Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-03-28

| TO give up half her fortune to the man
| she narrles. There is, however, pro-
yiso. The man who gives her his name
and the love and protection of a hus-
band must have a fair share Of personal
beauty, an agreeable disposition and
record free from blemish, and he must
exhibit and prove good business
ability. He must be capable of man
aging the five farms representing her
! tionate regard and loving minis
| tration for which the heart
| of the maiden yearns. The
| young woman recently wrote
! to matrimonial bureau in Chicago and
| then went to that city. She spent the
day in examining applicants, but none
| Of them seemed to suit: When seen at
am looking for a husband, and I'm
pretty well fixed, too. Those two
| farms in Jackson township are worth
| $50 an acre, and the other three you
couldn't buy for cent less. All are
| we'll stocked and improved, too. You
see, dads getting old now, and | have
| to do the whole business. The tenants
| give us lots of trouble, and | want a
man who can attend to the business
properly. None of the lads of the
| Wisconsin University at Madison suits
me, and SO I advertised for husband.
| That's the quickest and best way to get
one, don't you think?'
DIR. w. l.. HOLIOCK has commenced a
$4,000 damage suit against DR.. Robert
! Kitto, of Racine. 1t is alleged that DR..
hittO sold his practice TO DIR. Pollock
and agreed not to practice within fifty
miles of Racine for five years, and that
! he has broken the contract by practic-
ing in the city.
THE stranger who recently died in a
hospital at Fort Wayne, Ind, is sup
posed to have been Samuel H. HAM
mond, a former attorney Of Fond du
Lac. Mr.. Hammond left Fond du Lac
| several months ago and nothing more
! had been heard of him.
| JOHN REYNOLDS had narrow escape
| from death at Madison. He was driv-
| ing when the animal became frightened
and dashed into an electric car. The
horse was killed and the buggy
wrecked. Mr.. Reynolds escaped with
slight injuries.
| CARL FITzKE, fireman IN the La
| Crosse vinegar works, had his face ter
| ribly burned while shoveling shavings
into the furnace, the flames shooting
! out and scOrching his face and burning
| eff all his hair.
JOHN MURPHY, the man arrested in
/
| the Wisconsin Central depot at Me-
nasha, was taken to the latter city and
! bound over for trial. His bail was fixed
| at $500.
THE Belle City Malleable Iron Com
Pany, at Racine, will rebuild their
factory destroyed by fire few days
ago. A commodius brick structure will
! be erected.
THE city of Ashland has gained q
point n the fight with the Water Power
| Company. When the injunction was
served City Attorney Copeman begun
new tactics. He drew up warrants for
! the arrest of Wheeler and Mcintyre, of
| the Water Company, on the same
| charge as Wheeler was convicted of be-
| fore Judge Parish, that of eXacting
| illegal and exorbitant water rates. He
had the papers all prepared and was
| about to cause the arrest of the two
officials and direct an officer to take
! them to the city jail, when the repre-
| sentatives of the company appeared on
the scene and agreed that if Mr.. Cope
man would not cause the arrest of
! Wheeler and Mcintyre, the Water
Company would allow the city to turn
On all water that had been turned off
and would agree not turn off any more
water until the injunction could be ar
gued before Judge Parish.
| LIGHTNING struck the barn of John
| Sturn, Menasha farmer, and killed one
! horse and calf. The barn was burned
| together with all the contents.
| THE Oshkosh Electric Light plant is
| about to Oe sold under the hammer,
which will freeze Oshkosh people out
! of $50, GOO in stock and bonds. An at
torney Of the Massachusetts Loan &
| Trust Company, which holds trust
| deed to protect 500 900 worth Of bonds
| held by Eastern parties. is on his way
to Oshkosh TO petition the court to
order sale. The company is now in
| the hands of receiver. If the plant
| is sold it will not bring 100000, and the
| Oshkosh people interested see no way
to save themselves.
THE body of a well-dressed man about
50 years Of age was found floating in the
| appearance Of having been in the water
] several weeks. There were no marks Of
| violence.
CLAUDE GRESHAM, Of Spring Prairie,
was held up by two men and relieved Of
| $40. He was severely injured about the
| head by a blunt instrument in the
| hands of one Of the men.
A GANG of tramps at Appleton were
| discussing A. ?. A.-ism and the result
was a general fight. One tramp had his
| cheek laid open. The police were
called to suppress the riot.
TIE case of Daniel Cameron vs.. the
City of La Crosse, known as the park
case, will come up before the United
States court Of appeals In Chicago this
week.
HERMAN ScnEIvER died of injuries he
received two weeks ago by getting
caught under a falling tree. He resided
at BOstWick Valley, La Crosse County.