Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-04-12
WISCONSIN NEWS.

he will survive.
AMANDA STARR was arrested at La
Crosse on a charge of larceny. She was
found guilty and fined $50, in default of
which she was sent to the county jail for
sixty days.
A MAN giving his name as John Lutter
was arrested at La Crosse on charge of
vagrancy. When arrested he had $3.50 IN
cash in his possession.
GEORGE CRAWFORD, fireman on the
Wisconsin Central road, was terribly
Scalded in an accident near Eau Cla ire.
he will recover.
LEN LEssFID's barn, in the town of
Prairie du Chen, containing four horses
and four cows, was struck by lightning
and burned.
THE stage line between Marinette and
Sturgeon Bay has been discontinued, the
Ice being unsafe.
THERE is merry election war at Epson,
Ashland County Two separate and dis
tinct elections were held last Tuesday.
There is an old contest between Epson and
the town of Iron Belt as to which place is
precinct No. J." Upon this point hinges
the seat of government and the building OF
town hall and the strife is growing more
bitter every year. lie was decided 10 nave
the only voting precinct at Epson
and Clerk J. B. Anderson did not
send any tickets to Iron Belt at all. The
consequence was that Iron Belt held an
election on their own hook, electing Dun
can McNichie chairman without OppOSl-
ton and Epson elected Frank Logan with
out a dissenting vote Now the question is,
who will be chairman from the town of
Knight in the new county Of Iron? The
rivalry has grown very strong between
the two towns and the case may be carried
into the courts. The town hall question
has been the basis Of the trouble.
The 5. \. Hyde Elevator Company, of
La Crosse, has been organized with
capital stock of 100000. The purpose of
the company is to own and operate grain
and produce elevators.
MANAGER JOHN Z. CONDOR, of West
Superior, has leased the new Opera House
at WinOna, Mimi. Mr.. Condor now has
S TX theaterS under his control, the other
five being at Duluth, Superior, Eau Claire,
La Crosse and Ashland.
THE fishermen in the vicinity of Mar
tnette that have been at work upon the ice
all winter, have taken out their nets, as
fish are becoming very scarce The season
has been the most profitable one they have
had for many years.
THERE are 40 COO, 900 feet of logs in the
boom at Marinette that can be used by the
mills before any of the new logs come
down.
i The George Pankratz Lumber Com
pany, of Sturgeon Bay, has been organ
zed with capital stock of 100000,
DANIEL MCLEOD, of Eau Claire, has
broken camp after having banked IL ,000,
600 feet of logs.
DR.. E. C. FRENCH, of Eau Claire, has
received a cablegram from Paris stating
that Miss Myrta French made her debut
at Paris and that it was in every sense of
the word a success. She is singing in
grand opera. Miss French accompanied
by Mrs. French arrived in Paris from
Trieste on March a.
RALPH AMOTH, a Madison youth, while
attempting to board a rapidly-moving
electric street car, slipped and fell beneath
the wheels, one OF his legs being broken
and the other one badly lacerated. He will
recover.
ASHLAND is to have firSt-claSs theater
building, which will be erected during the
coming summer. 1t will be owned by
Thomas BardOn, of that city, who states
that the building will be completed next
fall The structure Will be built some
what after the plans Of the casino now IN
course of erection upon the grounds of the
Silurian Spring Company, at Waukesha.
JOHN LUDoKOwsKI. eng ineer at c. d j.
MicheFs brewery, at La Crosse, met
with very painful accident few days
ago. In opening the valve of a pipe con-
empty, he allowed quantity Of ammonia
to escape into his face, which severely
burned his eyes. throat and nostrilS. 1t IS
doubtful If his sight can be saved.
THE Northwestern Wisconsin convention
of the Society of Christian Endeavor was
held at Eau Claire. There were fifty dele
gates in attendance.
THE Rev. John G. Miller died at his
home in Madison, aged S0years. Mr.. Mill
er was the first German missionary in Wis
cOnSin, having settled at Madison in 1874.
He held various pastOrateS throughout the
state and was closely associated with the
leading ministers and bishops in the
country.
JAMES W. HAwLEY. of Mazomanle,
was arraigned IN the Dane County munic-
lpal court on a charge of threatening the
life of Edwin p Reed, a neIghbOr He
pleaded guilty and was put under bonds of
500 to keep the peace for three months,
and in default of surety he went to Jail.
WILLIAM SCHWAKE, an employee of the
SalZer seed house at La Crosse, was struck
on the head by barrel Of seeds which fell
from an upper floor, distance of 80 feet.
His skull was fractured and it is doubtful
II he will recover.
WORK has commenced in the sulphite
mill connected with the Park Mills plant
at Marinette. Two immense bronze di-
geSterS, each 80 feet high and feet in
diameter, are used for containing the
wood and acid which in connection with
steam reduces the wood to fiber which
forms the Sulphite pulp. The process of
manufacturing the acid used at the plant
is the invention Of \. h. BrOkaw, former
SUPERINTENDENT OF the MaTlQoCLo paper
mills. 1t is intended in a short time to use
one OF the large machines for the manu-
facture OF book paper and one for manila.
The Badger Pearl Button Company, of
Eau Claire, intends to add several new
machines TO its factory. The number of
employees will be increased from Is to 100.
THE Easter offerings at some of the
milwaukee, churches were as follows: ST.
PauPs, 81, l64; st. James, $1,000; All
Saints Cathedral, S1,4l6 Calvary Church,
$500; SummerieId, $500. At st. Johns
Church, on the South Side, Martin Yew-
dale and Harry Birch, CHOIR boys, were
presented with gold medals. Rudolph
Thurman was given 4 silver medal.
Mrs. LAWRENCE j. CONWAY, of Mani
towoc, died in Chicago, where she had
been tor some time under the care of
physician.
THE residence of James McCord, of La
Crosse, was entered by burglar. Mr..
McCord was awakened by the noise the
man made and went into the hall to in
vestlgate the cause. He was bounced
upon by the man and knocked down, the
burglar making his escape through the