The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-04-12
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS,
Matters Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Latest Exchanges.


has sixty-fve members and is only fiv,
weeks Old.
THE town board of Omro intend t.
expend $500 in repairing the road t.
Poygan.
A FOUNDRY and machine shop ar,
among the proposed new institutions a
Whitewater.
STEPHAN BULL, of Racine, has solt
bis extensive stock farm to Jerome l
Case, for SIC, 900.
MONROE BRoTRERs are to erect s
stave, shingle and heading mill, a
Freedom, Outagamie county.
Mr.. WARREN DUNBAR, Of Ashland
has invented combination machine fol
clearing railroad tracks of ice and snow
NATHAN JOHNSON, merchant O.
Stoughton, fell from tobacco shed las
Monday, injuring himself badly abou
the head and face.
PHIL Pryor, of the Waupun Times
was ignonimously kicked by an indig
nant subscriber; the latter paid $500 fol
the amusement.
MISS MATTE POLAND wife of Jane,
POLAND, of Muckwanago, Wauke shf
county, died March 9th at New Lisbor
on her wedding trip.
A DRUNKEN Bohemian named Frank
Tarsll attempted suicide at Prairie du
Chen, last Thursday, by shooting him
self. He only succeeded in blackenine
his face.
A BINDING pole on a load of lumber
at Fond du Lac, the other day, slipped
from its moorings and deprived man
of handsome and useful lot of front
teeth.
Mrs. CLARK, of Kaukauna, visiting
her brother, G. J. Higgins, of Wrights
town, last week, took an overdose OF
laudanum, from the effects of which
she died.
A LITTLE daughter of Adam Hen.
drick, of Sturgeon Bay, set fire to he1
clothes, while cooking gum, and was
nearly burned to death, before assist
ance could be rendered.
JOHN DILLON has written to the
Rights of Honor at Oshkosh, stating
his desire to join the order. He lie to
be admitted when he next visits the city
of fires.
LAST Sunday an Ahnapee Granger
bought new curry comb, put it in his
coat tail pocket, went to church, sal
down on the insinuating side of it, and
hoped out into the aisle with whooI
be gob!" The sexton put him ont.
A RESIDENT of Dundee Osceloa, Fond
neighbors, who seem to have peculiar
fondness for indulging in law suits IL
behalf of the state, and saddling the
costs on the town or county.
Mr.. GEORGE WEBER is building q
saw and grist mill in the town of New
Denmark. The saw mill part will be
ready to run in Juue on custom saving
for the farmers and the grist mill will
be ready in the fall or shortly afte,
harvest.
PATRICK RYAN, a deaf-nute about q
years old, son of Michael Ryan, of Glen
more, Brown county, strayed away from
home on the 18th inst. An organized
search was made for him for severa
days, and he was, at length, found OF
Saturday last by Chief of Police Duro
cher, and given into the custody of tht
Sheriff, who returned him to his home
TICKET sales at Fox Lake Junction
for March, 1877, were as follows: 49,
ticket sold, amounting to S324.30. Las
March, 241 tickets sold, amounting tt
$3.50. S0.54-which shows that we are be
coming more of stay at-home an6
tend to our own or our neighbours bust
ness sort of people tbs n we used to be
Foo Lake Representative.
MONDAY last jake Campbell, a seven
year-old son of r. M. Campbell, O.
Neilsyille, and one of his little play
mates, while giving an exhibition Il
what they could do in lofty walking, fel
from the peak of Mr.. Wells barn to tn
ground, q distance of % feet. Asid
from having the breath and sense
knocked out of him for few moments
he sustained no injury.
THE worst fooled man in the stat
was Orrin Quint, of Mauston. On th
morning of April 1st, when he woke W
he found himself III jail. The mud O
his clothes, his headache, and the cost
he had to pay when taken before th
Court, tended to convince him that
had been badly fooled.
THERE is a certain individual WI
cheered up the originators
the glass factory project b
promising to pat in $1,000. Whe
called upon this week to put down b
name, he "squealed," and without ri
ing any reason, and great many a.
disposed to think that he is next to Il
champion "mean man." Maybe y
| hol hov Ii hal 10,
Champion, but this article don't ref
to him. Winneconne Item.
A. MORSE, of River Falls, while goir
home last Friday night from a visit
, Prescott, was prostrated by a strok
of paralysis, and fell from his bugg
He was found the next morning
, travellers On the road, his head havir
melted deep hole in the icy road, al
, his clothing being frozen stiff; his hor
was standing over him. He was unco
scious for several days, and will on
partially recover the use ofhis facultie
The Wisconsin Central and Nerthe,
Pacific Railroad Companies, both lar
grant roads through Ashland, Bayfe
? and Douglass counties, have, from col
i mercial necessity, to complete come
} ton between Ashland and the N. P.
: Thompson. The distance is scarce
S eighty miles, through even, practical
: ground, with not 500 feet of bridgin
: nor fifty foot grade. The route el
!, braces good breadth of farming land
? timbered and watered by living stream
3 the latter affording good water powt
D Ok Friday evening last Norwegi
:, named Grady, who works for W.
f Price in the woods near Phillips, b
: the misfortune to fall upon a cross. C
b saw which he was carrying under
: arm, one tooth of the saw entering |
H. arm at a point near the shoulder, q
f completely severing the brachial artel
The flow of blood was immediate
! stopped by COMPRISING the artery
8 means of a cord drawn tightly arou
the arm a short distance above I,
wound, after which Mr.. Grady walk
l. to Phillips, distance of eight mil
y where the artery was " taken up by
Adams.