Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-13
BADGER NOTES.

terry purposes tWenty-three acres OF
land, owned by Darius Bresce, came in
about O'Clock CT the morning of the
morning of the 10Th in the circuit court,
and condemned the land. Judge Bal
ley, the officials, lawyers and citizens
had sat up 10 hear the result. Mr.
Bresce IS a heavy capitalist, and alto
gethera remarkable character. He had
acted as his own attorney, and though
in court for the first time fought City
Attorney Doolittle most vigorously.
Bresce will appeal from the verdict of
the circuit court.
THE 7-year-old son of c. T. Fischer, q
travelling man, ran under q team of
horses at La Crosse, and was instantly
killed by blow on the skull. An in
quest will be held, but 1t does not ap
pear that the driver was to blame, as she
was driving out of an alley and the boy
was running along the sidewalk.
JAMES KIRBY, of the town of Union,
was frozen to death in Sturgeon Bay.
Kirby was intoxicated, and strayed off
IN the southern part of the city. The
supposition is that he became exhausted
and lay down and was frozen. He was
about 40 years old and unmarried.
MONAGHAN and Morrissey, convicted
of robbing Mark Brown of $50, were
sentenced at Eau Claire, each to four
years in state prison, five days of each
year to solitary confinement. The two
prisoners came to Eau Claire from
Winona, but are supposed to be origin
ally from Minnesota City.
THERE is little doubt that the govern
ment will erect life saving station in
the neighborhood of Deaths Door.
Nearly all the marine disasters of Sc
rious character which happened on
Lake Michigan during the past season
fn no
Door and around Washington Island.
The coal IN the schooner /. c. Butts
which was wrecked on the east side of
Washington Island in November last is
being washed ashore in large quaint
ties. and the islanders are engaged in
securing as much of it as possible.
WHILE Edward Sweeney was hunting
IN the woods near Sanborn, Ashland
County, he was shot by spring gun.
The bullet penetrated his right thigh
SCATTERING the bone IN a frlghtful man
ner. 1t is thought his leg will have to
be amputated. This Is the fifth person
who has been either killed or injured
near Ashland within the past three
months by set guns.
DIR. FREDERIC B. POWER, professor of
pharmacy and materia medica at the
State University, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect at the end of
the current school year In June. He
will be succeeded by Prof. Edward
Kremers, his present assistant. This
action on the part of Prof Power Is
preliminary to the acceptance by him
of the position of scientific director IN
what will be, when completed, the la1g
est chemical mandatory in the United
States, located at Passaic, \. j.
Two little daughters of Mrs. Huffman,
of Ashland, played with fire in a stove
while their mother went TO aneighbor's
house for a lew minutes. When Mrs.
Huffman returned, one of the children
was lying IN the yard, burned to death,
and the other quite seriously burned.
The dress of one took fire, and the
other attempted to eXtinguish the
flames by rolling her about IN the snow.
John BLAZER, homesteader, resid-
ing one mile east of Sanborn, Ashland
County. shot and killed Oscar Johnson
III quarrel about a knife.
EMIL HAGER, q resident OF Lindsey,
while returning from Lynn, Mon
day night, fell from the railroad
track, and struck his head on a skid
way, killing him. Hager was about 45
years old and leaves family.
Ex-ATToRNEY GENERAL EsTABRooK
called on Attorney General O'Connor,
on the TIN inst, and asked him if he
would bring suit IN the supreme court
to test the constitutionality Of the legis-
latlye appOrtlOnment act of 1891. Mr..
O'Connor said that if Mr. Esta brook bad
any papers prepared he would examine
them and proceed as he deemed that
duty demanded. Mr. Estabrook had no
papers with him.
The cracker business Of the MilWau-
kee Cracker and Candy Company, on
Broadway, has been purchased by the
great trust that now controls nine
tenths of the cracker business of the
country.
A STRANGE case of sudden disappear
ance is that of Julius Luebke, travel
ing man who made Milwaukee his
Headquarters. He was about 30 years
old anG was unmarried. He has pros
pered financially, and it is stated that
he has S5O.0OG on deposit in a Milwau-
kee bank. This money cannot be
touched until some definite information
as to the whereabouts or condition Of
Llebke is received. His friends fear
that he IS insane.
Sac O'Deli and man named Bailey,
who are living on one of Cedar Lake
islands, got into a dispute, whereby
Bailey drew a hunting knife on Odell.
The latter seized gun and knocked his
skull. Bailey lies in critical condi-
ton. No arrest has been made.
A loader by the name of Perry was
killed at Rib Lake while loading logs.
He had worked there four winters.
Roscoe Clark, son of n. B. Clark, well
known throughout Outagamie County,
had bis left hand cut off in straw-cut-
ter.
IL a saloon fracas at Trout Lake John
Navin, the saoonkeeper, was shot
through the back and will probably die
CHARLES K WELLS, the well-known
lawyer, and one of the oldest residents
of Milwaukee, died at his home, 100
Wisconsin Street, at midnight last night
Mr.. Wells was nearly IS years OF age.
Mr.. Wells was appointed postmaster at
Milwaukee by President Lincoln, and
served from June 4, 1864, to October 6,
1866. He reured from office at the
death of Mr.. Lincoln.
Gov. PECK has gone to the bedside Of
his m Of har u. ho is criticallsz Ill of Fort