The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07

always known as T. III. Clifford, committed |
suicide at Sharon, last week, taking NOR
phine. He was employed there as an assist
ant in the Chicago and Northwestern railroad
office, whore he vent some weeks ago from
the Northwestern Telegraphic Institute of
GAINESVILLE. No definite cause assigned
Legal.
In the United States Circuit Court, at Mad-
son, on the 28th ult., Judge Hopkins denied
the motion for rehearing of the case of
Rindskopf. Bull, and others, who were re-
Gently convicted Of conspiracy to defraud the
revenue in the Middleton distillery case, and
proceeded to sentence the party, as follows
Samuel Rindskopf, the purchaser of illicit
highwines, and Mr.. Mueller, the distiller, one
day each imprisonment in the Park Hotel,
under the custody of United States Marshal,
and fine of $4,000 Col. J. M. Bull the
United States Government Storekeeper,, six
months imprisonment in the county Jail and
| fine of $4,000.
Miscellaneous.
The people of Milwaukee are contributing
literally for the relief of the sufferers of the
! grasshopper region.
| CONSIDERABLE excitement prevails in Black
River Falls, growing out of the fact that
child resembling Charlie Ross has been left by
strangers with a family there.
The State Teachers Association held their
annual session at Madison last week, the
meeting being we'll attended.
i, The loggers in the north affirm that of late
years the fall of snow has been gradually
growing less.
The Milwaukee County Board Of Supervis-
visors has reduced the bond of the County
Treasurer-elect to 1000, in consideration
of banking depository having been desig
mated for the custody of the funds
The Chicago Times says: "There are sew
eral million sturdy yeomen in the rural dis
tricts who aspire to positions on the Chicago
police police. The following letter is fair
sample of large number that are daily re-
ceived at police headquarters
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dec %, 1874.
"' DEAR S1Rs would like to join your P F. if
wanted. Height #; weight 1876. Age "a. Please
let me know at once. GEO. G.. STRAYER.'
at will probably dampen Mr.. Strayer's ardor
to learn that he must be a resident of the
State of Illinois for two years before he will
be eligible to police honors in this city"
The annual report of the Regents of the
State University shows prosperous condition
of the institution; that it is doing good
work, and that to do more it greatly
needs more buildings and addi-
tional facilities for instruction. The
University now, besides the Presi-
dent, John Bascom, has nine regular pro
, fessors, and six instructors in the colleges of
arts and letters; preceptress and four
teachers in the female college; dean and
five professors of law, including the three
) Judges of the Supreme Court, in the law
school. The number in attendance at the
opening of the fall term was All in the
classical, scientific, engineering and law
courses; of whom 81 were in the senior class,
, Sc in the junior, y in the sophomore, 80 in
the freshman, 81 in the sub-freshman, 68 in
special courses CT of them in law) there
being 73 pursuing full classical course. The
: receipts of the year we're SCI, 724.79, of which
! $15, 2T was from the productive University
fund of 1920, $685. and $18, 642 from the pro-
ductiye Agricultural College fund of 1926, 1877.
J The available income for the year endin g
Sept. 30, 1876, is estimated by the Secretary,
John s. Dean, at $58, 3O4 The expenditures
of the year were $50, $685. of which $50, 391
was for salaries of Institutional force; SIS, 2O6
for repairs; $5,175 for the experimental
farm.
Two prominent Fond du Lac firms have
succumbed to the hard times and gone into
bankruptcy, namely, John Sewell & Co., heavy
dry goods dealers, and G. A. Trcwbridge &
Bro, extensive dealers in jewelry.
ABOUT twenty-five years ago George Lowe,
of Green Bay, gave to Lawrence University
a tract of land in what is now the city of
Appleton. The land eventually became very
valuable. Less than year ago the Trustees
sold portion of the land, for $4,000. Mr..
Lowe puts in the claim that the University
authorities had no right to sell the land, and
has brought suit to recover it.