The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-05
WISCONSIN, NEWS.

The next Annual Convention Of the
Wisconsin Union of Catholic Temperance
Societies will be held at Madison, COM
mencing at clock \. NJ, On tuesday.
June 10th.
Tie steamer Economy, recently sunk
at Oshkosh, has been raised and will be
converted into barge.
The juneau County Democrat states
that Mr. Birdsey found two cows in the
road near Loss Lake with theil horns
locked. All efforts. to seperate them fail
ed until ore of the horns was sawed off.
The Norwegians q Madison and vicini-
ty have lnauguratedsa movement ior Ehe
erection Of a monument IN honor of Lett
Erikson, the Norwegian discoverer, who
the year 1000. nearly i've centuries be-
fore columbus made his memorable voy-
age. The monument gili be erected
either in the Park or in the University
grounds. 1t is to cost $50, 900.
Green Bay is to have stock yard coy
ering four acres.
The propeller 0conto took from Stur-
geon Bay about l.50O.000 evergreen
trees last Sunday morning..
Judge Maynam has resigned the posi-
ton o! County Judge of Fond du Lac
county. Gov -Washburn has appointed
n. c. Giffin as his successor.
Hay brings 20 dollars ton in Fond dr
|. Lac
Mrs. Robert Trestrail has been ap
pointed Postmaster Of Shullsburg.
Mrs John Handrahan. of Darlington,
was bitten by rattiesnake Sunday eve
ming She was reaching under hen fol
some chickens at the time, aud the snak,
was under the hen S wirg. 4 physician
was called, and Mrs. H. was, at last ac
counts, out OF danger.
VIM. ID. Colburn, resident of Greer
Bay since 1887, and former well-knowI
merchant, died in that city, on Tuesday
of heart disease.
A son of Simon Schiller undertook t
steal ride on a.railE.ay train at Keno
| sha, one day last week, and lost a foot
VIM. Edwards, Jr., brought one c
his bard5 in contact with a circular SAY
at Mattooon 4 jacques Chair Factor
7 Plymouth, and lost all Of his fingers ey
cept one.
4 hotel thief named Charley Brow
was detected in the act Of robbing I
Chadwick at the fremont House, L
Crosse, and arrested He secured SO
from his victim, which cannot be found
The Northwestern Railway Compan
offers excursion tickets from Chicago t
Lake Superior. and ON that lake be9wee
Marquette and Duluth, and back to Oh
cago for $50 for the round trip.
A young girl named Jennie RibblG
residing in The lower part of Fond d
Lac. was killed by the falling OF a POI
ton of the frame work of swing.
The tug Tornado took out new steal
boiler from Burn s works, Fort Howard
last Wednesday, in a novel fashion
was too large TO be put on the boat. an
was thrown into the water and towed ;
LATHE Sturgeon Bay. The boiler Is q
feet long, Il inches N diameter, an
weighs s, coo lbs.
John Baxter, a young man of %. va
/, drowned On Saturday last, on the driv
near Oco1to. His remains were SCI
to BIanitcwoe on Monday.
WolEes killed twelve lambs in the pa
ture OF Ephrailn Bingham, near Kos
honong, a lew days since.
The Chicago and Northwestern Raj
road Company IS changing all its loc
motives in use between Chicago al
, Green Bay 10 coal-burners.
The Fond du Lac Gommonyeali
notes the destruction of young toma
plants n .ilazz vicinity By Frost, az Thur
day night.
The express company at La Cros
received eerpackags, on welnesda