The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-06
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

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-Forty-five thousand lake trout were
put in Elkhart lake last week.
The third annual meeting of the
Wisconsin Band Association will be held
at La Crosse on June 26 and q.
The commencement exercises of the
State University will be held in the
Capitol, commencing June IL, lasting
till Friday.
The Second Adventists will hold
their camp-meeting at or near West Sa-
lem village, beginning June Is and con-
tinuing ten days from that date.
-Baraboo Valley Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons has just received the re-
gala, swords and belts, jewels, etc., ap-
propriate to the officers of the order.
The water works proposed to be
built in GAINESVILLE, and which it is
thought the city will accept and order,
will cost $4,000 and give employment
to 200 men for year.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled in the Secretary of States Office
for the Viroqua Railroad Company, run
ming from Sparta, Monroe county, to
Viroqua, Vernon county, thirty miles.
Capital stock. 100000.
George Kerler, student in the
Northwestern University, aged Is years,
whose parents reside in Greenfield, near
Milwaukee, while bathing in Rock river,
near the Rough-and- Ready dam, was
taken, it is supposed, with cramp, and
drowned before assistance could reach
him.
Mrs. Lorenz Dorsch and two chill
dren were thrown from a carriage at
tached to a runaway horse, at the corner
of Seventh and Galena streets, Milwau-
kee, the other day. Mrs. Dorsch had
her leg broken, one child was seriously
hurt, and the other fatally injured. Two
other occupants escaped.
james Linesey has been awarded
the contract for the mason-work on the
Washburn Observatory at the State
University. This magnificent structure
will be special feature at the uni
versity in the future, as Gov. Washburn
intends to make it's appointments second
to none in the country.
Mr.. Francis Palms owns 10000
acres of pine land on the Wisconsin
river; David Ward, Thomas F. Mason
and Cornell University 10000 acres
each, and twenty individuals more from
5000 to $4,000 each, making a total of
$50, 900 acres on which the owners re-
fuse to allow stick to be cut.
In the town of Vermont, Dane
county, party of hunters recently had
a regular pitched battle with couple of
old wolves which they had holed. One
dog was killed and several guns smashed
in the fight before the game was cap
tured, which consisted of one old one
and several young; the old ''boss." sue
ceeded in getting away" ...... ......
The widow of the late Judge Bum,
and mother of Mrs. Gov. Dewey, was
found drowned in the Wisconsin river at
Muscoda recently. She was over 20
years of age. Her health has been very
poor lately, and this, with the death Of
beloved son in Colorado lately, is sup
posed to have caused temporary aberra-
ton of mind, during which she commit
ted suicide. 1#< 9a .lt-
The awful cyclone which devastated
portion of Wisconsin last week is to be
investigated by Prof. W. W. Daniels, of
the Chair of Agriculture, Chemistry and
Meteorology of the University Of Wis
consin. He will make close inspection
of the ground traversed by the tornado,
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gist, is also getting materials together
for scientific report.
Burglars the other night attempted
to enter the house of Mrs. Pride, of
Oshkosh, when boarder named George
Thorn fred revolver. The burglar re-
turned the fire, grazing Thom's cheek
with his bullet. Thorn ran down stairs,
and running fight with revolvers took
place, each firing three shots. Thorn
was unhurt, and it is supposed the
burglars also escaped unframed. vi
While Isaac Stafford, of LaPrairie,
Rock county, was in his barn, the other
day, the lightning struck it, telling him
to the floor, where he lay insensible for
some time. When he recovered he
found the contents of the building