The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-10-30
WISCONSIN, NEWS.

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| fed and Ashland the coming s nter.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Lee, a pr a.er, fore
man of The Fadrelandet og E 2ra..teu
of La Urosse, died on Tuesl : at hal
past 2 clock P. NJ.
Col. Samuel Ryan, of Menasi:a, recent
| ly delivered lecture In that ..!ace-Sub
ject," The Gentlewoman lie is uov
upwards of 80 years of age.
| The Appleton Post suspend ,aa week I
issue because it is moving issio a new
Office, and because the editor las gone
off to New York to get marr;s;
| A bridge tender at aierri=aac fel
/ through the opcu draw Of ,i,z, railroad
bridge, distance of fifty feet and was
dashed IN pieces on the rock j the foot
Of the abutment.
The Phoenix Fire Company ! Madison
| have received present of u iarge and
beautiful flag with the mo.:o ''Evsl
Ready" which will flourish .,ver theil
engine house hereafter.
| A fire Tuesday night Destroyed the
upper part of Bump & Postcr's block,
| including the pubic hall and Masonic
hall at Black River Fall. The st res
underneath were saved. t,ut ne stock
was badly damaged. The estimated
! damage to building and goo.s is oyei
| $40, 600.
A gamey section is the Tre,n pealeau
Valley. The game consists oi prairie
chickens, partridges, quail, ducks. rails
and snipe. Prairie chieL e,is specially
are very plenty. The stream nut there
| abound in brook trout The ca.,structlon
men on the railway have IN d iiiculiy in
keeping the camps supri"d With the
| richest sort OF eating.
| As the passenger train on tha chicago
& Northwestern Railroad, which left
| Milwaukee at $40 Monday afternoon,
was approaching Highland PARK, man
who had been stealing ride ATTEMPTED
| to jung from the train. He succeeded,
| but rolled under the wheels, which sc
| vered both legs from his body. He ex
pired almost immediately.
A bear weighing four huadre.i pounds
| was killed near Eau Claire on Sunday.
The Racine Journal states that the
Second Ward of that city is so poor that
it cannot light the street lamps within its
boundaries.
j. H. Weston has bought the elegant
residence of Gov. Washburn in La
Crosse. for which he paid So 900
The spire of the new Congregational
Church III Oshkosh will be $50 feet
high.
Two little girls named Mary Cofare and
ltalle Cofare, aged respectively | and IL
years. arrived in Green Bay Tuesday eve
| nIng, from Belgium, having travelled the
entire distance alone and uEaided Their
father. who came over few years since.
met them at the depot ami welcomed
them to his heart aud home.
A brakeman named Charles Rune
was run over and killed at MerriIoG,
on the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Rail
way, last Friday evening.
Henry BouIdin alias j H. Crosby.
was arrested in Green Bay on Sunday,
| upon an order from Grand Rapids.
Mich, where he is wanted to answer a
charge of assault with intert to murder.
The Sturgeon Bay Advocate learns
that Mr.. Eli Solway, of Little Sturgeon
met with serious accident in +. B.
Gardner's saw mill. at that place, last
| Saturday morning. He becam entangled
in one of the belts and was carried over
| pully, breaking his lett arm and bruls-
ing his body from head to foot.
The annual meeting of the Trustees of
the Soldiers Orphans Home was held
in Madison a few days since. The present
number Of children at the Home is SO.
The expenses of the past yeat have been
about twenty-five thousand dollars and
| twenty thousand dollars Is asked for nex,
year. General Milton Montgomery who
| is about to leave Sparta, and Dr. A j.
Ward Of Madison, having resigned as
| Trustees. Governor Wash burn has ap
| pointed in their stead Major Gilbert J
| Park, of Stevens Point. and Gen. j. j.
Guppey, of Portage.
| Several attempts to burn promincn,
| buildings in Menominee, by. incendiaries.
have been attempted lately.
Two barns were destroyed by FIRE, be-
| longing to farmers near Oshkosh. The
loss was heavy in grain, hay, agricultur-
| al implements, etc.
| Saturday evening, a fire destroyed the
| -four and feed store of A. Sharper, and
| the grocery and seed store of E.. Ell.
Jones, at Fond du Lac Total loss, $27,
/ 600
In the Town of Somers, near Kenosha
woman tried to fill lighted lamp with
| kerosene, The result was ,bat she and
| her baby we're burned to death and the
| husband and father was badly injured.
The postoffice in Augusta was broken
open and ROBBED on Monday night. An
entrance was made through the window.
| the safe unlocked, and about $1,000 in
currency, ore package of postage stamps
and several drafts on Chicago were taken
| from it.
Capt. VIM. Bremmer. of Plover, died
suddenly of apoplexy, last week. He
was captain in the 18th Wisconsin, and
took part in the battle OF Shiloh, and
| subsequently served in the 5tI Wiscon-
sin, and was wounded in the baltic be,
fore Petersburg. Was temperate, aud
rosna,ta1 bx, all xrho Lp,,u
HUDSON, Oct. 23-Gov. Washburn
| west, speaking at Hammond, St Croix
ence were out to hear him at Meuomnee,
Wednesday evening, not Notwithstanding
the raging snow-storm. lie spoke 20 g
crowded house at Hammond, many be-
ing unable to find standing room The
Governor will carry every county in the
Northwest by wholesome najoriies
Capt. Wilson, of Menomnae. goe. for
him heartily.
The Governor spoke a. y. apoiis,
then at La Crosse Satur:,, morning.
returned to and Madison tlt. s S:i;day
Mrs. Conaw, of kankakae, i.ls recov-
| cred $4,000 damages for t!, death of her
husband from the Illinois t.e.sFal Epil-
way Company
The Board of Trustees 1f' ths. Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Delavan lI:.ve lately
purchased new grounds which ..ves the
Institution entire control oi the hill s.ro
perty and an opportunity for improve
ments.
a large FIRE broke Out In Oshkosh,
which destroyed tie shingle mil of A
Thompson, valued at ST. COG, toge, her
with an amount OF wood ana shingles
Total loss $4,000; insured tc, $4,000
The annual meeting OF thy Board of
Trustees of the Northern Insane Hosfi-
tai at Oshkosh wss held Iey days
since, when the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year President,
Charles D. Robinson; Secretary, i. NJ.
Skeels; Asst Secretary. D. Walter
kempster Treasurer. Il. II nanforth ::
Ex. Com, d. ". MaxoD. c u. Robin
son.
River still rising at st. Paul
The Methodist Conference will be held
at Oshkosh next year.
Algernon Satoris, Esq. nf Green Bay,
has been suddenly called to s.5ader.. to
take possession Of tEa estates of his Ia
ther. Ed. NJ. Sartoris, 81 p, lately de-
ceased
j. l. Case & Co., thre-hing-machine
d