The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-15
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

~ "0''A ONonCos Ine oCuef Gay. 1G is NOT
known whether it was case of suicide or
lynch law.
The laundry and engine house at the State
Insane Asylum, in Madison, were burned on
the 8th inst, with loss of $4,000.
The dwelling house of Mrs. John McCar-
thy, near the railroad in the town of Dover.
Racine county, was burned Thursday morn
ing. Loss about $4,000.
A grass widow and a young, unmarried
man were fined SIS and costs for kissing each
other while riding through the streets of
Prairie du Chen, one Sabbath recently. 4
The lightning struck the house of L. LIZ
Bonnie, in the town of Prairie du Chen. on
saturday of last week, stunning the whole
family and nearly killing Mrs. LeBjnne.
The house was burned and contents all de.
stroyed.
The barn of Frank Sawyer, near Green Bay
was struck by lightning and burned the 9th.
er day, together with twenty tons of hay.
Sportsmen should remember that the tima
when The killing Of prairie chickens is pro-
nibited does not expire until August 90.
Any statement to the contrary is an error.
The Hudson Star and Times says son
Tuesday night a terrible storm visited this
section, doing vast amount of damage in
destroying grain and blowing down fences
and buildings"
The Wood County Independent says: GA
new village is being laid out where the Green
Bay and Lake Pepin Railway crosses the.
Yellow River. Messrs. Hiles, Ketchum e.
Co. are preparing sites for three new saw
mills at this point"
A correspondent, writing from Hustisford,
says: "The proposition Of the Northwestern
Union Railroad Company to this town, for
aid to the amount Of $4,000, was carried at
our election by vote of 179 for to 129
against We are en- the Lodi branch"
| In the town of st. Marie, Green Lake
county on Tuesday last. the house Of a Ger
man named Tade was burned, with all his
household goods, and quite large crop Of
wheat which he had just stacked.
The burglars who recently, operated so ex>
tensively in Appleton and Fond du Lac are
now in jail awaiting their fnal al the Sep.
TENDER term of the Circuit Court.
Most of the machinery for the Globe Pa
permill at Neenah has arrived, and is being
put in.
The coal house, engine house and laundry
ofthe Insane Asylum, near Madison, we're
destroyed by fire at an early hour last Thurs
day morning. Loss, $4,000.
A son of Sam Brooks, named Adam. about
twenty years of age, on Tuesday last, in slid~
ing down from stack of grain, struck the
handle OF a hay fork, which entered his BODY
six inches. And yet he will probably racov-
er.
The late rains have raised the Poshtigo
River nearly bank full
new schooner, called the Bertha Barnes,
has been built at Sheboygan for the N, Ludo
iDgton Company, of Marinette.
Three new saw mills are to be erected on
the Marlnette side of the river for next sea-
sons operations.
Peshtigo has built over one hundred dwell.
ing houses since the fire, besides all other
buildings.
yoke of cattle belonging to John WcuzeI,
Of Peshtigo, were killed by lightning during
! the thunder shower on Sunday of last week.
This pair of oxen were donated by the Relies
Committee.
Last Wednesday afternoon, during a heavy
rain storm, the new Odd Fellows Hall
Peshtigo, was struck by liShtning, running.
nearly the whole front, and severely shock
ing several workmen employed upon the
building.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth saws
eve understand that Rev. Geo. G. Haddock
has been challenged to discuss Universalsm.
The challenging party is the Rev. O. Craw-
ford, Of Lake Mills''
The GAINESVILLE Gazette of Monday savs.
Yesterday morning. John Sicily, survivor
ofthe war of 1919, died at his residence in
the Fourth Ward, in the eighty>second year
of his age"
4 A man was arrested in Oshkosh on Satur-
day last for stealing rags to the amount Of
about ton, valued at SIS.
The Chippewa Falls Democrat says
Louis Bonellier and wife, old residents OF
this city, left On Monday, attended by q
large eseourt offriends, for Eau Clhire en-
route for New York City, thence to France.
within whose beautiful capital city of Paris
they will hereafter pitch their tents.'' w
The Platteville Witness says an alarming
disease is prevailing among the pigs in the Vi
entity OF ST. Rose. Mr.. Craiglow is said to