Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-06-21
Around The State.

Owing to lack of room $4,000 addi-
tiOn will be built to St. Mary's hospital
at Oshkosh.
Miss Theresa Kelly now fills the posi-
ton as saleslady in place of Miss Lulu
Shasky at Stacks candy kitchen.
The pOstofice at Glover, near ManitO-
woo has been closed and is under quar-
antine on account of the discovery of
two cases of smallpox in the pOstmast-
ers family.
Lightning destroyed the barn of Will
liam Scheffier, three miles east Of Cam
bridge, early Monday morning. A team
of horses persisted in the building. The
loss is heavy.
Orrin Henry, probably the oldest Free
Mason in the state was nearly gOred to
Jefferson Saturday. He is SO years old
and will probably die.
"Buck" O'DOnnell was found dead in
lodging house Monday morning by his
room mate at Ashland. O'Donnell had
been dead twelve hours. His home is
in Kingston, Canada.
A federation of Catholic societies of
Outagamie county has been formed.
Twelve societies were represented and
delegates will be elected to the national
convention at Chicago.
At East Pennington Sunday night a
horse thief stole the Rev. C. Kleinlein's
the same place he stole the Rev. Father
Klop's buggy, harness and robes.
Lightning entered the house of Al
bert Kruether at Appleton Monday on a
metallic clothes line, turned the furni-
ture topsy-turvy and passed out of the
house without injuring the occupants.
The election which was to be held at
Waunakee on the proposition of joining
with WestpOrt in the establishment of a
township high school has been with
drawn on account of WestpOrt voting
against it.
Natural gas has been discovered on
the farm Of Charles Weaver in the town
of Chester, Outagmie county. A we'll was
being bored on the farm and when down
to depth of eighty feet the gas shot
out of the well ten feet high.
Carl Kalfahls, aged 10 years, died
last Sunday afternoon at his home
924 Cleveland street. A widow and four
children survive him. The funeral took
place from the home Wednesday after
noon to ST. Marks Lutheran church.
Mr. John Habhegger, the cheese deal
er, one of the most successful and DOpu-
lar of WatertOWn's business men.
owns one of the cOsiest bones in
the city, and just now he has had his
residence new painted cream color
with white trimming, and gables
painted in a rare tint of green.
Fire destroyed the Forest Park hotel,
Nashotah, Tuesday noon. Nothing was
saved. The hotel was owned by the Mil
Ter Brewing company, of Milwaukee.
NeighbOring hotels were barely saved
from a like fate. No estimated loss
given beyond $500 belonging to prOprie-
tor of hotel. The money was burned.
Mrs. George w. Parker, wife of a Lima
township farmer, Rock county, while
her grandmother and her 7-year-old
daughter were asleep, went into
chicken coop, poured quart of kerO-
sene over herself and then ignited it.
The body was not discovered until eve
ming. Mrs. Parker read an account of the
suicide of woman in a similar manner
a few days ago and remarked how ter
rible death it was.
One of the most brilliant addresses
ever delivered in or near TOmahawk
was the Grafton delivered by Edward M.
Smart, of Merrill at the memorial exer-
cises of the Modern WOodmen and the
knights of the Macabees at that place
Sunday. The streets were thrOnged
with people and the parade that took
place was one of the largest ever seen
in Tomahawk. Other addresses were de-
livered by James O'Leary and w. V
SilverthOrn.
The strange case of Mrs. Robert Low
ry. an elderly widow and housekeeper for
James Neill at Eau Claire, is in the
hands of the authorities. Mrs. Lowry
left the house with Mr.. Neill and his two
little daughters Sunday night for walk.
She was apparently perfectly well, but
about $40 o'clock was seized with con-
vulsions on a street car and fifteen
minutes later was dead, having expired
in buggy in which she was being
taken home. Suicide by poison is limited
at. Physicians made an autopsy Monday
afternoon.