The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-11-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

on the Chippewa river log contracts let at
$500 and $3.50 per IL onsand.
Snow fell to the de pth of two inches, at La Crosse
on Monday night.
The police OF Fond du Lac have broken up several
The Directors of the Northwestern Orphan Asylum
at Oshkosh have just chosen the following officers
per; Secretary, W. b. Taylor; Treasurer Andrew
Haben. A building will be erected next season
new paper is to be started at ogdensburs, Wau-
paca county, by Messrs. Ratclif & Hopkins.
John Cottsr, of Prairie du CHEN, employee ON
the st. Paul Railway, instantly killed last Mon
day night by being over by a locomotive.
Peter Jesse, of the town of Buchanan, was found
drowned near the lower lock in the canal Lltts
Chute last Friday.
The Fond du Lac Reporter has the following "nut
for naturalists to crack
'It has always been understood that animals OF
the fox species climbers. But last Thursday
Gustav de Neveu, Jr, shot in the woods grey fox
in a straight white oak of II inches diameter, bark
rather smooth lowest limb about ten feet from the
ground. The fox about 80 feet up the tree. lie
was chased up the tree by a hound.'
The Princeton Republic tells fish story the sub
stance of which is that Touring mill in that place
was brought a standstill night last week and
upon the examination they found the rack complete
ly ehoked up with pickeraI.'
Ed. Decker of Green Bay. recently sold to E.
James OF Oshkosh, and A. D. Mcmillan, of Freeport,
ILL.,, about five thousand acres of pine land Monas-
tique, Mich, for S25 555. This was cash sale Mo-
nastique is below Green Bay, the Lake Michigan
shore, eastward from Big Bay de Noquet There is a
fair harbor and the pine is large and of excellent
quality. mill has been in operation there num-
Der OF years.
There quite gathering of the citizens of
Madison at Governor Washburn's, on Monday night,
at farewell reception given by him to Governor
Fairchild and his wife, the of their departure
for Liverpool Mrs. Pairchild left Monday, and
the Governor will the last eff the week. and sail for
Liverpool to take charge of the Consulate the 1st
of December.
On Sunday night some person broke into the offcs
of Mr. Peter Schlesser in Ahnepee, and stole $50 in
cash. notes. town orders and securities representing
about $1,000.
Frank Conroy, one of the breakesmen the She
boy gan and Fond du Lac Railway, met with seri-
accident. While engaged in coupling at
Sheboygan Falls, one of his hands caught be-
tween the cars, and fearfuly crushed and man led.
1t will lay him up for several weeks and may Grip
pie him for life.
c. G.. MuelleI's mill and staye factory at
Wrightstown, was burned last Tuesday evening.
The epizootc has made its appearance at Sheboy-
gan Green Bay and throughout the lumber regions.
Four deaths were reported in Green Bay Thurs
day.
Highway robbery perpetrated Green
Bay Thursday.
:. Henry Elliot, Scotchman, employed on a graval
train the Chicago end Northwestern Railroad,
was found dead III his chanty, the depot, IN
Madison, on Friday evening. The coroner's jury re-
vealed the fact that he died from heart disease.
On Tuesday evening of last week, a named
McClurg, residing in Minnesota, entered the hotel
of John Braun in the town of Lincoln, Polk county
and took seat by the stove with others. Braun
the landlord, seized his rifle upon seeing McClurg and
shot him through the body, killing him instantly.
The shooting is reported to have grown out of
McClurg's intimacy with Braun's wife.