Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-24
BADGER NOTES.

was on hum DOlQC Avenue, milwaukee,
while temporarily insane committed
suicide by taking poison.
ASSISTANT CHIEF RIEMER, of the Mill
waukee fire department, and two fire.
men were severely injured by the eX-
plosion of ten gallons of gasoline at
fire.
THE North LudiDgton Company, Of
Marinette, has made contract with
William Holmes q Son, Of Menominee,
Mich, for putting in 120, 900 feet of
logs the coming five years, over q log
glng road to be built by Holmes q Son
from the mouth of Muscauna Creek,
distance of thirty miles southeast, strik-
ing the MenOminee River near Dunbar
at Il point three miles south Of the North
Ludington Company farm. They will
also put in tor the Kirby Carpenter
Company about 100. 900, 900 feet over
this road.
john r. WOLF has been appointed
press agent of the Wisconsin Agricul
tural Society, and will boom the state
fair.
THE Wright Drug Company, of Mil
waukee, has been incorporated by
George H. Wright, Arthur 7. Wright,
S. A. Eekstein and III. S. Pierce. The
company will conduct the drug bust
ness of George Wright & Bro, on Wis
consin Street.
LOUIS AUER has been appointed lieu
tenant-colonel of the Fourth Battalion
In place of Col. King, resigned.
MORGAN O'BRIEN, a resident Of Oak
Creek, was found dead in barn. His
death was due to natural causes.
INGLE Olson, a 15-year-old bootblack,
went out for q walk at Eau Claire on
the night of the 18th and amused him
Nv oh Oh 10
Halle, Workingman aged 2S, with two
companions, was passing along the
street, and ball from Olson's pistol %
caliber, struck him in the abdomen.
He was removed to the hospital, with
little hope of recovery. Young Olson
is locked up. He says it was accidental.
Halle made an ante-mortem statement
saying he knew no reason why the boy
should shoot him and believes it was
accidental.
JAMES LEWIS, laborer, was struck by
a train on the st. Paul road, near
Eighth Street, Milwaukee, and badly
injured about the head. He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital.
THE Board of Control has ordered that
the Dane County jail must be closed by
October %. 1t was condemned ten
months ago as unfit for use.
CONDUCTOR TEMPLE, who was arrested
and arraigned at bayfield,, on his pre-
iminary examination for the murder of
William Finney, at Ashland junction,
was discharged. There is considerable
Indignation felt by citizens over the &C.
ton of the court. Bay field County Of
fcials expressed the sentiment several
times that they did not wish to try the
case in that county, but it was neverthe-
less ordered to be tried there by Judge
Brisley.
ANNA JOHNSON, q girl employed at the
Knight Hotel, Ashland, was suddenly
taken sick and died in few hours. 1t
was discovered by the doctors that she
had taken opium in sufficient quantities
to cause death. 1t is supposed she had
become respondent over love affair.
AT q meeting of Wisconsin millers
held at the Republican House, Milwau-
kee, it was decided that if fifty or more
millers would join, they would con-
tribute at the rate of $40 for each unit
of milling capacity to contest suit
brought by Mr.. Russell, of Michigan
for royalties alleged to be due on the
use of a machine known as Smiths
purifier. The first suit is a test one, but
if it is successful 100 more will be
brought against Wisconsin millers.
GEORGE CRANDALL, a resident of La
Crosse, was arrested, charged with hav-
ing stolen horse and buggy from Will
lam Goodenough, at that place. Gran
dali pleaded guilty. He said he stole
the horse so that he would be sent to
state prison where he can learn trade.
He will no doubt be given the oppor-
tunity. His bail was fixed at $500, in
default Of which he was remanded to
Jail.
CAPT. B. DoHERTY's residence at Ash
H. I'LL
crashed through the whole house.
The occupants of the house were
shocked. but not seriously.
A REQUIsITIoN has been issued at Mad
ison on the governor of Missouri for
Dick Mack, an alleged horsethief I'M
der arrest at st. Louis.
THE furniture warehouse and mattress
factory Of Scott & Prince, at Ashland,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is
about So, 600; s., 500 on stock and 81, 500
on buildings, with about $1,000 insur-
ance.
The large planning mill plant of &c orge
Poppert, on Poplar Street, Milwaukee,
was partially destroyed by fire on the
night of the 10th, involving loss of
$4,000. The blaze was discovered
about O'Clock and is supposed to have
originated in the basement of the fac
tory.
ROYAL P. HoUGHToN, the Milwau-
kee banker, died on the night of the
10Th, from the effect of an attack of
paralysis, which first confined him to
his bed about two weeks before. Mr..
Houghton was one of Milwaukee 9
earliest settlers and one of It's leading
citizens and business men. He was
born at Guilford, VT, in 1881, and came
to Milwaukee with his father when but
II years OF age.
The Northern Grain Mercantile Com
pany, Of Ashland, has completed a deal
whereby it has secured possession of
eight elevators in Dakota and Nebraska,
the capacity of which is 70, 600 bushels
The company is also trying to purchase
nine elevators in this state on the lines
of the Wisconsin Central and Omaha
railroads. Hereafter the company will
buy grain for use at their Ashland mill
direct from growers and ship from their
own elevators.
On the afternoon of the 10th fire was
discovered in the furniture ware hOuSe