Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-11-14
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The home of B. T.. Larkin at Madi'
son was entered by burglars and gold
watch and several other articles of jewel
~ taken. III the evening of the same day
the home of George Fish of Waunakee
was entered and $3.50 in bills taken.
There have also been several other small
burglaries. and it is believed the work
was done by a woman or a man who
dresses in woman's clothes.
The sheriff of Fond du Lac county
prevented a wholesale jail delivery
through his vigilance. He was awakened
during the night by a slight noise and
he at once started OH an investigating
tour. He found one of the window bars
partially sawed through. The work was
done by the three men arrested a few
days ago on charge of burglary.
During Il thunder storm lightning
struck Il tree that stood a few feet from
the corner of A. +. Porter's house in
Pacific, Columbia county. The tree was
torn to slivers. The bolt then plowed a
ditch to the corner of the house, tearing
off the siding and shaking up things i'll
general
--Inez Garnet. aged "A years, started
down the burlington railroad track at La
Crosse At Calvert, five miles distant she
took dose of acOnte and died after eX-
IRENE suffering at the house of farmer
near by. No cause is assigned except
temporary insanity.
Ambrose l.. Lannon, whose death Oc-
CURED at Lannon, was one of the Oldest
residents of Wisconsin. He settled i'm
Milwaukee i'll 1876 and lived there until
1891, when he went into the northern
part of the state. In 1886 he was an
pointed postmaster at Lannon Springs
George Barker, one of the oldest en-
gineers of the Lake Shore division of the
Chicago u North Western road, was sud
denly attacked with apopleXy at Manito-
woe and fell to the sidewalk He now
lies in critical condition.
w: III. Smith, farmer living near
kenOsha, found a trunk and a valise
concealed III his haystack A book was
found in the trunk with the name of I.ud-
wick Genisinger. The authorities are
investigating the matter.
There is movement on foot at Mad
ison looking towards the purchase of
land 1T the eastern terminus of the city
street car line. in the town of Blooming
Grove, for fair grounds for Dane county
All the Devils Nose, short distance
from Devils lake, there was a wreck on
the Northwestern road which resulted fa-
tally. A gang of men was laying new
rails, and, failing TO flag a freight. it
plunged into an open place. The engine
with Engineer Hatch still at the throttle
rolled over and over down the bank forty
feet high. The engineer was badly in,
jured but will recover. The fireman had
jumped. Several ears also went down.
There was rebellion at the La Crosse
high school election day. 1t had been de-
cided not to close the schools but to give
the pupils the holiday the day after
Thanksgiving. The high school boys OBJ
jected They gathered near the school
to keep others from attending and the re-
suit was that only about third Of the
pupils answered the roll call
Dogs are again making sad havoc
among the sheep hocks of Racine county
Nineteen sheep Of G. s. Foster of Mt
Pleasant were recently killed, and ten
head Of \. Sewell were killed and twenty
badly injured
Thomas Brennan and Frank Burns
are under arrest at GAINESVILLE on a charge
of robbing the Columbia creamery in the
town of Turtle. Both entered a plea of
not guilty. They Will have Il hearing No
vember u.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dwinnell Chandler,
wife of Prof. Charles H. Chandler. died
at her home in Ripon. Mrs. Chandler
had been i'll with pneumonia but short
time and her death was very sudden.
The Philip Hendricks company of Wa,
tertown, furniture manufacturrers, has
made an assignment for the benefit of cred
itors. c. II. Joceii is the assignee. The
liabilities are estimated at $4,000.
AT Il meeting of the Neenah common
council the interurban franchise came IN
and was referred to the city attorney
and ordinance committee, who will inves-
tigate it thoroughly between now and the
next meeting of the council, November
-, when they will make Il report.
Henry j. Lehman, for several years
proofreader in the secretary Of states
office, died at his home in Madison of con-
sumption. The deceased was about ~
years of age, an old printer, and was
editor of several German newspapers in
this state i'll former years.
Stephen D. Benedict, for many years
a prosperous farmer in the town of Osh-
kosh, but of late years q resident of Sa-
bin, Mimi, died very suddenly at his
home
"A man giving his name as Carlson
pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at
PeshtigO and was sentenced to one year
III state prison.
John Hose was severely injured in a
runaway accident while returning home
from election at Wayne, Washington
county.
On the morning of July 20 Everett
Newell started on the back of a broncho
from his home in Stoughton, Dane county,
for New York city. At Akron. O., the
pony's back became so sore that he was
obliged to sell him. He made KNAPP
sack out of one of the saddlebags and
walked the rest of the way to New York
city. The route took him through the oil
and gas regions of Northwestern Penn
sylvania and across the Wild almost I'M
inhabited mountains and valleys of the
northern part of the state. He reached
New York city safe and sound and in
much better health than when he started.
Judge Henry Textor, well-known at
torney of Bayfield, and county judge of
bayfield, county, died very suddenly. He
had been suffering for several days from
an attack of tonsilitis, but was thought
to be out of danger. He was % years old,
unmarried and without relatives there.
He was prominent Mason and Odd Eel
low and the remains were taken in charge
by these two orders.
John Morgan of Baraboo has begun
suit against the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway company for $4,000
damages, alleged to have been sustained
through the overturning of a cutter by
defective crossing a sidetrack on
Thompson street in Portage last winter.
The case is for trial at the November
term of the circuit court.
William Trepanier was terribly
scalded about the lower body while work