The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-10-11
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS,

In three weeks Eau Claire will have
city gas.
"P. NJ" in Janesville, means "pound
master"
1 A CABBAGE weighing % pounds was
"plucked" in Eau Claire.
THE barn of Hugh Lamar. town of
Westford. burned down. Loss $500
! HARTFORD, Washington county, paid
out over S25,000 for wheat last week
ANDREW WEIR, of Winnebago, fell
from an apple tree and broke his wrist.
THE Lancaster jail prisoners came
near effecting their escape few days
since.
RICHARDSON HOWE, lad at James
vile, lost leg while attempting to board
a moving train.
A FIRE broke out in Huelsman &
Kaening's broom factory, in Fond du
Lac. Loss, $500.
WALTER SCOTT, a carpenter at RAJ
cine, had four ribs broken by falling
from building the other day.
HARTFORD thinks she has struck
new mine. A lump of metal, like lead
THE fall crop of babies seems to be
coming in quite well, judging from our
exchanges.
THERE will be $400 left after paying
premiums awarded at the Northern Fair,
which will be applied to paying an old
debt of borrowed money.
! PETER ZIMMER's house, in Racine,
was totally destroyed by fire. A kero-
sine lamp was upset, starting the conf1a-
grafton.
Mr.. BRALEY, of Big Springs, was
caught between the top of the door of
the barn and the load of hops on which
he was riding and very seriously crushed.
THE Dodge county board decided
against the granting of the petition of
one-third of the voters of the county that
the removal of the county seat be voted
! on.
| THE water has been so low in the Wolf
river that the track of boat could be
followed hours after a boat had passed,
by the muddy water where the keel had
plowed up the bottom.-OshkOshN North
tCestern.
THE internal revenue collections at
the Milwaukee Office during September,
were $167, ,627.26. OF the total amount
$49, 5000, was tax on spirits, ST., 1862,
on tobacco, S11,773.65 on cigars, $27,-
723.79 on beer, S7SS.33 special tax and
$25.67 in penalties.
VIM. YANCEY, a farmer in the town
of Ashford, attempted to punish his boy,
aged 80. The boy was too much for the
old man, and the latter brought ham,
mer into play. The boy had the old
man arrested, but the justice dismissed
the case.
THERE is lively competition of
tween Green Bay, this and other ne be-
boring localities in the purchaseigh-
wheat. Thus far Green Bay claims to be
the best buyer, having last week paid as
Ne1cs.
/ hartford is in the town of Brook
/ lyn, and it has a scandal, on a small
scale like the Beecher case. Only she
says he is guilty, and he denies it. He
is Methodist minister and she is late
ly married woman, who was formerly a
leading singer in the church choir AL
together it is a pretty muss.-Brdnd0n
Times.
LAST Monday morning, young Louis
Edwards, of this city, working for Mr..
S. ID. Mason, Of Calamus, was riding a
horse to water, when the horse became
startled by dog, jumped, threw the boy
off, and broke his left leg between the
the knee and ankle. He was brought
home the next morning. when DR..
Shimonek set the broken limb, and he is
fast Bearer Dam Citizen.
THE young man Riley, of whom the
conflicting reports occurred in yester-
days paper, and ended with a rumor of
his death, is, we learn through informa-
ton from DIR. Day, still alive, though the
report abodt the death of his comrade,
, young Butler, was too true. No bones
were broken in the case of Riley, al
J though his spine is reported as badly af-
! fected, and crew of men are engaged
in transporting him to this place on a
stretcher. We learn there is prospect
of his recovery.-Edu Claire Press.
BY a cable dispatch received Sun
day, information was furnished of the
; death of Baroness Juliet B. de Lepel
nee Juliet B. Austin, formerly of Mil
waukee. Her death occurred on Saturday
morning at TRENT, Austria, at which
place she had resided for some time, for
medical treatment. The deceased lady
left Milwaukee for Europe in 1867, her
purpose being to prosecute her studies in
music In 1871 she was married to Baron
de Lepel, a Prussian by birth. Her age
at death was % years.
A MAN named George Nicholson who
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cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road, &
few miles east of Bangor, started fol
Minnesota about two weeks ago to hunt
, land, in company with Mr.. Pratt. Or
Wednesday his friends received letter
stating that while taking gun from &
wagon it was accidentally discharged, the
charge taking effect in Mr.. Nicholson
left hand. The letter did not state how
t serious the injury was. His father, Mr.
John Nicholson, passed through here thi
morning on his way to Minnesota to brin.
the wounded man home.-La Crosse Den
0crdt.
e DURING the thunder storm of las
|, Monday evening, the house of Dennis
Corcoran, in the town of Buena Vista
: was struck by lightning, and one of hi
girls instantly killed. The family, con
sisting of five or six persons, were sitting
4 in one room, with the exception of thei
:, invalid daughter, who was in bed. Th'
bolt that struck the house bursted W
: through the floor of the room in which
i the family was sitting, throwing one o
t the boys up to the ceiling, but none wer,
a seriously injured except the girl in bed
. She was instantly killed.-,Steuens Poin
Journal.
0 WITH the past week the agent of tn
e English company of capitalists who hav'
been considering the matter of takin!
! the bonds of the Chicago and Air Lin
road, has been in Whitewater, in consul
l. tation with Mr.. Geo. Esterly and othe
of our business men. He is making al
0 effort to have some changes effected il
: the organization of the railroad compan,
!. and to interest number of the leadin,
! business men of the state in the enter