Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-27

stroyed by fire Friday afternoon Of last
week.
The First National Bank of Chiffon
with capital of $4,000 has been organ
lied in place Of the bank that recently
failed and will be open for business in
few days.
While at Okauchee Wednesday in at
tendance at the Congregational church
picnic, Miss Laura Skinner yentured too
far in the lake and but for the timely
assistance Of A. A. Hardie, might have
drowned. Miss Skinner suffered no i'll
effects from her exciting experience.
The Board Of Review met at the city
hall Monday and adjourned until Mon
day August 5, the assessors not yet
having finished their work. The new
assessment law creates more work for
the assessors and for that reason they
are longer at the work than in former
years. Last year the tOta! assessment
was about $2,000,G 0 and this year it i
expected to reach $6,0e9G00, as this year
full value assessment is made.
1t is with great pleasure that we are
able to report steady improvement in
the condition Of Alderman F. j. Hartz-
helm who was stricken by the excessive
heat last Tuesday and whose recovery
was at first almost despaired Of. While
yet very sick man it is now almost GER
tain that he will fully recover, which
will indeed be welcome news to his host
of friends throughout the county, JEFF
fers0n Record.
A heavy rainstOrm struck this city
about five o'clock Wednesday evening,
accompanied by thunder and lightning.
This was the first rain we have had since
July 4, and everything was about burned
up. Considerable damage had been done
in the dry fields from fires supposed to
have originated by sparks fr0m passing
locomotives. On the farm Of C. Smith, a
few miles west Of this city, about thirty
rods OF fence and large amount Of
wood was destroyed, and in other places
the standing and shocked grain had been
burned, and even ground that had been
fertilized did not escape.
Simon Capel, a junk peddler, struck
the city Monday with a horse and wagon.
He was accompanied by two children and
asked the police to find a home fer
them. He aid his vie w3 s in the
county hospital in Chicago and that he
was unable to properly care for them.
The city authorities could do nothing for
hlm as they were charge from some
other county. He left the city again
Tuesday evening for Milwaukee. The
entire outfit was sorry looking crowd,
the poor horse being about the worst look
ing specimen we have seen in many
day.
The great Horizon marsh case was de-
cided Saturday by Judge Dick in favor of
the hunters. The suit was brought
against c. ". LamOreauX by the Diana
Shooting club. For long time the
hunters have hunted on the marsh and
they say that they have license to hunt
there. The Diana Hunting club claimed
these lands and sued Mr.. Lam0reauX.
The judge decided that the Diana club
in no way had authority over the lands
so as to restrain hunters and that the
members merely had license, whose
provisions were the the same as those of
any ether hunter. The case will be ap-
peaIed.- Tuesdays Sentinel
Under its present management, Maple
Shade hotel, at Minnesota junction.
Henry Krause, proprietor, has become a
popular resting place between trains"
as well as a cosy stopping place at all
times. The hotel is neat and home-Iike.
its table well supplied, the bar furnished
to supply the eXacting demands Of a
transient trade. KrauSe also keeps a
good livery, and is himself living en-
cycl0pedia Of information in regard to
almost everything in that particular
section Of country from the arrival,
departure and connection Of trains east,
west, north and south to the names Of
men who have gentIemen's drivers, draft
horses or anything else to sell. When at
Minnesota junction cali and see him
you'll know him easy, he's a trife in
eIined to be fat and good naturcd and
If fairly provoked he'll talk commercial
drummer to stdndstiii.
During a rain and electric storm
Thursday evening lightning struck, set
ire to and destroyed the barn of W. H.
Spaulding at his summer resort, La
Belle villa. Owing to the crowded con-
dIt1On OF the hotel proper, cosy rooms
had been fitted up in the barn for the
accommodation Of the help. A couple of
the hired girls were about to retire for
the night when the barn was struck,
but most fortunately no one was hurt
and besides the clothing and such port
able pr0pery as could be handled was
saved. The fire department at OcGno-
moe was called out but in trying to make
the run with the engine double tree
broke and could not be replaced in time
to get the engine to the fire. Loss un-
known, but partially covered by insur-
ance.
E. A. Armstrong, a prominent stock
man Of northeastern Missouri, arrived in
st. Paul Friday and conferred with the
general freight depal tment of the Omaha
railway with view Of arranging for the
shipment Of stock from his country to
northern Wisconsin. He told some pitt
full tales Of the condition Of his neigh
b0rh00d, where the farmers are cutting
down trees in order that the stock NAV
feed from their branches. Water is so
scarce as to command high price and
III one instance farmer owning 125
head OF cattle paid a neighb0r $40 fer
water for his stock once. Stock raisers
find it cheaper to ship the cattle to
northern Wisconsin where thousands of
acres OF clover and timothy grass land is
going to waste and where water is
abundant. The Omaha railway people
are now arranging with the owners Of
large tracts OF wild land along their line
in northern Wisconsin for the free use
OF land for grazing purposes.
AS supplementary to the above, in
recent Interview at Milwaukee, Ex-Gov-
ernor Sc0field suggested that farmers
living in the drought stricken regions of
southern Wisconsin might proitably
utilize the large areas of marsh lands
and pine slashings of northeast Wiscon-
sin where the rain has been frequent
and grass abundant.
During the thunder storm here
Wednesday evening, lightning struck
the steeple of the Morayian church, tear
ing a large hole and passing through to
the auditorium below One of the peWs
was torn into splinters and the wood work
IN another part of the church took fire, but
through the efforts Of the pastor, Rev. A.
Haupert, and the fire department the
blaze was extinguished. While the boys
were working at that place the barn on
the premises Of Supervisor Frank Lu-
tovsk, on Hall street, was discovered on
fire. Being too far removed from hydrant
service the Silsby engine from the
| Phoenix house was taken to the bridon