Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-12-05

"A large frame building at KeWaunee,
owned by Frank Hamachek, was partly
destroyed by fire. Henry Stransky, a
fireman, fell off the roof and received
serious injuries.
While James McCone of Green Bay
was driving he came near losing a horse
by an electric shock. One of the guard
wires of the electric railway had broken
and fallen across the trolley in such
position that the horse stepped on it and
was Immediately knocked down. For
tunately the other horse made such dem
onstrations as to Immediately drag his
mate TO one side, which probably saved
his life
Herman Schultz, well known Ger
man citizen of GAINESVILLE, died suddenly
of heart disease. He was in the act Cf
getting out of bed when he fell to the
floor dead.
Sheriff Mckay of Chippewa Falls
has received a letter from Mrs. Ruddich,
residing at Argentine, Kas., asking the
Wherea bouts of her TWO sons, John and
Hugh Dowlan, last hes rd of at Vernona
junction in August about to take their
departure for the woods. Since then moth
ing has been heard from them and it is
feared they persisted in the recent forest
fires.
Edward Hipkin, the young fellow
who aided two burglars at the La Crosse
county Jail in a scheme to escape by
was arraigned before Judge Wyman at
his own request. He pleaded guilty to
the Information and was sentenced to
Waupun for two years.
Joe Ringmeyer, who lives few miles
from Two Rivers, shot himself in the
stomach. Medical aid was summoned
Immediately, which saved his life He
is still IN critical condition.
-1he Reeve u Gilman block at Ellis
worth caught fire and was consumed with
all it's contents. The lower floors were
occupied by Taylor Thompson and the
Adams Dry Goods company The upper
floors were occupied by two families, a
millinery store and A. Combacker's law
office. The occupants barely escaped
with their lives. The total loss was $15,-
000 with $4,000 insurance.
As the mixed accommodation train on
the Appleton branch of the st. Paul rail
way was leaving the trestle across the
rapids, freight car jumped the track
and the rear trucks swung around, strik-
ing box car on siding in front of the
Atlas paper mill The shock threw the
four passengers in the coach at the rear
OF the train out of Their seats. An aged
lady had her face badly cut on the back
of the seat If front of her, and George
Sloan of Hilbert, a brakeman, had his
hand badly cut in window.
The Chippewa Lumber and Boom COM
oany has begun packing its shavings. The
machinery for the work has arrived and
has been placed in position. The shavings
are gathered and baled the same way as
hay, and will be sold for bedding in stables
and other purposes The getting of the
shayings out of the danger from fire also
improves the mill plant as an insurance
risk. A number of Wisconsin mills are
adopting this method of disposing Of their
shayings
The city council of Depere granted a
franchise for an electric street railway
connecting with the Green Bay system
to James II. Gilmore and Frank Van
Derzee, upon the condition that the rail
road shall cross the river on a bridge
Of the railway company's own construc-
ton and run to the Chicago & North
Western depot.
The fish sheds of Wilson, Kalmbach
& Baker, situated at the north end of the
steamboat dock at Sturgeon Bay, were
destroyed by fire, together with all the
contents, consisting of nets and other APP
paratus such as is used by fishermen.
The loss on building and contents is esti-
mated at $500, while the insurance is
only $1,000.
Frank Otto of Burlington, who has
been student of perpetual motion for
the past twenty years, and who has made
fifty different machines, is at Racine
solved the mystery. A trial will be given
soon. Otto has expended thousands of
dollars on experiments.
The case of Mrs. Sarah King against
the town of Elambeau is being tried be-
fore Judge Marshall at Chippewa Falls.
Mrs. King is suing to recover from the
town $1,000 in orders which were in her
possession, having been taken as security
from Seymour's bank, prior to its close.
Two children of John Simon had a
thrilling adventure in the town of Nase-
waupee, Door county. While on their
way 20 school they met bear and her
cub. The old one took after the little
boy, and, catching him, picked him up.
Meanwhile the cub attacked the girl and
she began to scream, and the people who
were in farmhouse near by rushed to
the place where the children and bears
were. One of the men grabbed the boy
by the heels and managed to get the
child away from the bear which quickly
disappeared in the woods with her cub.
The children were not seriously hurt
The officers at Madison have just
taken into custody the first example of a
genuine woman tramp that they have ever
had occasion to confne. She was young
Or, at least, none that she will disclose,
and was found tramping along the rail
road track in company with a young man
who claims to be her husband. They
gave their names as Murphy, and said
that they tramped from Chicago. They
Peter Kelley, the night operator at
Pembine, the junction of the Milwaukee
& Northern and 500 railway lines, is I'M
Ter arrest at Marinette upon charge of
robbing the American Express company's
safe at Pembine. The evidence against
Kelley is purely circumstantial. His
previous record is untarnished, and he
strongly asserts his innocence of the crime.
Mrs w. D. Moody of Chicago, who
is claiming property at Streator, ILL.,, val
ued at $10,000,000, is sister of Joseph
Cramer, a policeman of Marinette, and a
sister of Mrs. Joseph Duket of Peshtigo.
She says that the city of Streator has
offered to settle with her for $3.50, 900,
out, that she has refused as she has good
proof of her right to the property.
1t is reported at Sheboygan that Chi
cago parties are interested in a project
to build new railway from Duluth
to the shore of Lake Michigan, south of
Kewaunee. 1t is stated Manitowoc will
give 100000 for the new road to make
the terminal there, ana that Neenah,
Menasha and Appleton will give $780,
900 to have the road enter those towns
The largest mortgage on record in
Winnebago county register Of deeds office
is for S1,250,000 and was issued January
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