Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-05-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
PRAIRfH CHICKENS are reported more
Numerous in all parts of the State than


that parties have purchased one of the
printing offices In that city with the view
of publishing a daily paper.
THE Shawano Journal states that large
number Of sturgeon arc being caught in
the river by the Indians and others, some
ofthem weighing 1913 pounds.
THE Milwaukee Board of Trade has
passed resolutions of respect to the memo
! ryof Joseph Schlitz and II. Zinkeisen,
who were lost on the steamer Schiller
ge. FROM four O'Clock on the afternoon of
the 18th until. dark the. flights of wild pig
Ei cons over La Crosse were so great as to
nearly obscure the sum- They were never
more numerous in that vicinity.
IS Il A BRAKEMAN was recently fatally in
jured at Appleton by being thrown under
the car between the rails, the brake catch
ing him and dragging him along between
itand thorough ties underneath. He was
fearfully bruised.
THE following postal changes occurred
in the State during the week ending May
Is, 1875 Postmasters appointed-N ORTIZ
port, Waupaca County, Daniel b. An
drews, Spring Dale, Dane County, p.
Mcpherson; Springfield Walworth Coun-
ty, Edward Moorhouse; Sun Prairie, Dane
County, John Gibbons.
s. THE Erening Wisconsin says: Six
applicants for divorces were before tho
County and Circuit Courts to-day. Five
~, of the number secured the object of their
wishes, the sixth wanted her case taken to
another court for trial. Five of the appli-
Cants were women, and desertion and fail
ure.to support was their grievance The
one man claimed a divorce on the ground
that his wife was a drunkard. And he
got it,"
AN Oshkosh letter Of the 17th says: "The
insurance on property destroyed in
the late conflagration has nearly all been
paid, and arrangements are being made
for the erection of a large number of brick
blocks. Probably the entire burned dis
trict will, by October next, be covered
with new buildings-all of them Of bet
ter class, by far, than those destroyed.
Stone masons, briek-layers, carpenters
and laborers are flocliing in here from all
parts OF the State, and all find ready EN-.
ploymont." &iAi1 a>S 0 Fl
ON the 10th the Northwestern Railroad
bridge and docks and piers adjoining, in
Oshkosh, were black With an excited
crowd of men and boys fishing for stur-
geon. 1t Is estimated that nearly 900,
ranging in weight from twenty five to
ninety pounds, were caught in that one
spot. No one, even the Oldest inhabitant
ever remembers of their being so plenti-
full before. No bait whatever was used
the sturgeon being so plenty as to run
against the bare hook, and were being in
cessantly hauled out, caught by the tail and
other parts of the body, amid the yells of
the excited crowds of Sabbath breakers.
Toward evening the crowd increased and
the sturgeon were hauled out even faster
if possible than before-Chjcago Times
Dispatch.
AT the annual meeting of the Wisconsin
State Horticultural Society committee
appointed to take into consideration the
suggestion of cx-President Stickney with
reference to districting the State for the
purpose of observation to determine the
adaptility of various kinds of fruit to diff
fcrent localities, and to collect such other
information as would tend to develop the
horticultural interests of the State, recon-
bmended the following division and list of
Aobservers: First District-Kenosha, Ra-
cine, Milwaukee, Waukcsha, Ozaukee
and Washington Counties; I'll. M. Thomp-
son, Of st. Francis. Second District
Walworth, Rock, Green, Dane, Lafayette,
Iowa and Grant Counties; J. G. Plumb,
of Milton. Third Observation-Disclosures,
Dodge, Columbia and Fond du Lac Coun-
ties; E. HI. Benton, Leroy. Fourth Dis
trict-zSauk, Richland, Crawford and Yer
non Counties S. b. LOOMS, Of Lone Rock.
Fifth District--Green Lake, Waushara,
Marquette and Winnebago Counties; E.
w. Daniels, of Auroraville. Sixth Dis
trict--Adams, Juneau and Monroe Coun-
ties; NJ L. Clark, of New Lisbon; Sew
enth District-Ou tagamie, Waupaca and
Shawano Counties; ID. Huntley, of Apple
ton. Eighth District-Portage and Wood
Counties and the valley of the Upper Wis
consin; B. F. Felch, of Amherst. Ninth
Dstrict-sTrempealea Jackson and Buff
falo Counties and the valleys of the St,
Croix and Chippewa Rivers; G. Wilcox,
of Trempealeau. Tenth Disrict-Lake
Superior region; Eleventh
District-Sheboygan Calumet and Man
itowoc Counties; Samuel housewife, Of
Sheboygan Falls. Twelfth District
Brown, Kewaunee, Door and Oconto
Counties; j. nj. Smith, Of Green Bay.
The points suggested for observation were
Amount of tree-planting this season as
compared with former years, and what
success has attended the same; what de-
gree of interest is taken in Embarrassing
statistics as to the amount of fruit produc-
ton; varieties most successful, both in
tree and yield of fruit; the extent of small
fruit culture, with statistics as to quantity
and varieties; amount of blight the pres.
ent season, and any facts which tend to
Prove or controvert the fungus theory OF
its origin; effect of the severe winter on
trees and fruit; varieties most affected, and
any facts in relation to soil, culture or ex.
posture which may tend to lessen or in
crease the amount of injury; efforts made
in ornamental or timber planting of trees
and the success attending the same; natu
raj advantages or disadvantages of differ
entlocalities in soil, exposure or protec