Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.

settlers are TO be taken from American
cities and are not to be brought from
across the ocean. Many OF them will go
from Chicago, and all, or nearly all. are
more or less AmerIcanized already. The
scheme is to divide the tract up into forty
acre farms, putting family on every forty
acres.
AN insane man confined in the Eau
Claire County Jail made his escape during
the night Three officers started in pur
suit of the man. lie was from Polk COun-
ty and was being conveyed to the Mendoza
asylum, the officer having him in charge
putting him in Jail for safe-keeping.
OF the nine Chm amen at Eau Claire
seven have taken out citizenship papers.
The two who refused to register told
Deputy Collector MunsOn that they were
too busy to talk with him at the time he
called.
Nick WERACHowsKI and John Vera
choWskl, two young men residing at AM
herst junction, had close call from being
killed a few days ago. They were drlV-
ing a fractions horse near the railroad
crossing, when a freight train came along
at the rate of about twenty miles an hour,
and the animal ran into the rear end OF
the train. The whole outfit, including the
boys, were carried nearly the whole
length of the depot platform before the
train could be stopped The WerachoW
ski boy was slightly injured about the
head. The buggy was smashed into
klndllng wood. The horse was unin-
jured.
ERNEST PFUEHLER, a farmer residing
near LeWiStOwn, went to his room pre-
pOratOry to retiring and barred the door.
A short while afterwards a shot was
heard. and when his mother and some
neighbOrs broke into the room he was
found lying on the floor dying. The bullet
entered his mouth passing through the
. brain. His mother thinks there was some
other person in the room who did the
shooting, as a roll OF money, which Mr..
Pfuehler was known to have in his pos
session, was gone.
WILLIAM JONES was arrested at La
Crosse on a charge of assaulting a young
boy and was held for trial in 5000, in de-
fault Of which he went to Jail.
WILLIAM HUBBARD, a boating man at
La Crosse, had his leg so badly crushed
between two boats that amDutat1On may
be necessary.
II. A. TAYLOR, ex-railroad commission
er, who viii take up his residence in Mad
iSOn, will retain his position as member
of the National Board of Control of the
government exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
THE Jump River Lumber Company, at
Prentice, Price County, expects to cut 3d.
O00,000 feet of lumber the coming season.
The mills at Prentice Will saw $4,000, 900
feet end the mill at Fitield 10,000,0O0.
EDWARD PRATT, of the town of Ore
gon, Dane County, pleaded guilty to a
and was sentenced to four months in the
county jail.
CHBRLEs SWEENEY, aged g years, who
recently arrived at Marinette from Scot
land, was drowned while crossing
stream near Marinette. He had $500 in
gold SOvereignS.
The Fairchild block at Madison was
badly damaged by fire. The blaze origi-
mated in the drying rooms of the laundry
of Lyons & Daubner. The loss on the
h11jl ir1C will no in
The occupants of the building were:
Lyons IL Daubner, laundry; S. P. Run
dell, furnishing: F. ShornerS, job print
ing, and American Express Company, all
damaged by water. The total loss will
reach about $4,000; fully covered by in
Surance.
The log cut in the Ashland district dur
inc the past winter was about 500, 000,G00
feet OF this three-fifthS will be sawed in
the Chequameg0u Bay mills which means
that $40, 900. 600 will be about the amou Mt
of lumber shipments this summer.
THE Madison officials have received in
formation that Max RosenthaI. who was
sentenced to serve six months in the Dane
County jail for working the enlarged pOr-
trait fraud In that city, is wanted in Chi
cage, where he is under Indictment.
THE contract for printing the roster of
the Wisconsin soldiers III the rebellion,
prepared by the Acknowledgement, has
been let to W. j. P. MacFail, of the Mad
iSOn Times.
Miss LoTTIE LEE was married to Fred
erick Aiken at the home Of her parents in
La Crosse.
FRED GULKY. a farmer living near Eau
Claire, committed suicide by shooting.
He placed the muZZle OF a revolver in his
mouth and fired, blowing part OF his head
Oft. He was demented over religion.
ARCHITECTS Marshall, Rider q Stuck
ett Of Chicago, have completed plans for
the new casino building at Ashland. The
casino will cover S0X120 feet Of ground, be
built OF frame with stone foundation.
have opera chairs, rolling partitions, stage
decorations, and furnace heat. The seat
ing capacity of the man floor and gallery
is to be about $500. The cost will be
about $50. 600.
AT meeting of the faculty of the State
University at Madison it was decided to
abandon the Ong-eStabliShed custom Of
allowing the senior class ten days Yaca-
ton prior to commencement, and to COM
pei graduating students to attend eXer
clseS until the close OF the term The re-
QuirementS for admission to the ancient
classical course were considerably
changed. with respect especially to the
Greek department. and action was taken
to restrain students from other colleges
from entering the university later than
October l Of the year III which they eX-
pect to graduate.
THREE suits have been commenced
against Officers DOrmady AND WEIGH, at
Ao4IIduu, AOA SotCIIIS
600. The first case is that of EIizabe
Rink against Patrick Dormady and Will
lam Welch. Mrs. Rink alleges that Dor
mady and Welch entered her home about
midnight one night last December and
after gaming Abundance beat her about
the head, breast and body. She
claims damages to the extent of $4,000.
The second case is brought by Michael
Rink against DOrmady ana WEIGH and
asks damages in the amount of $4,000
Rink makes about the same allegations
IN his complaint as his wife. The third
suit is against officer Welch and is
brought by Albert Peilawa. The plaintiff
asks $4,000 damages, alleging that WEIGH
beat him while arreSting him and after he
was in jail he also dubbed MIN severely.
KNIT MALAND, deaf mute, was struck
by a freight train near Dane Station,
Dane County, and SO badly injured that
he died few hours later. He was 50
years of age and resided IN the town of
Windsor, Dane County.
THE La Crosse Common Council has
voted TO issue bonds of the city to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose of rails