Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-04-18
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The annual reunion of the Dodge
County Veterans association, com
prislng practically all the old soldiers
OF Dodge county, has been called to
meet at Fox Lake on June IS.
The United States marshal's sale of
the Horizon marsh, which was adver-
tised to take place last Thursday, has
been indefinitely postponed, owing to
a construction of the law which makes
1T doubtful as to the right of the new
marshal to proceed with a sale adyer-
tlsed by the late marshal Meanwhile
new complications are likely to arise,
bringing into question the legality of
all the proceedings
| The notorious Della Patton, now an
inmate OF the Dodge county poor house,
is again being used it is asserted, as q
cats paw for certain politicians to
! wreak vengeance on some rivals. and
caused visit last week from Superin-
tendent Whitehead, Of the Humane
| society, to investigate complaints made
! by her as to Der treatment while an in
mate of the jail. The complaint lacks
entire foundation and is the result of
| political spitework.
AT It's regular meeting on Thursday
| evening the new city council elected
| w. u. Warner city marshal, notwith-
standing that rival candidate had
caused an offer of one hundred dollars
| to be made for the purchase of an al
derman's vote. j. A. Jones was elected
| street superintendent, and The indie
| pendent was designated as the official
paper. A resolution was introduced
and referred imposing license of 500
| on bowling alleys.
Ey-MaUor Critic Cor ,~-op,, ,,oou. -
resident of Beaver Dam, is about to es-
tabllsh new drug store at Waupun.
The cry of distress of the Dodge
| county ring politicians has reached all
the way down to Washington, and
1t is reported that the "boss" is to re-
turn home about May for the purpose
of pouring oil on the troubled waters
and incidentally to look after his own
political fences.
Candidates for nomination on the
Democratic county ticket are begin
ming to make themselves heard and
the crop promises to be a large ore.
Hon. M. r.. Burke, of Beaver Dam, has
announced himself as a candidate for
the nomination for senator in the Thir-
teenth district, comprising the greater
part OF Dodge county and several towns
IN Columbia county. The district in
1892 gave Peck about 5000 majority,
but can hardly be relied upon for
Democratic majority next fall.
At the session of the circuit court last
Wednesday Judge Sloan sentenced
three convicted criminals to the state
prison, one for three years and two for
one year each. The guilt of the last
named two was rather doubtful, and
they stoutly maintained their inno-
cence OF the crime harged-burglary
The motion for a new trial in the
Speer-Sweeney case argued last Tues
day was denied by Judge Sloan and
judgment against Sweeney entered for
81 400. 1t is expected that the case
Will go to the supreme court
John w. Canes, of Lowell, won the
premium lately for the best butter pro-
duclng Shorthorn cow, the product be-
ing 123 pounds of butter in seven days
Nearly all the towns in Dodge county
voted to continue the old system of
working the roads by labor instead of
by money 1t is a remarkable fact
that those who would be the most ben
Gifted by better roads are the least in
clined to favor them.
Agents of the Kace Publishing COM
pany, Of Chicago, are canvassing the
county for getting up and selling his
torical and biographical work on the
settlers Of Dodge county.
Detectives of the pension Office are
said to be on the track of pensio n
attorney in Dodge county for assisting
in getting pensions fraudulentlv.
Hon. B. E. Sampson, of this county,
at present chief Of a division in the
Treasury department in Washington,
was at his home in Leroy during the
past week, called there by the death
of his father. w.