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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
5
Justice Thos Lichinger sustains Judge T M Becker in ruling against Monroe Water Works. Water shutoff deemed unwarranted. damages awarded total 69.50 with costs 18.87. Court details pipes fixtures and service costs, noting prior agreement payment and disputed charges.
Census figures released in Washington place Milwaukee’s total population at 285,815, short of hoped for 300,000 and about 10,000 less than enthusiasts claimed. The 1900 to 1910 increase is 39.1 percent, with larger gains previously. Merriam plans to tabulate Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia before releasing smaller cities like Boston and Providence.
Gerald Caratting youngest son of HN 1b Caratting played in Russell Street near home when a meat delivery wagon driven by Len Stauffachar struck him. The wheel ran along his body but only a bruised ankle resulted. He previously fell twelve feet from a window with no injury.
A group of sixteen carting workers and drivers camped in Ludlow’s pasture north of the city when a bolt of lightning struck near their gathering at dusk. Nine remained until the storm, horse reins were pulled from Joe Sickinger, and one horse was shocked. Everyone felt the shock and hurried home, believing they had a lucky escape. Witnesses named include Greenwald, Allis German, Will Blesley, Jon Sickinger, Chas Makepeave, W J Mitchell, Fred Ball, Fred Buri, and W Blackford with Greenwald asserting the bolt weighed twenty tons and the earth trembled.
Service will begin on August 15 for two rural delivery routes from the local post office. The routes cover 13 miles, 64 square miles, and serve about 1200 people. Carriers named are Louis G. Schnetge and J Henry Williams.
The short course in agriculture opens December 8 at the University of Wisconsin Madison with 175 applications already received for 275 available places. Early requests secure admission as students are registered in order. The program promises valuable additions and practical training for aspiring farmers and industry workers.
Prospects favor connecting Monroe and Chisago by an independent telephone line within months. Worthem of Badger State Telephone Co. says the Duluth line, started in July 1880, nears completion and will link with towns in northern Illinois and forty others. An independent line is organized in Dulmyn e with 40000 capital and will connect northeast Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota. Ed Eley joins Lytle's drug store as pharmaceutical clerk.
July transfers filed with the Green County register of deeds show numerous parcels and names including Maria Churchill to Sarah Bowen in Monroe, Ella Moore to William H Murrey in Brodhead, Quintillion Ward to Mary Browne in Martin, and Hiram Draine to J H Babcock in Monroe among many others with prices ranging from $1 to $3,000. The article also notes a Bank of Cambridge robbery and a Republican convention setup, plus bids for hay and straw at the Green County Fair Grounds and farm society notices.
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