Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-11-23
The News Condensed.

Miss Mildred WOrder, of Ashland,
has the honor of being the first lady
to kill a deer in Ashland county.
Fred Peterson, aged 10, was in
stantly killed in Fountain City while
he and his brother Otto were exam
lining shotgun and a rife, neither
of which were thought to be loaded.
Alex Laplant, young man of
Porterfield, had his left arm blown off
while hunting.
At a meeting in La Crosse of the
county board it: voted down the
proposition to build a new $15O,OOO
courthouse by vote of 10 to 16.
The post Office at Ross was entered
by robbers and the safe, containing
500 in money and stamps, was blown
open and overturned.
A trust of northern Wisconsin brew
cries is to be formed with a capital
of $6,5OO,o00. Oshkosh, Appleton,
Green Bay, Oconto and Menasha are
included.
A new G. A. r. post has been organ
lied in La Crosse, to be known as the
William Mckinley post. 1t is made up
of about so members from other posts
in the city.
The annual report of the Marathon
county insane asylum shows that the
total receipts for the year were $685.
026.1S and the net gain to county $12,-
542.77. Average number of inmates
during the year, 1874.
The new Baptist church here was
completely destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at little less than $40, 900,
the insurance amounts to $4,000. The
church will be rebuilt at once.
A west-bound Wisconsin Central
train killed Mrs. William Schroeder
and son near Unity, the other morn
ing.
William Doyle's hat was shot off his
head by careless hunter near Dun bar.
The bullet just grazed the top of his
head
Carl Emerson, of Bloomer, received
charge of buckshot in the shoulder
by the accidental discharge of gun.
A settler named MARITIME, living in
the north end of Chippewa county,
was killed by stray bullet, which en-
tered his left ear and came out of the
other.
William Fremmert, a son of City
Treasurer Fremmert, of Oconto, who
was accidentally shot in the leg while
nting ducks, has had his leg ampu-
tated.
State Senator William III. Devos will
succeed Charles B. Roberts as collector
of customs for the port of Milwaukee.
James Malaney, a switchman, was
instantly killed by the cars in the
Northwestern yards at Madison.
Two men, about 40 deer and dozen
head of cattle killed is the result of the
opening day of the deer hunting season
in the vicinity of Ashland.
Larry Clark, of Milwaukee, was
killed and another man fatally injured
by the caving in of portion of a reser-
voir which was being constructed for
an ice company at Port Washington.
Attorney Walter Winter, chairman
of the board of supervisors of La
Crosse, says the city is practically as
sured of new $4,000 courthouse.
The Sawyer Cattle company, of Osh-
kosh, has bought $4,000 acres of ranch
land in Texas.
Senator George Wolff has been re-
elected chairman of the Sheboygan
county board of supervisors for the
thirteenth consecutive time.
In accordance with custom, the gov
ernor has issued Thanksgiving proc
lamation, designating Thursday, No.
vember %, as the day. s5'.Ss
Arthur Voyer, who lives at Junction
C;t.. was accidentally shot by COM
panion, Mr.. Anderson, of Waukesha,.
while hunting partridges. The wopad
will not prove fatal,