Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-03-28
WISCONSIN NEWS.


be divided among the heirs. Mrs. Ash
ton, widow of Matthew r. Ashton, who
was convicted and sentenced for life for
numbering Mrs. Stone, and who died of
smallpox recently in jail, will get lib
eral allowance from the estate, but the
sum is not yet agreed upon. 1t will de-
pend on whether her portion is given
to her in money or land. The fees of
the attorneys for the proponents are
also to be paid from the estate. tits re-
ported that the attorneys will receive
S2o,OO0. There are twenty three heirs
in the East.
EDWARD SIM9Is, a Wisconsin printer,
was found in a dying condition near
Schulenburg, Tex. He was taken to a
hospital. Just before he died he was
handed q card on which he managed to
scraws his name and native state, Wis
consin. The citizens of Schulenburg
gave him decent burial.
MARY PoLFsKE, a Racine girl, is in jail
on a charge of passing a forged check.
She is IL years OF age. She claims her
brother found the check and gave it to
her.
john S. PATE, of Caledonia, sowed a
small quantity of wheat March l., said
to be the earliest seeding ever done in
Wisconsin.
JACKSON I. CASE states that he will not
resign as mayor of Racine He saws he
is not stakeholder of the Belle City
Street Railway Company. He simply
loaned that company money and it put
up stock as collateral. The story that
If the city awards contracts for lighting
the streets to the Belle City Company,
he becomes ineligible, he denies, claim
ing that it would not effect him in the
least.
A LITTLE son of Mrs. White, Of Mifilin,
Grant County, was playing IN his moth
er's yard, when rain began to fall and
she called him in. Just as he reached
the porch he was struck by lightning
and killed instantly. His father was
killed by falling from a roof at Mineral
Point year ago.
ROBERT HAHN, who was arrested at
Eau Claire on charge of attempted
train wrecking, was found guilty and
sentenced to five years IN state prison.
OVER 100 men are employed on the
fume at the Dells at Eau Claire. The
channel, 1t is expected, will be finished
III about two months.
A STRANGER passed a number of forged
checks on Oshkosh merchants q few
days ago. The amounts ranged from 50
to SIS.
WHILE hunting on the Big Meadow,
IN the town of Buena Vista, Portage
County, Joseph koshollik, a young man
of Stevens Point, discovered skeleton,
supposed to be that OF a man The
marsh was burned over several times
during the past few years, and it is sup
nosed that some unfortunate individual
persisted in the flames.
THE jury's verdict on the death Of
Charles Hurlbut, at Racine, was that
the deceased expired Of apoplexy. Mr.
Hurlbut entered the paint shop of Mr.
Nyburg about noon and seated himself
IN an unfinished hack to rest. Later in
the day he was found with one hand
hanging out of the hack and his head
doubled under his breast. At one
time he was a member of the Hurlbut
Manufacturing Company.
\. B. HAMP, of La Crosse, lost s., 700
IN greenbacks with several hundred
dollars worth of jeWelry by fire in his
house. The total loss is s., 500. The
building was not much damaged.
There was an insurance of 81 100.
Miss HATTIE ROBERTS and A. Baulch
and Miss Maude Wilson and Homer
Roberts were married at the home Of
II. s Roberts at La Crosse.
THE creditors of DR.. j. P. Garvin at
Fond Gu Lac, whom he neglected to
notify Of lis intended change of loca-
ton to Philadelphia, ere increasing in
number.
GEORGE FISCHER has begun suit against
the city Of La Crosse for $1,000 dam
ages for injuries alleged to have been
received by falling off bridge last De-
cember.
A GASOLINE stove exploded in the resi-
dence Of l. B. Jorgenson, at Racine,
setting fire to the building. Little dam
age was done.
The assailants of Saloon-keeper Erb-
stein, of Taycheedah, were acquitted Of
robbery, but held to account for assault.
For two hours Mrs. John A. Love lay
as one dead, IN the bath room of her
home at BelOit, while her husband and
daughter looked for her high and low.
Finally Mr.. Love went to the bath
room and found it locked. He forced
1t open and there found his wife uncon-
scious pp0n the floor. she having been
overcome by COngestive chill brought
about by the fumes OF gasoline by which
means the water In the bath room was
heated. Mrs. Love was not well, or she
would probably not have been affected
by the gasoline fumes. It was several
hours before she regained consciousness.
She will probably recover.
Tue church war at Fond du Lac is at
an end. BISHOP Joyce, OF Chattanooga,
Tenn, visited Fond du Lac, and after
the situation was fully discussed the
bishop decided to appoint the Rev.
William Clark pastor Of the First
Church, at Oshkosh and the Rev c.
II. Treyer pastor of the Division Street
II. 4. Church at Fond du Lac. The
charges which were preferred against
the Rev. William Clark have been with
drawn by the pastor who preferred
them.
CHARLES HURLBUT, well-known resi-
dent Of Racine, was found dead in the
paint shop Of Nicholas Nyburg. He was
seated IN a hack and fell over dead.
Heart disease is supposed to have been
the cause. He was 45 years of age and
a brother of II. W. Hurlbnt, the wagon
manufacturer.
IT is probable that Jackson l. Case
will resign as mayor of Racine. He is
largely interested in the Belle City
street railway plant, which is seeking a