Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-01-18
JUDGE WILLARD DEAD.
hartford Loses a Pioneer Residen
and Prominent Citizen.

hartford, Wis, Jan. 10 Specla!. /
Judge James Edmund Willard died, aged
70 years, Mr.. Willard had been Il resi-
dent OF Green Lake county for the past
fifty years, serving six years as register
OF deeds and twenty years as probate
Judge Of the county, retiring from of
flee one year since. He was Il man with
many friends throughout the state and
we'll known in the county.
Piatteville, Wis, Jan. 10 Special. i
Word has just been received of the death
Of George Jones Of AtchisOn, HAS, re-
Sulting from Il severe attack of the
grippe. Mr.. Jones was formerly tele-
graph operator at the Chicago, Milwau-
kee Il st. Paul railway in this city and
was d sOn-in-law of l.. l.. GOodell. The
remains viii arrive here Tuesday morn
ing for burial
Menomonie, Wis. Jan. 16.-LSpecial.l
Thomas Dickson, one Of the pioneers
Of Dunn county and president of the
Farmers Mutual Insurance company,
died at his home at Waneka this morn
ing
Racine, Wis, Jan. 16.-LSpecial i
Word has been received here Of the death
of Col. A. b. Smedley, aged Il, at Mil
bank. S. d. He was born in Oswego,
\. Y, and came to this city i'll 1919.
He was colonel III the Thirty second Wis
consIn, and afterward lieutenant-colOnel
in the Fifty-siXth Wisconsin. He moved
L..
Il lecturer. He settled in this county III
1879, was elected to the territorial cOun-
ell at Bismarck. for the session Of 1888.
lie was also prominent in the manage
ment of the state agricultural college at
Brooklngs. The funeral was held Sun
day.
Chippewa Falls. Jan. f6-[ Special /
Capt. j. L. Leroy, aged 70 died at the
st. Josephs hospital in this city yester-
day at noon of pneumonia. He was cap
tain of Co. l., Second Wisconsin cavalry,
and served with distinction throughout
the war. For the past twelve years he
has been railway mail clerk on the
Wisconsin Central between Abbotsford
and Ashland. He leaves a wife but no
children. The funeral was held this at
ternoOn under the auspices of the @.
A. l..
Kenosha, Wis, Jan 16-A telegram
announces the death of Z. w Blinn at
Mason City, Ia. Mr.. Blinn came TO Ike
nOsha in 1913 and for many years was
leading dry goods merchant Afterward
he was connected with Field, Letter &
Co. of Chicago, and for some years was
foreign agent for the j. '. Farwell COM
pany, with headquarters in Manchester,
England. His remains will be inferred
here tomorrow.
Eagle, Wis, Jan. 16-[ Special. /
News was received here this morning of
the death of Alex. kilt at the home of
his son-in-law, VI. J. Mullins of Chicago,
aged % years. Mr. INiltz was for many
years a resident Of this place and had Il
large circle of friends and acquaintance.
He leaves a wife and three grown chill
dren.
Darlington, Wis, Jan. 16-TSpecial
Carl LeWie, an early settler of Willow
Springs, Lafayette county, died at his
home in this city Of pneumonia, aged Is
years.
Kiel. Wis, Jan. 1G.-[Special.l Mrs.
Michael Wagner, ST., of this city, died
Saturday Of the grippe, aged rs. The
grippe is spreading here with alarming
rapidity.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 16-[Special. /
Death has been reaping a rich harvest in
La Crosse lately, Most of the deaths are
among old or middle-aged people, and
most Of them are charged up to the
grippe, or complications resulting from
that disease. which has been epidemic
here for weeks past.
Gust Lundgren, prominent Swedish
citizen, so years old, died of pneumonia.
He had been a resident Of this county
since 1871. He was prominent in Wis
consin Odd Fellows circles. He leaves
a wife and three children.
E. w. Heydon died Of heart disease.
he had been i'll scarcely more than
day. Mr.. Heydon was born in New
York seventy years ago and has been
resident of La Crosse since 1880. He
was manager of one of the principal
cooper shops of the city.
Frederick Selig, aged II, died of com
plications resulting from the grippe. He
was born in Germany. Mr.. Selig was
well known in local political circles. His
wife died just one week previous. They
left considerable property but have no
relatives in this country.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. 10 Special. /
The number of deaths that have taken
place in this city during the past three
days has been alarming and the local
physicians are rushed with business from
carly till late. The grippe is to blame.
the early residents of the city Several
funerals were held on Sunday, one local
undertaken having six corpses in charge
at one time.