The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-07-12
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

cultural Society, will be held at Dodge
vile, September 25, 26 and q.
The assessed valuation of the taxable
property of the city of Watertown is ST.
36S, ,SSS.
FIFIELD is the name of station on
the Wisconsin Central Railroad, vii
age about year old.
Av Kewaunee, few days ago, team
of spirited horses ran away, rushed out
upon the pier, and sprang into the lake.
They were drowned.
PROF. SAWYER, of Lawrence Uni
versity, and Miss Minnie E. Birge,
member of the junior class, were married
on the 1st.
THE Weyauwega Chronicle SAYS that
sixteen-months-old child of Henry Wal
ker climbed over well-curb and fell
into the well; the little thing seized hold
of the chain and was hauled up, unhurt.
IT is said that the extension OF the
Galena narrow gauge toward Wingyille,
Grant county, via Miff1in, has proceeded
so far as letting contracts for grading,
and work is expected to commence soon.
THE western bound train, the other
morning, near Anderson Rock, ran over
a horse and cut him squarely in two.
The horse was walking on the track as
the train came up.
THE body of Peter johnson, life in
surance agent, was found in the river at
Oshkosh, on the 4th. Johnson had
jumped from the bridge on the 2nd,
with the intention, it is supposed, Of
committing suicide
THE Ahnapee Record reports that the
government dredge in that river lifted q
stone with apparent ease, from the depth
of the stream, last Thursday morning,
which measured 60 cubic feet, weight
of 9,420 pounds.
Hon. G. F. Lewis, of Beaver Dam, has
purchased five thousand acres of farming
land in Stevens county, Minnesota, and
has twelve teams at work breaking up
the sod. He expects to have about one
thousand acres into wheat next sum-
mer.
JAMES WEBB and Louis Dunkel, who
were acting as gunners at Whitewater on
the Fourth, were severely injured by
premature discharge, and it is feared
Webb cannot recover, as his eyes were
destroyed and his face and breast badly
lacerated. Dunkel had an arm broken.
THE rain storm of Thursday at Madi-
son completely flooded the state supreme
court room and the judges consultation
room. 1t appears that the conductors
on the north wing of the capitol had be-
came stuffed with leaves and rubbish,
which prevented free escape of water
from, tho roofs A Hood fnIlnwoI ,,,b;ob
soon rose above the frame work around
the scuttle holes, and the water poured
down in torrents upon the ceilings of the
rooms above named. Everything re-
ceived a complete drenching. New cell
ings, no doubt, will be necessary.
THE Hudson Star and Times says the
the North Wisconsin Railway track is
laid about two and one-half miles north
of Clayton, and the right of way is
cleared for nineteen miles north of Clay
ton. The grading for ten miles from the
end of the track will be finished in two
weeks, though the contracted time was
August 1st. Ten miles more will be let
at once, which Will make, when finished,
twenty miles of new road this year. This
will bring the end of the track next fall
in township 81, range Is west, which will
bring the road to point in Burnett
county, about half way from Hudson to
Ashland or Bayfield,.
A CORRESPONDENT at Clinton juno
ton writes Sunday, while the family of
a well-to-dO farmer, johnson by name,
were at church, tramp, who had been
hanging around all day for an opportu-
nifty to steal something, entered the
house by window, thinking that he was
unObserved, and managed to get a pair
Of pants, when out popped youth of is
summers, Calvin johnson, with revolv-
er, and, with the command of an army
officer ordered him to throw up his
hands, which was answered in the affim-
ative. The youth tied his hands with
towel, and thought he had his prisoner
secure, but such proved not to be the
case, for he broke loose and started for
the young man, when the command to
halt once more sounded from the girlish
voice, but he did not heed the command
and he popped "him, blowing his hand
into atoms. 1t is hoped that this will
put a stop to some of the tramp depreda-
tions here.
ONE of those destructive whirl-winds
which have characterized the year thus
far, visited Pensaukee on the evening of
the 1th inst, carrying death and destruc-
tion to the inhabitants of that busy lit
tie village. The Gardner House which
was one of the finest hotels in Northern
Wisconsin, is a complete wreck, hardly
one piece of timber being left attached
to another; and of once thriving vii
lage but four buildings are left standing
A list of the casualties thus far show
that six persons were killed and about
twenty wounded, some fatally it is
thought. The following are the victims:
Killed.. Zante, H. Baumgartner, AL
bert Blackbird, Mrs. E. B. Chesley, an
infant of T. Farley, and an infant of
L. Zante. Wounded-Albert Gaskey,
shoulder and face; Herman Baumgart-
ner sen., breast, leg and head; Martha
Morrison, badly bruised; Mrs. l.. Zante,
leg broken, and cut; Mrs. Z. Farley,
generally bruised; boy and girl of E. r.
Chesley, badly hurt in face; Mrs. Chap
man, generally bruised; John Dinse, face
and breast. The loss is estimated at
100000.
The same storm struck Coullardville,
near Lucas farm, and passed almost due
southeast, taking in streak about so
rods wide, and destroying everything in
its course. Seventeen houses and barns
were damaged in Coullardville, and crops
badly injured.
The Madison journal says: On
Saturday night, Lola Bush fled from her
fathers house in the town of Windsor to
that of neighbor, ID. p. Bowman, COM
planning that her father had ravished her
person. Mr.. Bowman was absent at the
Odd Fellows Lodge meeting at the time,
but he, together with III. Blake, Justice
of the Peace, and G. E. Carlton, Con-
stable, was summoned to the house;
Bush was arrested, and justice trial i'm
mediateIy had. The examination COM
menceG at 10 o'clock, lasting until after
midnight; the girl complained in open
court and said the incestuous connection,
forced upon her, had beer carried on
for upwards of four wears. Justice