The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-05-31
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

THE citizens of Mazomanie have pur,
chased $500 hand fire engine, and 20t
feet of hose have been provided to ac.
company it.
THos. HOY has bought of Fred
Henschler, 20 acres of land on rolling
prairie, in the town of Beaver Dam
paying $55 per acre,
NJ. d. PEAK, wealthy banker OF
Green Bay, died recently in Paris. He
leaves property to his wife and daughter
amounting to 100000.
For two years past Mazomanie has
applied her saloon licenses to the build
ing of sidewalks, and the village is now
supplied with neat, substantial walks,
upon nearly every street.
ENGLISH sPARRows, which were in
troduced in Janesville four years ago,
are now very numerous, having in
creased immensely. They have virtually
taken possession of the city.
A LUDLOW, of Monroe, has shipped to
New York 73 head of young cattle, ave-
raging l,6l0 pounds. The cattle are
grades from Durham stock and are three
to four years old. Several of the four
year olds weighed 1000 pounds.
LITTLE BEAVER CREEK furnishes the
the motive power for two great Touring
mills and two woolen factories near
Beaver Dam. The Farmer mills use au-
tomato machines, and consume annually
l20,00 pounds of wool in the manufac-
ture of fine woolens.
Hon. HIRkM SMITH, of Sheboygan,
shipped last week to MeSsrs. Leggett,
New York, 1909 boxes of cheese; pre-
vious shipment to the same house 669
boxes; making total of 1878 boxes
since May 1st. for which he has paid
$9,S7S in cash, or II. cents per pound
On Friday night the residence of Mr..
VIM. Osborne, in Kenosha, near the
depot, was entered through one of the
windows by burglars, who carried of
$7.75 in cash, and six bottles of wine and
quantity of canned preserves. Five
dollars of the money was taken out of
Mr.. Osborne's pants pocket near his bed,
and $2.75 out of bureau drawer, which
the robbers ransacked. No arrests.
THE Worlds Grand Lodge of Good
Templars, now in session at Portland,
Me-, has elected Hon. Theodore ID. Ka-
mouse, of Wisconsin, as Right Worthy
Grand Chief Templar of the World.
This is the second time that Wisconsin
man has been honored with this high
office-Hon. S. ID. Hastings having filled
the position with distinguished vigor for
many years.
AT the Sunday School convention in
in Oshkosh the following officers were
elected
President-Chas. &. Colby Baptist), Mil
waukee.
Tice Pre,idcnt-Mrs Pres't Steele (Meth.)
Appleton.
Racine.
Smjstaot Secrda,y-C. NJ Blackman
Congo, Whitewater.
Treasuer-Elihu Coleman Meth, Fond
du Lac.
We shall not be surprised to hear that
the differences between the Chicago Mil
waukee & st. Paul and the Madison IL
Portage Railroad companies have been
amicably adjusted with the next 60 days
We don't know anything about it, but
we venture the prediction that the st.
Paul Company will retain possession of
the road, and that the Wisconsin Central
will seek connection with the Chicago
* Northwestern railroad at Lodi or Okee.
Portage Register.
UNLESS something happens, the st.
CroiX land grant suit, to which the Mad
ison and Portage, the North Wisconsin,
the Chicago Portage and Superior, and
the North Pacific railroad companies, and
the Wisconsin Farm Mortgage Land
Company, are all parties, will be heard
in the L. :. Court, at Madison, next
month. 1t is to be hoped that a final
solution of this vexed case will be
reached-the public does not much care
how, so that it is settled ! some manner.
OLAFF C. OLSON and ldiss Mendoza
Erickson, of Black Earth, were going to
a picnic, the other day, when the team
ran away and got mixed up with hitch
ing rail in front of Isaacson's meat mar
ket. The rail became detached, ran up
through the buggy seat, and generally
smashed the vehicle, the horses plunging
like mad. In the meantime, Olaf and
Mendoza were dangerously y near the spirit
land just before they were plucked from
the wreck.
On Wednesday of last week, Lulu, the
six-year-old daughter of Mr.. Peter
Stephany, of Forestville, met with a
sudden aud horrible death. 1t seems
that the family, with the exception of
Lulu and an old lady, her grandmother,
were out in the field. The old lady had
fallen asleep and the girl had manufac-
tured paper cigar, and was in the act
of lighting it, when the fire was commu
nicated with. her clothes, instantly setting
them ablaze. The little one ran out
into the open air, which gave additional
impetus to the flames. She fingered un-
til Thursday morning, suffering greatly
from her horrible burns.
N. B. CLARK and Gabe Ullman, of
Appleton, made bet on the judicial
contest in that county. So that there
might be no misunderstanding, each put
up 800, and the terms were reduced to
writing and deposited with ID. B. Bailey.
Clark's friend, Judge Hartman, was
elected, and he demanded the wager.
Ullman refused to allow Mr.. Bailey to
pay the money, and instituted legal pro-
ceedings to recover the money deposited.
He set up plea that he would distribute
the money to the poor. The jury decided
that he should have his money back, and
he got it, but 50 much fun was made of
his suit and himself, that it is safe to say
he will never bet again.
THE second annual reunion of the
Sixth Wisconsin light artillery took
place at Avoca, Tuesday, and was a de-
cided success. Speeches, toasts and
orations we made. The annual roll call
following, showed that 40 of the 81 sur
viving members of the battery present.
Members Of the Sd, 33d, 10Th, AID, 44th,
9TH, 3lst, 29th, 25th, 22d, and 36th in
fantry; ID cavalry, 4th light battery and
1st heavy artillery, were also present.
Other states were represented as follows:
65th New York, 1st Rhode Island light
battery, 1S5th New York, 9TH New
Hampshire, ID Colorado cavalry and 9th
Illinois, making in all Is Wisconsin regi-
ments, and from other states. The old
officers were reelected, and it was de-
cided to hold the next meeting at Lone
Rock, September, 1878.
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