The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-26
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The foundry and machine shops of
Graham, White & Co., at Eau Claire,
were burned last week. Loss, 500, 000
Mrs. THERESA CHEssELL, of Milwau
kee, committed suicide the other day by
cutting her throat with carving knife.
Temporary insanity.
Two MILWAUKEE tugs, in their anx-
iety to reach the schooner Ardent, in
Milwaukee bay, ran into the vessel,
causing her serious damage.
OFFICIAL returns of the census of
Shawano county have been received, and
show the population to be $685.. This
makes the total population of the State
1926, 500.
A LETTER arrived at the Prairie du Sac
Postofice the other day with this super
scription: cover the hill and over the
dale, I send this letter by the mail; at
Prairie du Sac, Wis, leave it, and Cora
Christian will receive it..
GEORGE WATSON, formerly proprietor
of the Adams House at Ashland, died
suddenly at the Adams House in Green
Bay, where he was guest on Wednes-
day last. The cause is supposed to have
been heart disease.
WISCONSIN postal matters: PostnaGs-
ters Appoioated-Clam Falls, Polk
county, E. E. Gregg; Colburn, Colum-
bia county, Henry Meyer; Greenleaf,
Brown county, Philip Snyder; Little
Sturgeon, Door county, John M. Bur-
rift; Poygan, Winnebago county, Philip
Larson.
ADvIoEs from thirteen counties in dif--
ferent parts of the State show that corn
suffered great damage by the first frost
of the season, and reports come from
some places that three-quarters of it is
killed. Tobacco, of which there is q
large acreage in Rock and Jefferson
counties, is totally destroyed. Hops,
buckwheat, potatoes, and all vines on
Low lands are badly injured.
PosTMAsTERs have recently been ap-
pointed at the following named places:
Fox River, Kenosha county, John H.
Roberts; Leon, Monroe county, Arthur
L. Mitchell; Rrlsk, Dunn county, Thos.
Condor; Tess Corners, Waukesha coun-
ty, Christian Schale; Wilson, ST. Croix
county, James w. Van Vliet. The name
of the Postofice at Ableman, Sank
county, has been changed to Rock
Spings.
LAST Sunday night the postofice at
Palmyra, kept by B. N. Benedict, was
entered by thief, and money, in the
shape of stamps, etc., stolen to the
amount of $15. The burglar effected an
entrance through the back door by cut
ting hole large enough to admit his
hand. The key had been left in the
door. The thief injured his hand, and
left many bloody stains to mark his
progress.
A GREAT shock was felt in Milwaukee
about o'clock Wednesday morning,
and many persons supposed that it was
caused by an earthquake. It was found
to have been occasioned by the explosion
of dualine storehouse near Whitefish
Bay, about three miles from the city.
This storehouse was partly destroyed
Nov. %, 1872, when four men were
blown to atoms. Since then no one has
ever dared to go near the building, as
it was believed that large quantity OF
the explosive compound was left un-
touched. The owners of the adjoining
real estate finally offered reward tc
anyone who would destroy the building
and its contents, which was done by
firing the roof and wall. When the roof
fell, there followed an explosion that
scattered the building in splinters, and
shook the earth for miles about.