Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-11-13
MADE A COMPROMISE;
Decision of Judge ellison in the
FOnd du Lac Light and
Power Case.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Nov. S.-1Special.]
In the motion made by Elihu Colman
to dissolve the injunction made by Com
missioner Watson, restraining him from
disposing of the Fond du Lac Power
and Railway company plant, the follow
ing decision was handed down by Judge
N. S. ellison this morning: The de-
PENDANTS will be restrained from convey
ing the property in question until the
further order of the court upon giving an
undertaking in the sum of $1,000 with
two s~ureties who shall each justify in
double the amount; without prejudice
to the defendants to offer for an in
crease in the amount of the undertake
ing if the litigation shall be prolonged
or new facts shall arrive or be shown
making an increase necessary"
In all other respects the temporary in
junction is dissolved.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union is circulating a petition in various
portions of the city for signatures which
.aemoraliZes the Legislature to enact q
law prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of cigarettes in the state of Wisconsin.
For some time the ladies of the w. @. T.
u. have been working hard to do away
with cigarettes and have adopted this
means of accomplishing their end. The
petition has been signed by hundreds of
the citizens of Fond du Lac. 1t is es-
timated that 1000, 900 cigarettes were
consumed in this city last year. The
following is the petition:
We, the undersigned citizens of Fond du
Lac, in the state of Wisconsin,, do hereby
petition the Legislature Of this state and
It's governor to enact as a law OF this state
the fOlloW1ng amendment to the revised
statutes of the state of Wisconsin. to be
known as section 4423D Of the revised stat
utes, so that said section shall read as fol
lows:
"Any person who shall sell, or give away,
or otherwise dispose of, or offer for sale,
or any person who shall manufacture, other
wise than for his own use and consumption,
cigarettes, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor. and shall be punished by a fine
OF not more than $50 nor less than s. for
each and every ofense, and in case of de-
fault of fine shall be punished by imprison-
ment In the county Jail not more than
thirty days nor less than five days"
William Howard was arrested yester-
day afternoon at the European hotel by
Chief of Police O'Conor on suspicion of
being an accomplice of one John l..
Cornheld, who Wass arrested at Pc
waukee lake Tuesday on the charge of
rObblng summer resorts at OcOnomowOc.
Deputy Sheriff Donovan of Waukesha
county arrived in this city and in COM
pany with Sheriff Watson made a search
of the rooms which had been occupied
by the prisoner. Several suits of clothes
and other stolen goods were found. The
prisoner was taken to Oconomowoc
WHERE he VIII nave HIS uedrluS.
The fish patrol Cora arrived N this
city late last evening with one dozen gill
nets and 10000 feet of sturgeon line
which was taken from Lake Winnebago
the night previous. The lines and nets
were we'll supplied with fish and a good
haul was made. The outfit was nearly
new and quite valuable. The Cora left
early this morning for a trip around the
east shores of the lake.
Mrs. Nancy Ault died at her residence
on South Main street last evening at the
age Of "a years. The deceased was born
in County Down, Ireland, in 1921, and
came to this country over sixty years
ago, and a few years later removed to
this city where she resided up to the
time of her death. The deceased re-
membered back to the time when the In
dams inhabited this city, and told some
interesting stories of their doings. She
is survived by one son, Henry Ault. The
funeral will be held from her late resi-
dence Friday morning.
The gross receipts for the Charity ball
held Tuesday evening were something
over $500.