Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-03-09
BADGER NOTES.


eliminating unnecessary studies from
the lower schools and reorganizing high
school work with view to making it
meet the requirements of the university
standard of admission. A score of
principals and superintendent were
present.
CTS PETERSON, a painter employed
about Ashland, committed suicide by
throwing himself between the cars of q
train being switched in the Omaha
yards. and having his head nearly sew
cred from his body. Peterson had been
drinking very heavily.
The new ice boat at Sturgeon Bav
moves along at the rate of six miles an
hour.
TIE La Crosse breweries involved in
the strike of their employees have set
tied the differences between bosses and
men amicably. Both sides made con-
Cessions.
i one day, recently, thirty-one loads
Of hay were wagoned over the ice to
Marlnette from Sturgeon Bay.
THE Marihette Y. Nj. c. A. are bowl
ing with a view to a tournament with
their Milwaukee brethren.
THE supervisors of Winnebago Coun-
ty voted $50 for the Worlds Fair
THE new Catholic church at Cross
7 Plains, Dane County, cost about $1l 900.
SEDUCTION will spend $4,000 in the
erection OF two additional school houses
A DONATION party for the benefit of
the Mazomanie Congregational Church
Melted 500.
HARVEY L. BIRCHARD, formerly of Mil
waukee, who has been living at Nash
vile, Tenn, for two years past, died on
the 4th, OF congestion of the lungs. He
was the only surviving child of the late
Harvey Orchard, pioneer of NIilwau
kee.
AT Eau Claire the jury IN the case of
ward against the Omaha Railroad Com
panv, after spending sixteen hours in
close confinement, agreed on YER
dict and awarded the plaintiff 81 700
damages. At the first ballot cast seven
were IN favor of awarding damages,
while i've were against giving any dam
age at all, 81 800 was the lowest sum
voted for and highest $4,000.
HE logging business in the vicinity OF
Ashland ls at present being pushed at a
good rate and the total amount OF logs
cut will not fall short of 200, 900, 900 feet
About thirty camps are in operation.
TIE new fuel company at Ashland in
tends TO issue stock enough to build a
large coal dock.
FoRTY-oNE men have arrived at Mil
waukee from the East to take the places
OF the striking tanners. They were i'm
mediately put to work.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, Deforest
Parrie, Of Detroit, sold to Den J. Leath-
ers, of that city, and he in turn sold to
the West Michigan Lumber Company
300, 600 worth of pine land in BAYFIELD,
County. Wis. The lumber company is
composed Of Nathaniel Thayer and
John Quincy Adams, of Boston
The working girls OF Chicago and
other cities will build summer cottage
home on Madeline Island, near Ash
land, where they may pass their sum-
mer vacations pleasantly.
A WATCH factory is TO be established
at Ashland. Those interested in the
company are several Eastern capitalists
and a number of well-known Ashland
men. The aim is to furnish watches
cheaper than the kind known as the
Waterbury,"
TIE Milwaukee City Council is still in
the dark as TO the future disposal of the
clty's garbage. 1t appears that the
longer the matter is discussed the fur
ther Il IS from settlement.
SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE, the physi-
clan who attended Emperor Frederick
Of Germany, in his last illness, stated in
come to Milwaukee and attend single
patient IN 1888, but was unable to accept
the Zee and make the trip. The fee was
offered II behalf of the late John
PlanRnton.
THE Bayfield, County Board appointed
John Forseth county clerk to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal of Allan
/. Williams, who, 1t is alleged, is short
some 1000 III his accounts
TIE house of B. i. Hutchinson, at
Madison. was broken into within the
past two weeks. The Hutchinson tami-
~ is living in winter residence in
FLORIDA. Ehe thieves secured some val
tables and ransacked the house thor
oughiy.
The board Of directors Of the free Il
brary and reading room at Washburn
mas appointed Miss ElvIra Hull as libra
rian, with salary OF $500 year.
". B. Hunt. an ex-sherif and
nephew Of the late Senator Beck, died
at Prairie du Chen. Dr.. Hunt, of Lex
ington, Ky, and Congressman Brecken-
ridge were present at his death.
AT P. n. on the 18th inst, q train Of
seven box cars from the West Milwau-
kee shops. bearing more than 800 la
borers and mechanics, who mad quit
work on the short lilt' at $50, was
speeding along to town at the rate of
twelve or fourteen miles an, hour on the
south main track Of the st. Paul
road. The Watertown passenger
was running parallel to the ''shop
train as it is called, on the
middle track, when it veered from its
course on a misplaced switched and
crashed into the heavIly-laden shop
train. The passenger engine struck the
shop train Just IN the rear Of the first
car, which was, however, only splin-
tered, and remained on the track with
the engine. The result was seven men
killed and large number injured. All
the killed and wounded were on board
the shop train.
FIRE on the night Of the 10Th caused
a loss Of $100,000in West Water Street
business block, Milwaukee. The fire
originated in the department store
formerly occupied by Isador Lesser, 300
and 305 West Water Street, few min
utes after O'clock. There were
snries Of nvnlnsinng and HaneG issued