The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

Jefferson county reports eleven new
cheese factories.
Paper is manufactured from poplar
trees at Appleton.
Madison has only two policemen, one
for day and one for night.
Rose Miller, "pedestrienne, is
about to tramp it through Wisconsin.
-Beloit has twenty-five men and
nineteen women over Is years Of age.
Fox Lake boasts of Poland China
pig that weighs ITO pounds, live weight.
"A project is on foot to unite the
upper Wolf and Wisconsin rivers by
rail.
An Indian and a bear had combat
in Chippewa county, and both were
killed.
The Chippewa is open from the falls
to the Mississippi. Earlier than ever
before.
"A new bridge, 1875 feet span, is
talked Of at Fall Creek, Eau Claire
county.
Eighteen years ago half the wheat
was sown in March, and that was the
year Of the big yield.
Scarlet fever prevails to such an ex-
tent at Richland Center that the public
schools have been closed,
The question of uniting the cities of
Neenah and Menasha under one govern
ment is again talked Of.
Prof. J. B. Fenling, Professor Of
Languages and Comparative Philology
of the University of Wisconsin, died last
week.
"A new postof1ce has been estab-
hshed in the town of Schleswig, Mani
towOc county, and will be known as
Lewis Corners.
The amount of cash in the Milwau-
kee county treasury at the present time
is 1856, 1889. The City Treasurer has
on hand 1926, 100
The farmers of Emmett, Dodge
county, have agreed to form q joint-8tock
association for the purpose Of starting a
large cheese factory.
Il. It. Hale, formerly Marshal of
Horizon, is now on trial on two charges
of burglary, He is accused of breaking
into cars.
Some hunters chased a skunk into
a school-house near Juneau, and
there slaughtered it. The pupils are
having a vacation.
Mr.. John Roberts, of Neenah, will
at once build a number of neat cottages,
near his summer resort, to accommodate
families from the South.
The Central Greenback Club of
Milwaukee has nominated Horace Chase
for Mayor, Dennis Culligan for Comp
troller, Joseph Phillips for Treasurer,
and John M. Binkley for Attorney. Mr..
Chase has accepted the candidacy.
A young man about Is years of age,
named Henry Denter, was hunting, at
Whitewater, and through carelessness in
handling his gun the same was dis
charged, the whole charge entering his
lungs and heart, killing HIM instantly.
"A most extraordinary natural phe-
nomenon was witnessed at Milwaukee
recently. During a storm that lasted
over an hour, flakes as large as
hens eggs fell in many localities. They
struck against the windows with heavy
thud.
AS 7-year-old daughter OF Robert
Sheriff, Of Appleton, was at play in her
fathers yard on a sleigh leaning against
the fence, it fell, striking her across the
shoulders and burying her face in the
mud. When found she was dead, and il
Is supposed she was smothered to death.
Prof. John W. Hoyt, who has been
appointed as Governor of Wyoming Ter
ritory, has for years been actively iden,
titled with the educational interests o.
this State. He was also formerly &
member Of the Wisconsin State Board o.
Railroad Commissioners, but has spent
most Of his life in scientific and literary
pursuits.
-Nepeuskun has an Anti Horse THE.
Association, and the members Thereof
meet in secret council, with masks OF
their faces and revolvers in their hands
The other night, while they were as
sembled in deep, savage, and solemn
conclave, in the cross. roads church. ,
tramp made off with the spanking team
and family carriage of the respected
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