Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-02-07

from custody. Chief Byrne Will con-
tInue his search for the men.
LOUIS SCHoENLABEN, Racine black
smith, has been arrested on charge of
assaulting his wife. 1t is alleged that
he went to his bone where the body of
his 6-year-old boy lay in coffin and
Knocked the coffin and body to the
floor. He is also accused of abusing a
sick babe
MISS KATIE BARRON, Of CassviIIe, made
an effort to end her life in novel man
ner at st. Paul. She went to the out
skirts of the city and lay down upon the
snow and tried to freeze to death. she
was found and taken to hospital. Her
recovery is doubtful. She is Is years OF
age.
THE State Board of Health Of Michi-
gan will hold its next sanitary conyen-
ton at Menominee on April . and ..
An interesting programme is being pre-
pared. An effort will be made to get
the Wisconsin State Board of Health to
confer in Joint session with the Michigan
board.
Two tramps named George Thomas
and George Smith escaped from jail at
GAINESVILLE where they were under sem
tence for assaulting police officer.
JOHN Mummy, OF the town OF Poygan,
Waushara County, dropped dead While
saving wood with his son. He was II
years of age and leaves a large FAMILY.
CHRISTIAN /. HES, an old resident OF
Oshkosh, ianitOr Of the Read school,
was found dead in the school house. lie
was SO years Of age: His sudden demise
was due to heart disease.
joseph WHALEN, q 14-year-old boy liv
ing near GAINESVILLE, was sent to the State
School at Sparta for running away from
a family who had adopted him.
DIPHrHERIA has again broken out at
Grantsburg. The house and inmates
have been quarantined by the health
officer.
THE barns of the GAINESVILLE Coal Com
pany, at GAINESVILLE, were damaged by
fire to the extent of 5000. One horse
was burned to death.
FRED JOHNSON, a young man living
near Union Grove, Racine County, was
attending some horses when one of the
animals snapped at him and bit his
nose off.
GEORGE LLOYD was arrested at Ash
land on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenSes. His bonds were
fixed at S600and the case was adjourned
until March /.
THE funeral of DR.. Joseph Hobbins at
Madison was attended by many people
from all parts of Southern Wisconsin.
THE 7-year-old son of Mr. Becker, Of
Appleton, fell from a sleigh while bob
bling and broke three ribs.
ACCORDING to the city directory for
1894 Racine has population of 26, $50.
WILLIAM Boom, cOlored man, was
| sent to the penitentlary from Fond du
Lac in December, 1892, to serve fifteen
months for cutting white man with
knife Boom was always known as a
shrewd negro, but he outdid himself in
an attempt to get out of prison. He
caused to be written letter, purporting
to come from Kansas City. wherein it
was announced that he had fallen heir
to property worth $4,000. The mo-
ment it became known that he had SO
much money, he surmised, he could
command legal talent. The plan mis-
| carried, for when inquiries were made
at Kansas City no information could be
obtained regarding the colored mans
| patrinOny.
| THE Wisconsin State University has
! come into possession OF an interesting
! curiosity in the way of dynamo which
was one Of the first used by Edison in
his experiments III incandescent cleo
tric lighting. The dynamo was OBJ
| tanned from the Edison exhibit at the
| Worlds Fair The machine was con-
structed in 1880 in Edison's laboratory
! at Menlo Park, and was used in test of
| lighting.
FINAL arrangements have been made
| for the intercollegiate debate between
| the University of Minnesota and the
Wisconsin University The speakers
chosen to represent Wisconsin are:
George Kroencke, of Wilmot, S. You
ker. of Waterloo, and c. w. LamoreauN,
of Horizon The debate will take place
| early in the spring. The question will
be submitted by Wisconsin.
WORD has been received at Oshkosh
that c. f. Heckes, Of that city, who SO
mysteriously disappeared three weeks
ago, has been found alive and we'll at
Eureka Springs, Ark. 1t was reported
recently that Heckes had been muir
dered. His parents reside at Zion,
Winnebago County.
THE first candidate in the field in the
coming campaign for state officers is O..
| L. ROsenkrans, of OCOnOmoWoc, who
desires the Republican nomination for
a strong following in his party and his
candidacy is publicly endorsed by the
leading Republicans of Waukesha.
| JOHN WEAVER was burned to death in
his own home in the village Of Merton,
Waukesha County, while trying to eX-
tingui6h q blaze caused, as is supposed =,
| by an overturned lamp. His head and
feet were nearly burned off. He was 80
years of age and lived alone, being a
NidoWer.
OLE QUALLE, a young man residing at
Mcfarland, Dane County, while. work
Ing on an ice run missed his footing
and fell distance Of thirty feet. He
struck on pile Of ice and was picked
up almost lifeless. 1t is feared he can
not survive.
PETER PAU1sEN, Norwegian aged 80
| years, proprietor of the Menekaune
| Hotel at Marinette, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head.
He is supposed to have been tempo
rarily insane.
THE Eau Claire Pulp and Paper Com
| pany's plant at Eau Claire was sold by
Receiver Burlington to o. H. Ingram for
| SIS, 900. The plant is to be started up
and operated night and day.
THE city Of Oshkosh expended $S49
! upon It's poor during the month Of De-
cember.
Mrs FANNIE RAYMOND, of Racine.
died at her home in that city of heart
! failure aged 70 wears Edwin p