Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-09-26
WISCONSIN NEWS.


met and spent the day, it being thirty-one
years since they had all met together.
Their names are John and Charles A.
Massee of Sturgeon Bay, A. g. NJ, AL
fred and Joseph Massee and Mrs. Celia
Bersie of this city, and Mrs. G. Deranitz
of Fort Howard. In 1862 the seven met
at Green Bay and had q photograph TAX
en-, four of the boys being about to enter
the army. At that time they hardly expect
ed to all meet again, but after thirty-one
years the same seven had another photo
graph taken, each occupying the same po-
SItIon as IN the first one. The two pict-
ures Will be treasured as valuable me-
mentOes of the family.
The annual reunion of the Third Regi-
Iaent, Wisconsin Volunteer infantry was
held at Portage. Following are the
oIhcers elected for the ensuing year: Pres
1dent, l. Giddings, Neenah; vice-presi-
dent, g. IL. Bates, Lamartine; secretary,
w. e. GO0dhue, Milwaukee,; treasurer
J. w. Hinkley, Minneapolis. Fond du
Lac was selected as the place for holding
the next reunion, and it will begin on
"Wednesday nearest the anniversary of
the battle of Antietam which was fought
September II.
"A hard-hearted brakeman elected
from his train Philo Mccoy, a little blind
lad of Fond du Lac, who had been lifted
into an empty car by some of his COM
pani0nS just as the train began to move
out, The boy felt his way along a fence
and very luckily stumbled against a
farmhouse, where he was we'll taken
care Of
Col Gabe Bouck, seeing about fifty
children at the entrance to the Oshkosh
fair, inquired the price of admission for
the youngsters. The ticket seller hesitat-
ed a moment and then replied: about
So" ''Well. let 'em ill.," said Gabe, and
he drew from his pocket the required
sum.
The fleet schooner yacht Merlin has
been purchased by Jesse d. Sarles, a
prominent member of the Racine Yacht
club, from Commodore Horace j. Conley
of the Green Bay Yacht club. During
the coming winter the Merlin will be TAX
en- to the shipyard and given modern
oVerhang bow and stern, iengthening the
yacht ten feet on the overall measure
iment, without changing the water line,
however. The present suit of sails is
considered by Capt. Sares to be too small
Tor a yacht of the Merlin's size, and
she will be fitted out with new lofty masts
and sparS, which will spread $500 square
feet of canvas to the breeze The cabin
will receive a complete overhauing, and
1t will be much improved. The Merlin
under the command of Capt. COnley. has
proved herself to be the fieetest schooner
yacht on Lake Michigan for her size
She is the only one that has been able
to defeat the crack Hawthorne of Chicago
during the season, and in two races has
managed to keep within her time allow
ance
GAINESVILLE saloon men will contest the
election which placed the license at $500
on the ground that the election was not
conducted in accordance with law. There
were three separate ballots, one for 5000,
one for $500 and one for $500, which
fhey claim were irregular They also
claim that the ballot clerks in some cases
compelled voters to name the amount
they desired to vote for and handed out
ballots accordingly.
I The marriage of Miss Laura E. Ma
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
4Mason Of Chicago. to Robert l. Wall.
WISCONSIN representative of the n X
EaIrbanb company of Chicago. took place
On the Presbyterian church at Fond du
Lac. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. B. Wall of Fairfield. Ia father
of the groom, who was assisted by the
Rev. John Baltzly.
Fire originated from a steam thresher
on the farm of Fred Gertz near Alma
Betore anything could be done the threSh-
ing machine, a new one owned by 7.
Averback, was burned. The loss to Gertz
was about 1000 bushels of wheat 500
bushels of oats and some barley. The
house, barn and contents were also con-
sumed.
Mrs. Laura Weaver McMann. who
o2i du Lac September 6, and whose
husband died two weeks ago from the
same cause, died on the Goth inst. after
two weeks of the most acute suffering.
A. ID. eastman, the young man who
disappeared from Racine recently. has
been heard from at New York He is on
MS way to Florida and gives as an ex-
cVse for leaving that his health failed
ny:
@--Austin Vhittemore. on trial at Ke-
nosha for shooting Schmarrow and For
rey, was acquitted The defendant
claimed that the killing was in self-de-
Tense.
The Diamond Match company will
shortly begin the most extensive seasons
logging operations ever known in Wiscon-
sin. Timber to the extent of 200, 100000
feet has been burned over and the match
company wishes to save the logs from
the destructive worm that so quickly eats
the best part of the pine away. To do
this, this immense amount of timber will
nave to be put IN the streams almost at
once. The Diamond Match company is
very wealthy concern and proposes to
preserve most of this burned timber.
With this in mind the most extensive
logging operations ever carried on by one
company in the world will be started in
the Northern forests. The company will
hire innumerable jobbers who will have
on their pay rolls an army of men. If
the 200, G00 900 feet of charred logs can
be rolled in the water soon an untold
amount of money can be saved. 1t is es-
Iimated that between 20Q0 and 1000 men
will be given employment, and work will
be afforded hundreds of teams.
-AdQlph DalZer, a Russian residing at
GAINESVILLE is about to return to his native
land He has taken out naturalization pa
pers, as during November the Russian of
hciaIs go through the country picking up
all the able-bodied young men for service
in Che army. and some who refuse to
serve are transported to Siberia as po-
al prisoners.
Burglars attempted to rob the safe
If he Rev Father Boucher at the st.
L0ais church parsonage at Fond du Lac
wh lie the reverend father was absent.
t. safe shows marks Of the heavy
nounding it received, evidently with a
sIelge, but it remained unopened.
The proceedings against William Ayl-
ward of Neenah, the man arrested on sus-
pieion of having committed the murder