The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-04
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

-Depere has another bank, making
two.
The farmers are busy blowing and
hoeing corn.
Two steamers are on duty this sea-
son at Green lake.
The Kaukauna pulp mill is turning
out two tons of wood pulp per day.
The new postofice between James
vile and Beloit will be named Writ.
-Blueberries are being shipped from
Black River Falls in large quantities.
William Reindorf, of Richfeld, was
lately run over and killed by the cars.
Juneau county cranberry marshes
are said to be in better condition than
ever.
John Morse, of Oshkosh, is COM
pleting an elevated railway locomotive.
Work will be commenced imme-
diately on the Government dam at De-
pere.
The Fox Lake Touring mill that was
burned last winter is to be rebuilt on
larger scale.
The Neillsville and Mcmillan rail
road is under way, and promises speedily
to be in running order.
The Fort Atkinson cheese factory is
receiving Ia, 200 pounds of milk per day
and making twenty-four cheeses.
Mr.. Divan, of Monroe county, owns
a sheep IA months old that yielded a
fleece weighing nineteen pounds.
The fine M. E. Church edifce in
Gratiot was struck by lightning recently,
set on fire, and entirely consumed.
"A new postofice has been estab-
lished in the town Of Lebanon, Dodge
county, five miles east of Watertown.
Prof. Chamberlain, of Beloit, will
read a paper before the international
Geological Congress at Paris this sum-
mer.
AT Madison, ground is being broken
for the erection of the observatory which
is to be built by ex-Gov. @. @. Wash
burn.
"A Two Rivers youth named Ephie
Oswald has a young woodchuck which a
cat has adopted and is rearing alcng with
her kittens.
Mr.. Ed Clark, formerly conductor
on the Wisconsin Central railroad, has
fallen heir to 1872, 900 by the death of an
uncle in New York State.
The little city Of WATERFOWL boasts
of having the largest debt, per capita,
of any town in the State. She owes
$3.50, 900 on railroad bonds alone.
A line OF telephones is being put up
between the railroad station and Green
lake, having boxes at the different re-
sorts and hotels, and also a line running
to hartford. e
The examination of Fred Ohm, Jr.,
for the murder of his father, closed at
Monroe last week. Young Ohm was re-
manded to Jail without bail, to await
trial July %.
The body of an. unknown man was
found in the woods about four miles
west of Milwaukee with bullet-hole in
his left temple. A revolver and a razor
were lying beside him.
On Sunday afternoon Charles Nc
Gill committed suicide on one of the
principal streets of Galesville, by cut
ting his throat in a most horrible man
ner with a razor.
Mr.. David Lyman, residing at
Brodhead, in Green county, was found
dead, having hanged himself to the foot
board of his bed. The old gentleman
was about 65 years of age, and has been
deranged for the past eight years.
Seven cents per pound is the pre-
vailing price for No. l cheese at leading
factories in the State of Wisconsin.
Two or three years ago 10 and 10 cents
was readily obtained for the same cheese.
The rapid decline in price is attributed
to the increased manufacture in excess
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The 8-year-old son of Frederick
Frederickson was drowned the ether day,
at La Crosse, while swimming. About
an hour afterward skiff, containing
three raftsmen, ran INTO the steamer
Dexter and upset. Two of the men
were saved, and the other, name I'M
known, was drowned. The bodies were
not recovered.