The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.


! Caledonia and Mississippi railroad 1t is the
intention to extend the road west to the Goa
and grain fields of Iowa and Minnesota in the
spring.
AT De Soto, last week, boy named Hall
was carelessly handling rifle, when it was
accidentally discharged, the ball entering
Halls left side over the heart. and coming out
under the right collar-bone, and killing him
almost instantly.
MARCUS ANDERSON, a leading dry goods
dealer OF La Crosse, has suspended.
ALL work on the Fox and Wisconsin river
Improvement has closed, and the office has
been removed from Appleton to Milwaukee,
Hereafter all work will be done by contract
| The work next year will be divided as fol-
lows: From Berlin to Wisconsin river it will
be under charge of Capt. Russell-the whole
under the general supervision of Col G. d.
Houston.
The Northern Wisconsin Poultry Associa-
ton hold their annual exhibition at Oshkosh
Jan. II, IL and ID. 1t will be the largest ex-
hibition OF poultry and household pets ever
held in the Northwest.
The railway men working near Black River
Station. on the Green Bay railroad, found the
| body of dead man about two rods from the
track and nearly two miles east of the rail-
road station, lying behind log and partially
covered with coarse sticks and brush. The
man was evidently murdered the night be-
fore, and by means of blows on the head
| from a spike-maul in the hands of an I'M
known person.
Mrs. INGERsoLL. charged with the murder of
her husband atSparta nearly two years ago, has
been tried at Madison, and acquitted of the
crime The jury returned after fifteen min
utes with verdict of not guilty. The court
room was crowded, and, when the verdict was
rendered, almost the entire audience gave an
involuntary demonstration of approval. In
many instances tears ran down the cheeks of
women who were there. and who had watched
the trial from day to day to the end. After
the prisoner was discharged, many sought to
congratulate her, but her attorneys preferred
that she should not be approached, as she was
suffering from severe weakness. Col. VIM.
f. Villas, of Madison, and Col. John Turner,
of Mansion, receive unbounded praise for
their untiring efforts in behalf of their client.
WAGNER's Opera House, in Oshkosh. has
been sold to the Methodist society, who will
remodel and change the hall into church.
The amount paid was $4,000.
RACINE county is valued at $40, 161 900.
| A DARLINGTON man killed six skunks in one
day. Whew!
LA CROSSE has an interesting case of mar
riage and divorce. Mrs. Syreen w. Servis a
| few years since obtained a divorce with sew
eral thousand dollars from John Servis. Sub
sequently John married Mrs. Donaldson, who
had been divorced from her husband. F4om
the second wife Mr.. Donaldson has recently
been divorced, and now he has gone back to
his first love and married his first wife again.
The libel suit of Congressman elect VIM.
Pitt Lynde against the Milwaukee Semtine
has been withdrawn, the managers of the pa
per having retracted the false charges pre-
ferred against him. The Evening Wisconsin
and the GAINESVILLE Gazette also apologize to
Mr.. Lynde for false accusations.
DR.. J. f. MULICK, of Milwaukee the other
day met a young man named Edmunds, on
Mason street, in that city. and administered
to him severe chastisement. with horse
whip, the doctor claiming that Edmunds had
slandered his daughter by proclaiming in pub
lie that he had taken many liberties with her
unrebuked. Served him right
TUESDAY week, at Belmont, q desperate
named Prentiss entered Frost's store. and.
drawing a bowie-knife, attacked James Rob-
bins, grain buyer when the latter drew a
revolver and shot Prentiss, killing him in
stantly.
| A FEARFUL murder was committed st Spring
vale, Fond du Lac county, on Thanksgiving
morning. Mrs. Russell Brown was found
dead in her bed, having been killed by blow
on the temple with the head of an AK The
deed was doubtless done by her husband, who
has fled. He is supposed to be insane. Mr..
Brown is 80 years DID, one of the largest farm
ers in the town, and very highly respected.
The excitement runs very high in that vicin-
ity, and the feeling seems to be one of pity,
not only for the children, but for Mr.. Brown,
| "Hom dill oolloFe 10 DO incapable OF sucn
deed unless insane.
HENRY III. DEAN, formerly soldier in the
British army, who fought all through the
Peninsula, campaign, and at Waterloo under
Wellington, emigrated to this country between
thirty five and forty years ago, died at his
homestead, Prospect Hill, Waukesha county,
Nov. %, aged 95 years.
THE following Wisconsin Postmasters have
been recently appointed: Fussville, Wauke-
sha county, Lorenz Debus; Warren, st.
Croix county, James K Bovine A new office
has been established at Grimms, Manitowoc
county, with Peter Mulholand as Post
| master.
A CONVENTION is to be held at Fond du Lac
Dec 21-23, to organize Wisconsin branch of
the Evangelical Alliance, and to promote union
of feeling and cooperation among Christians
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