The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-07-19
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

at GAINESVILLE was destroyed by lightning.
BEAVER DAM will have 1000 adj
dltlon to the High school.
BIG eggs are around again. At Ap-
pieton they have one nine inches in cir
cumference.
REPORT has it that the crop of rasp-
berries and blackberries will be light this
season.
A LITTLE daughter of Robert G. Park,
of Madison, fell from a swing and broke
her arm in two places.
LA CROSSE is excited over the finding
of the body of a stranger in the river,
with a bullet-hole through his head.
AN Oneida Indian made speech at
the camp-ineeting on Doty's island, lase
week, and was loudly applauded by the
members of his tribe present.
Mr.. G. f. HYDE, editor of the Western
4dconce at Portage, anu Miss Malvina
Ewing, of Lewiston, We're married on
the I'd.
THE Chief of Police of Oshkosh, Mr.
Stroud, left the city on the Sd, and not
being on duty on the 4th, and away
without leave, the Mayor suspended him.
FIVE men have been arrested and
lodged in Jail at Menomonie in the case
of the murdered man Bliss, who was
killed in New Haven, Dunn county,
last week.
THE body of Frank Burns was found
near Grand Rapids, lying in the crevice
of rock on the river bank, where it had
been washed. The boy had been missing
two weeks. ~,
BURGLARS and tramps made raid on
several houses in Columbus and vicinity
last week, and managed to steel small
sums of money and quantities of clothing
from different houses.
THE yacht race at Geneva Lake on the
Fourth proved to be an exciting affair.
Ten yachts were in the race, and the
wind being fair, made good time up
and down the lake.
REV. A. c. BARRY, the Universalist
preacher, was married to Miss Peterson,
at Rochester, on the I'd. The reverend
gentleman is 63 and the bride q years
of age.
EX-ALDERMAN VIM. WEIGH, of Mad
ison, fish commissioner, has caused the
arrest of Alderman W. T. Fish, of that
place, for alleged libel, in claiming that
Welch is lunatic.
QUITE a sensation was produced in
Fond du Lac by the arrest of a we'll
known railroad man named Judd Rem
ington, for larceny, on a case of mistaken
identity. He was Immediately dis
charged
Mrs. n. r. GRAVES, of Fond du Lac,
jumped into the river on the 10th, in
tending to end her life. Mr.. Alexander
saw her, jumped in after her and manag-
ed to bring her ashore. The woman,
when restored to consciousness, regretted
her hasty action.
THE Normal School building at White
water came near being burned on Thurs
day evening of last week, in consequence
Of the falling of chandelier lamp while
being lighed by the janitor. Much
credit seems to be due Eckert, the jani-
tor, in subduing the flames by making
thorough use of his coat, in whipping
out the fire.
THE young folks of Otter Creek, Eau
Claire county, had a gopher hunt on the
9Th. Elmer Hatch was chosen captain
Of one side, and Edison Seguin, of the
other. Pocket gophers counted 25, gray
10, striped and rattle-snakes so. Hatchs'
side made 760 counts, and Seguin's 543.
The day closed right merrily, with
lance at Mr.. H. E. Dunhams; forty-three
couples participating.
AN elevator owned by Mr.. Oleson, at
Boscobel, was burned on the night of the
Sth. The fire originated on the inside,
md as the building was encased in sheet
stove and then then tumb1ed ndf6@h..
The elevator originally cost $4,000, but
was purchased lately for 81 500, and was
insured for 81 900.
The weather at Whitewater is all that
could be wished for to warrant good
feelings among the farmers. They all
seem to be improving their time in the
ields, consequently the shady avenues
If our little village seem quite deserted.
Crops of all kinds are looking fine. Even
the potato bug fourishes, as daily old
Sop mounts to the zenith, and sends
down in scorching rays the heat of noon.
THE Appleton Post reports that on
fine trial of speed took place
out at the Appleton driving park between
Badger Girl and Ecru Maid. 1t was wit
messed by large number of people and
enjoyed by all. The contest was
spirited one, but Badger Girl won three
straight heats. Time 2:344. 2:37, and
1885. Ecru Maid is a beautiful trotter,
and makes it exceedingly warm for the
favorte ;rotter of Wisconsin.
THE following from the Stevens Point
Journal is fair sample of the paragraphs
that appear in all of our country ex-
changes, and the prospect is certainly
All accounts agree that
crops never looked better in Portage
than now. All kinds of grain
are growing finely, and with three or
four weeks more favorable weather, the
county will undoubtedly harvest the
largest crop ever known.
DURING the cyclone which prevailed at
Madison Thursday afternoon, a man
named Rice had remarkable adventure.
He was out upon the lake with a row
boat, when the wind lifted the boat with
its burden into the air, whirled them
around few seconds, and set them down
again. The scene was beheld from the
shore by number of spectators. Three
water spouts formed on Third Lake
which averaged fifteen feetin height and
over six feet in diameter.
THE La Crosse Republican says: "Now
that hope of logs from the Black river
has fed, lumbermen look to another
source. Prof. Tice says that we will
have more rain, and should we have
enough to raise the Mississippi between
two or three feet, about eight or nine mil
lions that are high and dry on the flats
above here could be easily worked off.
This is not much, but will be help. Ii
this scarcity of logs was universal, its ef-
feet would be beneficial, undoubtedly
causing rise in prices; but while Wis
consin and Minnesota are left out, Mich
igan, with plenty of logs, steps in and
carries off their trade"
8 A GATHERING of very old people was
held at Gen. Atwood's house in Madison
a few evenings since. The Journal says:
" The eight, distinguished by having
IL Il aora e man in tho yoc-