Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-03-01
BADGER NOTES.

stock OF 81 900.
INFORMATION has been received al Ash
land that the application Of the settlers,
who are conteStlng the Keystone Lumber
Company in q land case, for rehearing,
was denied. The land in question is very
valuable and is located just east of
the city. The case was heard by
the Ashland officers and an appeal
taken from the decision TO the commits
SlOner of the general land office. The
commissioner decided in favor of the Key
stone Company, and the tilerS made a mo-
ton for rehearing Of the case on the de-
clslOn OF the commissioner. The motion
is denied and the commissioners decision
stands, unless an appeal is taken to high
er tribunal and reversal ordered.
A REHEARING has been secured in the
case OF Mr.. Neitge, OF Eau Claire, against
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway and the state of Wiscon-
SIN, involving title to Deer Park, st. Croix
County, decided recently IN favor of the
defendants. The rehearing was granted
on the ground that neglect by plaintiffs
father to assert his right early enough,
which was the sole ground of the decision,
had not been pleaded by the defendants.
AN electric power and storage company
has filed articles of incorporation at Ash
land. The capital stock of the company
is 100000, and is all held by Ashland
parties. The company will begin the
manufacture of electric accumulatOrS or
batteries under the patent secured by
Leslie b. Rowley, of that city. 1t is ex-
pected the plant at that place will be ready
to begin operations about March To-
JOSEPH BOUCHARD, of Ashland, had his
leg badly mangled ID lumber camp near
that place. AmputatlOn will not be neceS-
Sary.
JOSEPH OLSON, a young man employed
in Linden q Miller'S planning mill at Mari
Oft hnd rio hnl rNxxy
the elbow by coming in contact with a
buzz saw.
SERRAUNS CLINTON HASTINGS, a for
MGR Wisconsin man, died at his home in
San Francisco, Cal, aged 78 years. Mr.
Hastings was the first chief justice Of Cal
ifornia, He was born at WatertOwn, n.
Y, November Y, 1914, and moved to Bur-
lingJon, Racine County, in 1887.
MICHAEL CoNNoR and James O'Connor
pleaded guilty in the Dane County munich
pal court to the burglary Of the North
Western Railway station at Waunakee.
They were sentenced to eighteen months
each in the state prison.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT WELLS has
issued his report for the two years ending
June 30, 1892. 1t shows the total cost Of
the public schools for that period to be
$4,S98, 572 an increase of S403, 917 over the
preceding two years. The enrolment for
the year 1912 was 366, $40. decrease in
attendance of 1856. The report shows
that last year nearly 10000 attended no
schools,
A WIXNEBAGO Indian was run down by
the cars near La Crosse and instantly
killed, being cut up in horrible manner.
The remains were taken in charge by a
band OF WlnneDagOeS who were camped
near that place. and buried In true Indian
style, The dead Indian was wrapped up
i'll blanket and then placed IN the
grave. Then came the relatives
and frieuds, with their faces painted
black, each one with an offering
to the dead. A gun with ammunition,
an axe and knife were placed along with
pipe and pouch of tobacco. A bag Of
bread and meat were also placed in the
grave. SO that the warrior would not grow
hungry on the way to the happy hunting
grounds. The band OF Indians then
formed in circle about the grave. The
women sat upon the ground and beat the
drum, while the men chanted a mOurnful
dirge, keeping time with what is known
as the dance of the dead.
AS the result of law suit at Madison,
George SOelch will have to pay to James
Malaney the sum of $3.50. George
Soelch, plaintiff, entered plea for judy
ment to the amount of S129 for meat fur
nished prior to March, 1885, James Ma
laney, the defendant, put IN counter
claim III the way OF plumbers bill
amounting to SIT. Judgment of SS3. so
was found by the jury for the defendant,
and the costs, amounting to SIS 80, were i'm
posed upon the plaintiff.
THE Common Council at Asland is at
present engaged in an effort to secure a
better supply Of water than is being fur
nlShed the city. 1t has been suggested
that the water plant be moved to Parish
vile, distance of six miles. where the
water can be secured from Lake Superior
instead OF Chequamegon Bay.
r. MORAN, an alleged gambler. was ar
rested at Ashland and sentenced to three
months in the county jail.
THE Union Trunk Company has been
organized at Eau Claire with capital
stock of $4,000
The Crosby Cattle Company, to conduct
general cattle business at La Crosse,
with capital Of $4,000, has filed articles
OF association.
MAYOR ROGERS, of Madison, has sold
his trottlng horse, Solitaire, for 50, 100.
Rogers stock farm in California.
The tug Karste, fishing off the Sturgeon
Bay Canal during the present winter, has
met with continued bad luck. The craft
has been third time encompasSed IN the
ice, which is about six feet thick. This
time the tug has been delayed nearly three
weeks The tug succeeded in breaking it's
" oy OuO " llo uCCO, WHICH dDOuV uIGoOn
miles in the lake, a few days ago. The
nets were nearly all torn out by the ice,
and those remaining were filled with
spoiled whiteish, of which there were
about ten tons. The damage to nets and
other fishing property is estimated at about
$500: The tug will probably be laid up
until warmer weather
THE box factory plant owned by Capt.
DOherty, at Ashland has been purchased
by E. H. Barnes, New York capitalist
The capacity Of the mill will be doubled,
and it is expected that $50 men will be en-
ployed by July l.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
Iron Company, which has gone into the
hands of receivers, along with the Reading
Railroad, has large docks and yards in
Milwaukee, and the cCmpany's coal agency
for The Northwest is located in that city,
with +. K. Buell. as resident manager.
A DWELLING house on the farm of
Joachim johnson, in the town of Chris
tlana, Dane County, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $1,000.
The Marinette Lumber Company, of
Marinette, has sold their next seasons cut
of lumber, about 100000 feet, to S. K.
Martin, Of Chicago
PHILLIP NEU, farmer residing at