Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-02-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

organized and is ready for business, and
a steamboat line between Oshkosh and
Fremont, and Oshkosh and the east
| shore of Lake Winnebago, the coming
summer, is assured. The contract for q
new boat will be let in few days.
THE body of the late Henry Carpen-
ter, of Portage, was laid at rest in the
government cemetery near old Fort
Winnebago under permit by an assist
ant quartermaster of the United States
army, through an application by
Rousseau Post, G.. A. r.
ASA l.. BoYCE, one Of the early set
tiers of Dane County, died at his home
in the town Of Vienna, aged ~ years.
He was a member CT the Assembly in
1851 and again in 1865. He was also an
active member of the State Horticul-
tural Society.
Mrs LOUIS HEIDKE was driving from
her home in Arkansaw to Durand, hay
ing in her arms q 3-mOnths-old babe.
When she reached her destination she
was Mortified to find her child dead, it
having been smothered by its wraps.
AUGUST LAABs, the Appleton youth
who is under arrest on a charge of
forgery, had his hearing postponed
until February 10. The authorities say
he will plead guilty and accept SEN
tence.
MARK H. IRISH, for many years pro-
prietor of the Park Hotel at Madison,
died at Toronto, Ont. Mrs. r. B.
Ogilvie, of Madison is daughter of
the deceased.
IT cost Carrot Stellingware $27 for APP
plying harsh names to Byron Mulder,
his brother-in-law. The parties reside
few miles north of La Crosse.
REPORTS from Oshkosh state that the
schools in the town of Eldorado have
been closed on account of the prev
alence of diphtheria there.
PRESS WADE, an Ashland young man,
has been arrested on charge of carry
ing concealed weapons. He was held in
5000 bonds.
d. S. CORNELL died at his home in
Ashland, aged 72 years. He was former
ly a resident Of Eau Claire.
JUDGE SIEBECKER has handed down
his decision in the cases of the several
village and school treasurerB who had
funds on deposit in the defunct Oregon
bank of Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co. They
claimed preference over other creditors
of the bank on the ground that their
deposits were of public funds. The
court finds in the cases of II. d. Han
son, treasurer of the village of Oregon,
and Amasa Parker, school district treas
urer, that they did not notify the Off
GERS of the bank that their deposits
were of public funds, and they must
stand as individual deposits. B. G..
Martin, school treasurer of District No.
l, town of Dunn, the court finds, did so
notify the bank, and his claim is sus-
tanned
THE death of Charles Daniels, the s.
year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs Daniels,
M no hInh of Och
kosh from what is claimed to be the
result of vaccination, has caused a scare
In the vicinity of Neenah and q great
many parents are refusing to have their
children vaccinated until the case of the
Daniels child is investigated.
Four tramps were arrested at Osh-
kOsh and assigned to shovel snow off
sidewalk before receiving their break
fast. They refused to comply with the
request and went without anything to
eat. The mayor has issued an order
that no tramp be given food until he has
worked the required time.
THE mayor and City Council of Racine
have been notified by the supervisors
of the town of Stevens Point that they
are caring for a Racine pauper named
August Kopitzke and demand that he
be taken back to Racine County.
Mrs. ELIZABETH TILToN died in hos
pital at Chicago, the result Of an opera
ton for the removal of tumor. She
was a resident of Racine and about 43
years of age. The remains were taken
to Racine for burial.
The Winnebago Furniture Company,
OF Fond du Lac, employing 26O men,
will resume operations on February 10.
The factory was closed one week before
Christmas.
A WARRANT has been issued for the ar
rest of Mrs Michael Maer, formerly of
Racine, charging her with the murder Of
her former husband, Herman Groenke,
who died at Racine last August under
suspicious circumstances. The brothers
Of the man suspected foul play, and,
after the widow married again and left
the city, had the body OF Groenke ex-
humed and the stomach sent to Chicago
for examination. Large quantities of
arsenic were found. The complaint is
made by Charles Groenke, brother of
the deceased. The whereabouts of the
woman is not known
WILLIAM MEACHAM, formerly resi-
dent Of Appleton, is not having a rosy
path to travel. He was released from
the county jail at Oshkosh a few days
ago, having served a term for obtaining
money under false pretenses. He was
at once re-arreSteQ and taken TO apple
ton to answer to d charge of horse steal
ing.
WILLIE CHURCH, the young man who
is in the Fond du Lac County Jail, hav-
ing been bound over to the circuit court
for trial, on charge of committing the
robbery of the North Western depot at
Oakfeld has filed an application with
the clerk of the court to plead guilty.
He will be sentenced by Judge Richter
February 10.
MISSES AGGIE AND EMMA ROGERS were
badly injured in collision with a street
car at La Crosse while driving. Miss
Aggie Rogers sustained confusion upon
the head, resulting i'll paralysis of the
left side of her body and the right side
of her face. Her recovery is doubtful.
Emma Rogers had her ankle broken.
CAPT. W. H. LEWIS, soldier during
the late war, died at his home in Union
Grove, Racine County, aged 81 years.
He was member of the @. A. r.