Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-10
The News Condensed.

Florence DOrey, aged ~ years, was
killed, and Clara La Voy and John
Quirk were badly injured by being run
down by an electric street car while
driving from Depere to Green Bay.
An anti-horse thief society has been
formed by residents of Alton, Rock
county.
Spanish-American war veterans of
Manitowoc with many of their COM
rades from nearby cities celebrated
the third anniversary of the landing
of the Wisconsin volunteers at Porto
Rico by holding reunion.
NJ C. Bergh, assistant state treas
urer, has been commissioned pay
master of the Wisconsin national
guard.
A new post office by the name of
Dwight has been established on the
500 line, II miles east of Osceola, at
what was formerly known as Spur
three.
During an electrical storm at
Tomah Chris Peterson was killed and
M J. and G. Kelley probably fatally
injured.
Rev. P. w. Condor, pastor of st.
Demands church at Watertown for
Is wears, died at Notre Dame, Ind,
aged 63 years.
Frank Hawkins, aged 60, one of the
wealtiiiest farmers near Durand, was
found dead in bed.
Mrs. Martin Cherek was struck by
lightning and instantly killed at An
tigo and her infant was severely
burned and may die.
La Crosse is to have an automobile
police patrol to succeed the horse
service. Figures show that it will
be much cheaper.
The school census of Madison shows
a total of 5,66S persons in the city be-
tween the ages of four and 20. This
is an increase of 331 over that of last
year.
The season for prairie chickens
does not open in Wisconsin until Sep
TENDER 1, but reports are coming in
of a number of men who have been
shooting them.
State Senator N. A. Knudson and
Miss Josephine Bleser were married
in Manitowoc.
The Marinette Iron Works Manu-
featuring company has decided to re-
main in Marinette.
st. Patrick's Roman Catholic church
was burned at Mauston. Loss, $751;
900.
The work of exploring the natural
GAS find made in Marinette several
weeks ago is now under way. Two
more wells have been sunk near the
first one.
Fire damaged the Office of the Prai-
RE Sun at Sun Prairie to the extent
of $500.
The C. Cease hotel. the Charles
Kingsbury grocery and Gerth d Co.'S
dry goods store in Fairwater were
destroyed by fire, the loss being $12,-
600.
Mai. w. A. Holbrook, a former res
ident of Durand, has been appointed
in the Philippines.
John Kennedy, awaiting trial on the
charge of highway robbery at Marsh
field, made his escape from the coun-
ty Jail at Grand Rapids.
Negotiations have just ended for
the purchase of the entire capital
stock of the Chicago brass works at
Kenosha by the American Brass com
pany. The Kenosha plant will be en-
larged.
The large barns of the county in
sane ASYLUM farm near West Salem
were struck by lightning and de-
stroyed.
The five-year-old daughter of John
Skoland had one leg cut off by a
reaper near Viroqua.
Gus Horngren, brakeman on the
St. Paul road, had both legs cut off
at gravel pit at Pound.
P. A. Haley, Bradley Mills and Ar
thur Murphy were placed under ar
rest in Stevens Point, charged with
completely in the murder of Thomas
Davis.
President Hughes, the new presi-
dent of the college at Ripon, is expect
ed to assume the new office Septem-
Der 1.
Rev. Hogenforst, Jesuit father of
the Sacred Heart college in Prairie du
CHEN, was overcome by the intense
heat at Wauzeka and died while seated
in a chair.