Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-28
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Berlin registers 743 voters.


There are over 5000 voters in Oshkosh.
There are 1872 names on the Sparta regis
tration list.
There are about 400 patients in the Mad
1son insane hospital.
A GAINESVILLE physician reports case of
yellow fever in that place.
The tornado did great damage to buildings
in the village Of Jefferson.
Mrs. @. A. Parker has been appointed
postmlstress at Millston, jackson county.
There have been more buildings erected
in Watertown this season than in any year
since 1870.
Mrs. G. j. Kershaw, of Milwaukee, is
erecting villa at Waukesha, which is to cost
about 50, 900.
Between 500 and 600 families in Milton
now receive aid from the city, number sure
to be vastly augmented during the winter
months.
A Watertown girl employed as waitress
IN restaurant in Oconomowoc eloped with
negro cook, and they were married. The
affair has made no little stir, and the parents
are grief stricken.
The temperance people of Wisconsin will
petition the legislature this winter for con-
stltutlonal amendment forever prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor IN the State, to be submitted to vote
of the people.
y. 5. Soule, of Ripon, became suddenly
insane. He took gun and shot through a
window IN his own house, and did other acts
indicating Enthusiastically that his mind was
unsound. He left home and at last dates
had not been found.
man In Milwaukee was drowned on a
late evening in North river. Cries for help
were heard, a lantern was procured, but be-
fore rescue could be made the man was
gone hat was found floating upon the
water. The river was to be dragged.
Mrs. O'Brien and her daughter, who had
resided at Watertown, sold all their house
hold goods and removed to Milwaukee, and
were there robbed of all their money, and
were left in restitution. The restitution is
increased by the fact that the motner is a
confirmed invalid.
Two women in Eau Claire were recently
awakened by tramp under their bed.
They left the room, one going to neighbours
for assistance while the other grasped the
door-knob and tried to prevent his escape.
She was finally overpowered, however, aud
the rascal made his escape.
Samuel Stern, formerly merchant at
Green Bay, but latterly resident of Mil
waukee, was found dead in his bed. He had
procured a divorce from his wife several
years ago and closed out his business. He
was about SO years of age, leaves four chill
dren and an estate valued at 100000.
Tracy Thompson, notorious scalawag
and thief, was convicted Of larceny in the
circuit court at Mauston. The ofYense con-
sisted in taking yoke OF oxen from farm
at Camp Douglas Junction, in Juneau county,
on the 4th OF July last. The value of the
oxen was fixed at $1O0, and the judge SEN
fenced the thief to imprisonment in the State
prison at Waupun for the term of one year.
While returning from funeral at APP
pleton, one of the bolts to the thills of Fred
Schindler's buggy dropped out, and Mr.
SCHNEIDER, in attempting to get out of the
buggy to repair the thill, fell and frightened
the horse. The buggy contained Mrs.
SCHNEIDER and child, Mrs. Stork, and Miss
Roudenmacher. Mrs. SCHNEIDER threw out
the child, which sustained slight injuries,
and while on the railroad track at Fisk
street, she jumped, and her head striking a
rail her neck was broken, killing her in
stantly. Mrs. Stork also jumped out, break
ing both of her legs and receiving internal
injuries, from the effects of which she died
soon after. Miss Roudenmacher was thrown
out of the buggy and badly bruised. The
horse ran some ways farther, and finally
broke two of his legs.