Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-20
WISCONSIN NEWS.

| conference was held at Des Moines, Ia,
| it was discovered that the accounts OF
| Mr.. Brown were not correct. The matter
was reported to headquarters and an in
vestigatiOn ordered. Presiding Elder G..
II. Thomas of Chicago went to Racine
! for that purpose. The Rev Mr.. Brown
| was temporarily suspended from the min
! istry pending the action of the next an
nual conference at Chicago next Septem-
| Der.
Grin Lord was sentenced to one year
| at hard labor at Waupun in the Green
| Lake county circuit court for stealing q
| gold watch from G. III. Thomas of Han
cock, last summer.
In the Baptist Scandinavian church
conference at Racine the Rev. j. A. Ohrn
| of Milwaukee was elected president and
| the Rev. Mr.. HenningSOn of Chicago vice
president.
| William Peters, convicted of passing
| counterfeit coin at Oshkosh, was SEN
| fenced to four years and four months ia
state prison.
The members of the Racine Business
Mems association, go strong, have adopt
| ed a set of resolutions denOuncing certain
members Of the city council for their ac-
| ton in delaying the erection Of q $50, 900
| high school and also improving other
| schools, all Of which are inadequate for
! the rising generation. Over 800 children
! account of there not being room.
| AT the business meeting of the Four
| teenth Wisconsin reg ment at the Depere
| reunion constitution and bylaws were
adopted, making it a permanent OrganiZa-
ton. The old officers were reelected as
! follows: President f. II. Magdeburg
Milwaukee: secretary, r. A. Sphinx, Osh-
| kOsh; treasurer, John d. Cook Fond du
Lac; also ten yice-presdents. one from
| each company. The place of the next
meeting was left with the officers A din
ner was furnished the veterans by the cit
! liens. An entertainment, also provided
by the citizens, closed the days pro-
gramme.
Judge Bailey, at Eau Claire, decided
the case of Otto Neitge eft al. versus the
State of Wisconsin, the Chicago ST Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway company
ct al. III favor of the railroad company,
the, ground of the decision being the
claimant, now dead, who neglected to
properly assert his claim. The case in
vOlved the title Of the site Of the village
of Deer Park, st. CroiX county.
-Four little boys of Stevens Point
| caused quite a crash at McDill by loosen
ing the brakes of twenty empty box cars
so that they ran down the incline. They
| cOllided with three loaded cars at the
McDill Touring mills. knocking one of
them into the river and breaking up the
others The crash was heard mile from
there. The wheat car at the mill con-
tanned 100 bushels.
The dispute over the contract for the
Racine high school has been ended. 1t
was decided to award the contract to
Hugh K. Edwards, whose bid was $40,
Ill. The combination bid was $4,000,
or 500 less than Mr.. Edwards bid, but
the committee concluded that it was bet
ter to let the contract in whole The re-
to "a hap x+Tf nr.cs
be recOnsidered.
The body of the man found in the
fumes of the south race at Neenah has
been identified as that of Neil McCully,
who escaped from the Northern Insane
asylum on June ,. 1t is thought that he
committed suicide by jumping into Lake
Winnebago and his body was carried
down into the race.
Prof Henry OF the Wisconsin, FIX
pertinent station writes of Il sudden and
extraordinary decrease Of the state dairy
| herd. The decline of one of the number
last winter led him TO order Il test with
the Koch tuberculin. The work wars per
formed by DR.. Russell. the baeteriolO-
gist. and DIR: Clark. lecturer vptefi
nary science. Twenty-Five animals ont Of
the herd of thirty responded to the fest.
Twenty-eight animals have been Killed
up to date twenty-siX showing tubercn-
lar consumption of the lungs. Hereto
fore the herd had been fully up to
average in health and this trouble WAS
surely of recent origin. DR.. RUSSELL is
now preparing Il bulletin giving the reA
suits of the Investigations. This WIFI be
issued shortly.
-Hx-Sheriff Christianson of RpcTne
courHy brought his son Martin, a raying
maniac, to Racine. The man is six feet
tall end weighs 200 pounds. He has been
living on the farm of his father in the
town of Worthwhile. Two weeks ago be
showed; signs OF insanity. When being
brought in hiss lfttle son was in the wagon.
He struck the ltlsi on the nose and nearly
brok@it and wanted to kill his father with
a cane. which, hRA had. At the jail the city
marshall had ~ desperate struggle wEEn
the man. Three years ago he disappeared
from home; leaving wife and child, nnd
was not heard from for a year. He viii
be TAKEN to the Northern Insane asylum
The Racine board Of health passed
resolution ordering the city physician
to vancinate, the city poor, numbering
about 1000 persons, free of charge. Ar
rangements, were made for the purchase
of vaccine points, when DR.. MheeSer,
the city physician, notified the City IHoOr
agent that the job did not come under
his contract HE is paid a stated salary
for taking cane of the sick and furnish
ing tile necessary medicine.
x-Soren Tensesl and his five. sons; are in
CRITICAL condition at Racine from eailng
diseased mead which it is said, came from
Chicago. The attending physician states
that possibly all may IecoNan, b@t the
father is, in al very bad way.
William Peters, charged with making
and passing counterfeit nickels was found
guilty in the United States court at Osh-
kosh PetenS was arrested ilA Milwaukee
last winter and the officers, OH searching
his houses. found large number Of coun-
terfeits
Miss, Helen Matthew'S, daughter of
Mrs, Jeanette d. Matthew's MAS married
at the Presbyterian church at Neenah to
Frank A. heavens. The bride is well
known in Neenah society and the groom is
head book-keeper for the Winnebago Pa
per company Fred LeaYens Of Chicago
was; best man and Miss Asfdie Leavens
maid of honor. Miss Irene Matthews of
Chicago acted as bridesmaid and 7. A
Pfeffer of Milwaukee, Il. ID. Griswold, f.
A Bal1ister and F0hn d. Matthews
gr0Omsmen. A reception was given at
the home of the brides parents, after
which the young couple left for an eN-
tended bridal tour.
The contest over the will of w f.
| Gee~en of Freedom was decided In the
county court at Appleton. GeeneM died
last int will at a