The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Deaths.

days ago from an overdose of morphine.
THos III. LITTLE, Superintendent of the Wis
consin State Institution for the Blind, died at
GAINESVILLE recently Of typhoid pneumonia after
a short illness.
Business Enterprise.
GREEN BAY has organized Board of Trade
The Wisconsin State Dairymen's Association
met at Fort Atkinson on the Sd inst. Owing to
the severe storm prevailing at the time the at
tendance was small, and the convention adj
journed after a session of few hours, until
Feb. II and IS.
THE Executive Committee of the Wisconsin
State Agricultural Society," in session at Madi-
and Sept. 6 to 10 as the time, for holding the
next State Fair The premium list was increased
! some $15000 The prizes for horse-races were
largely increased. No propositions were sub
mitted to secure the holding of the fair at any
other place.
! Statistical.
! MILWAUKEE warehouses on the I'd inst. were
stored with ], 1852, 936 bushels of wheat, S. 8O2
bushels of corn, 70, ga bushels of oats, Is. $40
bushels of rye, 145, 761 bushels of barley, and
| Is, $50 bushels of malt
| ANGUS CAMERON, the successor of Mr.. Car
! penter in the Senate, was born in Caledonia,
Livingston county, N. Y, in 1926. He came to
Wisconsin in 1857, and has served six years in
the State Legislature He was Speaker of the
Assembly in 1867. He is lawyer and promi-
nent member of the Episcopal Church.
HENRY B. SHERMAN, formerly proprietor of
the Island House at Toledo Ohio has leased
the Plankinton House at Milwaukee
Casualties.
''TAYLoR HALL" one of the edifces of Ra-
cine College, was destroyed by fire early on the
morning of the 4th inst, together with valuable
apparatus, library, etc. Loss, 100000; insur-
ance, $4,000
Crime.
WOMAN named Mrs. Teweles committed sui
eide at Manitowoc few mornings ago. She
was missed about O'clock and after dligent
search of several hours was found in the bottom
of an adjacent well. This is the fourth attempt
within week. Insanity is reported as the
cause.
Horticulture.
The recent meeting of the State Horticultural
Society at Madison was well attended and full
of interesting proceedings. A paper on ''Where
and How to Grow an Orchard" by George w.
Putnam, of Richland county, was very favorably
received and highly complmented. It recon-
| Jod b;obxr on
east, or southeast exposure, and soil well pre-
pared. Apple trees should be planted sixteen
to twenty-five feet apart and crops cultivated
in the orchard while trees are young In the
discussion the Importance of soil and location
was generally insisted on. The plan of planting
evergreen trees in orchards was disapproved of.
Protection on north and west by trees, and pro-
lection of trunks on south and west were COM
mended. n. T. Lund, of Madison, read a valu-
able paper on "Small Fruits, urging attention
to these as the main reliance for
homegrown fruits in Wisconsin, for
some years at least. Especially is
Wisconsin adapted to the growth of wine-grapes.
G. j. Kellogg read humorous paper on ''Pear
Culture" taking an unfavorable view of the
successful culture in Wisconsin. j. M. Smith.
of Green Bay, read an interesting paper on
Market Gardening" A paper on 'Insects in
Plants and Flower Culture, by Mrs. J...H. Will
Jams, of Madison gave practical directions for
destroying these pests. Mrs Henry NJ Lewis,
of Madison, read q valuable paper on the
"Wild Flowers of Wisconsin" The society di-
vided the State into twelve districts, appointing
person in each to make observations and re-
port on all matters relative to horticulture. G..
j. Kellogg made a meteorological report from
GAINESVILLE, showing that in the last twenty years
there had never been colder January than the
one just past. There was q very fair showing
Of apples, mainly Of seedlings and newer varie-
ties. There were also some well-preseryed
grapes and specimens of raisins shown by Gen.
Lund, made of Rogers hybrid grapes.
Political.
THE following are the resolutions adopted
by the Democratic caucus that nominated Mr..
Cameron for Senator, and which the latter sig
nified his acceptance of:
I" Preservation of the public credit, honest pay
ment of the national debt, rigid economy State and
ulore laclllCleS OF tranSpOrta-
ton within and without the State completion of the
Fox and Wisconsin river Improvement sound cur
rency in coin or its equivalent tariff for revenue,
levying higher duties upon articles of luxury than
upon articles of necessity sovereignty of the State
over corporations of its creating; no sympathy
or support for men who vote apologize for Credit
Mobilier corruptions in Congress or elsewhere or
who affiliate with men of corrupt practice in State or
Federal government in the exercise of its delegated
powers sovereignty of the States and the people as
to all powers not delegated to the Federal govern
ment prohibited to the State; supremacy of
the civil authority in times of peace liberty, equal
ity and fraternity for all men under the law; free
dom of the press from Federal gag law; freedom of
religious opinion and opposition to all State or Fed
eral enactments which usurp jurisdiction over the
private conscience or punish man for the Of
lenses of another; the perpetual subordination of
the interests of party to principles and to the good of