Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-26
THE ST. PAUL. DALY GLOBE FRlDAY MoRNNG juicy 2e l87s
WISCONSIN, NEWS.

WISCONSIN NEWS.
The different hotels in Green Lake are
filing rapidly with people from the South. 4
John G. New, former United States treas
urer, is guest at the Oakwood House,
Ripon.
An year old tramp created sensa-
ton in one of the towns lately. He was
taken up and cared for. 81 .
There were, by actual count, $500 glasses
of water, drank at the Bethesda spring, Wau-
kesha, that hot Saturday. IS.
The other day Mits Emma Gerber, of
Oconomowoc, fell from a buggy and was SO
badly injured as to give no hope of her re-
covery.
Tobacco is making magnificent growth,
and the crop promises to be frst-class. The
active demand for the weed encourages
growers. z.9
During the recent hot weather, cheese in a
cheese factory at Port Washington melted
and ran from the shelves, entailing loss Of
over 800.
The other day man named Anderson, in
Caledonia, had one of his feet smashed in
reaper. It is thought amputation will be
necessary.
In Mount Pleasant, few days since. Ole.
Toulson had one of his arms severely cut by
scythe falling from tree and striking him
on the arm.
It Is getting to be quite the style fol. young
men and boys to camp out around the lakes
during the hot days of summer. It is now
thought their morals, as general rule, are
promoted by the operation.
A drunken fellow with the tremens, at
Portage, having Invested himself of most of
his clothing, was rescued just in time to
save the fatal plunge, and locked up in the
calaboose, sobered and set at liberty.
Miss Emma Burkholder, formerly of Ber-
lin, Green Lake county, but lately residing
in Fort Wayne, Ind, died from drinking too
freely of ice water while oyerheated. Her
father was once pastor of the Baptist church
in Berlin.
The wonderful steam wagon Oshkosh" is
making trip through some of the towns of
Wisconsin, attracting good deal of atten-
ton. 1t made one trip, from town to town,
distance of six miles, in twenty-five min
utes. 1t is regarded as great wonder.
Mrs. Siko, a Bohemian lady living in the
town of Caledonia, got her foot caught in
reaper, and her leg was drawn in and
mangled in fearful manner. Her leg was
amputated below the knee. So great was
the loss of blood that her recovery is doubt
full.
Kilbourne City, Columbia county, has
been infested with sneak thieves of late, evil
IDENTIFY residents. A few nights ago one of
these light-fngered gentry relieved Rev. j.
r. Hughes of watch by cutting the Stats CT
q blind and taking the watch from an adj
jacent table.
A rumor has gained circulation that band
of communists and socialists in New York
have banded themselves to assassinate all
the great men in the country. Wisconsin
editor announcing the startling intelligence,
says he shall leave for Canada in the morn
ing and remain till the danger is over.
Enoch Brown, Mt. Pleasant farmer, had
a number of sheep killed by dog. He cap
tured the canine sheep-slayer rnd shut him
up in his barn. In the night the owner of
the dog broke into the barn and took the
dog away. And now Enoch is sorry he
didn't kill the dog, and would have no tears
to shed if his master broke his own neck.
A young lady in Racine started out on
nocturnal excursion about IL o'clock at
night in state of somnambulism. When
about half q block away she was overtaken
by her father, and aroused from her Sleep.
She was SO frightened on being awakened
as to nearly go into Mysteries, but soon be-
came calm, after being made to understand
the situation.
Reports from the wheat fields at various.
points are not assuring. The crop on the
prairie land seems to have been greatly
damaged by the heat. The stalk IS dead
and TIE head contains scarcely anything but
chaff. An intelligent farmer says he will
not have more than six bushels to the acre,
where but for the hot weather he would
have had from twenty five to thirty-and
from many points it is reported that the
wheat crinkles very badly, and there is very
great doubt about large yield.
A veteran kleptomaniac, in the person of
an elderly woman, was detected with her
pockets full of plumber, in store in Racine
the other day. For two or three months the
storekeeper had been missing silks and other
fancy goods, and, at last, put a young lady
| detective behind the counter, who detected
the old thief in the act. On the occasion,
she had with her two little girls, whose
pockets she stuffed full of ribbons, as we'll
as her own. The husband will foot the bill,
and the old sinner will escape the prison she
| SO richly deserves