Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-06-22
The News Condensed.

G.. Sampson has been appointed re-
ceiver of public moneys at Ashland.
1t has been discovered that 40 per-
sons in the town of Rudolph, Wood
county, are suffering with smallpox.
The old Catholic church at La
Pointe, Madeline island, was totally
destroyed by fire. TIE church was
an ancient landmark and has been
visited by hundreds of tourists.
The county board by a unanimous
vote authorized Chairman McKenna
to appoint a committee to get ideas
on the subject of soldiers monu-
ment for Fond du Lac county.
Louis Feurer, of Sheboygan, gradu-
ated at the Annapolis naval academy,
being first in the class of 67.
Judge Romance Bum, in the fed
eral court in Madison, decided that
tribal Indians on reservations are not
a1senable to state laws.
Charles Wit, the ruler of the Ke-
nosha colony of Italians, has been
granted a divorce from his wife, Ro-
sic Weisung Viii, aged l6.
The schoolhouse at Eureka was
struck by lightning and totally de-
stroyed, with less of $4,000, and in
surance of 50 1000.
Dr. A. L. Hohlfield, dean of the aca-
demic department of Vanderbilt uni
versity in Nashville, Tenn, has ac-
cepted the professorship of German
languages in. the University of Wis
consin. 1
An outfit for counterfeiting silver
dollars was found on the farm of
George Clark in the outskirts of
Rhinelander
On June % the post offices at Lib
erty Pole and Folsom, Vernon coun-
ty, will be discontinued.
M. Kreely and son, prominent farm
ers residing two miles south of Ar
cadia, were struck by lightning and
killed.
n. H. Traine, member of the firm
of Traine & Co., plumbers in La
Crosse, died of blood poisoning re-
sulting from vaccination. He leaves
a wife and five children.
Without leaving any word as to the
reason for his act, Alexander Baker
an insurance agent of Brooklyn
turned on the gas in his room in Chi
cago and was asphyXiated.
C. c. Morrison, one of the pioneer
residents of Rock County, died at his
home near GAINESVILLE.
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sor of physics in the state univer-
sity, who is at present studying in
Europe, has resigned his position.
j. w. Brow, of Stevens Point, has
been unanimously elected for the
third time commander of the Macca
bees of the state of Wisconsin.
President Eaton, of Beloit, speak
ing of the college finances, said that
5000 is still needed in the endow
ment fund to secure DR.. Pearson
gift of 100000.
John Wolff, of Oconomowoc, has
been convicted of the murder of Sher
if James Summers, of Madison
Mont, and given a life sentence il
the Montana state prison.
The building committee of the state
board of normal school regents has
decided to expend $4,000 in complet
ing the building improvements al
Stevens Point and $4,000 to complete
those at Oshkosh.
Efforts are being made to form 9
company to develop extensive peat
fields which have been discovered III
the town of Pleasant Prairie, west OF
Kenosha.
The Pabst Brewing company SUI
fered a loss of S15O,ooo by fire IN MIL
waukee.
For the first time in its history
death entered Kemper hall IN he
nosha. when Sister Caroline passed
awav. The death was sudden and re-
suited from heart disease
The works of the Menasha Wood
Split Pulley company were burned to
the ground, Loss, $4,000.