Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-24
WISCONSIN NEWS.

enue, Milwaukee met instant death be-
meath the wheels of an electric car of the
Racine Street and Forest Home Avenue
line. The accident occurred near the corner
of Forest Home and Eleventh avenues,
BUchOltz being run down while trying to
cross the tracks in front of the car. No
blame attaches to the mOtorman.
AT Eau Claire the cost of arc-lighting
dropped from 81. 10 to 20 cents lamp.
THE new pulp mill at Ashland will be in
operation by the 10Th of July. 1t will cost
about 100000.
NJ. w. TERwILLIGER, one of the assignees
of the suspended bank, of Oregon, Dane
County, makes rather unfavorable report.
The assets ofthe bank are $34, 1868 and the
liabilities $31, 770.57. But of these assets
S., 444 are deposits in the suspended Column
bia Bank $4,000 in bonds of the associate
concern, the United States Loan & Trust
Association, of Chicago and So, 900 more of
the same bonds deposited by DwigginS d
Starbuck against certificate of deposit.
The asslgneeS place little value on these
Chicago that everything will come out SO as
to pay 100 cents on the dollar.
THE nine farmer fishermen from the town
OF Mcfarland, Dane County, who were ar
rested for violation of the fish laws and had
their cases continued with the purpose of
lighting the charge, changed their minds
and plead guilty. In view of the fact that
they were not regular fishermen they were
allowed to plead to the lighter charge of
having the fish in their possession and were
fined $40 each.
JOSEPH SHELLY, the man recently arrested
at Ashland on charge of selling bogus
watches, was bound over to the next term of
the circuit court in $500 bonds, which was
furnished.
ALFRED PETTIPHER, farmers boy near
Eau Claire, received SIS bounty money for
six fox whelps he had killed while hunting
tordrailing arbutus.
ANGUS MCVICAR, a metal worker for an
Eau Claire electric company, died at his
home in that city after a lingering Illness.
MARINErTE is to have new system of
sewerage. The contract has been let to a
Port Huron, Mich, firm for $50, 900.
RTE jury in the damage suit of Mrs.
Emma Anderson against the Omaha Rail
way Company at Ashland returned a YER
dict awarding the plaintiff So, 600. Mrs
Anderson sued to recover damages for the
death of her husband, who was killed while
an employee of the company.
SERIOUS accident in the Methodist
Church at Bayfield, was averted by the pres
ence of mind of the Rev. Mr.. Turner.
Quite large congregation assembled to
hear the anniversary programme of the
Epworth League, and the great weight made
the floor settle gradually. Rev. Turner no.
hced the fact from his position in the pulpit.
He went down into the basement and saw
that his fears were correct. He then came
up again and dismissed the congregation in
sections SO that the floor would not be sub
jected to a great strain. In this manner the
church was cleared without an accident
4 was found that the floor had settled six
inches.
A PROPERTY loss of $50, 900, with small in
surance, one woman badly hurt by jumping
and sick man at the point of death are the
results of an early morning incendiary fire
Will of
north of Platteyille on the Northwestern
road. The fire started about midnight in
Stevens Bros hardware store, and is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin
The loss is almost total except in the case of
Stevens Bros, who carried fair insurance
on their stock.
FIRE in Montello destroyed a number of
buildings on Main and Barston streets in the
village. Fire was discovered by night work
men about A. NJ. in the barn of the Ameri-
can House. 1t spread quickly, setting fire
TO the buildings on either side. Before it
could be got under control it had destroyed
the American House, a large frame build
ing and barn; Schultz saloon and dwelling;
Henning's meat market dwelling and sew
eral outbuildlngs, also tenement-house F.
J. nage's brick dwelling and barn; Maui
@hey's saloon and house and bakery All
the live stock and buggies that were in the
American House barn were burned The
property destroyed was valued at upwards
of $4,000 and about $4,000 insurance was
carried on it.
AT the meeting of the Grand Temple, Pa
triarchal Circle, the following officers were
elected: Grand oracle, A. J. Smith of Wau-
kesha; grand yiCe-Oracle A. J. Perkins, of
9ledford; grand marshal, S. V. Kenyon, of
GAINESVILLE; secretary, E. B. Chamberlain, of
Whitewater; treasurer, r. G. Harper, of Mil
waukee.
ARTICLES of Incorporation have been filed
by the French Granite Company, of Ash
dand- The capital stock is S1OO, 900.
RICHARD RRooKs, well-known lumber
man of Manistee, Mich, intends to locate
an extensive single mill in Ashland.
The large boarding in the saw-mill |
district of Eau Claire, belonging 20 the Val
ley L7nber Company, burned. Most of the |
contents were saved. The loss will reach |
about s., 900; fully insured. 1t was occu- |
pied by mill workmen. John MCGOWAN, |
one Of the employees, was struck by falling |
and seriously hurt. William Car |
son, president of the Valley Company was
upstairs in the building when the fire
started. The flames ran through as if it
were a haystack. It was believed by the
large crowd that Carson was being burned
to death The firemen rushed in and
searched until the fire drove them out, but
Carson had already made his way out.
AS high as three tons Of perch were caught
some DAYS during the present spring at Lit
tie Sturgeon, Door County.
JUDGE A. W. NEWMAN, who has just been
elected to the state supreme bench, has pur-
chased the residence of A. P. Henderson at
Madison for S13, 500. He is to take posses
sion September L, when he will remove
there with his family, in readiness to take
up his duties on the supreme bench Janu-
airy 1.
THE Ashland Terminal Railway has been
permanently organized and officers elected.
The new company will at once commence
the work of securing the right-of-way and
surveying for a belt line around the city OF
Ashland. 1t is expected the line will be
completed by fall.
THE largest find of nets used illegally in
Wisconsin waters was made by Game War
den u. w. Fernandez a few days ago. He
went out into Lake Winnebago on the Lulu
C. and found seventy-five nets. He took
them to Oshkosh, where he saturated them
with kerosene and burned them EN- He es-
them. Mr.. Fernandez is making it unusu-
ally warm for parties engaged in unlawful
fishing.
FIRE damaged NJ. S. Soper's carriage
works at Ashland. The blaze started in the