Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-03-08
The News Condensed.

State Bank Examiner f. /. Kidd died
in Prairie du Chen after lingering i'll
ness, aged So years. Mr.. Kidd contrib
uted largely to the making of Wiscon-
sins industrial, educational and po-
litical history.
Mrs. Frank Drew, wife of the light
keeper of Pilot island, died, and her re-
mains were taken to Marinette, a dis
lance of 40 miles, in a sleigh, after
very dangerous passage over the ice.
Edward +. DIN, Jr., one of the fore
most young men of Sparta, died of
consumption, aged 20 years.
d. w. X. Noyes was arrested in Bara
boo, charged with forging his moth
er's name to a note for $500 and get
ting it cashed at the First national
bank.
Fred Ketchum stabbed and seriously
wounded Hiram Howard in Sparta.
Bad feeling had existed between them
for some time and this brought on the
fight.
Emma, 1s-year-old daughter of Her
man Wendt, employed as domestic
in the town of Erin, died a mysterious
death.
The Milwaukee chamber of COM
merce has adopted a resolution rec
commended by the board of directors
placing heavy penalty on any mem
Der who pursues so-called bucket-shop
methods.
Railroad Commissioner Graham T.
Rice estimates that the state will re-
ceive 81, 622, 1865 in taxes from the
railroads this year. This is an increase
of SIP, S61.7s over that of last year, the
total then being $1,549, 434.S7.
citation has been organized with 200
members.
The remains of Stephen Chapel, an
old resident and civil war veteran, ar
rived in Hancock from New York,
where he died while visiting. He was
rs years old.
Fire at the farm of Mrs. F. E. Downs,
on the outskirts of Delavan, destroyed
two barns, so cows, eight horses,
wagons, carriages, hay, grain and val
liable farm machinery.
Herman A. Braun, 81 years old,
known throughout the country as
Corporal Braun, died in Milwaukee
from disease contracted during the IS
months he was confined in the confed-
crate prisons at Andersonville during
the civil war
William L. Kittredge, aged 81 years,
master car builder of the northern di-
vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul road, died at Milwaukee after
long illness.
William Giddings, one of the best
known young farmers of the town of
Mount Pleasant, became insane and
was taken to the northern hospital for
the insane.
Eau Claire has received the agree
ment of Andrew Carnegie to give $780,
900 for library, with the usual pro-
viso that ten per cent. of the amount
donated be appropriated annually by
the city and that the city give a site.
The price list committee of the Wis
consin Valley Lumbermen's associa-
ton met in Wausau and recommended
a revision of the price list amounting
to 50-cent to one dollar advance.
Mrs. Louisa de Champ, the first
white woman born in Wisconsin, died
at Prairie du Chen at the age Of 1O4
years.
Fred Levenhagen, aged II, a resident
of Manitowoc for IS years, died sudden
ly while conversing with his wife.
Moses Rockwell, prominent farm
er, Is years old, living few miles
north of Sparta, was found in his barn
yard gored to death by bull.
Peter Johnson, aged IS, and Olive
Swanson, aged 26, both of the town of
Mayville, were married at Abbotsford
by Charles Partridge, justice of the
peace.
Rev. r. w. Hobbs, pastor of the
First Baptist church in West Supe-
rior, has handed in his resignation.
He has accepted a charge in Boone,
Ia.
Benjamin Wolfram, OF Levee, was
fined $50 and costs in Portage for
selling liquor without license.
Timothy f. Ryan, of Waukesba. has
been appointed receiver of the Wau.
kesha Water company.