Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-29
WISCONSIN NEWS.

the services OF three new professors, re-
Gently called to important chairs. These
are Prof. George Merriman of the United
States Naval observatory and for twenty
years professor of mathematics at Ann
Arbor and Rutgers university, who will
have charge of the Underwood observa-
tory; Prof. Charles Treat, vice-president
of Maryville college, who will have charge
of the department of social science. The
fall term begins September II.
Morse Christensen, the 14-year-old
boy who shot a companion through the
neck while out hunting near Burlington,
was fined $25 and costs and put under
bonds to keep the peace.
The new sawmilI OF Arpin has been
completed. The mill is not as large as
the one burned, and has but one band
saw, but will be operated day and night
SO that the output will be about the same
as heretofore.
August Ladewig of Fond du Lac,
charged with attempted criminal assault
upon q girl, was bound over for trial in
800 bonds.
Two months ago James X. Tillotson
of Toledo was granted a franchise by the
Oshkosh council to put in an electric
street railway. He posted a forfeit of
$4,000 in money and later gave Il bond of
$4,000, signed by Star Route Dorsey,
No actual work has been done Now it
has been discovered that the grant is in
valid because it was not published two
weeks preceding its passage, according
to Chapter 14S of the laws of 1893. This
failure probably involves the interurban
railway plan, too.
C. W. Graves of Mineral Point. who
was the secretary of the state board of
Worlds fair managers, has received from
John Boyd Thacher'S bureau of awards Il
transcript of the award granted to group
53, mines and mining, which was the
-fn ~ @Ilna4, a-l,h. e ~
ores for commercial purposes, compris-
ing samples of the products of forty
seven different mines in southwestern
Wisconsin. The award is based upon the
natural value of the production. It is
classed by the judges as the best of any
district in the United States for the pro-
ductiOn of oxide of zinc.
Frank Saupe, a lineman employed in
building the metallic line to Marinette,
suffered a probably fatal accident at Duck
Greek, near Green Bay. With others
he was engaged in setting a pole. when
the pole fell, crushing him beneath it.
he received injuries to his back of a Seri-
Gus nature. The attending physician says
he cannot recover His home is i'll
Appleton.
-~AEadison's sea serpent" that has not
been seen III several years, has again put
in its appearance in Lake Mendoza. The
monster is described by the yeracious fish
Aiatt nv itSN SO W II NN 10 III u -"
that projects out of the water at least q
feet.
The Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad
company will establish shops at Bagiey
junction. giving employment to fifty or
sixty men.
Isaac Davis is under arrest at Osh-
koSh on a charge Of threatening TO kill
Thomas Jones.
The Appleton Driving Park club is
thinking of building Il new mile track
at that place.
Prospects in the shaft of the Filing
ton Exploring and Mining company, To-
Gated two miles north of Hortonville. are
frightening daily. At a depth of eighty
hive feet iron ore OF an excellent quality
has been discovered, and the company is
rapidly sinking the shaft through the ore
20 ascertain its depth. The ledge or
range in which the ore is located is thirty
or forty miles in length, extending east
and west through the central portion of
0utagamie county, and into Waupaca.
& second company has been organized
lately and options bought on territory adj
joining that upOn which the shaft is To-
Gated, pending the result Of the first COM
panyS explorations.
John Scott, an Oshkosh dentist, was
arrested a few days ago on a charge of
larceny of a set Of teeth. Mr.. Scott is a
member of the firm of Scott & Spengler,
Which sold to a man named Nahl i
set of false teeth for $50. OF thisS $40 had
been paid, but Wahl was backward in
producing the remaining SO. Scott went
10 the residence of his customer, it is
alleged, and inquired about the teeth,
making an examination also. While
lVahfs mouth was open Scott snatched
tue teeth and then departed. Wahl had
hum arrested and the matter was set
tied. Mir Scott paying the costs and
Naht agreeing to pay what was due on
the teeth, which were returned to him.
C. 3. Pride of Appleton will leave
pext week for the upper Ocont0 river
10 Sarvey a large water power which is
20 ie established at a point near the head
of f1te river, on the line of the proposed
galway from Cecil to ShawanO. A large
dam is to be built which will create a
water power of 1900 horsepower and
also crelte a reservoir where water will
be stored at high water and drawn upon
10y d0Wn-rlYer mills III seasons OF low
water. The parties interested in the i'm
pTeEement are Green Bay and OcontO
capitalists, and the property thus created
will be a very valuable one.
r "A Stevens Point man has in his
possession a SO bill on the back of which,
Is ned ink, is written the following: This
is the last of a dOwery of $500 left me
by qay uncle. | spent it ali gambling
one aight when | was drunk Beware
OF wine and women. Charles Winthrop
The bill was taken in the course Of bust
ness.
The chair of history and political sci
ence of Lawrence university, made va
cant by the resignation of Prof. Ray
mond, has been filled by the election of
Prof Merica, a graduate of Depauw uni
yeFsity, and president of the institution
nj 8arySville, Nc
Tony Christensen, a Racine lad, was
accidentally shot through the jaw by a
companion in the town of Dover. The
parents Of the wounded boy swore out u
warrant for the arrest of Morris Christen-
son, the boy who did the shooting.
-SUpt. Whitehead and Rabbi Hecht Of
Milwaukee superintendent the organiza-
ton of a humane society at Stevens
Point. The officers elected are: Presi-
deuS, ". b. Buckingham; vice-president,
MrS. B0sWorth; secretary, Mrs. q. +.
Andrae; treasurer, Miss Irene Cobb;
county agent, Z. L. Stitt. The society is
permanent.
The manufacturers of Menasha met
at tine Office of the John Strange paper
milf TO arrange for the defense Of a suit
began by the Neenah Water Power com
pam against the owners and users of
pstIic water in Menasha. Neenah claims
Il