The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-25


berries were picked this wear in the e111-
tivated marshes in Burnett county. The
Burnett Sentinel says that if it had not
been for the frost the crop would have
reached 90, 900 bushels.
The first cattle.show authorized for
Eau Claire by city legislation will take
place on the 18th instant in the yards
of the Eau Claire Lumber Company.
The fair and markets will be held there
after on the first and third Thursday of
each month.
The Milwaukee County Board Of
Supervisors has expelled from that body
Mr.. John Rosebeck, member from the
Fifth Ward. Mr.. Rosebeck had charged
that the board was a "nest of corrup-
ton, and, upon his refusal to apologize
for such language, was expelled.
"A careless driver at Beloit ran into
a post of a gate which little Freddie
Dustin was holding open for him, and
toppled the gate over upon the poor lit
tie fellow, crushing him to the ground
and breaking leg The man unloaded
his wood from his wagon before attend
ing to the boy.
"A dispatch from Oshkosh says
Sour lumbermen are making arrange
ments for the war among the pines. Tt
is estimated that there viii be doublethe
number of camps in the woods this win
ter there was last. The logs that were
got out are nearly all sawed up, which
has not been known before for years.
Under a law of last winter, the State
tax which the West Wisconsin Railroad
Company has to pay on its gross earn
ings is to be appropriated to the towns
where railroad lands are located, to COM
pensate them in part for the lands being
exempt from taxation. Under this law
Dunn county has received So, 750.91.
John Osborn, of Union, w, Va, in
vested in the Kansas City Times matri-,
monial lottery and drew No. Al, which
the description catalogue says is the
number of beautiful young lady in
Fort Howard, in this State. The Fort
Howard bachelors have organized a
committee Of. inquiry, and are hunting
her up.
The other night as the steamer Dia-
mond was steaming from Clifton to Me
nasha, and when midway in the lake,
one of the deck-hands named John Peter
son, went to lean against one of the
benders, and the bender swinging out
precipitated him into the water. He
was drowned before he could be reached.
Peterson had been hired that day.
Sir Henry Halford, the famous
British marksman, and Captain of the
team which has been shooting the inter-
national matches, and three of his team,
have been up the Menominee river on a
hunting expedition. They made their
headquarters at the Menominee River
Lumber Companys farm at the mouth
of the Sturgeon, and spent some time il.
the woods.
During the butchers ball at Apollo
Hall, Saturday night, the lamp in the
illumination at the foot Of the stairs
burst, setting fire to the surrounding
woodwork. Clouds of smoke foated up
the stairways and filed the hail, and a
disastrous panic for a few moments
seemed unavoidable. The flames were,
however, extinguished, and all was again
peaceful. Madison Journal.
Green county does not raise enough
wheat to furnish what -four is needed
by her people. During the last two
years not a single carload of wheat has
been shipped from Monroe but within
six weeks since harvest seven carloads
have been shipped into the town for
home consumption. And yet Green is
one Of the richest counties in the State.
Stock-raising is the main occupation Of
the farmers, and its proftableness APP
pears in the fact that the Sheriff of the
county reports on an average but two or
three foreclosures year.
Mailing Colorado Beetles.
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