The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-23
STATE ITEMS.

The Mineral Point Tribune reports that
one day last week lad of II, a son of a
farmer near that city, eloped with u girl
of is, who was stopping at his fathers
house and attending school. The parents
of the boy, who were absent from home,
returned to find their minor minus.
The trustees of Racine College have
provided billiard table and smoking
room for the use of the students
The Watertown Republican reports that
Mr.. Shubel Abby died in the town of
Hebron, Jefferson county, on the 3D. inst,
aged 81 years. He was a soldier in the
war of 1912; and there now remains in
Hebron four men who were in that war,
viz: William Mixer, aged So; John F.
Elmerdorf, aged 10; Atrial Barnes, aged
N; and William Noyes, aged IS
Mr.. Charles Patterson, an employee in
the foundry Of Powers, Milne & Co.,
Waterfowl, was seriously burned the
other dav. It seems that he was pouring
some melted iron into snow bank, when
an explosion ensued, AS might be expect
ed, sending the particles of iron into
his face and through his clothes, burning
him SO severely that be is yet unable to
see.
Three horses were burned to death at 8
camp on Yellow River, near Remington
Mills, in the early part of last week. A
person carelessly entered the stable with
a lighted candle and set fire to the hay,
and the building and horses were con
sumcd before the flames could be subdu-
ed.
Mr.. Cheney. Assemblymsn from Mon
roe county, has introduced bill ITO en-
able the towns of Sparta, Leon, Jefferson
and other towns in M ,nroe county, to levy
u tax to maintain n stage road between
Sparta and Viroqua."
A Sparta lad, in q fit of boyish anger,
threw pair of shears at his brother, the
Their day, and completely severed the
femoral artery above the knee A diff
cult eurgical operation saved his life,
after it was despaired of.
A team hitchtd near the railroad track
Jefferson, last week, by some means got
unmtched and started leisurely toward
town. The passenger train coming along
ran into the team, killing one of the
hsrses, and carrying the hobs to the
sleigh about mile down the road
Every criminal arrested in Racine dur
tbC VI Ct'IHIlilCtE' ALS
uffnse under the influence of whisky. ! So
says he county sheriff
The propeller Manistee, which WAS on
the rocks IF Milwaukee, was got off be-
fore tn gale of Friday night set in.
William Mems, contractor of Mil
waukee, having been unfavorably criti
cised by he See Bote newspaper, commit
Il an assault on Mr.. Edmund Kron, city
editor of that newspaper. Melms has
been arrested for the offense
A Beloit boy carelessly shot his sister
last week he was cracking caps on PTS
tol that be thought had no losd in it,
The Door County AdUocate reports that
G w Finch, of Bailey's Harhor, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself on e. 24th
ult He was discovered about noon
hanging in his barn. An inquest was i'm,
mediately held on the body, but nothing
was developed rs to the causes which led
him To commit the deed.
The Wausau Wisconsin, says that wolves
are so plenty in SINE parts of that coun
ty now, that they occasionally dispute the
right of way. A number have lately been
scalped.
PROT Allen, late principal Of the State
Normal School at Platteville, who has
been snending the Fail and Winter on
the Pacific slope for his health, will soon
return to Wisconsin.