The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05
STATE ITEMS.

Miss Lille Peckham, of Milwaukee
studied law year or two, and finding
it more than she anticipated, has began
studying for the mlnistrv.
The Green Bay and Lake Pepin Rail
road is now graded from Fort Howard to
the Wolf River, distance of thirty miles.
Ic is now being used as highway.
George Frey of North La Crosse was
held to bail in the sum of $500 for the
shooting of VIM. Merrill, of the same
place, last week, and his trial will come
off OF the next term of the Circuit Court.
The La Crosse Leader says that logging
has not yet begun in earnest in the piner-
les, and the time thus far has been occu-
pied III skldding," swapping, and pre-
pairing to make the best possible use OF
snow when it does come
The KeDGu7ee Enterprise says that Dir.
Henry Hallam, Ahnepee, killed rooster
a few days since, which was found to
contain two perfectly formed hearts, and
other peculiarities.
The appleton Post says that little
child, about three years old, belonging to
Mr.. and Mrs. Cadman, while engaged in
play about the house, fell into vessel of
hot water and was scalded to death.
Several Of the steam pipes for heating
the GAINESVILLE Court House burst during
the cold snap.
There are seven hundred and thirty
nine more males than females in Rock
county, which will make it pleasant for
the former if suffrage is extended to the
latter
There was not very large turnout at
the Dairymens' Convention, held in Fort
Atkinson on the goth ult., and only
temporary organization was effected,
when an adjournment was had to Jan
uary 10.
Kilbourn City has had some cold
weather quite a number of frozen feet,
ears &c have been found around there.
Milwaukee is busy with grand gift
enterprise for the benefit of her boat club.
Mrs. Mary Greer, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
sprained her ANGLE quite severely while
attempting to get on passenger coach
in the depot OF the Northw estern Rail
way in Chicago last Tuesday. She was
sent to the County Hospital.
The Secretary of State calls attention
to the great disparity of assessing stock
in different counties. For instance,
horses are averaged from $780, in Bay
field, to 1856 in Kewaunee.
A woman in Milwaukee left her house
recently, and returned to find her infant
child mangled and partially devoured
by hog. An officer of the law was
about to shoot the animal, when she
plaintively begged Lima not to do so, Gas
her loss was heavy enough already"
An unsuccessful attempt was recently
made to force the firm of Parker & Stone,
of Beloit, into bankruptcy. The citizens
of Beloit have denounced the act by
resolutions passed at public meeting
The liabilities of the firm are $4,000,
and its assests 1884, 900.
A second crop of barley was raised in
Calumet, by John j. Helmer, this year.
The Chiffon Times says that, when this
crop twas threshed the grain turned
ont as good as the first crop. The berry
was plump and bright, and the yield
averaged twenty five bushels to the acre.
1t will be remembered that the second
crop sprung from the seed that shelled
while gathering the first crop"
Mr. A. G. Bentley, landlord of the In
ternational and Beaumont Houses, died
at Green Bay the other day. He was 81
years old, and in Wisconsin he has lived
in Oshkosh, Beaver Dam, Portage City,
New Lisbon, Milwaukee, and Green Bay
The Green Bay Aduertiser says that per-
haps no man not in official life was bet
ter known in Wisconsin. He had kept
the Walker and Newhall Houses at
Milwaukee.
The Klbourn City Mirror says Ken
osha has tanning mill"