The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-09-05
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

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Oshkosh sends twenty-five mich COWS to
the poor of the, Northwestern burned dis
trict.
Edgar Fuller, of Geneva Lake, captured
genuine badger near that village the other
day.
There Was heavy white frost in some por.
tions of Rock County on the Doth ult.
The mother of George Medlaugh, of Pres
colt, fell into cistern the other day, ana
fractured her skull.
About seventy-fve tons of chestnut coal
was dumped into the water at Green Bay the
other day, by the giving way of Kelly's
dock.
A new bridge across the Fox River at
Princeton is to be built this fall. s.
Two boys, named julius Allendorf ana
Alex. Bella, were arrested last week for steal
ing thirty dollars from the money drawer of
Carhart's Touring mill, Berlin.
HANO oAouSauu dbteuueG a mass
temperance meeting on Doty's Island last
Sunday. Steamers carried upwards of one
thousand from Fond du Lac alone.
The Oshkosh Times states that the White
Clay Lake drive entered the Main Wolf on
Friday, and are now being pushed along as
rapidly as the low stage of water will allow.
This drive figures up about 2O,000.000.
A man named Burns, belonging to Pat:
Gums raft crew, in the employ Of the Eau
Claire Lumber Company, had his foot torn
of by line On raft just below Durand, on
Tuesday evening.
The residence of George w. Pitt, of Fre4
mont, was struck by lightning last week and
somewhat damaged. Several ipersons were
shocked quite severely.
A party of men lately engaged in sinking a
well in the town of Seymour, Outagamie
county, came upon cedar log twenty feet
below the surface still in good state of
preservation.
A burglar in Lacrosse got a bullet in him
the other night and was carried off success
fully by companions.
Fifteen Belgian immigrants arrived at
Green Bay few days since. Most of them
will settle in Door County.
On Fir iday, the 23d nit, Mrs. Maligg, an
aged lady, was severely and probably fatally
injured by fall into cistern which vas in
course Of construction at Prescott.
Bears are very plenty in Barron County
this fall. Three were killed in the town of
Prairie Farm last week one of them, shot by
S. K. Young, weighed $50 pounds.
A young man named Ed. OBrien, living in
the village of Northport. was killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun while on D.
hunting on Thursday last.
The Stevens Point Journal says: emo 1o~
cality in Wisconsin offers greater induce
ments for the establishment of cheese facto.
ries than Portage county"
John Meyer, of Loganville, fell into pit.
Friday evening, and afterwards walked seven
miles unassisted to get fractured arm set.
-Four head of cattle lay dead or disabled
beside the track above Lavalle, on Tuesday
morning, having been knocked off the night
previous. @
The third annual fair and general exhibit
ton of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural
and Mechanical Association will be held az
Oshkosh, Sept. S0th to Oct. 4th inclusive.
Any information concerning it may be OBJ
tanned by addressing r. D. TORY, Secretary
at Oshkosh.
Doylestown correspondent writes U.S.
LAS Mr.. James P. Mcmahon and wife, ofthis
place, were returning home from Columbus
Saturday afternoon, the horses took fright
and ran against tree, throwing Mrs. McMa-
hon out of the wagon, breaking her neck and.
killing her instantly. Six children, the eld<
est about fifteen, are suddenly deprived of q
mother. The sad accident has cast gloom
over the entire community"
A Greeleyite writes from North Caroli-
OIFw faith