The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-30
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

formed militia has been organized, com
prised mainly of Milwaukee companies.
TIE Waukesha Literary Society
has been resurrected, and has placed it.
self in hourishing condition within
the last few weeks.
A DRUNKEN rowdy went into q James
vile church on Sunday, raised row,
and whipped couple of deacons who
attempted to put him out. Y
A FEW days since eleven cars were
loaded at the Racine Linseed Oil Works
with oil cake Containing 232 tons),
which cake was shipped through to Liv-
erpool, England, the freight being So;
500 in gold.
Work on the Grand River lock, near
Montelle, is being pushed forward as
rapidly as circumstances will permit,
and it is generally understood that work
will be kept up through the entire win
ter.
A RACINE newspaper attempted to at
tract an audience for Olive Logan by
saying that ''she had been for forty
years the pride and ornament of the
American STAGE" And that editor was
mighty careful to be out of town during
the day that Olive stayed there after her
lecture,
WILLIAM ABRAMS, q young man in the
employ of Hunt & Biddle, contractors
and builders of BelOit, was found last
Sunday hanging to beam in their shop,
dead. 1t is supposed he took his own
life while out Of his right mind. His,
father is missionary 10 Africa, where
the young man was born.
The State Poultry Association held its
annual meeting at Milwaukee last week,
at which the following officers were elect
ed: President, J. L. Mitchell Vice
President, Horace Enos Treasurer, S.
FL. Seamans Secretary, G. 81. Spear ;.
Executive Committee, Peter Schoen,
John d. Allcott, and S. A. Philbrook, of
Milwaukee, except Philbrook, who halls
from Brookfeld. The exhibition of the
society closed after successful session.
AT Milwaukee, on Monday last, man
took passage on a south-going train OF
the st. Paul road to Western Union
Junction, and was missed at the station.
The Chicago train north searched the
track and found him lying between the
junction and Franksville with both legs
cut OFF. A doctor on the train attended
him, but without avail, and he died few
minutes after arrival at Milwaukee. From
letters on his person he Is believed to
have been Jeremiah Ryan, of the Sol
dier's Home of that city. He died without
speaking.
FoREFATHER's DAY (Dec. 22) was
celebrated at the Capitol in Madison
unitedly by the Centennial Clubs and the
New England Society. Gen. David At
wood, of the State Journal, presided.
There was large and brilliant company
at the Assembly Chamber, which was
handsomely and patriotically decorated,
interspersed with old-fashioned singing.
The following sentiments were read and
responded to: "The Day We Cele-
brate," by the Rev. G. ii. Richards
"The Mayfower," by Prof. J. D. But
Ter: "The Yankees Outside of New En-
gland TRANSFORMING Improves Them"
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by Judge J. G. Hopkins; "The Women
of 1776 and 1876" by Gen. Ed. E.
Bryant. Two fine poems were read, one
by Maj. G. G.. Mayors, and new cen
tennial hymn sung to the tune of cold
Lang Syne.'' These exercises, with in
terchange of dispatches with similar
celebration at Beloit, occupied an hour
and a half, and the rest of the evening
was devoted to dancing.
RECENT postal changes In this State:
office Established Lorraine, Polk Coun-
ty. William III. Gillespie, Postmaster.
Discontinued Clam Falls, Polk County;
Dellona, Sank County; HARRISON, Grant
County; TRADE, Walworth County. Post
masters appointed Camp Douglas, Jul
neau County, John Singleton; Casco,
Kewaunee County, David Curtin; Glass;
vile, Grant County, Carl Kleinpel;
Forest Junction, Calumet County, James
Judge; Jeddo, Marquette County, Mrs.
Joanna Owens; Little Sturgeon, Door
County, A. M. Spear; Logansville, Sank
County, William P. Robinson; Lyons,
Walworth County, Giles G. Reeve; Nit
fin, iowa County, Jefferson w. Rewey;
New City, Trempeleau County, David
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