The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-27
WISCONSIN ITEMS.


Maple wood in Wisconsin can be
bought for So per cord.
-Sheboygan had six twins born
there recently, within ten days.
California salmon are being caught
IN the lakes at Madison. The fry were
deposited two years ago.
The Sheriff of Taylor county is
bound over for appearance at the next
term of the Circuit Court for assisting a
prisoner to effect an escape.
During the past year Wisconsin has
raised 1, AS, $50 acres of wheat. There
were l ,O25, sol acres Of corn. Of oats
there were 854, 861 acres raised.
The Black River Falls Banner re-
ports large numbers of men seeking en-
ployment in the woods. Wages rule
low, ranging from $14 to $40 per month
for common hands.
"A Mr.. Brown, of Brandon, was ar
rested for forgery; during the examina-
tion he asked to go out, and the officer
allowed him to, when he shot himself
near the heart. He still lives.
Webster Stanley, the first white
settler at Oshkosh, is living with a son
on the Indian lands near Keshena. Stan
ley was originally the halloween of all
Oshkosh, but is now munching the crust
of poverty.
Two determined attempts were made
one night last week to fire the barrel
factory of D. Burton, at Green Bay.
Both proved unsuccessful. Plentiful
traces of kerosene oil were found in the
vicinity Of the attempt.
Annie O'Neil, aged IS years, sui
cided at Madison the other day, by talk
ing strychnine. The lady for whom she
worked lost sum Of money, and it is
thought the girl felt she was accused.
and hence the suicide. The opinion is
that she was innocent. At the moment
of her death she protested her limo
cence.
1T occurred to a small boy of Fond
du Lac that good way to get rid of an
ownerless dog that prowled about the
house was to give the animal a kerosene
bath and then touch match to him.
This brilliant conceit produced a result
equally brilliant, the entire neighbor-
hood being lighted up by the flames Of
the barn under which the dog took shell
ter in his baptism Of fire.
Mr.. A. Allen, while returning home
the other night, found the dead body Of
an unknown man in terribly-mutilated
condition, on the land of d. Barnu,
about half mile from Fort Atkinson.
The head of the man had the appearance
Of having been struck with an ak, MAX
ing six deep wounds. In the woods sur
rounding have been found the ashes of
fire and other evidences that a partyof
men have camped there, and this man
probably was one of them.
Fire broke out in a barn in the rear
of Shells Hotel, at Winneconne, one
night last week, and communicated to
the hotel, blacksmith shop, a wagon
shop, and Meagher's new store, destroy
ing seven buildings. It was only through
the superhuman efforts of the sef-con-
stituted fire companies that Maze /
Go. s Touring mill, j. w. Crosa's gen
eral store, and the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul passenger depot were saved.
The total loss is about $4,000.
Frank Ingram, the man suspected
of robbing John Nell and Richard Be
han, was arrested the other day at Wa
tertown. Five policemen surrounded
the house where he was concealed, but
he surrendered without resistance. Sew
en- warrants are issued against him. He
is supposed to be the person who has,
during the past month, set three barns
on fire to aid himself and others in steal
ing. A dark lantern and mask were
found in his possession. He was sent
to the Dodge county jail, in default OF
S., 900 bail.