The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-05-03
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

THE officers of the Green County Ag-
rlcultural Society have concluded 10
hold their annual fair the first week in
/ September.
/ Mr.. AND Mrs. CHARLES ALLEN, of
La Crosse, celebrated their silver we'd
ding Thursday. The couple were mar
ried in Hamilton County, O., in 1927.
! AN artesian we'll is one of the Injuries
/ the citizens of Portage are dreaming of.
Prof. Chamberlain thinks the project
/ feasible, and 4 good flow off water pos
! sihle.
( A DEPERE firm intend to make 300,
600 broom handles this season. The
principal markets are Milwaukee, Chica
90 and Cincinnati. Those broom handles
serve two purposes.
! TUESDAY burglar was discovered i'll
the store of Mr. Durham, Oshkosh, by
clerk; the burglar fled, and the clerk
shot At him, making him drop a pair of
pants which contained 500.
MAY HUTCHINSON, of Necetlah, while
burning chips in the garden, last Wednes-
day morning, her dress caught fire, and
she was so severely burned that she died
next day.
A FARMER living in the town of Byron,
4 Fond du Lac county, who would not sell
his wheat antil he could get Sl.5O per
1 bushel is now hauling it to market. lie
has about 1000 bushels, having held it
some three or four years.
Hon. HENRY T. MOORE, of Brodhead,
Green county, died recently, at the adj
,anced age OF IS years He represented
his district in the legislature in '7l-'72,
and was well known throughout the
! state
A CONVENTION of the Northern Wis
| consin Sunday School Association, en-
bracing the counties of Brown, Outga-
mie and Shawano, will be held at the
Fort Howard Baptist Church on Tues
PRIEST. CAMPBELL's application for an
injunction restraining the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul r. II. from oper-
ating the Madison & Portage r. r., has
been set down for hearing on the first
| dav of the term of court in Columbia
county, which will be May Sth.
THE man Davenport, who cloped from
Fond du Lac with young lady of that
city, has been heard from. A letter is
reported to have been received by his
wife, stating that he is i'll Minnesota with
the young lady, and informing her that
if she wants to come she can do so, if she
will dispose of the children.
A RoUGH-LOoKING tramp was arrested
at Green Bay, Thursday, on a charge of
being the man who tried to rob Mrs.
Bella French and Miss Soule, while re-
turning from Depere He gave his name
rs Pulcifer, but it is supposed to be an
alias. He was locked up to await trial.
THE auction sales of the different
tracts of the Sturgeon Bay canal lands
was commenced at Marinettc last Tues
day and Wednesday. Fair prices were
realized and all lands offered were
readily taken. The sales for the two
days amounted to $780,
Waukesha Temple of Honor elected
the following officers Friday evening: {.
f., VIM. Street; " T., NJ. $. Griswold;
T., Frank Markle; ID. u, Matthew
Adams; r., G, f. Sawyer; A. r., JOS.
Castle; F. r., j. B. Adams; T., W. ID.
Bacon; c., John Sharp; s, 4. A. Miller.
A NUMBER of young desperadoes de-
stroyed anew cultivator belonging to Mr..
Hamlin, in the town of West Bend, last
week Mr.. H. left in the field, and next
morning found that it had been sawed in
pieces by some uncivilized neighboring
boys. A reward of So was offered for
their apprehension.
ONE hundred and eleven trees were
set out in Capitol Park, Madison, on
Wednesday, by Col. SeXton's corps of
grangers. The trees came from the vicin-
ity of Devils Lake, and are large, fine
specimens, principly maple and ash, with
a sprinkling of ironwood and bass.
When budded out they will greatly add
to the beauty of the park.
O. A. CURTIS, of Lawrence University
was awarded the prize at the State
oratorical contest ut Madison, Wednes-
day. His oration was on Satan and
Mephistopheles. His contestants were
Miss ID. +. Button of Milton; :. w.
Trousdale of Madison, and w. ii. Carr
of Beloit.
A TRAMP namel Dow attempted to
burn the Beloit Jail Wednesday. He was
put in for drunkenness. The bedding
and part Of the flooring were destroyed.
Dow was jailed at Janesville, where he
will remain until summoned before the
county court for trial on the charge of
arson.
THE are in Walworth county 240 quail
flied teachers, of whom 15 have full state
certificates, 6 have first grade county
certificates 10 second grade do, and 209
third grade do. The schools of the coun-
ty in full blast require the services of
163 teachers-about so in the graded
nd hn hn m
rural districts.
THERE are now lying in the river,
near the Central Railroad dock, $50
sticks of square timber, which came from
the line of railroad about 100 miles north
of Stevens Point. This timber is to be
shipped to England by vessel via Que
bee. Some of the pieces are at least 40
feet long and viii square 2S inches.
The timber is to be loaded from the wa
ter through the stern of the vesseel.-
Green Bay Adcocote.
JUDGE INGALLS,, of Menominee, has
invited citizens of Depere, Fort Howard,
Suamico, Pensaukee, Oconto, Peshtigo,
/ Marinette and Menominee to grand
railroad picnic to the Bremen mine, on
| the Menominee iron range, on the 4th of
I D
distant from Green Bay. A railroad
train is to be chartered, and grand
time is expected.
WHILE playing ball during recess at a
| Watertown school Theodore Rack was
! struck in the face with bali club in the
hands of boy, and received painful in
juries. One of his upper eye teeth was
knocked out, several Of his front teeth
loosened and his under lip severely cut
Under proper medical treatment the
boy is expected to recover and hopes
are entertained that no Disagreement to
/ his face will ensue from the blow.
THE annual report of the Whitewater
village board shows that there were
S451 % on hand at the beginning of the
wear; that 81 ,333.3 80 have been raised by
taxes and S206.86 from other sources,