Speeches by
| prominent citizens were made.
THE Mississippi River Logging Com
| pany has sold its saW-mllis and pine on
| the Eau Claire River to the Northwest
| ern Lumber Company, of Eau Claire.
| The mills are located in that city. The
! consideration is about $1,000 The
| deal mas been pending for two years.
The Wisconsin supreme court handed
| down its decision in the case of C.. +.
| Lamb, application for an injunction re-
| straining the secretary of state from is-
suing the usual call Tor the coming state
election on the 1st inst The ground Of
complaint was inequality of districts
and consequent unConstitutionality of
the last apportionment Of the state into
Senate and Assembly districts. In
brief, the language Of the court is:
EMOTION by defendant for leave to file
an answer denied. Motion by relator
for judgment granted as prayed in the
complaint" Justice WinsleW dissented
from the order.
In the case of fainter vs. Perry at
Eau Claire, III which the plaintiff sued
for So, 600 damages for assault, the judge
instructed the jdry to trd a verdict for
the defendant.
JOHN P. COLE, a La Crosse travelling
man, was sAndbagged and robbed of $50
at Iona, Mimi. Mr.. Cole was uncon-
sCiOus for tWentgiOur hours afterwards
from the effect of the blow be received.
LANSING NJ. HoYT, of Madison, died at
the age of Is years. Mr.. Hoyt was one
of the earliest settlers of Dane County.
INSTEAD of having to meet deficit as
q result OF the first state fair held on
the new grounds, the officers of the
Wisconsin Agricultural Society find that,
after paying all expenses, there will be
a margin on the right side of more than
81 900.
THE building on Virginia Street, Mil
waukee, formerly occupied by the
Pabst Brewing Company as a bottling
plant, now occupied by the Nordberg
Manufacturing Company and the Eagle
Pattern Company, was partially de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $50, O00.
LOUIS G. HALEY, Of Madison, who was
reported missing for the past week, has
returned to his home. Mr.. Haley had
been to Chicago taking in the theaters.
THE Prohibitionists of the State Uni
versity met and elected the following
officers: President, j. +. Doherty;
c. l.. Baldwin; treasurer, Otto Ander
son. The following committee on mem
bership was elected: Senior law, g. f.
Morton; junior law, Andrew 1ngersoll;
senior, S. a. Bostwick; junior, w. B.
Short; sophomore, A. f. Drew.
FERDINAND STAMM, residing at the cor.
ner of Lewis and Concordia streets,
Milwaukee, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in the attic in the residence
of a neighbor, Theodore Lecher. Stamm
was a stone polisher by trade, and
leaves a wife and five children. De-
spondency was the cause for the sui
eide.
SENATOR Villas made answer to the
complaint in the second apportlonment
suit before the supreme court on the
30th ult.
CHARLES SULLENBERG, s years old, was
arrested by Chief of Police Prothers, of
Ashland, Tor systematic rob berry. The
evidence implicated citizen as receiv-
ing stolen goods from the boy and en-
couraging the robberies. The case
will be further investigated. 1t is sup
posed that the man has other boys COM
uniting robberies for him.
THE largest transfer IN pine lands that
was ever made in Northern Wisconsin
was consummated and papers filed at
oil no mi
versity, of New York, sells to the Chip
pewa Logging Company l09,6 800 acres of
pine land for consideration of $S41 ,706.
The lands are situated IN Price, Taylor,
Chippewa. Barron and Ashland coun.
ties, and have been prize long sought
by lumbermen.
HATTIE NJ. ELLIOTT has begun suit for
divorce from her husband, Dudley s.
Elliott. at Madison. The plaintiff asks
for the custody of her child and ali
mOny.
The State Board of Control has audit
ed the following bills for the month Of
August: State Hospital for Insane,
$7,270,37; Northern Hospital for Insane,
School for the Blind, s.. 560.20; Indus
trial School for Boys, 81, 4Sl.97; state
prison, $6,O33.27; state public school,
81 ,665.29.
THREE men giving their names as Ern-
est Forsby, Charles Thompson and
James Mirchay were arrested at La
Crosse IN response to a message from
the chief of police at Prairie du Chen.
They are wanted on a charge OF burg
larry.
DIPHTHERIA is raging at Butternut.
Three deaths have occurred and many
new cases have been reported. The
schools have been closed.
THE contract for building new Cath
olic church at N.arinette has been let to
j. Hoffman, Of Appleton, for So, 725.
Work will begin at once and be complet-
ed by January |, 1895.
THE Fort Scott Cement Works at Lit
tie Rock, Ark, belonging to the estate
of the late eX-Postmaster George H.
Paul, of Milwaukee, were burned.
Dispatches place the loss at SIC, GOO and
the insurance at some what less than the
loss.
Mrs. LEPHIA NJ. CONVERSE was granted