Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-03-14
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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dolph, recently celebrated the sixty
fifth anniversary of their wedding. Mr..
Carlisle is in his Goth year and Mrs.
Carlisle is 80 years of age. They set
tied in Randolph forty-two years ago
and raised eleven children, five of whom
are yet living. Mr.. Carlisle recently
whitfield out a wooden chain, four feet
| long, and containing fortyfve links,
| of Cambria.
ELLIS OLSON, who disappeared from
his home in Marinette a few days ago,
was found dead in a swamp near that
city. He was 81 years of age. tits sup
posed his mind was unbalanced and
that he wandered away and persisted
from exposure.
BANKER Ii. G.. PUTNAM of Eau Claire,
| is opposed to the city rendering assist
ance to the poor. He thinks it should
all be done by the associated charities}
JACOB BENDER, who was accused Of
stabbing James McNeese, at GAINESVILLE,
was found guilty and sentenced to six
months in the county jail.
JOHN K OzICzKoWsKI, an old resident
of Sharon, Portage County, died at his
| home few days ago. While digging a
we'll, number of years ago, KOziczkow-
SKI was buried by cave-in, fully fifty
feet below the surface. There he re-
manned for nearly forty-eight hours be-
fore the rescuing party could succeed in
reaching him. He was nearly suffO-
Gated, but regained his health in a short
time.
The directors of the Racine Hotel
| Company have issued q card in which
they call attention to the fact that they
ordered the issue of 100000 6 per cent.
bonds, for ten years, by a mortgage
upon the hotel property. Jackson |.
Case, L. S. Blake, F. X. Bull, Joseph
Miller and O. w. Johnson have guar
anteed the payment Of the bonds.
The Wisconsin q Michigan Logging
Railway has hauled about 40 100000 feet
of logs for the different Menominee and
Marinette mill companies since last fall,
and there are vet upwards of 80, 10000
feet on the landing. The railway log
gjng company operates three camps be-
sides hauling the logs gotten out by
twelve jobber5.
HENRY B. HALvoRsoN, of the town of
New Hope, Portage County, has been
committed to the Northern Hospital at
Oshkosh He had a severe attack of
the grippe last fail, and his present
trouble is laid to that disease.
THE Fond du Lac members of the
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scribed about two-thirds Of the amount
necessary to build and equip a passen-
ger steamboat with carrying capacity
Of 80 to 200 passengers.
GoTTFRIED EGGLER, young farmer
residing near La Crosse, scratched his
arm with the claw of a dead chicken
about three weeks ago Blood poison
ing set in and he may lose his arm
JOHN E. SLOANE, formerly a resident
of La Crosse, was killed by the cars at
Peoria, Ill. He was employed as assist
ant yardmaster for the Chicago, Bur-
lington q Quincy road.
HENRY TIETCO committed suicide by
hanging at the Bay boom, near Osh
kosh. He was So years Of age. He left
letter stating that he intended to end
his life
EVEN EvERsoN, the central figure in
the Greenfield, La Crosse County,
tragedy of two weeks ago, made a sec
ond attempt to end his mothers life.
Ever since the terrible ARRAY Even and
his mother lay in separate beds in the
same room with the sheriff in attend
ance. The officer stepped from the
room for moment and in his absence
Even tore the bandages and plaster cast
from about his throat, ripped open the
wound on his throat, and then, with
blood streaming down his person, at
tempted to reach his mother. There
is no doubt that his bloody effort of q
fortnight ago would have had bloodier
sequel had he been given time to vent
his hate, but Just as he reached for his
mothers throat the sheriff re-entered
the room and overpoWered him. A
physician was summoned to dress the
wretch's wounds. 4 guard will be
placed over him until he is able to be
removed to jail.
HENRY COMFORT, a former resident Of
Stockton, Portage County, was run over
by the cars at Waukegan, ILL.,, and
killed. He was brakeman on the
Illinois Central road. His remains were
taken to Stockton for interment.
SETH D. STEELE, a veteran of Co. [,
Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, died at La
Crosse from the effects of injuries re-
ceived during the repulse at Paint Rock
bridge.
IN the case of the state against Will
lam McHale, James Doyle and James
Gale at Fond du Lac, the defend
ants pleaded not guilty. The at
torney for the defense moved contin-
uance of the case until the November
term Of court and it was taken under
advisement. The prisoners are accused
of robbing resident Of Taycheedah.
HERBERT LovEJoY, of La Crosse. met
with an accident while driving over the
Black River bridge from French Island
in buggy with a companion. The latter
noticing the horse walked rather lame,
asked what was the matter. Lovejoy
jumped out to see what the trouble was,
when his dog, on whose tail he hap
pened to step in getting out, bit at him.
Lovejoy attempted to strike him when
the animal bit him again This angered
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throw it over the bridge. In doing SO
he lost his balance and went off the
bridge himself. The dog fell into a
hole in the ice with its master on top.
The dog was carried under, but watch
man appeared on the scene and pulled
Lovejoy up with rope after some diff
ficulty.
THE Wisconsin Retail Machinery
Dealers Association held its first an
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