The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-29
WISCONSIN NEWS.

county. had sixteen C0tSNOid and Lei
cesier sheep. with their la iDhS stolen
A la.l named Fl@ich lost the sight o
one If his eyes, al Sheboygan, on Sun
day last by the accidental discharge of
| shot gun
Thomas Coleman an actor well know
| throue hout :his Stale. laid down on
railroad track near Columbus Ohio. re
Gently. while intoxicated and was crush
ed to death by passing train.
A fatal runaway accident haprene,
near Green Bay on Saturday Tw,
brothers named John and Dennis Hcaic.
were retiring tn Gienmorc, when THEN
horses took fright and ran away Denni,
was thrown over the da-hboard and in
slantly killed by kick from one of the
horses Johr. jumped from the wagon
but fell beneath the wheels and had one
of his arms broken.
A large bay crop viii be harvested
Throughout the greater portion Of th,
State.
The Racine Journal states that Chal le
5. Parker house. near johnson cross
Ing. was burned to the ground last Fri
day ai.crncon But little nf the furri.
nre was saved. Loss $1,000.
Lake flies have made heir aapea aranct
and are verg annoying at O-hkosh. 81
The Turners S; eiety Of Green Bay are
taxing time by the forelock and making
necessary arrangements for the anuua
meeting of the State Association whiet
occnrs in Green Bay August 10th TO lg.h
The pine grave on East River, east oi
the principal exercises will be held there
,l,I, L.,,l NJ l.
is engaged. and will be there throughout
the session.
Many pear trees in the orchards a.
West Bend were killed from the severe
cold last winter
The Jauesville accommodation rar
down an enihank nlent mile south o.
GAINESVILLE. on the Chicago and North
western Railroad the track having been
washed away by the Storm Wednesday
afiernnou. Two coaches and baggage
car were diiched Fur passengers arc
badly injured and twelve Others more OF
less. Phelps, OF rhe Chicago Times. il
among those seriously injured.
The Wisconsin State Sunday Schoo
Association met at La Crosse Wedi esiay
The children 5 meeting was addressed | y
Rev DIR Stone. of Milwaukee, Rev +.
7. Garrette. and others. of Id Crosse.
The s.. Paul Dispatch says that
Charles Seymour. President of the Edi
torial Association of Wisconsin, has ar
ranged for u grand excursion fol the edi
tors after their annual meeting in La
Crosse, on The 18th of June. FROM Ia
Crosse they viii go to ST. Paul. theme
TO Saltwater. HDdsnn and the Upper St.
>roix, after which they will proceed to
Duluth, and from there to Bismarck. the
Northern Pacific crossing of the Nilsson
ri river. This will certainly prove a
grand explcriog expedition, and be OF
service as well as pleasant to the editors.
The Fond dn Lac Commonwealth says
that over year ago little hoy vas acci
dehtal.y shot through the skull by IA play
fellow who was playing with loaded pis
tnl. But contrary to all expectations, he
got well. and is now as lively as ever.
Large numbers of buildings are erect
ing In Fort Howard. and the old burg is
rapidly improving. There is rumol
that the Nuri hweste-n Railway Company
will erect machine shop there 50 By
$50 feet, The old surgeon quarters
are to be removed This will leave but
one of the old United States buildings
The Marinette Fagle states that three
nIilch cows were killed the other day, by
the freight train. near that town.
The Wau>au Wisconsin says there are
safely stored in the boom at that place
% 600. 900 feet OF logs, the greater su
periority in quantity aud quality thar
that OF former years. 4 the saw mills
are in full operation. cutting from CO..
600 to 7O.0 600 every "a hours.
A pickeral weighing nineteen and one
half pounds was caught in the river al
Racine. few days since
Mr. + A. Monre. Government Apen
for the removal If the Winnehagoes tt
the Indian Territory. who went to tba
country some time since in charge of /;
delegation from The tribe. to see til,
c':untr1 and SELECT reservation, has re
turned tie La Crosse with them. Th.
Indians d., not want to leave Wisconsin
Thursday morning at Ocnnto, a BARI
was burned together with it's conrcnts
including six horses a COW and quaint
~ Of hay. Supposed TO be the work q
an incendiary.
The D O-hko>h Northwestern states tha
immense quantities of fish are bcin;
taken by Seines in Lake Butte des Mort
and Lake Poygan, snd that from i,resen
prospects thars Is reason to fear that til,
tnny denlzenS of those waters will suUi
be extern.inated.
A Swiss cheese-maker named Samue
Seigel,haler is supposed to have suicide,
near Oshkosh.
The honse of John Stearns, in O,h.
kosh, was struck by lightning on Thurs
day. Mrs Stearns was ironing at III,
time. and had inst set the irons or tn
stove and stepped out of the kitchen
when the lightning struck the house
| tearing down the stove pipe, knock in.
| the fiat irna- off the stove, ard boring t..
or three holes in the floor. Mrs S,earn
was slightly stunned, but received n
>eainus injury.
Hoffman has susnended the publica
ton of the Crawford County Press
The Indians of the Bad River Reser
| vation have made upwards of 95, 90
pounds of maple sugar this season.
Between May lSt 1872 aud May lst
1873, Iowa cnunsy. and the state togethe
| have Paid Sl,654 for wolf scaIps
The body of Harvey Briggs, of Ear
Claire, who was drowned At Jim's Falls
some three weeks age. was found O.
Wednesday IN ie boom.
Hon. Edgar C"nklin, Of Green Bay
died at the fremont House, in Chirpe
| wa Fails. on Thursday, of typhoid feve
after an illness OF two weeks.
The Green Bay Advocate mourns tht
destruction of an old building which wa
formerly used as the surgeons quarter
| at For; Howard. Only one building
left Of the old fort
The Ashland Press says efforts are be
ing made to secure the services of Majo
I. B Brooks. of Marquette, Michigan
10 PASS judgment upon the mineral re
sources of Ashland and Bayfield, coun
ties.
The Reedsburgh Free Press report
the destruction of large quantities q
standing timber, thousands OF rails an,
thousands nf cords of wood, by fires whic
have ragged through the towns of trenton
Washington and WeSt6eIa Sauk county
during a few days preceding late heay.
rains
Mr.. S A. Benjamin has placed OF
the table Of the Green Bay Advocate
piece of wond taken from a large tre
found eighteen feet below the surface
Undecided in solid blue clay, in diggin
one Of the tanks for the FIRE departure u
in the eastern part of that city.
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