Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-19
BADGER NOTES.


BURGLARS entered the store of Patten
Bros. at Roswell. S. D., blew open the
safe and got away with 81 300 Part of
the money belonged to w. CargiIl &
Co., Of La Crosse, and the Madison
Elevator Company, of Madison, Wis.
IHE question of extending the electric
street railway from Madison to Green
bush, one of the suburbs of the capital
city, is being agitated at that place.
JOHNSON & MEssERvEY, of Wausau,
have taken contract to put in 1000 900
feet of logs for Day Bros, at Cavour,
Forest County, the coming winter.
john WARD, of the town of Seymour,
Eau Claire County, has four-pound
brook trout IN the ponds he established
three years ago. He is also owner of
$4,000 small fry, year old.
PETER JOHNSON, a young man residing
at Marinette, was adiudged insane and
taken to the Northern Hospital.
JAMES HARBIcK, aged Is years and re-
siding near Marinette, had his hand
shattered by the accidental discharge
of q shotgun. 1t was found necessary
to amputate the member.
Louis TREMBLAY, of Drummond, was
instantly killed while assisting III load
ing freight car. He went to set
brake and fell under the car when the
engine shunted.
The lumber yard of Warren Flint, at
Eastolia, burned. The loss will reach
$1,000; covered by insurance. The mill
narrowly escaped destruction.
PROBABLY the most valuable and in
teresting relic to be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair by the Wisconsin State
Historical Society is the famous osten-
sorlum which was presented to Catho-
l.
Nicholas Perrott about 200 years ago.
The ostensorium Is q silver vase used in
Catholic churches during the celebra-
ton of the mass. The inscription on
the base gives 1856 as the date of pre-
sentatlOn, or only five years
later than the date on the old
est tombstone at Plymouth. In
1867 the mission at Depere was burned,
and it is the supposition that the priest
IN charge buried the sacred vessel, as 1t
was unearthed in 1902, nearly $50 years
Later. by men digging a cellar five miles
from the site Of the old church. A
Translation Of the inscription on the os-
tensorum, which is in French, is as
follows: This Soleil was given by M.
Nicholas Perrott to the mission of st,
Francis, in the Bay of Puans, 1885,"
The vase is made of silver and hand
somely finished. 1t Is at present stored
away IN the vaults of the State Histor-
zeal Society at Madison.
JOSEPH DEAN, a resident of Madison,
had his foot badly crushed by falling
timber.
The strike which took place in the
mill of the Thompson Lumber Com
pany, ct Washburn, has been COM
promised, and the two men about
whom the difficulty originated are at
work.
1NGwALD OLSON, 16-vear-old boot
black, who accidently shot and killed
Nils Hole, a WOrkIngman at Eau Claire,
as be was passing barn, was acquitted
of manslaughteI. The complaint was
made by L. +. Hole, brother of the
dead man.
GIBsoN's dye works and two small
vacant buildings burned at Eau Claire.
Loss s., 900.
THE Montreal River Lumber Com
pany has purchased So, 900 worth of
pine in Oneida and Ashland counties
from the estate Of the late John H.
Rust
THE home Of Ole Lien, in the town of
Burke, Dane County, was destroyed by
fire. Mrs. Lien was badly burned
about the face, arms and hands while
trying TO save some of the contents, all
of which were lost The house was
partially insured, but the furniture was
not protected.
J. J. WILSON and Dave Cossal, of
Augusta, Eau Claire County, captured
bear IN trap near that place a few
days ago. They returned to town and
invited number of young women to
go and see bruin in his cage. Miss
Wilson, a school teacher, picked up q
rifle ana killed the bear at the first
shot.
JOHNNY SCHIBLE, a boy II wears old,
living near Sturgeon Bay, was proba-
bly, fatally injured while leading mule
from the stable. In some manner the
halter became entangled about the
boys wrist, and the mule ran away,
dragging the boy half q mile. His arm
was broken and his body horribly mu-
tilated.
The remains of Ralph g. Cole, the
student who was killed while hunting
on Lake Mendoza, were shipped from
Madison to st. Louis, the young mans
former home. The friends of the un-
fortunate young man had great difficulty
IN getting word to his father, who is in
South Dakota attending to Indian mat
tiers for the government.
Mrs. MARY A. COOPER, an old resident
of Eau Claire, passed away from the
effects Of a cancer.
THE lack of water in the Chippewa,
which has held RATS at Eau Claire and
shut down one mill, was caused by the
making ofrepairs at Little Falls dam.
EDWARD GREENE, a well-known bust
ness man Of Eau Claire, had q quiet
set-to with footpads a few nights ago.
He was on his way home when two men
came out of an alley, and one of them
thrustlng revolver in Mr.. Greene's
face demanded his money. Mr..
Greene, instead of handing over his
coin, brought his cane to bear upon the
wrist of the fellow holding the pistol
and sent the weapon into the middle of
the street. The two men beat hasty
retreat, and Mr.. Greene proceeded on
his way.
The jury in the case of Martha Will
son vs.. the city of Eau Claire awarded
the plaintiff $500 damages. She sued
for s., 500 for injuries alleged to have
been received from defective high
way.