Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-09-28
BADGER NOTES.

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| Medical Society, whose headquarters
are now at 416 Milwaukee Street. The
! lower Roor will be leased to the Elms
Hospital, now located at the corner of
Eighth and Chestnut streets.
THIEVES entered the grocery store of
| August Deike, Of Madison, and carried
| off 81 in cash and large amount of ci-
CARS and tobacco.
The residence Of George Flicker, at
| Madison, was entered by burglars and
| Winchester rifle and some articles Of
clothing stolen.
SATURDAY, the 25th, was Royal Area
mum day at the Milwaukee Exposition.
A large number Of the Uniformed Rank
were present from Chicago as escort for
| Supreme Regent Miller, and represent
atives of .he grand and subordinate
| councils Of the state attended in large
numbers. Altogether, the attendance
reached 5000.
GEORGE Fl. RAY, of La Crosse, sold to
| st. Louis parties the largest of the two
! tracts of Mcdonald pine remaining I'M
sold. The price was So, 800. The land
| is located in Clark County, and it is eX
| peCted the logs will be cut next winter
and sawed at La Crosse.
| THE Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
| Fellows will meet in Milwaukee next
year.
| A SPECIAL feature in the state univers-
| ity this year will be the great number
of special lectures that will be given by
men from all parts of the country who
are authorities in their line.
| JAMES CALLY, of Eau Claire, will put
in 100000 feet of logs in the Yellow
River.
The body of man was found in the
river at Marinette among the logs near
the scaling gap. 1t was so badly de-
composed that it was difficult to identity
it. 1t is supposed to be the body of
| Charles Grosen, who disappeared from
| his home in Finntown, near that city,
about two months ago.
! CAPT. A. G.. WEIssERT, of Milwaukee,
was chosen commander-in-chlef Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at Wash
Michigan, his only competitor, with
| drawing before ballot was taken. Capt.
Weissert was elected by reclamation, an
unusual honor. de was nominated by
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa,
| Colorady and Wyoming, Missouri and
New York, and then Pennsylvania Sec
onded the nomination. California, IL
linois, Rhode Island New Hampshire,
Kansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana
and Mississippi, Virginia and North
Carolina, Texas, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Alabama, Delaware, Washing
ton and Alaska, Vermont, New Mexico,
Potomac, Tennessee, Oregon and Mary
land fell into line, and Capt. Weissert
was elected amid great cheering.
| CLARENCE SHEPARD. an old resident of
Milwaukee, died suddenly of heart dis
ease at the Grand Hotel in New York
City.
The body of Mrs Samuel Thuringer
was found floating in Lake Mendoza
near the foot Of Butler Street, Madison,
on the 22d.
AN explosion in vat of alcohol spir-
its in the plant of the Riedepurg &
Bodden Company, 1S5-1S9 Milwaukee
Street, Milwaukee, at 30 o'clock on
the 22d, caused big blaze, but did not
do more than So 900 damage.
WALTER SILvERTRITT, the young Mil
waukee drug clerk arrested some time
ago on the charge of being a deserter
from the United States army, has been
pardoned by President Harrison.
In the old case Of Thomas Borden vs.
J. Z. Burton ct al, at Ashland, the
sheriff's report of the sale was con-
frmed and judgment rendered for de-
fciency in the sum of $40, 609. 40. The
full amount of the Judgment rendered
| was 500, 900, but the sheriff could only
find enough property to satisfy $50, 900
of this.
WILLIAM ALTERS, the alleged murder
er of Joseph Wur1ck, who was killed at
Sturgeon Bay, has been arrested and
placed in jail at Sturgeon Bay. Alters
is only II years of age, and was former
resident of Sheboygan. but has lately
! been working at Horseshoe Bay, Door
| "a
years old. Alters refused to answer any
questions, but said: before you hang
| me let me see my mother"
| Y. P. WING, brakeman On the Bur-
llngton road, was arrested at Prairie
| du Chen and taken to La Crosse on
charge of ''beating' board bill. Wing
Is the man who, year ago, discovered
a bowlder on the railway track near
Prairie du CHEN and saved a passenger
train from being wrecked.
ARTICLES of incorporation of St. AIMS
and St. MichaePs orphan asylums have
been filed at La Crosse. The incor-
porators are: Bishop James Schwebach,
Rev. K. B. Boyer and Mother Superior
M. Keller.
| PETER J. STAMM q wellknoWn resi-
dent Of Milwaukee, who was formerly
engaged in the hardware business, died
|
brother, Gottfried stamm, aged 81
years.
THE Peoples party of Milwaukee
County nominated Theodore Fritz for
| Congress and Newell Daniels for
| sheriff.
IT is estimated that the recent strike
at Eau Claire will result in cutting off
of the manufacture of $4,000, 900 feet of
lumber by the mills at that place.
THE honor is given to the W. G. T. U.
of Eau Claire Of erecting the first mon
ument to the memory of one of their
beloved comrades of the white ribbon
army" Mary E., wife of the Rev. E. B.
| Russell.
| LA CROSSE papers report that the
O'Clock train from there to Milwaukee
over the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
| Road has been abandoned. Local traf-
fic does not warrant its running during
| the fall and winter months.
| The Board OF Regents of the State
University held meetin, on the Goth;
all regents excepting II. B. Dale, of
Oshkosh, attended. Charles K. Adams