Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-10-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.

eases. Though the laud department has
finally decided against them. they will
carry il into the courts. The Keystone
company has bought the land which WITS
in contest from the government, and deeds
VIII be issued to it soon. The amount
paid 10 the land office at Ashland was
about $4,000. The company has camps
started in various portions of the tract,
and will log there during the winter.
Mrs. Russell, who was accused of the
murder Of Bertha Erickson at Eau Claire,
has begun proceedings in the circuit court
at Chippewa Falls for Il separation from
her husband. She alleges cruel treat
ment
Charlie Green is under arrest at
GAINESVILLE on a charge of shooting at Mrs
II. j. Marsden. He will be tried Octo-
Der g.
w. II Carpenter, for a number of
years at the head CT Il railroad detective
force, but later a very dangerous conf
dence man of Chicago, who is wanted
In that city on several charges, threw De
tective c. w. Walters of Chicago out of
a buggy at Beloit while the latter was
trying 10 get him over the state line to
arrest him. Walters pulled his gun on
Carpenter, who begged not to be shot,
but Ia an instant he had the detective
covered with his own gun and chased him
through the business streets to 4 MOTEL,
where he jumped into Il buggy occupied by
K
ward Clinton. Carpenter is 3 dangerous
man and very desperate. Walters had
traced his man all through the state.
but had no authority to arrest him In
Wisconsin, being an Illinois officer. Wal
ters Immediately secured assistance and
captured by Beloit's chief of police ut
Jefferson Junction and arrested, and is
NOW In jefferson county jail.
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron COM
pany of Milwaukee was awarded the
contract 10 build the new drawbridge
at Port Hope, in the town of Fort Win
nebagO, across the Fox river. 1t is to
will be I03 feet long with 4 long arm 20
feet and a short arm b feet.
+ 7. Ainsworth, secretary of the
board of state normal school regents. has
returned to Madison after a visit at
some of the schools. All of the normal
schools are oVercrowded this year, he
says The new Stevens Point school has
fifty more students than were expected.
Six 0danah Indians have left Ash
land in charge of Carlos MOntezuma, N.
ID IN the employ of the government.
They will be taken to the Carlisle. Pa,
school and are the first to go from Bad
River reservation.
An old foundry building at Mineral
Point owned by William LanyOn was
DESTROYED by fire. The engine aud boiler
were also destroyed. The loss is $1,000
The Rev c. Wright has been APP
pointed pastor of the Delavan and Be
lott charges of the A NJ L. church by
Bishop Wayman.
MIR. Campbell. a Marinette sewer con-
tractor, will be obliged to forfeit S1150
for not fulfilling his contract with the
city.
Three burglaries occurred at Madi-
son in one night Roger Spooner's home
was among those visited. and jewelry
and clothing were taken there A couple
of thieves who tried to get away from
Blinds shoe store with box of foot
wear were discovered and ran away from
a gun without their plumber At another
place the thieves secured $40 in cash.
The junior law class of the WiScOn-
sin university organized and elected the
following officers for the present year:
President Arthur {. Wilkinson. Madi-
son: vice-pTesident. A Horace Smith,
Mansion: secretary. Franklin L. Bump.
treasurer. ". {. Leitsch, Columbus; cen
SOr, w. /. Woodward. Madison.
Miss Briggs of Eau Claire. who had
but partially recovered from a hypnotic
state into which she had been thrown by
q young man, has been successfully de-
wrought in the presence of DR.. Parker
and Chief of Police Elliott.
The Menasha Wooden mills have re-
stunned operations after j shutdown of
one month. the first in the history Of the
mills. The mill employs about 100 hands
and started up with a full force.
DR.. Henry Merkle once a physician
of high standing al Eau Claire. has been
cured Of the morphine habit. He was
sentenced 70 jail for ninety days on Il
charge OF theft, and when he was re-
leased few days ago his desire for the
drug had lett him. During the first three
days OF his stay he was given morphine
daily. taken in water. Then for three
days he was given clear water. but he
was led TO believe that it contained NOR
phIne, and the effect appeared TO be the
same upon him as though the water had
contained the drug 1t is the intention of
DR. Merkle to again start iii business at
Eau Claire.
The waterworks company of Portage
has shut off the supply of waite from the
city until the payment of $1,000 for by
&iFant rental is paid The amount was due
August /, 1894, but was withheld by the
council Oh account OF the defective c0ndl-
ton of the machinery at the pumping
station which rendered the fire service
inadequate to the specifications of the
contract between the company and the
city City Attorney Rogers will pOSSi-
bly, apnly for All injunction against the
waterWorks cOmpany's action III shutting
OH me walter
Sever Sheen, an employee of the North
western Lumber company at Stanley, met
his death while hunting. While going
through the brush he was smoking i
pipe. Attempting to light it, he put the
gun on the ground the muzzle leaning
against mis- breast. In this position he
struck match across his leg. raising his
foot as he did so. AS his foot descended
IT struck the trigger of the gun and the
discharge of the loaded piece followed.
He was instantly killed.
"A number of the leading members of
The First Methodist church of Oshkosh
viii withdraw OBJ account OF the failure of
BiSss,st5 Fowler to return the Rev. Will
sam Clark. who was pastor during a pOr-
fion of last year. Fond du Lac is in even
worse trouble, the Rev. Trevors. who
was sent there, refusing to take charge.
The Northwestern DistIlling company
of Racine with capital stock of S2J,O0O,
filed articles of Incorporation. The in
cogporators are Joseph Schultz, Andrew
Johnson and Henry lbsen.
Peter McFarIane of GAINESVILLE has
bought the old county poor farm in Johns
ToE,G, the price paid being $10.SO0 This
includes 21S acres Of land and all the
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