Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15
STATE NEWS NOTES.

ASTLAND-The leg of James Moore OF
Odonah was amputatcd by sleigh which
ran over it.
MADISON-Earl Tiffany of La Crosse has
beer elected joint manager of the UniYer,
sity Mandolin and Glec club
RACINE-ror the irst time in the history
of the Racine county insane asylum reIig-
iOus services will be held on Sunday next.
AIERRILI-M. G. Hoffman. county Judge
of Lincoln county, will not be a candidate
for reelection at the coming election next
spring.
Of property destroyed during the year was
$4G,G33.17.
MADISON-The report of Secretary-Treas-
urer Tubba of the state Society of Equity
showed a loss of 5000 members and a de-
1icit of S3GS1.
RACINE-A gang of sneak thieves is
breaking into and robbing lighthouses along
the river front Five houses have been
looted, and 5000 worth of brass carried
N&DISON-Miss Ada f. Swanson. 10.
SON were recommended by the university
faculty for the new Fannie E. Lewis under
graduate scholarships.
MARINETTE-An epidemic of hydrOpho-
bia has broken out in PeShtigO township,
near this city. and not less than twenty-five
dogs have thus far been killed, and the
slaughter is not ended.
APPLETON-At Il meeting of the ApDIe-
ten Merchants association it was decided
to have the nineteen electric arches con-
structod on College avenue for the holidays
lighted every NIGHT in the year.
GREEN BAY. H. Taylor has been
elected one of the vice presidents of the
Mccartney National I bank l; and he will be
succeeded as cashier ny George \. Richard
son. formerly assistant cashier.
MARINETTE-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Glass of this city were found guilty of hdy-
ing assaulted and robbed William AIlard in
their cigar store. Glass and his wife
Knocked AlIard down ard stole SO.
LA CROSSE-A deal has been completed
by which the La Crosse Water Power com
paDy becomes the owner Of the plant, lines
and office fixtures of the Minnesota Light
and Power company at Winona The Min
neSOta company turns out Il current Of 10
600 volts, furnishing power and light to
the four cities of WnOna, Fountain City
RoliingstOne and Minnesota City.
GRAND RAPIDS-At the annual meeting
Of the Centralia Pulp & Water Power com
paEy Miss CaIlie Mason. who has been book
keeper for the company ever since its or
gauization, was promoted to the Office Of
manager.
SHEBOYGAN-SpinaI meningitis, result
ing from Il short illness with typhoid fe-
YER caused the death Of Minnie Nerbuist.
aged Il years and another death IS added
to the long list of fatalities since the ty-
phoid epidemic started here.
EAU CLAIRE-The annual convention Of
the Wisconsin Dairymen's association will
be held in Il northern Wisconsin city for
tho first rime in the history of the assOcia-
ton. The thirty seventh annual meeting
will lac he'd at Barron, February 10, II
and l..
MADISON-In annual convention the Wis.
consin Society Of Veterinarian Graduates
elected the following officers: President.
Or. =. 2. FI3ck. milwaukee,; vice president.
Dr. L. u. Fg"g". Burlington: secretary. DR..
J. T. West. Madison; treasurer, Dr. J. +.
Roub Monroe.
EACLEE-Patrons Of milk pedd-ers have
complained to the police that they are being
cheated on short measure" IT is claimed
tna1 during the cold weather the milk froz"
in jaa bottom Of the measures. and thai
instead Of getting Il quart 81 milk 1t was
hardly over pint.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT received in Kc-
nosha announced that Lorin Farr. widely
known i'll this portion Of Wisconsin,
drowned at Utah hot springs while taking q
bath. Lorin Farr was among the early con
verts TO MOTmOnism, ana was the first
mayor Of Ogden. Utah.
NDNROE-A homecoming viii he held in
come. ton with the next Green county fair
to be held u Monroe IN September. ". w
Chadwick has been chosen president Of the
homecoming conlsnittee, which body. will
correspond with former residents OF Green
county in an e. deayur to bring them back
10. = visit.