The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-25
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Business Enterprise.

holders being about 20 per cent. on the amount
paid in.
FROM the Wisconsin pineries there comes a
wall that is melancholy, The roads are like
piles of sand, consequently only very small
loads can be hauled. From 700 to 1000 feet is
all that can he hauled, while the same teams
would haul $500 feet, and make one turn more
per day, in ordinary seasons. In addition, the
wear of teams and sleds has been double what
it would have been in good weather. Men have
not been able to work to advantage, and in
many camps a number are sick. It is estimated
that the cold weather will decrease the estimate
of logs made from the winter at least so, OOO 600
feet on the Wolf and it's tributaries alone
while the loss entailed on the jobbers will be
nearly $3.50, 900.
Personal.
CHARLTON will send young vocalist of prom
Use to Italy for musical education Laura
Mooney.
Statistics.
MILWAUKEE warehouses are stored with t.
568, O45 bushels of wheat, 2257O bushels of
corn, 81, 1877 bushels of OATS 1892 bushels of
rye, and 163, 300 bushels of barley.
Crime.
s. G. WooLsToN, a former resident of Rock
county, shot and killed his oldest son IN Kansas
recently. The young man was drunk, and
made furious onslaught on his father with a
butoher-knife, who in self-defense was COM
PEELED to shoot him. .4.
Miss JENNIE SADDLER committed suicide at
Big Bend, Waukesha county, last week. While
working as dining-room girl at Milwaukee she
made the acquaintance of a gay young man,
who, under promise of marriage, wrought her
ruin.
A YOUNG man named John Mcdonnell, living
at GAINESVILLE, recently committed suicide to
avoid arrest. He had maltreated his father and
mother, and warrant was issued for his arrest. |
Rather than submit to this, he drew a razor
across his throat, and died in few minutes
Two BOYS, August and Christian Goethe, 10
and Is years of age, living at Pittsfeld, way
laid their school teacher, Miss Annie Vert and
inflicted severe punishment upon her with |
backsnake whips. They were afterward ar
rested and fined.
Deaths. /
Ex-JUDGE ERAsTUs FooTE recently died at his |
residence in Milwaukee at the age of IS. He |
was formerly City Attorney and Presiding Judge
of the Milwaukee Municipal Court.
DURING the recent extreme cold weather, a
little girl started from her home in West De-
pere, to attend school on the east side, lost her
way and wandering into the country distance
of over a mile, was overcome by the cold and
frozen to DEATH
CHARLES KLAUBER, who left his home in
Madison one month ago, for the benefit Of his
health, died at Los Angeles, Cal few days
ago.
Mrs. CAROLINE BAECHARDT and her oldest
daughter, Wilhelmina Kreuger, who have been
Oh trial at Jefferson during the past week, for
5he murder Of John Baechardt last November
we're found guilty Of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
In the case of the State against George King,
Of Watertown, charged with the murder Of one
of his men last fall King was discharged.
Railways.
The Madison Journal has been favored with
advance sheets of the report of the Railroad
which is long and exhaustive
document. and from it culls the following inter
esting figures in regard to Wisconsin railways
The total cash valuation of all the railroads
in the State is SOS, $50, 49, being an average of
4s334 1856. rs per mile. In regard to the cost of
Wisconsin roads, the Commissioners publish
table, which shows that our roads have not ex-
ceeded in cost those of osher States and coun-'
tries Indeed they do not come anywhere near
to an average as to cost The following is
table showing the average reported cost per
mile of railroads:
Wisconsin. s. 80, 400
Southern Stakes Observation-Disclosures. 36994
New England States Observation-Disclosures. 47,840
western States ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So 1875
Middle STAKES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. g. 737
Pacific States ..................... $685.
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