Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-02-21

in four rounds. The stake was purse
of $40.
MATTHEW ASHTON, who is suffering
from smallpox in the Dane County
Jail, is said to be recovering rapidly.
T. A. HUsHER, who died a few DAVIS
time editor Of the Faedrelandet at La
Crosse, and during President HAYES
term he was register of the land office
at that place. At the close of his official
term MIR. Husher removed his neWspa-
per plant to Minneapolis. President
Harrison appointed him consul at st.
Thomas, Canada. Mr.. Husher was
widely known as a gifted and accom-
pllshed writer, and in his mother tongue
was most eloquent and pleasing speak
er. He was at the time of his death ed
1tor OF the NOrmanna, at Grand Forks.
Two daughters survive him.
EVANSVILLE people who Wedged into
the courthouse during the last day of
the Ashton trial and pushed through the
court to get near the prisoner are now
rolling up their sleeves to permit the
family physician to dose them with the
sman-pO preventive. Ashton is down
with the disease in Dane County jail.
Hoe cholera has broken out on a farm
q mile from La Crosse. Twenty hogs
have died and twenty-five more are sick
in herd of 175. The state veterinarian
has been telegraphed for. There is con-
siderable alarm among the farmers.
JESSE CROUCH, aged 81 years, died at
his home in Appleton. He was q mem
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at the battle of Shiloh, and afterwards
discharged for disability.
MARY KICKS, the Wisconsin "WindoW
Smasher," has put in an appearance at
Eau Claire. She was taken into custody
by a policeman as she was about to
wreck a fine plate-glass window in q
store on the main street.
GEORGE SANGER, Of Beloit, was in
duced to cash draft of 500 that after
wards proved worthless at the request
of man who had ingratiated himself
as cousin, A. II. Sanger, of Boston.
THE Pioneer Furniture Company, Of
Eau Claire, has decided to add to its
big factory department for the manu-
facture Of burial caskets.
Four prominent Fond du Lac citizens
who own fast horses were taken in by a
"hayseed" few days ago. The men
were speeding their horses on the ice
track when along came farmer with
loose iointed animal hitched to an old
fashioned cutter. The city chaps made
fun of the farmer and his outfit, but
they were surprised when he chal-
lenged them to race. The smart young
men accepted, and when the affair was
over the farmer had the track to him
self. The farmer resides in the town of
Byron and is said to own a few horses
that can easily 90 mile better than
2:30.
The body of Hugh Storey, an old
resident of Madison, was found in his
residence. Doctors say he had been
dead about two weeks. He was a
bachelor about 90 years of age and
lived by himself in the basement of the
house. The people living in the upper
part had not seen him for two or three
weeks, but thought little of it. No
marks of violence were on his person.
Rats had eaten away portion Of his
face. An inquest will be held.
JOHN a. KING was arrested at La
Crosse on a charge of larceny and sem
fenced to 80 days in the county jail.
Upon leaving the court room he took
the Judges OVercOat with him and the
theft was not discovered until King had
reached the Jail.
Two men giving their name as Pat
rick O'Brien and John Hobson escaped
from the Fond du Lac Jail. They were
under arrest on charge Of larceny.
AUGUST ENTERS, of Grand Chute, Outa-
gamie County, has been arrested on
charge of cutting John Steifenburg with
q knife. He was held in $500 bonds.
A SLEIGH load of Menasha young peo-
pie was overturned and the occupants
thrown down an embankment. Several
were slightly injured.
An open switch caused wreck on
the Northwestern road at Appleton
Junction. Several freight cars were de-
mOlished.
HENRY T. INLAND, a Northwestern
brakeman, had his right hand crushed
while making coupling at Fond du Lac.
A BARN belonging TO B. Korsch, of
Oshkosh, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is 5000.
THE plant of the Racine Hardware
Manufacturing Company, located at
Racine Junction, was sold at public
auction to NJ. w. Sherman, of Milwau-
kee, for $4,000 When the company
assigned about six months ago the
liabilities were placed at $500, 900 and the
assets about the same. The assignee
has in hand $50, 900, so that the creditors
will receive about GO cents on the dollar.
WILLIAM MUELLER and Frederick
Pfster, the two young men arrested at
Oshkosh on a charge of burglary, plead
ed guilty to the charge and were each
sentenced to eighteen months at Wau-
pun.
ALTHOUGH it has been demonstrated
that the late Herman Groenke, of Ra-
cine, was poisoned, the authorities do
not seem inclined to exert themselves
in investigating the case.
THE Oshkosh Electric Light Com
pany has notified the city they will not
furnish street lights at $50 year any
longer. They ask So and expect to get
it.
Mrs. PHILIP GREENING, aged Is years,
died at her home in Fond du Lac. She
settled in Green Bay in 1849 and moved
to Fond du Lac in 1859.
IT is expected that within few weeks
contracts will be let at Racine for $780,,
900 worth of sewers in the southern
part of the city.
The Kiel WoodenWare Company
manufactured 100000 bushel and peck
measures during the season 1898.
THE Vulcan paper mill at Appleton
owing to lack of orders.