The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-05-17
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

Lake, on June lst
ALLHoUsE, WHEELER & Co, of Wau-
pun, are shipping wind mills by the car
I load to California.
( THE Northern State Fair at Oshkosh
will give 1925 as a prize for the best
base ball club.
. On Wednesday night the house of
] Joseph Eggner, in Marinette, was
burned, Loss ST. 200.
THE State Fish Commissioners are
going to put 10000 Juvenile white fish
into little Green Lake.
FULLY 20 per cent. more wheat has
been sown in Outagamie coui ty this
year than ever before.
THE grocery house of f. H. Jones &
Bros, of Fond du Lac, are in the
hands of the sheriff. Liabilities S20, 900.
FRED EBEL, of Portage is under ar
rest on a charge of attempting to kill
his lady love because she refused to
marry him.
THE residence of l.. H. Rollins, at
Oshkosh, was burglarized of $40 and
note for S165, Monday night. No clue
to the thief.
A MINNESOTA farmer named Henry
Grafut, while eating his dinner in a La
Crosse restaurant, fell down and expired
Immediately.
THE shingle mill of c. O. Lovejoy, at
Thompson, near Superior, was destroyed
by fire on Friday last. Loss. $4,000; no
insurance. Cause, accidental
J. G. VAN ORDEN, assistant cashier of
the First National bank of Baraboo, has
in his possession the watch carried
through the revolution by Gen. Schuyler.
A WOMAN in Fond du Lac last Mon
day, gave birth to child having two
heads, four arms and only one pair of
/ lower limbs. OF course it was born
lifeless.
DURING the last two years there has
been shipped from the counties of Ra-
cine, Walworth and Waukesha, nearly
40, 900 sheep at prices ranging from Sl.25
to Sc per head.
THE grading between Butternut and
/ Chippewa, on the Wisconsin Central
road, is progressing favorably and with
good luck the track will be connected
by the Goth of June.
CAPT JOHN LYNCH, a wealthy and
highly-esteemed resident of Oshkosh, and
superintendent of the Wolf river trans
portatioh company, died suddenly of
heart disease Thursday afternoon.
. THE total tax receipts of the village
of kewaunee for the past year amount to
1898. .SS; disbursements, 81 ,51S.S5; leav-
ing the village S224.97 in debt. Saloon
licences are to make up the balance.
A DWELLING in Green Bay owned by
a Russian called Capt. Jack, and which
he had acquired a few days previous by
foreclosure of mortgage, was burned
Saturday night. Loss 5000. No insur-
ance.
A CORRESPONDENT at Port Washing
ton writes: Weather fine, and prospects
for crops good. High prices for all
kinds of produce, and prospects for an
abundant crop, make our farmers feel
happy.
A FIRE in Fond du Lac, Wednesday
night, destroyed property to the amount
I of 81, ,50O-an old hotel called the Ire
mont house and building owned by
Dexter & Smith. The buildings were
unsightly, and several were pleased to
see them burned.
/ JOHN KINNEY, of Fond du Lac, ar
rested on a charge of attempting to rape
| Mrs. Mary Dunn was given an examina-
/ ton Monday and the evidence given
against him was so damaging that the
/ court decided to hold him for trial and
he was held in 81 900 bail.
/ Mrs. DENNIS REINvILIE, of STAFFORD,
/ St. Croix county, was kicked in the fore
head, last week, by colt. The blow
rendered her for a time senseless, and
caused a wound six inches in length,
at the bottom of which the glistening
frontal bone was plainly visible.
! On Sunday last, while hunting, Weigle
and Powers, two young men of Darling
! ton, were accidentally shot in their legs.
/ A young boy named Staber was behind
them carrying gun, when he stumbled,
and the gun was discharged, the contents
entering the legs of those in front.
THE fishing Matching establishment of
/ n. K Fairbank, of Geneva Lake, has
produced 100000 California salmon,
100000 salmon trout, S00,0 900 whitefish,
10000 speckled trout, and about 4,000,-
! 600 wall-eyed pike, the present season,
which are to stock that beautiful lake.
/ WATERFOWL boasts of having the old
est and, for his age, the best preserved
and most vigorous person, physically and
intellectually, in the state, in the person
of Mr.. Branigan, who was born in the
town of Monaghan, county Monaghan,
Ireland, December 26, 1884, being, there
fore, well into his ninety-third year.
A BOY named Krigston was crushed
to death in Main street bridge, Oshkosh,
+ + hot ho hnx nr
the draw looking around the end of one
of the arches and did not see the danger
until the draw closed and crushed him
The blood spurted in torrents over him
and on the walk below The draw was
backed up and the boy taken out dead
The back part of his head was crushed to
a pulp, killing him instantly.
A SINGULAR death occurred at Alma
pee last Monday. 1t seems that Mrs.
Mary Hronek, wife of worthy farmer
in the western part of the town, gave
birth to child, and the hus-
band, wishing to celebrate the event,
called in the neighbors for season
of dancing and merriment. Dur
ing the revelry, one of the visi-
tors stepped into Mrs. Hronek's room,
and insister upon her drinking with
him. This she did laughingly, and turn
ing over in the bed after swallowing the
liquor, she died in less than five min.
utes, leaving the gay throng paralyzed
with horror. Her funeral was largely
attended.
Mrs TEMME and daughter, of Wau.
pacca, hired team of G.. A. Lytle last
Sunday, to 60 to Weyauwega to visit
some friends, where they arrived in safe
ty, but after dinner Miss femme and a
daughter of the family they were visit
ing, hitched up the team to have ride
They had not driven far before they
ran over barrel-hoop which caught
in the wheel. The team Immediately
took fright, became unmanagcable, rar
away, upset the carriage, and threw the
young ladies out. Miss femme had hel
arm broken, and was otherwise bruised
The young lady had two ribs fractured