The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS.


Winter wheat has come through the
winter looking uncommonly well.
The delinquent tax list in Chippewa
county this year numbers over q, 900
descriptions.
"A little son of VIM. DIcDermaid, OF
Hudson, was instantly killed last week,
by being run over by wagon.
The Wisconsin Central road has
lately lost considerable quantity of
wood by fire, all along the route.
Haying in the park on Good Fri
day. Make note ont. Put it down as
occurring at Madison, the capital of Wis
consin.
Green Bay ships sawdust by the
carload. Each load weighs 5000
pounds, and sells for from 81 to $40
per load.
up to date four licenses have been
granted for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in Mansion. The amount
charged for license is 800.
Aurora farmers have lost several
sheep, this spring, by dogs They
turned out, one day last week, and killed
three dogs known to be guilty.
The railroad depot at Sheboygan
Falls was struck by lightning early one
morning lastweek, and totally destroyed,
together with most of it's contents.
VIM. Schmidt, a gray-haired farmer
of West Bend, married Mrs. F. Pat0w.
of the same town, few days ago. 1t
was his fourth and her third marriage.
"A fire broke out the other morning
in the Chippewa Falls House, and four
houses and four barns were wholly con-
sumed. Loss, $4,000. Insured, for 3d.
$50.
Three little boys, named Bert Clark,
Walter Nichols, and Willie Grund, of
Pepin, were thrown from a wagon by
runaway team, and each had a leg
broken.
A man at Black River Falls is
sinking a shaft with the hope of
finding silver in, paying quantities. The
whole neighborhood is in a fever of ex-
element.
"A 12-year-old SON of J. @. Hayner,
of GAINESVILLE, while exploding caps with
q hammer, was hit in one eye by a piece
Of cap. The sight of the eye is totally
destroyed.
"A committee of conference Of the
Great Council of Boyal and Select Mas
tiers and the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons have decided to consolidate
these two bodies in this State.
"A young lady, Miss Dora Thomas,
of Beloit, recently shot herself with a
small rifle, causing immediate death.
Long illness and suffering are supposed
to have caused mental arrangement.
The recent very heavy rains in the
Wisconsin lumber regions have started
all the screams in that section, and
big log drive is expected. The 1oggers
are getting all the men they can to go
on the drive.
The bodies of the missing men,
James Murphy, of Hartford, and VIM.
Mckee, of Milwaukee, have been res
cued from the river, at the latter place.
The jury returned a verdict of suicide in
the case of the latter.
Wisconsin lumbermen are daily in
receipt of letters from mill-owners on
the Mississippi, who want to contract
for logs, even at this early date, show
ing that there viii be a ready market
for all of the logs, and good price
paid.
The Madison Park Commissioners
are in correspondence with PhiladeI-
phia parties for the purchase of the large
Centennial fountain, which cost nearly
$1,000 but which can be bought for
81, 500 or $1,000, to be placed in Madi-
son park.
"A gentleman from Glenmore says
that his town will beat any other town in
Brown county for heavy women. They
are as follows: Mrs. Lawrence Heber.
weight $50; D. J. F. Murphy daughter,
325; Mrs. J. Moran, 275, and Mrs. M.
Moran, $50. Total weight, ], 200 pounds.
At the annual meeting of the Board
of Charities and Reforms the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year Andrew E. Elmore, President;
W. W. Reid, Vice President; Theodore
D. Kanouse, Secretary. T. ". Haight,
of Waukesha, the present Secretary, re-
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