Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-31
BADGER NOTES.

had his leg broken below the knee
while scutfling with his younger
brother.
F. SLIVDE, who was terribly beaten
by A. Linde in the town of DeForest,
Dane County, has brought an action for
$1,000 damages against Linde for in
juries received, and another action for
5000 for SANDER.
The Rev. John VIM, of Madison.
passed away at the age of 70 years. Mr..
VIM suffered a severe attack of the
grippe two years ago, from which he
never fully recovered.
FRANK STRAUSS sues the town of Bris-
toll, Dane County, for $1,000 because his
eyes came in contact with the limb of a
tree while driving along the road.
WHILE A. P. Wilder, of Eau Claire,
was at dinner, thieves broke into his
jewelry store and carried away large
quantity of watches, jewelry and cash.
The total amount is probably large, as
the police and proprietors kept the mat
order to catch the thieves, if possible.
Ba1num's circus was in town, which
probably accounts for the presence of
the robbers.
FIFTEEN camps of Modern Woodmen
from Western Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, picnicked at La Crosse, on the
28th. Mayor Copeland welcomed the
visitors in neat speech, which was re-
sponded to by F. w. Hurder, of st.
Paul, deputy head consul. About 1000
participated.
The Marinette paper mills are receiv-
ing direct from Liverpool 500 tons of
cotton bagging to be used in their paper
mill plant. The cost of the same will
not be far from $4,000 delivered at
their MILLS. Their plant, to cost $780,
900, is fast approaching compile
ton, and will be the largest in the
country for the exclusive manufacture
of print and MANILA papers. Two
bronze digesters 80 feet high by in
diameter for their sulphite mill will
cost $50, 1000.
NEWS has been received at La Crosse
that the four boys, Muth, Larson Strobe
and Johnson, who were enticed away
by colored MAJ and white person,
have been found in the woods near
Hokah, Mimi. The boys were reported
to be none the worse for their advent
ure, and will be sent back to La Crosse.
Misc
CLAIMS aggregating $1,000 have been
filed against the city of Ashland by
property owners for damages alleged to
have been entailed by the grading of
certain streets.
A DOUBLE wedding took place at Bay
field. The contracting parties were
Miss Emma Gallagher and William
Johnson, and Miss Maggie Deragon and
Andrew Williams. The brides are res
idents of Bayfield, and the grooms re-
side at Ashland.
HENRY HEYNs, a form er resident of
Middleton, Dane County, met with a
terrible death near Dulutn, MINI. He
was driving wagon and was thrown
against the brake-lever, which pene-
trated his abdomen to the spine. The
remains were taken to Middleton for in
terment.
JOHN CYHos, aged 20, deaf mute,
who was picking up coal along the
North estern tracks near La Fayette
Place. Milwaukee, was run down and
killed by passenger train.
WILLIAM M. DANIEL was burned to
death in his home, 68l Astor Street,
Milwaukee. He was taking an alcohol
bath and the blanket which enveloped
him caught fire.
THE half-mile handicap bicycle race
at Detroit on the 25th was won by Wal
ter G. Sanger, of Milwaukee. Sanger
CONTRACTOR SMITH, of Minneapolis, has
begun work on Ashland's 100000 pub
lie building. Forster & Smith, the con-
tracing firm, have secured contracts for
sixteen government structures, and ex-
pect to get ten more government build
ings to erect, for which bids are in.
JAMES L. GATES, of Milwaukee. in con-
junction with number of Chicago con-
tractors, has secured the contract from
the Mexican government for building
wharves and Jetties along the Mexican
coast in the state of Vera Cruz. They
have also secured the contract for
the completion of the Coatzacoalcos
and Tehuantepec line of the Tehuante-
pee Mexican National Railway. The
building OF this branch will give the
Mexican government control OF direct
route across the isthmus for the Gulf
trade. Fourteen million dollars have
been spent upon this line by various
companies, but it still lacks 100 miles of
being completed, and the government
has at last consented to take hold of the
work and carry it through to compile
ton