The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

-Ihe Beef Slough Company got out
$4,000, OOO0 feet of logs by the recent
rise.
Five men, whose united ages figure
up to 424 years, lately dined together at
Beloit.
-Rood's lumber-mill, at Monroe, was
burned recently. Loss, $4,000; partial
~ insured.
! Robert Brewer was knocked off an
excursion boat on Rock river few davs
since, and drowned.
The Northern Insane Hospital of
Wisconsin, being only intended for $50
patients, has 568 in care.
Ten purses will be competed for by
horse races at the Mineral Point Fair.
which commences Sept. 4.
One hundred dollars reward is Of
fered for the capture of Richard Whit
ton, the Fond du Lac desperate.
Stephen Mckay, 7-year-old lad,
fell off the Eau Claire Lumber Com
pany's dam, a few days ago, and was
drowned.
"A few days ago Catherine Fol-
denski trmbled into cistern at the resi-
dence of her parents, in Milwaukee, and
was drowned.
Frederick Brown, q brother of the
original John Brown, died at his resi-
dence in Reedsburg recently, at the age
Of 70 years. He was a citizen of high
standing, and was generally liked where
he was known.
"A company Of miners at Plattsville
have taken out 10000 pounds of lead
ore this summer, and have about sc, 900
pounds in sight.
The grand jury has indicted Charles
Burbach, r. Ell. Hatfield, John L. Vie
land and Theodore Sunderman, of Mil
waukee, for illicit distilling.
"A woman named Mrs. McCann. liv-
ing i'll North Hudson, lately attempted
suicide by throwing herself in front of
train. Her husband saved her.
The twenty-ffth annual Teachers
Convention was held at Green Bay last
week. About 200 teachers were pres
ent, and profitable session was had.
Three young girls of Wausau,
ran away from home, taking the road
north toward the woods They were ar
rested seven miles away and taken back
to their parents.
Samuel Wild, employed on the
farm of Jacob Meyer, at lakewood sta
ton, died of an overdose of laudanum
taken to allay the pain Of disease from
which he was suffering.
The preliminary examination of
young bennett, the State University
student, for the murder of his child,
before the Criminal Court, resulted in
his heing held for trial.
M. E. Hooker, of Waupun, caughta
wild deer in the northern part of the
State and brought it home. He is put
ting high fence around small park,
where it will be allowed to run.
While bathing in the river at Mil
waukee last week Nicholas Schloegel
and Lorenz Schneider walked into sink
hole and were drowned. They were
young men about Is years of age.
Preparations are going forward for
the State Fair, which is to be held in
GAINESVILLE, on the grounds of the Rock
County Agricultural Society, from Sept.
10 to Il, inclusive. Ample accommoda-
tions for all that may come are nearly
completed. 4au
The young folks of Otter Greek, Eau
Claire county, had gopher hunt. Ell
mer Hatch was chosen Captain of one
side, and Edison Seguin of the other.
Pocket gophers counted 25; gray, 10;
striped, 5, and rattlesnakes, so. Hatch's
side made 76O counts, and Seguin's SAB.
The North American Turner Bund
held it's annual festival in Milwaukee
last week. Forty societies were repre-
scented from different parts of the coun-
try. The city was decorated, and fire
works were displayed. Addresses of
wo1conon xvara )dn1iverad Inv tho Movo7.
and Gov. Ludington.
H. J. Atkinson, travelling from Chi
cago to Milwaukee in sleeping-car re-
Gently, was robbed Of gold watch and
chain and $50 in cash, which were in his
pantaloons pocket His vest was taken.
but thrown down in the car by the thief.
It contained So, 800 in money and paper,
not discovered by the robber.