Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-05-10
State Items.
S. S. B..

1N|~H wv En- udS oCtuOiIl, IL ever,
ed better facilities for the transaction of the
various kinds of business which it aids in
accomplishing, than during the present
! spring. sufficient quantity of water has
flown within its banks to render the float
ing OF logs, RATS, DC. both cheap and ca
sy, while there has not been a volume OF
such magnitude as to endangerthc dams aud
bridges erected across it, nor in the least
to interfere with its hydraulic powers The
mills at this place never did more flour
lshlng business. proprietors have seen
to 1t that they were properly repaired and
stocked, have secured competent workmcn
and enough of them, and arc now dong a
business which is a credit to the place. and
ought to be source Of profit to themselves.
Let our citizens generally see to it that the
mill owners OF Jefferson DO not fail to re-
celve that patronage which their enterprise
SO justly merits.--Je9ersonian.
GoyERNoR.-The question is beginning
to be agla;cd who shall be the next Gov
ernor? The names of &C. Sholes, Hol-
ton, Bashford, McIldoe and others have
been suggested. All We have to say is,
let the voice of the people be heard and
needed in this matter. Beside the Cover
nor, there arc tobe chosen, a Lieutenant Gov
crnor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, At
torney General, School Superintendent.
Bank Comptroller and State Prison Com
missioner. These should be properly dis
tributcd and none but the best men be Sc
lected as candidates. No man of doubtful
politics or position should cucumber The
ticket, but each candidate should be pill
lar of strength to the Republican parry
Against such ticket, no opposition can
prevail MI. Free Dean.
We learn by gentleman from Slough
ton, that the grocery of Charles HAYNES
was entirely destroyed, with It's contents,
by gang OF temperance, higher law ruff
mans last Wednesday night The circum-
stances of the case are these: Mr. Ii, had
no license TO sell liquor by the drink, but
he had one to sell by the larger quantity.
lie left home on Monday previous, AMI
ordered his clerk not to sell any liquor by
the drink. 1t was thought, however, that
some liquor was sold in this way, and hence
tins outragc.-Democra
The above from the organ of the Bar tow
Administration is in keeping with the char
acicr OF those whom it represents. The
facts in relation TO the affair in question are
these. as we learn from reliable authority:
The grocery destroyed was a miserable H.
tie do3gerv, where rowdies and loafcrs con
gregatcd 10 imbibc whskey, play cards &c,
especially on the Sabbath. The keeper
had no license. He had repeatedly prom
lSed to quit the business, but still PERSISTED
~ 1t. The patience OF the sober and de-
cent portion of community was probably
exhausted, and one morning the offensive
establishment was found torn down, the
head OF the whlskev barrel stove in, and
the liquor oil ,casted No wonder that the
organ of the -whiskey interest feels bad
NoGison Joulnai
CAPslzED.-The boat Flying Cloud, which
we announced as having made the first ar
rival Of the season, has also succeeded in
making The FIRST upset Coming up the
Bay on Sunday last, with Mr.. DAY and an
other person, and the Lake Superior mail
on board, she was struck by flaw of wind
just below the mouth of the river, and
capslzed. The two men succeeded in get
ting upon the bottom of the boat, where
they remained about four hours, and were
finally taken of by Mr. BEAr1IE. in pas
sing boat. The steamer Michigan had in
the meantime passed within a short distance
of them wiLhoat their being discovered
The mail was recovered next day - Green
Day Adgocate.
The Islands in the Menomonee river have
recently been surveyed, and as they are
quite valuable, there appears 10 be some
strife as 10 who shall obtain the titles. An
lrlShman, whose name we did not learn,
had made claim upon the one nearest the
mouth, containing some sixty acres /; but
his shantee was torn down last week by a
CONTESTANT, who brought number of men
to his aid. AT last accounts, tie aggres-
sors had been arrested, and taken to Ocon-
10 for examination Considerable excite
ment is manifested over ibid,