Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-14
WISCONSIN NEWS.

w tuO COutldIJ MISUNDERSTANDING.
Very truly yours, AGNES D. jerks.
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Thirty-six deaths and three premature
births was the mortality record of last week
in Milwaukee.
The average daily consumption of water
from the water-works in Milwaukee in one
week, lately, was S,o41, $3.50 gallons.
Miss Thompson, the granddaughter of old
John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame, was
visiting friends in Omro last week.
Eight hours work and eight hours pay is
the present order of things at the work
shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul
railway, in Milwaukee.
1t is rumored at Delavan, that Professor
DeMott of the deaf and dumb asylum, will
resign his position to accept more re-
munerative one elsewhere.
Fred Kruger, who injured q boy named
Jondek, in Milwaukee, by driving his team
against him, was fined $85 by Judge NAL
lory. The boy was seriously injured, three
ribs being broken.
In Brothertown, Fond du Lac county, at
dance the night before election, an Indian
killed rival for the favor of dusky belle.
by MASKING in his head with stick of cord,
wood. No arrests so far.
Beverly Jefferson, the Madison bus man.
put due bill in the ballot-box on election
day. On discovering his mistake he tried
to correct it, but found it no 90. On count
ing the vote the bill was found and returned
to him.
teanlster in Green Bay, who was engaged
to carry voters to the polls in the interest of
a certain candidate, unwittingly allowed
somebody to fasten to the sides of his wagon
placard calling on people to vote for the
opponent of his patron.
The Western hotel at Baraboo and eight
other buildings, all frame, were DESTROYED
by fire on the 9th. They occupied the east
side of the public square. All the goods
and personal effects were saved. Loss on
buildings, $4,000; insurance light.
Out of family of eleven named Moritz
residing in Trenton, Washington county,
seven have died of typhoid fever in month.
are dead, and three of the remainder are
sick now with little hopes of their recovery.
A Sank county farmer recently fred into
flock of wild geese flying at considerable
distance and elevation. There were eeven
He aimed about two rods ahead of the leader
goose and killed the fourth one from the
head, which fell fifty-eight rods from where
he stood.
A young man of Kenosha, by the name
of Gorham, While goingsto the train, hal
loween, fell in with crowd of boys who
were celebrating the night according to old
time customs, and while in their company
Ior %loo
back. The man who fired upon him is an
old citizen. Action has been commenced.
The suit is for 5000 damages.
VIM. Ehrhardt, of Manitowoc, lately ar
rested and brought to the Jail in Milwaukee,
charged by the United States officials with
having sold cigars not properly stamped, has
entered plea of guilty to the charge against
him, and has been sentenced by Judge Dyer
towoc county jail. He is the same chap who
was caught in Milwaukee last summer in
woman's clothes.
Two young women of Madison, while cross
ing Third Lake on late evening, in row.
boat, came across the body of a man floating
on the surface. One of the women COM
other, more pfucky, pulled rapidly for the
gave
and parties went Immediately in search, but
could not find the body in the increasing
darkness, it having foated considerable
distance away, probably, from where it was
seen. It is conjectured that the body is that
of one Of the two unfortunate well-diggers
who were drowned in the lake some two
weeks since.
A gang of young loafng roughs in Racine
boL e..
long time, insulting, knocking down and
outrageously maltreating inoffensiye persons
on the streets at night. The other night as
a gentleman, his wife and another lady were
passing down Main street, two Young
roughs jostled against them and undertook
to crowd them off from the walk. The gen
tlemen demonstrated, when one of them
struck at him. Dodging the blow, with a
heavy cane he knocked them both down
and belabored them severely. The young
mauraders were taken to a house and
washed, being covered with dirt and blood,
and on promising not to edo so any more,''
were suffered to depart.
Rev. James Dixon, formerly pastor of the
Jefferson Street Baptist church in Milwau-
kee, but latterly pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church at New Albany, Ind, is
charged by Miss Lizzie Ripley of that city,
with trying to have her elope with him and
to marry him under an assumed name, in
Kentucky. Her charges are corroborated by
her sister. Dixon showed fraudulent di-
vorce judgment, stating he had secured it
in Chicago, while it is known his wife has
left him, but has not been divorced. The
Rev. Dixon left Milwaukee in 1866 under a
very dark cloud. The disclosures have
caused much excitement in New Albany in
the Methodist church. Dixon was shining
lipht in Naw Alhanv