Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-06
BADGER NOTES.


HENRY PFENNING, Racine miller, was
! caught in the shafting of his mill and
fatally injured. He was "a years Of age,
and formerly ran q mill at West Bend.
THE general store of A. F Wlgason, at
| Concord, twelve miles east of Water
town, was burned on the night of the
| I'd, together with its contents including
all mail matter in the post-office which
was kept in the store Loss 81 900, with
but little insurance. The origin of the
tire Is unknown.
HERBERT BULL, of Racine, youngest
! son of Stephen Bull, died at st. Luke's
Hospital, Chicago, of typhoid fever,
after a few days sickness. The de-
ceased was % years of age, and was
born and reared in Racine.
While out hunting, William Anderson,
of Mount Hope, Grant County, acct
IDENTITY shot himself He set his gun
over fence and went to follow, when
! the gun went off. 1t was an old army
! musket. The charge went in about two
| inches over the heart. He lived one
hour after the accident. He was an in
| tiuentlal farmer, and leaves a wife and
/ son.
FIRE broke out in the bakery and res
| taurant conducted by i. W. Larkin, at
! Kaukauna, about 3 clock on the morn
! ing of the I'd, and, famed by strong
! wind soon enveloped the building
in flames. Mr.. Larkin and wife
| lived in the second story, and
! barely had time to escape. Before
! the fire could be checked it spread to
the furniture store of G.. w. Fargo q
] Sons, which was also totally destroyed.
! The losses are as follows: Peter kohler,
building, 81 600, insurance $500; d. W.
Larkin, stock and furniture, $3.50, part
! ly covered; Anto Gaimbacher, building,
81, 800, insurance, 81 600; G. w. Fargo q
Sons, furniture, $1,000, insurance, $500.
Mrs ALBERT RUsK, niece of Secretary
Rusk, died at Niroqua of consumption.
Mrs. I'll. A. Chase, wife of DIR. Chase,
postmaster OF Viroqua, died ofdropsy of
the heart on the same day. Postmaster
Chase is in very poor health and is at
present in Arizona.
THE Wisconsin Central depot at Wau-
paca was entered on the morning of the
goth by two unknown men, who over
! powered the night agent and forced him
! to open the cash drawer. They took
$50 and what money the agent had in
his pocket. No clue.
ALL the sash and door factories in
Oshkosh will shut down. They will re-
main inactive until February l. Many
others in the state will follow.
a GANG composed of the worst ele-
ment Ofthe Stockbridge tribe ofIndians
recently procured quantity of whisky.
| This fact coming to the ears of Rev.
! Thomas H8g, resident missionary, he
| he took possession of the forbidden
liquor and locked it IN closet of the
parsonage. The gang then broke into
the parsonage and attempted to gain
possession of the whisky, lest it be used
as evidence against them in prosecu-
ton for bringing it into the reserva-
ton but they were discovered by Rev
H9g, who resisted the attempt, where
upon they pitched into him and gave
him a severe beating. Sunday night
they proceeded to the school-house,
| where Christmas services we're being
held. The gang numbered about a doz-
en-. A free fight followed, the school
house was wrecked, and the congrega-
ton scattered. Rev Hag went to
Shawano and swore out warrant for
four of the ringleaders. They will also
be brought before the United States
court for illegally bringing whisky into
the reservation.
THE body of James FIemming, of Stan
ley, who had been missing, was found
on an unOccupied lot in that village.
He had evidently started for home
across lots in an intoxicated condition,
and seemed to have fallen forward on
his face, and being unable to arise, froze
to death. He leaves a wife and four
small children.
THE recent wholesale poisoning of
Daniel Barry's family, at Richland Cen
ter, gave rise to sensational reports,
which are not borne out by the analysis
made of the headcheese, which it was
thought would show signs of arsenic
Prof. Daniels, of Madison, who made
the analysis, finds there is no trace of
arsenic or aEy,,other poison. He thinks
the meat may have been diseased. All
the members of the family are said to
have fully recovered.
BURGLARS last light broke into the Falls
Bank. of Sheboygan Falls, but were
frightened away when they had the safe
almost opened with dynamite. They
secured only $50 in pennies, $50 in cur
rency and SIS in fractional silver.
There were three or four explosions
and four steel plates We're blown from
the safe door. Joseph Osthelder, who
lives across the way, was awakened by
the explosions and lighted a light to
come down into the street This evil
IDENTITY frightened the burglars away.
They stole hand-car and ran to She
boygan where all trace of them is lost.
The State Teachers Association elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year; President, f. w. Cooley, Of James
vile; vice presidents j. w Livingston,
Of Sparta; Miss Z. n. Beteldt, Of Platte
vile, and Henry SEVERN, Of New
Holstein; secretary, c. Fl. Sylvester, of
Whitewater; treasurer, J. A. Aiken, of
Wausau. Executive COMMUNICATIONS
Maggie, L. D. Harvey, Miss L. M.
Mosher, S. J. Gillian and A. j. Vollane.
/ The association will meet at Madison in
1892.
A CASE is on trial in the United States
court, before Judge Bum, which in
wolves the title to 113 acres of land in
the city of Superior. The action is
brought by the Land and Improvement
Company, of Superior, against the
| heirs OF George w. Ewing and Madison
Sweeter, of Fort Wayne, Ind, in whose
name the tract was originally held, to
quiet title. The property is now
estimated to be worth 100000.
FRED. McCHEsNEY, of Wanakee, was
fined $50 and costs in the circuit court
/ at IN o9ISOn for oCSoI1lt and battaryz oCyeo-