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

away. The babe was run over and in
stantly killed, the elder child picked up
insensible, n Mr.. and Mrs. Holt were
severely cut and bruised about the head
and limbs. The girl was found to nave
received severe but not fatal bruises about
the head.
On complaint of Thomas Luschinger,
dairy and food commissioner five farmers
of Franklin, Kewaunee county, were ar
rested by Sheriff Stangel and taken be-
tore Justice Lunak to answer Il criminal
charge for selling understandable and
skinned milk to a Franklin cheese fac
tory. The case will be heard September
is.
Only eight witnesses were examined
in the French murder case at Ashland
when the state rested. When the in
sanity issue comes up DR.. Walter Kemp
ster, the insanity expert of Milwaukee,,
will be put on the stand by the state in
the way of rebuttal.
Michael Leinen, - years of age, COM
mitted suicide at Kenosha by jumping
into the lake. He became Respondent on
account of a business deal.
While August Schubring was drilling
a well on the farm of Gottlieb SteineIle,
in the town of Brillion, be struck a vein
of natural gas at a depth of ninety-eight
feet which threw the drill 80 feet in the
air with such force that it crashed
through the roof of a barn in it's descent.
nc CAllOI IOI " 1ccb dIOtllu
the well. The roaring can be heard for a
quarter of a mile ava and the eruption
resembles steam.
Archie Macabee and Edward Dyer,
the two boys who were recently caught
IN the act of robbing a Green Bay, Wi
mona & st. Paul freight car in South
Fort Howard. and who pleaded guilty
when arraigned, nave been sentenced by
Judge Hastings. Macabee was given
thirteen months and Dyer one year in
the state prison at Waupun.
The stockholders of the Bank of Man
Itowec, the new bank recently organized
at ManitowOc, held a meeting and reor-
gained into a national bank with a CAPT
tai of 100000. The name of the new
bank is the National Bank of Manitowoc.
The officers elected are: l.. d. Moses,
president: Leander Choate, vice-president;
Clarence Hill, cashier.
The corOner's jury at Eau Claire,
which investigated the shooting of Abb
5ah Moon, returned Il verdict that he
came to his death from Il pistol shot fired
by one of the officers while Moon was re-
slsting arrest, and that the shooting was
Iustihable. 1t is not known which officers
bullet killed Moon. The evidence showed
that Moon fired first.
V. Kellogg, Il farmer living one mile
from Cumberland, has discovered gold,
silver aud copper in paying quantities on
ais farm. and q company has been formed
and a prospecting shaft is now being
sunk. He made the discovery while dig
ging a well. There is considerable ex-
citcment over the matter.
LOREN Hoy has sold to LOREN Wren
bold the crop of fifteen acres of potatoes
located three miles northeast of. Waupaca
for $1,000. The potatoes will yield about
$50 bushels to the acre.
Swan Peterson, a coal HEAVIER. com
United suicide at Superior by cutting his
h nnn IIn- bod baAa a-f - y-anl- fN-
some time and had become Respondent.
In the circuit court at Racine Judge
Fish signed a Judgment of custer in the
VS.. /. O. Schaefer ex rel, Peter Tiedeman
VS.. J.. q. Schaefer. Last spring Schaefer
was elected alderman of the Seventh
ward. At the time he held a position
as school commissioner Tiedeman held
that according to the city charter Schaef-
er was ineligible. He began an action
TO unseat Schaefer. A demurrer was en-
the same. The time having expired in
which to answer he signed the Judgment
of custer. This leaves Tiedeman alder
man of the Seventh ward until a special
election IS held and a successor is elected
and qualities. The council will order a
special election at its next session.
Mrs. Fred ]. Bartels of Madison was
seriously burned by the explosion Of a
gasoline stove.
Mrs. Sarah H. Thompson, aged 81
years, passed away at her home in RAJ
&c.
Harry BARNARD, charged with adul-
terry, appeared before the county judge at
Appleton by petition, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to fourteen months III
the penitentiary. His paramount, Mrs.
Mary Belskey of ManiWa. has petitiOned
TO adopt the same course and Will be
sentenced neXt week.
The investigation into the affairs of
Cha RJ1Uhpa nStotn of which tho Row
Dr. Spencer was administrator, was ON
Gnued IN the county court at Racine.
No further shortage than the $500 al
ready reported was discovered, and the
discussion hinged mainly on the question
of allowing DR.. Spencer a commission to
be deducted from the shortage. A per
diem was allowed and the probabilities
are that the heirs will bring suit against
the doctor and his bondsmen to secure
the amount of the shortage.
The Winnebago Prohibitionists nom
mated the following ticket at Oshkosh:
sheriff, Horace Van Kirk, N~epeuskun;
clerk of court, Martin Christianson, OSh-
kosh; county clerk, W. B. NJ. Torrey,
Neenah; register of deeds, H. Hunt,
Rushford; county treasurer, NJ. V. 5.
Sperbeck. Algoma; district attorney, G.
III. Forward. Oshkosh; register Of pro-
bate, A. G. JorgensOn, Winchester; cor
oner. ". V. Jones, gtic2.
At a special meeting of the Appleton
council the franchise of the Interurban
electric railway was amended and laid
over until the nett meeting for further
consideration The only point of dis
agreement in the council seems to be the
route through the city.
"A train jumped the track one mile
east of Benson station, Crawford county,
ditching four cars and demOliShlng two.
They had to be burned in order to clear
up The debris Conductor Sheets received
come minor bruises.
Mrs. NJ. AIlin, formerly a resident of
Fond du Lac, was chosen as delegate to
the state convention at Grand Junction,
Col. for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for governor.
Patrick Holleran, a laborer at Me
nasha. attempted to commit suicide by
drowning. He was rescued by two men
and then repented his action.
In September, 1881, Louis g.. Rose,
who Il few years previous to that time
was a telegraph op Gator in Appleton,
was convicted of the murder of Andrew
MARE and his 14-year-old son who lived
xao1oItJ,a.y 70 him ON a farm Hn1H ElIS-