Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-12
WISCONSIN NEWS.

l. ne money OrQef business OF milwaukee
aggregated $321.49O during the month of
August, against $273,626 for the same month
last year.
The Central Wisconsin fair opens in Wa
tertown, September 10th, and continues I'M
til the 21st. A pair of trained elks, driven
in harness, are among the attractions.
Otto Bernhard Heniki was drowned in the
Menominee river by the accidental capsizing
of the skiff in which he was fishing. He
was Al years old and leaves wife and eight
children in destitute circumstances.
The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railway in August amounted to
$4,000 against $677.O5O during the same
period in 1877. The earnings of the road
during eight months ending Aug. 81, aggre-
gated $5,428, 900, an increase of $l,237, 1873,
or 29.5 per cent. over the same period in
1861.
Trempealeau man had an old horn that
had been used for powder, which he filed
with shot. Finding that some of the old
powder had caked on near the mouth and
heating the tine of pitch fork he tried to
burn out the hole, when there was an explo-
sion, the pitch-fork going ont of his hand
| and some of the shot into his leg.
According to La Crosse telegram to the
| Chicago Times, considerable alarm is felt in
Buffalo county over the supposed presence
in that locality of Jesse James, one of the
celebrated James brothers. The telegram
states on what is considered reliable authori-
ty that Jesse James, the notorious Missouri
outlaw, has been in Buffalo county, sixty
miles northwest of that city, during the past
week.
Mrs. Lena Fuldner, of Milwaukee, has com
pleted some needle-work that is as fine a
piece of art as was ever exhibited in Mil
waukee. 1t is a picture about 16x2O, and
represents quiet foreign interior. The
figures are lady and maid the latter en-
gagged in dressing the formers hair. The
work is 80 finely executed that even the fea
lures are as smooth and perfect as in an oil
painting.
| On the 9Th of September, 1861. eighteen
years ago, the steamer Lady Elgin sunk ii
Lake Michigan by collision with schooner
carrying down to watery grave some sol
persons, excursionists from Milwaukee
Many bereaved household has cause to re-
member, at this distant day, the sadness, tn
anguish, the suspense of that terrible hour
Less than 100 were saved out of the grea
number on board.
On Sunday, the 9th inst, at 1910 O'Clock
Edward H. Ball, for sixteen years respecte
resident of Milwaukee, died at his residenc
on Jefferson street, surrounded by famil
and friends. For the past few days his en-
has been momentarily expected, and there
fore his death caused no great shock of SUI
prise, but only one of grief. 1t has now bee
several weeks sin 70 he has been PARTIAL
PROSTATE with complication of disease
which finally terminated in dropsy.
3 Stephen Coulter, aged 55 years, died SUD
+ denly at his residence in Milwaukee. Fe
{ some time past he has been suffering wit
premonitions, so his friends supposed, c
e brain fever. At periods he became quit
4 excitable, and was with difficulty CONTROLLED
: The hot weather lately seems to have IL
: creased his malady, until yesterday he b.
2 came extremely violent, threatening to tex
s up the carpets and furniture of the room
It Only his wife could quiet him, and he die
l. in her arms suffering untold agony.
Attempted sharp practice at Neenah w
). nipped in the bud. The bank at that pla
J. ordered 10000 Mexican dollars and begs
!, to pay them out at par. The citizens a
4 copied them for 100 cents, and taansactt
"a business with them at the value fixed by Il
A. bank. But when the dollars began to be +
, turned to the bank they would only tai
= them at discount of 90 cents. The citize
4 held public meeting, at which they ]
!. solved to withdraw their patronage from t
n institution unless its managers would p
4 100 cents on dollar. This had the d
l. sired effect, and the bank officers a
g. nounced their willingness to comply Wi
thosa tarma