The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-08-07
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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has driven sixty spiles 10 the main chan
mel of the Mississippi river at La Crosse
during the last week.
The largest raft of logs that has left
Black river this year was taken few days
since by the Abner Gle, to Clinton. Tie
raft belonged to Gile & HolWay, and con
tanned over 200. 600 feet.
The Office of the District ATTORNEY of
Dunn county was crowded the morning
after Robbins 4 Go. 8 circus had been at
Menominee, with men who had lost
money in trying to win money from the
gamblers that follow that show. They
wanted the District Attorney to go for
the rascally swindlers, but their ardor
was cooled off when they found they had
violated the law and were equally subject
to its provisions as were the gamblers.
High water has prevented the. usual
growth of wild rice in Lake Koshkonong
this summer.
Monday morning train of empty ore
cars jumped the track near Neenah,
throwing 10 ears off the track. No one
injured
l. Newman, crippled veteran of the
late war, who keeps fruit stand at Fort
Howard, had his breast badly crushed by
runaway team on Saturday. He man
aged to save little child, which he was
leading, from injury. but failed to escape
himself. The occupants of a wagon, to
which the runaways were attached, sus-
tanned severe bruises. Newman's iniur
les are dangerous.
The school census Of Fond du Lac, now
being taken. indicates q population of
BIG. 600. + ~ - ~
Mrs. S. 5. Evans, a widow, died very
suddenly at Tomah. Sunday nj ght, under
the following singular circumstances. as
related by the Madison Journal: Sun
day evening Mrs. Evans, with her two
daughters, were sitting in the house en-
gagged in conversation, when a man, an
entire stranger, as the girls supposed,
stepped into the room through the open
door: Mrs. Evans looked up, and on be
holding the man went into fit or con-
vulslon. The stranger did not remain
more than minute and went out. One
OF the daughters rushed up to her mother
and asked what was the matter. The
mother said she would tell as soon as
Lizzie lone of the daughters) went out.
These were the last words she uttered,
and expired. We understand that as
soon as she died black spots appeared on
her ack -
j, ii. Stewart, Superintendent OF The
Chicago and Northwestern and Winona
and St. Peters Railroad, has purchased
the place owned by the Messrs. Garrison,
OF St Louis, formerly owned by MIR.
Briggs, on Lake Mendoza ridge, at the
head of Pinckney street, Madison, paying
S12, 900.
Madison servant girls are abandoning
house work and going into the harvest
fields.
At Racine. last Friday. child of Mrs.
Rogers, living on Campbell street, he'd
both hands horribly burned by placing
them on a hot stove.
A man named Beach had horse kill
ed by lightning. in Racine. last week.
The animal was insured in the Madison
Mutual Company.
Richard Richards, Of Racine county,
on the 2lst of this month, sold a sucking
colt three months old to Mr.. 4 T. Phil
lips, of Rockford, ILL.,, gentleman of
very large experience In the horse bust
ness. for S4O0.
The Executive Committee of the Wis
eonsin State Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry, at a meeting in Oshkosh, on
Tuesday, adopted resolutions repudiatine
the recent action of the Dodge county
Grange in calling for State Convention
at Milwaukee on the 2lst of August, and
Issued an order to the Oranges through
out the State to DISREGARD the call and
not lend themselves TO the furtherance
of any political schemes in direct opposi
ton to one of tie cardinal principles of
the order.
Harvest hands command SO. 80 per day
in some parts of Jefferson county, and
are scarce at that.
The steamboat building at Milford, by
n. S. Green 4 Son, will be ready 20
launch this week, and its whistle will soon
make the welkin ring along the banks of
| the Crawfish. The boat will sail under
the euphoneous name of Shaugashee,
| which being interpreted from the Indian
| language, means Crawfsh. So says the
| Watertown Republican.
On Friday last two young ladies, daugh-
ters of Samuel Raymer, of the town of
| Cadlz. Green county. were quite bad y
| hurt by their horses running away ard
| throwing them out of the buggy.
The State Superin.endents and Normal
| School Regents issue programme for an
! extensive series of teachers institutes
| this fall. to be held at fourteen Normal
| Institutes and twentyfour county inxti-
tutes, extending from early August till
| late in Autumn.
The Oshkosh Times Says of the Geiser
! Threshing Machine Works, that about
Que hundred machines will be built this
season. over fifty of them having already
been turned out.
George Noodle of Monrt e, was watch
| ing his fathers barn for THE yes, the other
night. & pistol shot through his hat
! from one Of them was perfect assurance
that the barn needed watching.
| The Evansville barber put q lathered
| customer into the street. the other day,
because of an Tniimeiy suggestion that
his pay till the latter came to town again.
Aud now come insects to destroy the