Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-30
BADGER NOTES.

fused to state the cause of the shooting.
He VIII probably recover.
THE Lake Shore Railway Company i s
figuring on plans for a new depot build
1ng at Ashland. 1t is expected that it
will be ready for use by next spring.
THOMAS PARENT, superintendent of
the Menominee River Boom Company,
at Marinette, died at the age of 81
years. Deceased was IN the lumber
business at that place since 1866.
IT is possible that the two Indians,
Kozinee and Monypenny, who are
charged with the double murder which
recently occurred at Odanah, may hang.
Judge Parish, of the circuit court of
Ashland, has decided that the United
States district court has jurisd lotion in
the case, and, therefore, the Indians
will be tried by federal court The
coroner's jury returned verdict hold
ing the Indians guilty of the crime.
The Wisconsin state courts cannot in
fiict penalty of death for murder, but
the United States courts can, and this
may be the fate of these two Indians.
The Indians will be taken at once to
Madison for trial.
MILWAUKEE is having plenty of fires.
The latest was in the tobacco and cigar
factory of Louis Kindling q Co., on East
Water Street, by which $27 900 worth of
property was consumed.
AN Austrian named Melesque, aged
2S years, and living at Marinette, was
assaulted and robbed of $40 by two men
near Pembine. When found he was
unconscious, and both his feet were
badly frozen, He was also severely cut
about the body. 1t is likely that both
his feet will have to be amputated.
THOMAS O'MALLEY and Edward Fitz-
gerald, who were confined in the Jail at
Prairie du Chen for robbing Anton
Schwartz, Bohemian farmer, who lives
near Waukesha, broke Jail and took the
st. Paul freight tram going east. They
were to have been tried at Lancaster at
the next term of court.
THE dead body of Chris. McKenny, a
Dane County farmer residing near
Fitchburg, was found in the woods nea
that place. 1t is thought that he met
with foul play, although there is a prob
ability that he fell from his horse in Il
ofsickness. The coroner will investig ate
the affair.
J. B. JONES, farmer living near Stew
enstown, La Crosse County, had his left
hand and two ribs broken in a runaway
accident.
THE Rev. George H. Clare has accept
ed the call given him to become pastor
son.
An Old man giving his name as Nicho-
las B9sling was found in a pitable con-
ditiOn near MADISON. He was without
shoes and very scantily clad and nearly
famished The old man was in the
woods when found, ana was kindling
fire with the evidentintention of warm
ing himself It is thought that he is de-
mented. The court ordered the sheriff
to look after his wants.
THE Menominee River Boom Com
pany, of Marinette, has completed its
seasons work with a record probably
pany, having sorted since April IL 4, 4l6,-
76S logs that scaled $50, 1913 ,637 feet.
Their next largest season was in 1889,
when they sorted 642, l37 ,3lS feet. The
number of logs that passed through the
scaling gap this year was III ,0O4 greater
than IN 1889, making the work per-
formed this year in excess of that.
Upon one day the past season 81, 942
logs passed through the sorting gap that
scaled 1862, 727 feet, all of which were
catch-marked and scaled in ten hours
work by six scalers, one tallyman and
twelve catch-markers.
THE Door County Board of Super
visors has been in a wrangle over a bill
which was brought in by two individ-
uals for jailers' fees, both claiming to
have acted in this capacity. The
sherif7s son Is one of the two. He
brought in a bill for $500. The other
person maintained that the same
amount was due him for the same
service. The board is in a quandary
to know just how to adjust the matter.
MICHAEL BRUNKALLA, the young man
who stabbed Merce Madison at La
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charge of assault and was sentenced to
SIX months in jail.
Mrs. MARY SEARY has commenced
suit against the Monona Lake Assem-
bly, at Madison for 81 900 damages for
injuries sustained by an accident at the
assembly grounds during the encamp-
ment last summer.
A. c. COVER, an Eau Clare farmer 80
years old, was working in the field with
a sulky pillow when his team ran away,
dragging HIM some distance and dis
locating both his shoulders.
AT the last fall term of the circuit
court of Dane County, DR.. Mawney, of
Mazomanie, is alleged to have periured
himself IN testlfying IN an assault with
intent to kiA suit brought by him, and
the state decided to prosecute him. The
only witness to prove the alleged per-
jury is DR.. Boynton, of Chicago, and as
the state is not authorized to pay more
than mileage and regulation fees for any
witnesses, and DR.. Boynton, living in
another state, demands $l25 a day for
his services as a witness, the states at
torney asked the County Board to make
provision for paying the extra eX-
penses. The board decided to do this,
and DR.. Mawney's case will proceed IS
soon as the witness is secured.
WILLIAM RILEY, WHO'S alleged to have
confessed to having killed William An
derson, the wealthy Eau Claire lum ber-
man, Is the man who was IN Jail at Eau
Claire with the man harrington, who
was sent to the penitentiary several
years ago for q murderous assault on S.
+. Brimi. Riley was accused of COM
picity IN the assault, but was dis
charged. Riley's father was found dead
in the Chippewa River at Eau Cl.ire
about five years ago. It was never
known how the old man came to hi
death.
THE Northern Pacific Railway Com pa
ny has served an injunction upon the