Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-22

| The division of church property be
tween the English and German speaking
sections of H. Vincent's congregation at
| Oshkosh has been settled after a year
| comes from Mgr Satolli, the pope's
! American representative, and it allows
| the English-speaking contingent $4,000
about one-third of what was expected.
In the circuit court at Oshkosh a t1nal
settlement of the affairs of the Oshkosh
Electric Light and Power company was
made. and Receiver G. G. Paige was dis
charged, The company has been reorgan-
lied with A. e. Thompson and George
Hilton directors in place of w II. Hunt
ington and Thomas d. Grimmer
The Wood Land Clay Red Pressed
Brick company has been organized at
GAINESVILLE with a capital Of 100000
The company will manufacture in connec-
uon with pressed DrIcK, Wnlre lime and
rubble. and will furnish building stone
Congressman Shaw's condition is
such as to alarm his friends at Eau
Claire. At times he is delirious. The
attending physician says it will be an
other week before Mr. Shaw is out of
danger
Theodore Knapstein of Appleton was
obliged to have part of his hand ampu
tated on account of blood poisoning.
&c. E. Lewis of Fond du Lac caught a
sturgeon in Lake Winnebago that
weighed 152 pounds.
Three carloads of cotton that have
been en- route ever since the strike began
has reached the GAINESVILLE cotton fac
tory. Lack of material has kept the
mills idle for some time.
The summer cottage on the farm of
Anthony Helm, near Lake Mendoza,
was destroyed by lire. 1t was owned by
William Hobbins, b. Jackson and Frank
Jacobs of Madison.
Several boys were arrested at La
Crosse for causing the recent series of in
cendiary fires. There have been nearly
dozen. In one instance there were three
Crosby'S planning mill. The others have
been in barns and vacant houses. One
was III lumber yard. The boys did it
Tor no purpose except to watch the blaze
and to watch the tiremen race by. They
broke into the patent kindling-wood fac
tory and stole stuff to start the fires with.
Fire destroyed the farmhouse, barns
and grain stacks on the farm of William
AlbertS in the town of Madison, Dane
county. The loss will approximate $1,000
to $1,000
The franchise of the Wisconsin Auto
matte Telephone company at Oshkosh
was annulled by the council recently.
Its representatives claim that the action
was illegal, since they had fulfilled every
condition and had put in twelve instru-
ments They will so on and install the
exchange, to which they have $50 sub
scribers
The Racine police have unearthed
nine bicycles that were sold there by c.
4. Wheeler, arrested at Chicago on a
charge of being connected with a gang
of bicycle thieves. The machines were
sold for about $50 each.
The interior of st. JoSeph's church
at Fond du Lac is being newly frescoed
and improved in other ways. Two beau
tiful statues of st. Peter and St. Paul
have just arrived from Paris. and will be
placed on pedestals on opposite sides of
the altar. A new statue of the Savior
has also been received.
The Manufacturers National bank
of Racine filled the vacancy in its drec-
tory by electing Charles e. Erskine to
the place. The presidency, which has
been vacant since the death of NJ. b.
Erskine. was also filled by electing
Stephen Bull to the office
-.JaneSville finds the price of her water
works an absolute bar to city ownership.
The original cost was $4,000, which |
with interest, improvements, etc. make
the total cost of the plant under franchise
S432. 800.