Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-20
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Hugh, an old resident Of Calumet
County, died some time ago, leav-
ing a large estate. McHugh was a
Catholic in belief, but not an act
i've communicate of the church.
Just before his death he made be-
quests of his estate of IS 5000, with
the exception of $1,000 to one
daughter and $500 to another, to the
bishop of Green Bay, part to be used
for masses for himself and other mem
bers of his family. After the will was
filed the children of the deceased fled a
contest, alleging undue influence Judge
BurneH held that the beQuest for masses
was void, because it was not a gift, but
an established trust; that such trust was
too indefinite and uncertain for any
court to enforce, and there was no as
certainable beneficiary. However, all
the money passes to the bishop under
the residuary requests of the will, and
the latter being valid the will is upheld.
CHRIS CHRIsTIANsoN, a Well-known
character of Marinette, passed away
suddenly while sitting in an arm-chair
at the Norway House He was 60 years
OF age. The corOner's jury returned a
verdict Of death from heart failure. He
had great mania for whiting and
would sit in one place for whole day
tied out Of & solid piece of wood chains
six and seven feet long, with hooks and
rings attached.
AT meeting of the Common Council
Of Onalasla a resolution was passed
calling for a special election to be held
on December rs, to vote on the question
of bonding the city for S10,0 COO If car
ried, the money will be expended for
the protection of the city against fire by
purchasing fire engine and other APP
paratus and providing for permanent
water reservoirs.
Mrs HANNAH RICHARDS, of Menasha,
recently recovered damages against the
city for a broken limb, caused by a de-
fectiye sidewalk. A few nights ago she
fell on an lev side walk and sustained a
severe fracture Of the right arm, above
the wrist 1t is not unlikely that Me-
nasha will have another bill of damages
to pay.
ALBERT and Edward Smith, the James
vile young men who recently fell heirs
to an estate in Washington, D. c., worth
$1,000 have received their share of
,0G0 each.
A YOUNG son of Charles Deyine. living
a few miles southwest of Oregon. Dane
County, found brilliant little stone in
a clay bank last October and took it
home. A few days ago the father SUD
mitted it to William II. Hobbs, pro-
fessol of mineralogy and metallurgy in
the University of Wisconsin. and he
very quickly asCertained that it was a
genuine diamond. 1t measures three
eighths of an inch in diameter, weighs
four carets and is ''rhombie dodeca-
hebron, with its twelve faces slightly
rounded, one of the signs of q good
stone. It was in the glacial drift, and
came, Of course, from the north, where
biologists have long insisted that cOndi-
tons exist favorable to diamond discov-
cries. This specimen is OF good c~lor,
and is worth perhaps $500. This find
recalls the big diamond found at Eagle,
Waukesha County, in 1884, which sold
for 81 ,CO0 and about which extensive
litigation occurred. Both finds were IN
the same drift.
FOURTEEN iniunctions, and like num-
Der of summons and complaints have
been served upon Mayor O'keefe, City
Clerk Larson and Treasurer Scott, of
Ashland These fourteen will be fol-
lowed III day or two by about twenty
five others. The in functions and com
plants are the outgrOWth Of the paving
done during the past season. The
plaintiffs are all property owners along
the newly paved portion of Second
Street. The injunctions are issued To
restrain City Treasurer Scott from col
lecting the special paving assessments or
from returning them as delinquent to
the county treasurer.
"A MADISON fisherman has conceived
scheme whereby the unemployed men
IN that city and the destitute people IN
by the Madison fund for relief. His
plan is to give the men who are out of
work employment III catching perch.
which are SO numerous IN the lakes,
and ship the fish to the hungry up
North
ARTHUR Goss has on exhibition at Be
lott an Indian mortar Of hard rock that
is tWenty-four inches in diameter, and
nicely followed out to hold possibly
eight or ten quarts. 1t was found by
Mr.. Weidman while he was grub bling
trees III the famous Indian trail leading
from ROckton, ILL.,, to Prairie du CHEN.
FEtNK B0oRMAN, formerly a resident
Of PeWaukee, was badly burned about
the face and arms by the explosion of a
lamp in a mill at Lexington, Neb.,
where he was working.
CHRISTOPHER HUTZLER, one of Mad
ison's Oldest settlers, passed away at the
age Of IS years. Mrs. James Burke,
StlSO q 4GSldCIil Vi llldt CITY uicu dt dII
advanced age.
4 MAN named John Svoboda died
under peculiar circumstances at St.
Paul. From December ) to he was
away from his home. When he re-
turned he stated that he had gotten
into saloon row at Spooner, Wis, with
a man with whom he had money deal
dngs In the melee which followed, he
stated, he was struck on the back Of
the head with beer keg, but by
whom he did not know. The keg was
afterwards thrown at him, striking him
behind the ear. He died from the re-
suit ofthe injury. Svoboda was freight
conductor on the Great Northern Rail
road
4 PECULIAR accident occurred at Fort
Atkinson to horse owned by Mr..
Lowe, of Hebron. The animal was
Stitched to an iron post about three feet
high In his effort to walk over the
post the horse became impaIed, the
post running over two feet into its bow
els. 1t was necessary to kill the animal.
WILLIAM MAS aged II wears has