Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-01-11
miscellaneous.

Thieves entered the store of B. Bloch
at Wausaukee Tuesday night and carried
off jewelry and clothing to the value OF
$500.
The Beaver Dam WOrsted cOmpan
Monday made voluntary assignment
The liabilities are $45O0 and the assets
$1,000.
A case of smallpox was discovered in
st. Vincent's orphan asylum at Green
Bay Tuesday and 200 children were ex-
posed.
The safe of Kruger & StOlzenberg at
ShebOygan was blown open on last week
Thursday night and considerable cash
secured.
Daniel Paulson, aged 72 years, was
probably fatally injured at Racine last
Friday evening, being crushed between a
wagon and shed.
Burglars entered the Brown dry goods
| store at De Soto last week Friday night
and carried away two wagon loads of
goods worth $1,000.
John A. Fiscus, who was hurt Wednes
| day afternoon in an ice boat collision
at Madison, died Thursday night. His
skull was crushed
John c. Pitts, aged II years, fell from
the top Of siXty-fOOt telephone pole at
! TOmah Tuesday morning and was killed.
His skull was crushed.
William Guttman, residing south of
KenOsha, while hunting, was accident
ally shot in the back by companion.
His chances for recovery are slight.
While playing near a washtuD tilied
| wit 1 4
child of A. PetOskey of La Crosse fell
into tub. The child's flesh was liter
ally cooked.
Burglars entered the saloon Ct Alex
JOda on South Main Street in juneau
and helped themselves to 400 cigars. a
bottle of Three Star Hennessy brandy
and $3.50 in small change.
Eugene S. Elliott. Judge of circuit
court No. 2, and leading Mason in Wis
consln, died Of heart failure in his chair
at the Milwaukee Whist club Thursday
OF last week, aged 60 years.
The Pabst hotel at Luco, on the
southwestern shore of Lake WinnebagO
Will be moved across the lake on the
ice to New Fond du Lac to help supply
the demand for boarding houses.
Rev. Z. Will, who escaped from
the state hospital at MOnd0ta on
Monday, arrived in GAINESVILLE where his
family resides, Sunday, having alked
the entire distance from Madison.
At a meeting of the La Crosse school
board Monday night an unknown philan-
thrOpist offered by letter to give a suffi-
clent sum Of money to endOw a manual
training school for La Crosse. The offer
was accepted.
Fire last week Thursday afternoon de-
strOyed $4,000 worth Of property at
Sturgeon Bay. The blaze started in
John H. Allan Seed cOmpany's seed house,
causing a loss Of $4,000, and then
to adjoining property.
Albert Belz, of Appleton, was arrested
Sunday night charged with attempting
to xii Franz Winkel. BeIz, it is alleged
hourished a revolver and butcher knife
and threatened to murder Winkel
He will have a hearing.
The Hays Waterproof Dress Binding
company has sold it's patent rights to the
Hays Skirt Binding company of New
York. The factory is in Oshkosh and
will be closed. Sixty people will be
thrown out of employment.
A large number Of Marinette cathG.
lies have signed a petition addressed to
King Edward of England, asking him t.
appoint the president Of the Unit Cd
States and the queen of Holland as ar
bitTatOrs to settle the Boer war.
Mrs. Anna Larson, aged go years, was
burned to death on Thursday of last
week while trying to escape from a
burning house near GratiOt. Her son
was badly burned in an attempt at rescue
The house and contents were consumed
While walking along the Omaha rail
road tracks between Mason and Pratt
| Monday, Gunard Johnson Of Ashland
was wounded in the arm, presumably by
a stray bullet, and his arm was so badly
hattered that it had to be amputated
1t is reported that the Central hotel al
St. Cloud, owned by Charles Schefer
was burned together with all its con
tents, early Sunday morning and that
many Of the guests barely escaped from
the fire. The hotel was insured fO1
$1,000.
The Racine Wagon and Carriage com
pany has just awarded contracts
for the erection of a large factory build
ing, 10 cost $4,000, and which will bt
used almost exclusively for the manu-
From fifty to 100 skilled workers will bt
given employment.
At an early hour last week Friday fir,
; destroyed the drug store, Office, dwelling
barn and store building owned by DR.. O
E. Werner at Rip Lake. The loss will
reach $4,000, with an insurance o
$3.50. The store building was occu
pied by the Rip Lake Mercantile com
pany, whose loss will reach $500 and n
, insurance.
| While wOrkmen were tearing down
5 the old International hotel at La Cross
5 on Friday of last week the skeleton of
man was discovered between the rafters
The remains are supposed to be those of
. government detective named Cummin
5 who was investigating alleged illici
/ whisky distilleries in that city and VIII
: disappeared from the hotel one nigh
, in 1880.
g The.trouble occurred at the home of Cal
: Adams at about 7;30 o'clock in the pres
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