Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-05

lived alone in the town of Washington,
hanged himself i'm cow stable Tuesday.
The body was found Tuesday afternoon.
He has relatives at Rice Lake.
Frank PetrO and Charles David, of
this city, have purchased 1870 acres of
timber land in Langlade county near
the city of Amigo on Lower Bass Lake
through the agency OF Taylor q VOlk-
man.
The water in the we'll at the detention
| hospital at ManitoWOc recently became
unfit for use and an investigation was
ordered. Upon removing the pump two
large dogs badly decOmpOsed were found
floating in the water.
Harry Snyder, of Waupun, seems to be
the first victim of the Fourth of July
celebration in that vicinity. While
playing with handful of paper caps
Saturday, they exploded in some way
and burned his hand very badly.
Mrs. Langill has begun suit at Chippe-
Wa Falls for $4,000 against T. Weyen-
berger, proprietor Of the Chicago store in
that city for alleged damage to the
character. While in the store shopping
recently, it is alleged, the proprietor ac-
cused her of stealing hair comb.
Fire at noon Monday in the truck
department of the Racine Carriage and
Wagon Works caused wild panic
among the $50 employees Of the concern.
| All made dash for the doors and it was
| feared that many would be seriously in
jured. Fortunately only few were
hurt. The loss is $1,000 covered by in
| Surance.
Mrs. N. nj. Smith and her year old
| daughter had narrow escape from
| death at BarabOO Saturday. The house
had caught fire and the bed in which
! the mother was sleeping was surround
| ed with flames before Mrs. Smith awOke.
When the woman aW0ke she seized her
child and jumped from secOnd-StOry
window just in time to save their lives
Otto, the IA year-Old son of Marcus
Sterr, of Waupun, lost part of his scalp
| Saturday and is in a very serious cOndi
| ton. He jumped on land roller to
| have ride while the machine was being
taken through the street, and in some
manner was thrown in front of the roll
| Ter. His head was dragged in the gra
vel, tearing off piece of scalp as large
| as persons hand.
Albert B. Anderson, who resides in the
| lost his mind, owing to worry over the
political strife which is now going on
| between the La Toilette and the Stall
warts. Anderson favors La Toilette
and it is claimed that he worried for
fear the governor might be beaten out
| and this upset his mind. He is to be eX-
amlned by the county physician.
Monday evening the Ancient Order of
rly h 10
| accession to its ranks in the persons of
class of Ii initiates. Grand Master
| Charles Oehlrich, of Oshkosh; Grand
| Recorder, F. M. Owens, of Fond du Lac,
<. B. Patten, Waupun, H. E. Smith, of
| Oshkosh, were the grand lodge officials
present and conducted the ceremonies.
| Speeches followed the work and a gen.
erOus luncheon made fitting finale to the
evenings enjoyment.
Charles Rystricken, aged 45 years,
dropped dead at ManitOWOc Tuesday
morning at o'clock. Rystricken had
been engaged as guard over a quaran-
tined patient, and, according to his own
history, was in constant dread of violence
| at the hands of the patient. Monday he
| informed the health authorities that he
could not possibly endure the position
any longer. Later in the day he in
| formed companion that he felt his end
| to be near, and decided to make his will.
Tuesday morning Rystricken was found
dead on the premises of the quarantined
patient, indications being that he had
died in agony.
John Johnson, young farmer near
| North Cape, Racine county, died at an
early hour Tuesday morning of lOckjaw.
Four weeks ago Johnson stepped on
rusty nail but paid no attention to the
| injury at the time. Last Friday tetanus
set in and Johnson suffered terrible
pains. Seven physicians were in almost
constant attendance, but could do little
to relief the sufferings Of their patient.
Johnson was one of the most successful
young farmers in Racine county and
two years ago purchased 100 acres Of the
best farming land in the southern sec
ton Of the state. He is survived by a
widow and infant child.
| Mr.. W. A. Sanborn, of the Waupun
Democrat, who returned Monday evening
from trip to St. Louis reports a large
portion of Illinois, through which the
| Wabash line passes as being flooded.
He noted mile after mile of submerged
farms. In some places only the tops of
corn could be seen and in other places