The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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THOMAS GEHLAN, boy twelve years
old, is under arrest at Green Bay fro
burglary.
MASTER CHARLES BARNES, of Mani
towoc, possesses live four-legged
chicken.
! Mr.. JOHN LoNGFELLow was drowned
at Racine, last Tuesday, by the capsizing
of fishing boat.
FoUR villages have recently been plat
ted in Barron county-Rice Lake, Bar
ron, Sumner and Shetac.
AUGUSTA HAMAN is in jail at Farming
ton. charged with the robbery of $4OO
from fellow servant at Atkinson.
A THREE-CARD monte man has been
sentenced at Green Bay to a fine of 500
and thirty days imprisonment.
JANEsvIELE has the smallest girl Of
her age Of any city in the West. Six
teen years old and twenty eight inches
high.
A LrFE-sIzE bust of ex-Chief Justice
Dixon has been modelled by Miss Fill
ians, a lady spending some time in
Madison.
Ex- SENATOR CARPENTER has been re
tanned by the municipality of New York
to prosecute w. M. Tweed in the civil
suit for Sc, 900, 900 damages.
FRED MoUTER, youth of Is, while
fooling with buzz-saw In a mill at
Glenmore, the other day, had all the
fingers of his left hand clipped off.
A YOUNG man, named Daniel Clinton,
died at Green Bay, few days ago, from
lockjaw that set in after the amputation
of his foot, rendered necessary by a rail
road accident.
DIR. O. F. WIeHr, State sGeologist, is
at present organizing party to start the
middle of August to traverse the wilder
ness of the Northern part of this State,
along all the important rivers, involving
Journeys in canoes and on foot of more
than 1000 miles.
PATENTS have recently been issued to.
inventive citizens of this State, as fol-
lows Seeding machines, j. B. Bushnell,
Fond du Lac harvester reels, j. F.
Black, Oshkosh bob-sleds, J. j. Sand
gren, Ironton manufacture of paper
boards, B. f. Field, Beloit.
BURGLARS have been operating in
and around Beloit of late. Among the
sufferers are Rev. E. p. Salmon, gold
watch and chain S. w. Peck, miscel-
laneous articles E. F. Peck, jewelry
Henry Russell, silver watch Russell
Harvey, $3.50 in money, revolver and
clothing.
A "TRR-UP" society has just been
organized at Menomonee, composed of
young ladies. "The members pay five
cents per week, and report at their
weekly meetings any slang expressions
that may have been used by any of them.
They will also take in sewing specially
made of carpet-rag sewing. Whatever
moneys accrue are to be applied toward
the purchase of a library for the So
ciety."
In the fire in Oshkosh, in May, 1874,
the residence of Thomas D. Grimmer
was burned. 1t was insured in the
Hartford Insurance Company for So, 900,
which the company refused to pay, on
the ground that the property was not
worth that amount. Mr.. Grimmer COM
menced suit, and it was carried into the
United States courts, and, finding there
was no escape from the responsibility,
day or two since the company paid, not
only the $4,000, but also the interest
and bill of costs.
ONE Kelly, an Irishman, and John
Christianson, Norwegian, got into
row over game of cards at Mondovi, on
Monday last. Friends of both, to the
number of thirty, took hand. A stove
was broken to pieces, and this, with
stones and cordwood, furnished the i'm
plements. One Norwegian had his skull
broken, one was killed, and an Irishman
was so badly hurt that it is questionable
whether he lives. All engaged were
more or less injured, and all were under
the influence of liquor.
American Earthquakes.