Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-10
STATE NEWS NOTES.

GREEN BAY-A1rs Minnie Zehms. form
erly OF Milwaukee, is suing Gustave Zehms
of the town of Scott for divorce alleging
cruel and inhuman treatment.
NEENAH-Fears are being entertained
for the safety of the Neenah dam, which
is being threatened by large cakes of ice
carried down in the annual rush from the
lake.
BELOIT-A dog poisoner is at work in
Beloit and owners of valuable CANNES are
up in arms. Within twenty four hours five
dogs have died from strychnine, and many
are sick.
built for the Oshkosh Steamboat company,
was launched Thursday afternoon It will
be used for passenger and freight traffic on
the Wolf and Fox rivers.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Wray, n year
ago last September was sent to Porto Rico
to assist i'll putting an electric railroad
through the island, has finished his work
there and will return home.
WIIITWATER-A telegram was received
announcing the death of DR.. r. L. Mickey
at La JOlla, Cal. DE-. Mickey a dentist
and well known in Wisconsin. He leaves
wife and one daughter.
BELOIT-The Beloit college baseball team
will open it's schedule Monday afternoon
with Il practice game with the Relnit high
school. Eleven games are scheduled with
Beloit Rockford and Freeport high school
mines.
SHEB OYGAN-The city will ask to have
its suit against the city water company con
tinued until the fall term of circuit court
as the attorneys for the city are not ready
to proceed. The spring term of court will
open next week.
LA CROSSE-The city of Onolaska is put
ting up q strong fight for the new county
agricultural and manual training school to
be established this spring. The village of
West Salem has offered the La Crosse coun-
ty fair grounds and a large bonus
BLACK RIVER FALLS-Thomas NJ. Dun
nigan, Il middle aged farmer of the town
of Irving, who last Tuesday. shot ana
wounded his son Ellsworth while attempt
ing to shoot his wife has been adjudged in
sane and committed to the Mendoza asy-
lum.
RACINE-A fire destroyed the home of
John Peterson of Mount Pleasant, causing
him and his family to flee in their night
clothes. The 4-year-old son was already en-
veloped in flames when the father rushed
in and got him out. He was badly burned
on the hands, face and head, and the boy
was burned on the head, face and feet.
OSHKOSH-Three Oshkosh druggists
were arraigned in court on the charge of
having dispensed adulterated drugs. J. +.
w. Schmidt, pleaded guilty and paid SO
and costs. ]. +. Schroeder and L. W.
Medland, pleaded not guilty. The warrant
charged the druggists with having sold
spirits of camphor that was below stand
ard.
ASHLAND-Cftize of Ashland, inter
ested in boating, decided to organize nav
al reserve Every other state that has
lake port on the great lakes has number
Of divisions of naval reserves. There has
nava! reserve in this state, there Is no
bill providing for the organizing of sucn
body.
PoRTAGE-Thfs city held no primary,
and five candidates for mayor have filed
petitions. They are Z. S. Baker, incum-
bent John K Td 81 u fatf Go all KePH 9nm
Ocrats. There are six candidates for the
office of city treasurer, Otto koppIine, A.
Holmes, Frank Mueller, Republicans; L.
J. Hanley, Harry Williams and Otto Hell
mann, Democrats.
SHEBOYGAN-The Fox River Valley com
pany has a crew of men at work on the in
terurban line between ElEhart Lake and
Plymouth. The company proposes to op-
crate the line this year.
JEFFERSON-The claim of Ardelia
Thomas, Fort Atkinson, against the estate
of the late James f. Pritchard for $234J9I
for household services rendered to the de-
cedent during his lifetime was disaIIowed
city.
JEFFERSON-The Modern Woodmen of
America held their annual county conven-
ton this year at Waterloo for the past two
days. a permanent organization was per
fected with DR.. J. V. Stevens of jefferson,
chairman, and Matt Eoelker, Waterloo, sec
retary. Delegates were elected to represent
Jefferson county at the state camp at Wau-
sau. A county picnic for Modern Wood
men will be held at WATERFOWL in June.
RACINE-A summons and complaint were
filed In the circuit court in a suit of Ar
thur c. Best against James, Charles and
Alfred Cape, contractors demanding 5000
damages. The plaintiff, a resident of Mil
waukee, claims he was running an auto
mobile on West Sixth street, that the ma
chine ran into a depression in the high
wav being paved by the defendants, and
was damaged $500 and that his hands and
face were injured.
STANDARDIZATION of an unknown
mans body We're found scattered for about
two miles along the Omaha tracks just this
side of Rockmount by Anton Johnson. The
body and clothing were both so cut up that
II was impossible to give any good descrip-
ton of the man, but it was judged that ne
was a Iumberman, and while stealing
ride he had fallen from the train. When
the clothing was searched nothing was
found to identify the man.