Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-26
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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WISCONSIN NEWS.
Adam Freis had leg broken by a fall at
hfe IN Milwaukee, the other night
The hay crop in Rock county is immense
but much of the crop is damaged by wet
weather.
Ferdinand W. Hartman, of Milwaukee, fell
the other day and broke his right leg above
the ankle
Two fellows were arrested in Fond du
Lac the other morning for passing $40
counterfeit bills.
The seventh annual fair of the Waukesha
Agricultural and Mechanical association
will be held Sept. 3. and 5.
On late evening Max Sdohlo, a Polish
boy aged Is, was drowned in the Kinnick-
lnn1c river. He was seized with spasms.
A couple of drunken sailors INDUCED in
bloody fight in a saloon in Racine the other
night. One had his fingers half bitten off, the
other had one of his ears chewed up.
The capsizing of small boat near the
railroad bridge at Racine, few evenings
since, came very near drowning two small
boys. They were rescued by passing boat.
Inere are now seven prisoners in Jail at
Racine, one on charge of seduction, one for
obtaining money under false pretenses, two
for larceny, one for assault with intent to
murder.
Alfred Il. Woolsey, charged with perjury
IN swearing falsely to pension papers, had
an examination at Oshkosh few DAYS since.
but was discharged, there not being evil
dence enough to hold him.
few days ago house in Powaukee. oc-
cupied by W. FL. Thomas, and owned by
Mat Corbery, was totally consumed by fire
IN the afternoon. 1t was insured for 81 900.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
ALI. Merrill, of Milwaukee. the other
morning, caught in Forrest Lake piclrel
which weighed twenty five pounds, and was
three feet ten and half inches in length
lie was pulled in with an ordinary line.
About 25o of the patients of the insane
hospital were treated to ride on Fouth
lake on the barge Uncle Sam, on a late even
ing. Faust's band provided dance and
promenade music, and very pleasant time,
without accident, was enjoyed.
The Sun Prairie Couut,y1auu saws that
Allie Mann, youngest daughter of j. E..
Mann, proprietor of the American house in
that village, was quite severely injured few
days since by being thrown from double
buggy, the hind wheel of which ran over
her.
While the fremen of Milwaukee were
fighting the fre-fend, the other night, in the
four-story stone structure outside the CITY
limits, known as the Meiner distillery, two
other alarms of fire at brief intervals were
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their force, and making an extremely lively
time for the members of the department..
During a thunder storm, a few nights
since, lightning struck the Catholic church
at Poygan, tearing off portion of the shin
giles from the roof and making sad havoc
with the plaster. The current darted from
the church to the parsonage, entering by a
bay window, and stunning servant girl who
was carrying lot of dishes. No other dam
age resulted.
A foolish, giddy and silly Fond du Lac girl
OF L. or IL years of age, though reported to
be bright and intelligent, with musical and
other accomplishments, was induced to leave
her home with travelling salesman, seduced
and taken to Milwaukee, where her broken
hearted father found her, and took her back
to home where happiness is blighted and
ruined forever.
The other day, Richard Gray. of Milwau-
kee, saw little German boy struggling in
the water, and without moments hesitation
plunged in, caught the drowning boy. and
| swan to the dock where he was assisted to
get out. The generous act of this brave
man was highly applauded. The boy had
stumbled and fallen into the water. He is
the son of a laborer.
little five year old girl in Oshkosh, a
| few days, pushed a stone in her ear about
| the size of a small halle nut. Nothing was
| thought of the matter till the girl complained
of great pain. She was taken to Dr.. Wilkie,
| who put her under the influence of chloro-
form, and extracted the stone, in which he
found great difficulty, as the ear was highly
infamed No permanent injury is likely tc
| ensue.
A Portage telegram of Aug. q says, an
alarm of fire was given last night about II
O'Clock, which proved to proceed from q
dwelling house in the Fourth ward. The
house belonged TO John F. Clark, one of the
editors of the State Register, and was entire
ly consumed. The house has been vacant
since last spring, and the origin of the fire
is supposed to be the work of tramps, Of
which our city is full just now. Loss on the
building about $500, with no insurance.
| Wisconsin State Journal: While VISITING
the scenery at the Dalles recently. Henry
Nunns, of Madison, and friends, had terri
BILE fright for few moments. AS they were
leaving the steamer and were just stepping
on the floating pier, Miss Annie slipped into
TIE water and sank in Cold Water Canon
where the water is over fifty feet in depth
| By good fortune she arose at the same place
and was caught at the fortunate moment b,
Rev. j. N. Hughes and her father. with M
great damage, but thorough wetting of he1
clothing.
A short time ago, August Ziebell, O
| Oshkosh, met with severe accident lie
bell is employed on the Northwestern road
and while engaged in cutting rail, piece
of iron, about the twentieth part of an inch
flew up and lodged in the corner OF his eve
Drs. Wilkie and Lawrence attended the case.
They found the eye slightly infamed, the
piece having entered below the surface O.
the corner. The patient was put under
the influence of chloroform and the iro1
extracted. Ziebell has not lost sight of thu
organ, and the wound has healed up without
the slightest perceptible scar.
| Thorn In His Side.
Wright County Eagle.I
The st. Paul GLOBE is like thorn il
Washburn's side aid gals him rather hard
only for that, he might congratulate himself
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