The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-22
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
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A YOUNG man named Ashwath had
his leg broken just above the ankle,
while playing baseball, on Monday last,
at the red schoolhouse near Doyles-
town, Columbia county.
JOHN RAETHfNGER, JR., was arrested
in GAINESVILLE charged with highway
robbery, having knocked down a
drunken German Monday night and
robbed him. Several others are impli-
Gated, but were not arrested.
A CITIZEN of La Crosse whipped and
maltreated his wife because she asked
him for her stockings, which he had
feloniously Incorporated. They
were colored-the citizens We mean;
the stockings were striped.
JAMES MOORE, of Eden, Fond du Lac
county, in trying to push up the ham,
mer of his gun with his foot, few days
ago, discharged the weapon, the con-
tents tearing off couple of fingers, and
missing his head.
Two WEDDINGS which were to have
come of at the Catholic church in
Menominee, last Sunday, were brough t
to standstill and an adjournment taken,
owing to an elopement of the bride of
one party with the groom Of the other.
OLE G. JOHNSON, Norwegian farmer
living near Christiana, in Vernon
county, fell and broke his leg while
feeding cattle in his barn yard Thurs
day morning. A physician was sum-
noned from Viroqua, eighteen miles
distant.
JAlLoR BLOOM, of Fond du Lac, had
a carcass of beef to cut up and he
thought it best to get convict butcher
in the prison to help him. Whether
not has not been ascertained, but he
nearly succeeded in cutting his thumb
off.
N. G.. FOSTER, who has purchased
$40, 900 worth of pine land from the
West Wisconsin Railroad Company,
will put an extensive mill for the man
ufacture of lumber and shingles in Fair
child, Wis; he has put In 1000, 900 feet
of logs as starter.
MEssRs. WNsLew & CRowRLL, OF
Green Bay, last week sold to Palmer,
Fuller g. Co., sash, door and blind man
ufacturers, Chicago, a lot of lumber and
shingles, all upper grades, amounting
to over $4,000. Part is now being
shipped by rail from Green Bay, Fort
Howard, Little Suamico, and the rest
will be shipped by water on the open
ing of navigation,
A MINING company has recently been
organized in Portage, under the name
of the Portage and San Juan Mining
Company, with capital stock Of $3.50,
900. The company is the owner of two
valuable mines in the San Juan silver
mining regions, in the southern portion
of Colorado. The company consists of
the following named gentlemen: r. A.
Ketchum, John Graham, j. B. Taylor,
W. d. Fox, @. R. Gallett, Geo. W.
Morrison, A. j. Turner and S. S.
Brannan.
The town of Calumet has the honor
of being the banner town of the county
in the matter of making early payment
of taxes. Complete returns from that
town were made to the County Treasurer
Oh the 22d day of January. She also
exhibits the fine record of having only
S1.O2 of delinquent tax. The County
Treasurer was enabled on Monday to
send off the balance of the state TAX of
the county not paid in to the State
Treasurer on February 5. Payments
come to him very slowly.
A NOVEL law suit occurred in Lowell,
Dodge county lately, between two
farmers: Lewis Runkel sued VIM.
Reinhard, jr., for 500 damages for not
allowing him to drive by him when he
asked i'm. Plaintiff swore that defen-
dant would drive fast where there was a
chance to get by, and that he would
drive slow where he could
not get by. Defendant swore
that he did not hear plaintiff ask
him to drive by, and that when he tried
it his team took fright and ran. James
Lowth made the plea for the plaintiff
and Mr.. Baird, of Watertown for the
defendant. The jury did not agree.
A TERRIBLE state of affairs exists in
the village of Highland, in Iowa coun-
ty, adjoining Dane county. There were
eighty seven cases of smallpox there,
many of which are proving fatal. A
panic has been created in the entire
country about, and blockade has been
established, none being permitted to
leave the place, and none daring to visit
it. The we'll ones, of whom there are
not now enough left in the village to
care for the sick and bury the dead, are
on the verge of starvation, having con-
sumed all their provisions and being
unable to procure more.
Mr.. l.. d. CORNELL, of Trenton,
Dodge county, now mourns the loss of
his famous roadster, Kentucky Whip,
who died, a short time since, at the
advanced age of 10 years. This breed
of horses are noted for their speed,
hardness and easy keeping. The old
horse leaves numerous progeny
throughout that section, among them is
the winner of the recent trip race from
Fond du Lac to Milwaukee, in which
the distance, 20 miles, was driven in
something less than seven hours. MIR.
Cornell had owned Kentucky Whip
for eleven years. and although he did
not consider him exactly as zone of the
family" was nevertheless greatly at
tached to him.
In the case of Peter Doyle, Secretary
of State, VS.. the State of Wisconsin ex
rel a; Drake, the motion n that J pf8
in ten days from its rendition be vaca-
ted and set aside, has been set aside by
the Supreme Court of the United States.
This case was argued by Butler, Still
man E& Hubbard, of New York, as at
torneys of Mr.. Doyle, and by G. W.
Felker, of Oshkosh, for Mr.. Drake.
This virtually disposes of the case; and
the injunction of the Supreme Court of
the state will stand restraining the Con-
tinental Insurance Company of New
York from doing business in this state.
A GERMAN hostler at Neenah, named
John Gouse, was found hanging to
limb of tree on the island Thursday.
It is supposed that John climbed into
the tree, and after securing one end of
the rope to limb, made the other end
fast to his neck, then jumped off the
tree. The fall broke his neck, and the
rome which was a eno all oua haS ont b;c