The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-27
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

-4uo columbus cheese factory re-
ceives 1900 pounds of milk daily.
Andrew Kendall, a weIl-to-do farmer.
of Cato, was killed by being thrown
from his carriage.
-Thrashers will remember that there
is heavy fine for running machine
without boxed tumbling rods.
The Commercial Hotel at Fort At
hnson, kept by L. Dearborn, was de
stroyed by fire one morning lately.
AN Irishman named Henry Hart COM
mitted suicide by drowning at Mansion.
He was discouraged by continued illness.
james Blair's lumber Office in James.
vile was robbed the other night. The
thieves succeeded in getting one post
age stamp and two boxes of matches.
There were just 100 arrests made by
the Oshkosh police between the LIST of
April and the 1st of September, besides
the tramps run out of town without ar
rest.
The county of Shawano will vote on
the proposition to aid the narrow-gauge
road from Green Bay. It is said that in
case the aid is voted the work of grad
ing will begin at once.
The dry goods, hardware and drug
stores of Carsweu & Chase. Iiedt 6
Wiswell, and Young Bros, at Elkhorn,
were recently burglarized to the amount
of from $100 to $500 each.
A 4-YEAR,oLD daughter of James Dee,
of GAINESVILLE, while swinging on the
barn door, caught the hook of the door
just above her eye, and falling, the hook
dragged itself out, crushing the bone,
and penetrating into the brain. It is
thought she may recover.
The residence of William Ellsworth.
at Oshkosh, was destroyed by fire the
other night. Loss, 81, 500; covered by
insurance. The barn of Charles Larry
was also destroyed; loss, $3.50.
James Farrell, who, while drunk,
was pushed down stairs by L. @. Kom-
menda at his residence in Milwaukee, a
few nights ago, has died Of the injuries
received. Kommenda will be held for
manslaughter.
AT the annual election of officers Of
the State Agricultural Society, Hon. n.
D. Pratt, of Racine, was elected Presi-
dent; Dan E. Bryant, of Madison, Sec
rotary; and Cyrus Myer, Of GAINESVILLE,
Treasurer. A Vice President was elect
ed from each Congressional district.
From the Vernon county Censor we
learn thatF. D. Woodbury., of Bloom
ingdale, practical constructor of tele-
graph lines, was in Viroqua, Monday,
working up the project of building a line
from that place to La Crosse. About
81, 200 will be required for the work.
PATRICK CONNER and two men were
engaged arching tunnel No. 2 GO. &N.
W., near Wilton, when a stone of about
two tons weight, fell from the top of the
tunnel upon Mr.. Conner, killing him in
stantly. The deceased was the proprie-
tor of the Wisconsin House at Wilton.
He leaves a wife and six children.
The Waukesha county jail was brok-
en- open one night lately, nineteen pris-
oners escaping. The engineer Of the
night passenger train said he saw a
number of men near Eagle. They were
walking on the railroad track, and on
the approach of the train skulked into
the fence corners. These comprised all
the prisoners in Waukesha county jail.
The total receipts of the Wisconsin
State Agricultural Society, during the
recent exhibition at GAINESVILLE, reached
S13, 200, of which $40, 42O was for gate
fees. In 1875 the gate receipts at Mi
waukee were only 1851, and in 1875,
when the fair was held under the most
favorable circumstances, the receipts
were only $40, 800, even less than the
gate receipts in GAINESVILLE.
In regard to the National Iron Com
pany the Depere Nee0a says: "We
understand the creditors were disposed
to act very considerably with the COM
pany, and it is thought satisfactory
settlement will be reached without any
difficulty at the next meeting. In that
event we are informed by Secretary
Hunt that the furnace will resume
operations as early as the first of next
month"
DR.. J. G. Saltzman, a homeopathic
physician who went to Whitewater from
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