The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-05-10
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
DEPERE has eight licensed saloons.

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tiers OF Waiworth county, is dead.
}. ;. RowELI, of Beaver Dam, i
erecting new barn to cost 81 900.
A NEW Touring mill is to be erected
at Cataract by JohnMofatt, of Sparta.
THE Cohtmbus cheese factory vii
commence operations May 2nd.
a LARGE amount of sturgeon are beins
caught in the Wolf river.
WIN. RAE, of Boscobel, committed sui
eide by shooting, a few days ago.
CHARLEY SCHNEIDER, of Hudson. has
realized $50, in the recent rise OF
wheat.
TERE are ten farmers in Utica, Win
100 acres of grain.
T FIVE million young whitefish were de-
posted in Sturgeon Bay last week by
the fish commissioners.
/ WAGES on the st. Croix drive are very
low this season, being from S1.75 to So IS
per day.
I FIVE HUNDRED PLOWs is the number
a Fond du Lac firm intend to manufac.
turc.
GENEVA being destitute of freight
ing equipments, the dramatic club pro-
poses to give entertainments in aid of a
hook and ladder fund.
Mrs. WINsLOw, of Racine, fell from
her carriage, Wednesday, and broke her
thigh bone. She viii! be Il cripple for
life.
WM. {. ALLEN, on trial at Neillsvile
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while county treasurer, has been ac-
quilted.
j. S. ROwELL & Co., of Beaver Dam,
have manufactured a number of thresh-
ing machines for the coming seasons
work
THE Glye saw mill in Glenmore, owned
by b. +. Smith, of Depere, was burned on
Thursday. Loss $4,000; insured for
$4,000. The mill will be rebuilt.
THE Northern Wisconsin Sunday
School Association will hold its annual
convocation at Fort Howard, May 18th
and 10th.
JAS. Dunn, of Oxford, sold thirteen
head Of fat cattle to Mr.. Cook, of
Princeton, last week, and received SCOT
for the same.
A VALUABLE team of horses and car
riage were stolen from the barn of n
Stevens, near Sharon, last week. No
trace of the thieves.
THE State Sunday School conversion,
which was to have been held in Oshkosh
The residence and stable OF john
Leahy, in town of Chiffon, were de-
stroyed by fire last Sunday, while the
family were at church.
Hon. J. G.. THoRP and family, of Eau
Claire, intend to spend the summer III
Norway, and will not return until Au-
tumn. They leave on the 18th.
AN Oshkosh servant, Mary Wilcox, Is
in Jail on charge of stealing spoons
from the residence of Mr.. Mckay, where
she was employed.
LAST TUESDAY, at Appleton, the gov
ernment agent sold 4,394, 900 feet OF
seized logs at public sale, at $3.50 per
thousand; large price
HENRY BISHOP, liveryman of Bran
don, shot himself with borrowed re-
volver last Saturday, the 21st. Financial
difficulties was the cause
THE Tierlemont hotel, near Green Bay,
was DESTROYED by fire last Thursday night.
Loss. So, 900; insured for $4,000. Mr..
Dyotf was the proprietor.
Two La Crosse citizens, Nick klauT,
and Peter Clements, got drunk last Satur-
dav, and, having firearms, did consider
able shooting.
THE Eau Claire Lumber company
have Just had very nice sklff built IN
their boat shop. 1t measures seventeen
feet along the bottom, and three feet,
four, across the beam
THE railroad Indebtedness of Wood
county is $780, 200, and having made a
loan from the State University fund,
they are calling in the bonds and paying
them off at 80 cents on the dollar.
WILLIAM MmLARD, of La Crosse, has
been sent to the State Prison for two
years, for adultery. This is the third
prisoner from La Crosse on a similar
charge, during April.
THE collections of internal revenue in
the counties of Sheboygan, Ozaukee and
Washington during the month of April
amount to $4,000, larger amount than
ever before received.
THE saloon at Grimm's Station was
destroyed by fire last Friday night
Two men who were sleeping in the
/ building barely escaped with their lives,
one losing his clothes and pocket book,
/ A CORRESPONDENT of the st. Croix
/ Republican, says that the Willow River
log drive is hung up, beyond redemp
ton He says that its just as well, tol
the lumber business is sadly overdone.
/ THE Racine Argus says a strange
woman was around the city Saturday at
ternoon, trying to dispose Of two-year
old baby for cash or its equivalent IL
dry goods, groceries, etc. No takers
/ Hard times.
THE station agent at Hutchinson
Wood county, was discharged last Mon
dav, because he left the switch opeI
which caused the engine, tender, expre-
and passenger coach to Jump the track
No further damage was done.
THE Winneconne - chariyari case
came to trial last week in Oshkosh, ant
/ the plaintiff, James Champion, wa
awarded $40 damages, though he claime'
| $1,000. +. ;. Verbeck, Ed Nredenbur
: and Henry Gross were the defendant:
2 The affair caused considerable excite
: ment.
; The editor Of the Grand Rapid
: Tribune says: Centralia is full OF prett
: school maams, all after certificates frol
| County Superintendent Garrison. We
; like 10 be Centralia." Most men hay
a had their fill of school maams, but tn
J, scribe's early training and instruction WI
, neglected, or else he is bald-headed.
t Mrs. JOHN TAGERT, of Ripon, one ds
It last week, prevented confagration
r her house by her coolness and for
= thought. A large chandelier hanging
<; her parlor after being lighted Tor Il
d evening fell to the floor The OIL toI
W fire and was spreading rapidly, when $
lie rushed into another room and procurll
,r a heavy quilt she returned and smotht
ed the fire with it.
n THE inmates Of the Fourth Wa
school, at Janesville, were thrown II