Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-03-07

doing business there, and that the SerV-
ice upon the Insurance commissioner
gave the court jurisdiction, and rem
dered judgment Tor Mr.. Thompson.
A. L. BENNER and lis three stalwart
sons were taken from Odanah and ar
raigned before United States Court
Commissioner Tompkins at Ashland;
bonds to appear ingthe federal circuit
court at Madison. They are charged
with taking liquor on the reservation.
THE Oshkosh Common Council has
passed an ordinance declaring the nick
l-intheslOt machines a gambling de-
vice, and torbidding their operation IN
that city.
JoHN Brown disturbed Salvation
Army meeting at Oshkosh and as a re-
suit he will spend thirty days in the
county Jail.
FIRE destroyed a barn at Oshkosh
owned by Henry Barber. The loss is
500, partly covered by insurance.
Mrs. OLIVE 2. KAYE, a pioneer of
Fond du Lac County, died at her home
in Fond du Lac. aged II years.
The coming year will wind up a great
deal Of the lum Der business in the vicin
ity of Black River Falls. AT Mckenna,
a few miles east of Black River Falls,
the firm of Williams & Salsisch will
complete the work of cutting their TIM
Der about August, and will then tear up
and 90 to other fields. This will leave
the now stirring little village, of Nc
Nenna with it's $50 families without life
or means of subsistence, and all
will be deserted, as the extensive
mill is all there is. This company
has cleared away and cut up logs
from thousands Of acres and for years
has employed an army Of men. Ieda,
another village Of about the sameslze
of McKenna, that has been built 80
that the two nearly touch each other,
the summer. 1t has been built up by
the George Warren Company, and has
nothing back of it but the mill. The
George Warren Company is negotiating
for q large tract Of timber among the
cypress swamps of the far South. This
company also owns fine village twenty
miles from Black River Falls, which
will doubtless sink into state of
''inocuous desuetude."
THE terrible deed of Even Evenson
committed a few days ago in the town
of Greenfield, La Crosse County, will
no doubt result in the loss of one if not
two lives. Mrs. Evenson lies at DEATH
door with broken right leg, with 4
pistol wound in the left leg, similar
injury in the left arm and bullet in
her back Even Evenson is helpless
with wound in his head, caused by a
ball fired with his own hand, and his
throat is so badly cut that he breathes
through silver tube. His brother
Theodore is able to be about with an
ugly scalp wound. Their home resem-
bles hospital. Even Evenson had
quarreled with his brother a few days
previous to the tragedy and had at
tempted to kill him with an axe handle
Even is thought to be insane and will
be taken to the county Jail as soon as he
can be removed.
HERMAN SCHWIER, of BOstwick Valley,
La Crosse County, met with an acct
dent which may cause his death. He
was engaged in lowering tree down
the side Of bluff when he got caught
between the imprsyised ."block" and
another tree and his ribs were crushed
into his lungs.
THE Eau Claire authorities entered
the store Of II. f. Converse, at that
place, and carried off two slot machines.
MIR. Converse was notified to appear in
court to answer q charge OF keeping
gambling devices. The latter says be
will fight the case to the end.
ROBERT McBURNEY has been arrested
at Rhinelander on the charge of killing
his infant child. The complainant is
his divorced wife. The latter says the
crime was committed two years ago,
but she dared not tell the story before
for fear of her life. An S-year-old
daughter of the couple corroborates the
statement of Mrs. McBurney. The hus-
band is in jail.
IN the matter Of the appointment of a
receiver for the property of the Kicka-
poo Valley & Northern Railway Com
pany, at Madison, Judge Bum an
nOunced that he had decided that re-
ceiver should be appointed, but would
delay the appointment for one week to
enable the parties in interest to agree
upon some person to act as receiver. If
they fail the court will select the re-
ceiver.
FIRE destroyed the plant Of the Ra-
cine Iron Company at Racine Junction
The buildings were owned by W. 5.
Bufham, and the loss is s., 200; insur-
ance, S., 900. The loss on the machinery
and stock is $4,000; insurance, Sc, 600
Seventy-five men are thrown out of en-
ployment. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
MATT HANSEN, a Neenah youth, was
arrested on complaint Of his father for
making threats and general abusive
ness. Young Hansen has served a term
at the State Industrial School, and was
let out on condition that he would do
better. He will be returned to the
Waukesha reformatory.
THE committee appointed at mass
meeting Of Oshkosh citizens to investi-
gate the cases Of alleged discrimination
on the part of the Chicago & North
Western Railroad as to ice rates, has
filed report completely generating
the company from any favOritism.
AT meeting of the Fireman's Relief
Association of Racine, it was voted to
donate $500 for the benefit Of the poor
of the city, that being the amount
cleared from their annual mask ball
held the forepart of this month.
DOMINICK DYER, the weil-known
Stevens Point lumberman, who was in
jured IN a lumber camp at Cadott
week ago. died at his home in Stevens
Point He was 40 years OF age and
leaves an estate worth $4,000
CHARLES HEsLIN, resident Of Mari
nette has sued the city of MenOminaa