Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-09
WISCONSIN NEWS.

500. In 1885 Raymond, who lives at
Whitcomb, was at Sheboygan on bust
ness He was out riding one evening
and drove over a pile of earth that had
been deposited in the road. He sued
the city for damages. The case has
been to the supreme court four times
and went to Outagamie County OH
change of venue.
BISHOP CHARLES II. FOWLER, Of Min
neapolis, has been appointed to sue
coed Bishop J. w. Joyce, of Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, to preside over the Wlscon-
sin conference. The next conference
will be held at Green Bay, September
%. 1t is understood that the Rev.
William Clark's friends will petition
the new bishop to reinstate him in the
church at Fond du Lac, he having been
transferred to Oshkosh by order of
Bishop Joyce.
J. L. WILCOX, who is serving four
year term in the Maryland penitentiary
for sweating" gold coin, is said to be
the man who was implicated in the
King diamond robbery at Villa Clara,
near Delavan, last August, when jewels
worth ST 600 were stolen.
JEREMIAH Donovan died at his home
in Chicago, aged 70 years. He was an
old settler of GAINESVILLE, removing to
Chicago about two years ago. The re-
mains were taken to GAINESVILLE for
burial.
Roy WILLIAMS, formerly of Hazel
Green, was elected mayor of Sioux
Falls, S. d., at recent election in that
city. He is a son of ]. S. Williams, of
Hazel Green.
THE case of Mary Mayer, charged
with the murder Of her first husband
Herman Groenke, will come up for
trial at Racine May ii.
LOUIS O'RoURKE and Patrick Null
cairns were arrested at GAINESVILLE on
charge of robbery. They were held for
trial IN $500 bonds.
So far only eleven saloon-keepers
have taken out licenses at Ashland.
Last year twenty-siX were taken out.
WILLIAM r. JONES, a GAINESVILLE car
riage trimmer, was assaulted by two
footpads near GAINESVILLE and relieved
of a roll of bills amounting to S110.
After rendering Mr.. Jones insensible
the robbers threw him off a bridge into
a creek, but the water was not deep
enough to drown him. He revived al
most as soon as he touched the water
and managed to crawl to the shore. He
was on his way to accept a position at
Freeport, Ill. Mr.. Jones was held up
by footpads in Minneapolis about five
months ago. No trace of tie robbers
has been found.
THE parents Of Blanche Florry, Kittie
Richardson, Bonnie and Mabel Meyer
and Myrtle Greenwood have COM
menced mandamus proceedings in the
circuit court at Beloit to compel the
Beloit School Board to admit the pupils
named. The parents of the children
rptTJSpd t0 have tbnTo tod
Miss VIOLA Tone, daughter of
wealthy widow of Belle, Green County,
was married secretly to Fred Jordan, a
young harness-maker of GAINESVILLE.
The mother of the young bride objected
TO the match, but has decided to forgive
her. The bride is a handsome blonde.
ALFRED BABTEAU, aged 36years, while
laboring under temporary alteration
caused by an injury to the head, COM
mltted suicide at his home in Appleton
by taking morphine. Barteau leaves q
wife IN Neenah from whom he sepa-
rated several years ago.
john c. BEECRoFT, the young man
who was taken to Racine from Iowa by
Sheriff Beatty, on a charge of having
stolen q suit of clothing from a fellow
bOarder, mad his examination and was
held to the circuit court for trial, bonds
being fixed at $500.
JAMES MURPHY, resident of Eden,
Fond du Lac County, had his right hand
mangled while making a coupling at
Iron Ridge. He was brakeman Oh
the St. Paul road.
The Madison fire department was
called out five times to subdue the
flames at Archie SCOTS house and J. H.
steinle's barn. The blazes were started
by incendiaries.
HAYES Bros, of GAINESVILLE, have I'M
dertaken a 100000 contract on the
Chicago drainage and ship canal the
work to be completed in the fall of
1896
Mrs. FANNIE DAVIS died suddenly of
heart disease at her home in the town
OF Bradford, Rock County. She was %
years Of age.
f. A. GROSS, of La Crosse, has been
awarded the contract Of building the
La Crosse County poorhouse.
FRED HANKEY and Otto Nickle were
struck by lightning while standing un-
der a tree beside q creek near Han
over, Rock County. Both were para
lyzed from the waist down. Hankey
fell into the water, and but for the
timely arrival of farmer he would
have drowned. 1t is thought the men
VII 1SSONCI Tic uSC o. JuSII 1ILlDS'
ABOUT a month ago john BueI, son of
the wealthiest farmer liz La Crosse
County, was married to Miss EwaTt. A
week later they separated on account Of
stories told about the woman which
came to the ears of BuePs father and
sister-in-law, and were, it is alleged,
spread by them. Mrs. Buel has begun
suit for defamation of character, claim
ing $4,000.
A MOVE has been started among Madi-
son business men to organize with other
cities in the state to secure lower fire
insurance rates and protection against
increases to pay the large losses IN the
great cities. The organization gets It's
impetus from increases which it IS
claimed have been made in cities like
Madison, La Crosse and GAINESVILLE to
partly make good the losses from the
series Of great fires in Milwaukee.
IN the probate court at Appleton in
the estate OF E. c. Golf, late president
of the Commercial Bank, final judg-
want on tho accounts WAS allowed