Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-11-14

pany, justice of the peace, notary public,
court commissioner manager OF the tele~
phone exchange, lawyer, pension agent,
auctioneer and chairman OF the village
board. And now he is running for cor
Oner.
The Rev. c. c. Mousseau was for
mally installed as pastor of the French
Presbyterian church at Green Bay, the
ceremony taking place III the church and
being witnessed b. the entire congrega
ton.
The three young fellows arrested
about three weeks ago at Amherst june
tfon on a charge of breaking into a Cen
tta car were discharged by Judge Mu-
rat
Frank Gone died of consumption at
his home in Racine, aged y years. lie
was married to Il woman at GAINESVILLE
when boy. When he. became Of age he
again married and wife No l had HIM
arrested on a charge of bigamy. He was
convicted and sent to prison, where he
contracted the disease and was pardOncd
a few days ago. His case had been to
the Supreme court twice.
The early closing movement at Green
Bay has failed. The leading dry goods
stores announce that they are going to
keep open evenings, as all the stores have
not kept the agreement.
George Cone, an Oshkosh musician,
was knocked down by Il runaway horse
located, and he sustained severe cuts
about the head.
Henry Zeigrest. a miser living near
Arcadia, died at the age of 80 years.
Some time ago he cut his wrist on a
scythe and blood poisoning set in, which
money to neighbOrs. Several hundred dol
lars were found in the cellar and attic.
He had lived alone the past thirty-eight
years.
Fred and Joseph Hartman of Rio
were arrested and taken to Portage on
a charge Of breaking into caboose and
taking therefrom a lot of clothing belong
ing to trainmen. They waived eXamina
ton. They are brothers, aged % and Is
years respectively.
"A. w. Luther, a Grantsburg mer-
chant, was shot in the head while rabbit
hunting. John Rumery was also shot III
the foot They will both recover.
Evan Il. Evans, one of Kacines old
est Welsh citizens, died of cancer of the
stomach. Deceased was GA years of age
-Lucius 5. Blake, one of Racine's mill
ionaire manufacturers, died suddenly at
his home on Main street of heart disease.
He had not been i'll and was strong and
robust and active as a young man, hence
the news of his death produced shock
In the community. He was born in Yer
mont in 1916 and settled in Racine in
1888. he was appointed marshal while
the state. He served several terms in the
state Legislature was delegate to the
national Republican convention in Phila-
delphia in 1872 and was one of the elect
Ors on the Garfield ticket.
"A remarkable case Of identification of
one of the unknown victims Of the great
Hinckley forest fire occurred q few days
ago. An old man named William Good
sell Of Butternut Lake, Wis, whose son
was believed to have been in the neigh
borhood of Hinckley at the time Of the
fire, went to Hinckley from his home sew
eral days ago, determined to find some
trace OF his missing son. AT Hlnckley
he enlisted help and disinterred all the
bodies of unknown men buried there,
without finding any that seemed like his
son. Going farther north, near Skunk
Lake. he caused more bodies to be I'M
earthed, the fourth one proving to be
that of a man too badly burned for iden-
tification and nude except the upper por
ton of one sock, on which was found his
sons laundry mark. The old man, with
a coffin containing his sons remains, went
back home.
Before adiourning the committee on
equalization of the Rock county board
of supervisors agreed to add the sum Of
100000 to the equalization of James
vile and $100,0O0 on Beloit. Evansville,
Edgerton and Milton remain the same as
last year and the other towns get the
benefit pro rata of the amount raised on
GAINESVILLE and Beloit
When the trial of John Lapage and
Russell Whipple, deputy sheriffs. for the
killing of Abijah Moon, came up at Eau
Claire the attorney who had been APP
pointed to prosecute told the court he was
not disposed to file an information be-
cause he did not believe there could be a
conviction under the law whereupon the
court directed the attorney to file an in
formation. The court directed a verdict
of not guilty. the evidence showing that
Moon had declared he would not be taken
alive and that he fired at the officers.
residents of Prairie Farm, committed
suicide by cutting his throat. He was
we'll known throughout Barron county.
Mrs. Edward Pratt, supposed to be
the oldest woman in Fond du Lac coun-
ty. died at her home in the town of
Friendship, aged 1O3 years.