The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-18
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

WISCONSIN ITEMS.
Appleton viii be lighted with gas.
-saw-mills are shutting down. Can't
get logs.
Columbus VIII have a fire apparatus
chemical.
The Waupaoa County Fair proved a
great success.
The Green Bay neighborhood has
fires in the woods.
-Beloit people are happy over the
completion OF new Jail.
Madison proposes turning the base
ment of City Hall INFO public market.
"A young Beloit boy named Richard
son Howe lost a leg by being run over
by train Of cars.
Wong Chin Foo, the Heather Chi
nee, is tramping around the State again
on lecturing tour.
George Wyand, a farmer of Rio, at
tempted to board moving train at Fall
River. Lost leg.
There is not a saw-mill running in
the Chippewa valley, and many men are
idle in consequence.
The State debt of Wisconsin, as
compiled by the Bureau OF Statistics at
Washington, is $2,252, 657.
"A fire at Winneconne last week de-
stroyed fifteen buildings. Loss, $40, 1000.
The work Of an incendiary.
James Butler was killed and William
Riley seriously injured by the caung Of
bank on the Eau Claire river.
The Wisconsin Republican Associa-
tion at Washington has ceased to exist
under the present civil-service rules.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin claims
that the new residence Of James Knee
land, in that city, is the most elaborate
structure of the kind in the West.
The barn, stables and all the grain
belonging to Macmillan Regniet, Of the
town Of Red River, were destroyed by
fire, which caught from steam thresher.
Active operations have already COM
menced to hatch an immense quantity Of
fish at the State Matching houses at Mil
waukee and Madison, under the charge
of Prof. Webster.
George N. Woodin. Esq, promi-
nent man, and one Of the Oldest mem
bers of the Manitowoc bar, died last
week. The deceased was a brother Of
State Senator William B. Woodin, Of
New York.
Work has begun on the narrow
gauge railroad from Martintown, Green
county, to the State line. Work on the
northeast end has been in progress for
some time, and the force is sufficient nov
to construct a mile per day.
An Eighth street saloon-keeper, o.
Lanitowoc, George Ochs, was knocked
, down and robbed of about $25 by 3
tramp, the other night, who was after
ward found secreted in barn. No Off
GERS being present he made his escape
and has not been recaptured.
The dwelling Of T. E. Putnam, o.
Winneconne, was discovered to be OF
fire, the other night, and before helr
could be obtained the building burned
to the ground. The contents were most
T ly saved. The building was insured fol
) $500, and the contents for $3.50.
Two hundred thousand California
salmon eggs have arrived at Genev'
/ lake, and were placed in the fsh-housc
Of N. K. Fairbank. They viii be matched
! during the winter, and turned loose il
! the lake early in the spring. These
eggs were received direct from Mcleod
lake, Cal.
At the annual session of the Yves
Wisconsin NJ. E. Conference, held a
Eau Claire, the following officers were
elected: Secretary, Rev. T. NJ. Fuller
ton; Assistant Secretary, j. B. Bach
man; Recording Secretary, Il, w. Bush
nell; Statistical Secretary, G. Cook
) Bishop Andrews presided.
! "A new industry has sprung up OF
the shores of Lake Winnebago and thu
northern rivers that promises to in
crease. The new departure is the pre-
serving and tanning Of sturgeon skins
which, when tanned, are very soft, ant
] are said By those having worn boots
therefrom to be as durable as any othe-
leather.