Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-22
WISCONSIN NEWS.

| Two boys about III years OF age were
drowned in the river at Kilbourn City last
week while bathing.
Mrs. Barlow Harmon, Prairie farm, Barron
county, died recently, aged Ia years. She
was native of Pennsylvania.
The bathers IN the public baths on Canal
street in Milwaukee last week, numbered
1927. Of this number only 357 were fe-
meles.
The Grand Rapids Tribune charges Coun-
ty Judge Hayne, of Wood county, with Sc.
duction. The Tribune stands ready to verify
its charge.
Recent heavy rains have greatly increased
the volume of water in Wisconsin, Fox and
Wolf rivers and their tributaries, and lum
bermen are much elated.
Thomas Pindz, of Prairie du Chen, acct
dentaliy and carelessly, fatally shot himself
the other day, by showing loaded shotgun
along the bottom of wagon with the muz-
zle towards him.
The other night burglar was shot while
in the act of robbing George Mansfeld's
store, at Johnson's Greek, near WATERFOWL.
clerk sleeping in the store did the shooting
The burglar was severely wounded, and was
of course, captured.
j. L. Griffith, of the firm of Griffith &
Sons, of Fond du Lac, known throughout
the northwest as heavy lumber manufacture
ers, was injured internally by fall some
days since. He is very low and will prob
ably not long survive.
The case of United States ys. the McDon+
ald-LaM othe- Thompson trio, on trial al
| Oshkosh, for resisting United States officers
resulted in the acquittal of the defendants
Mrs. LaMothe now threatens to sue Mr..
Fink, the United States marshal
Wisconsin is shortly to have tilt with
the drive-well gang. From private letter
received from the east we learn that w. D.
Andrews-G Green's partner in the claim on
the drive we'll patent-in. a recent converse.
ton stated that he would soon begin the col
lection of royalties in Wisconsin.
The brave police of Milwaukee were mott.
fed the other day that dry goods house had
been robbed by girl. They fastened to the
store, arrested, searched and locked up the
girl. The property found upon her person
was ten cent comb The recovery of the
property will enable the unfortunate mer-
camille establishment to continue business.
Miss Mary Richter, of Oshkosh, whose
death by suicide has been noticed, was
buried July 10th. She was about six feet in
height and weighed 24O pounds. The cover
of the cistern in which she drowned herself
was in its right position on the morning of
the finding of the body, and the most
natural conclusion is that the woman de-
liberately got into the cistern, which holds
five feet of water, and standing head and
neck out of the water drew the cover back
and then placed her head under water.
When found she was lyiingface downwards
During the prevailing hot nights large
number of the citizens of Racine were in the
habit of repairing to the harbor piers in or
der to get little fresh air, and a great many
of them lay down and take nap. Such was
the case with q man named Shuttle, Tuesday
night. He went down to the North pier and
lay down and was soon sound asleep. He
did not rest easy, and kept turning over, and
the result was he rolled off from the pier
into the lake. AS soon as he struck the
water he commenced laundering around
and yelled at the top of his voice for help,
which soon arrived, and he was pulled out, q
wetter If not wiser man.
Mrs. Margaret F. McArthy, aged rs years,
an early settler in the village Of Palmyra,
was walking on the track, near the switch
west of the station, Thursday morning,
when the pilot of the Monroe train struck
and hurled her from the track, causing in
slant death. Conductor j. S. Dean brought
his train to stop, had the renains placed in
the express Car and brought to the station,
where DR.. r. Reordon, who CHANGED to be
among those in waiting, made examination,
pronoucing life. extinct, her ribs on the right
side being crushed in, with scarce an abrasion
of the skin. No blame is attached to the
railway employees, as Mrs. Mccarthy did not
go on the track until too late for the train to
be stopped. It is supposed that she became
confused on seeing the incoming train, hesi-
tated where to go, there being freight train
side-tracked close to the main track, and SO
met her death.
An Oshkosh travelling sewing machine
agent became acquainted with winsome
Polish lass, and induced her to purchase
machine. The girl was apt in learning the
use of the machine, and be, in teaching, be-
came infatuated with her. He finally en-
gagged her to travel with him to instruct
others to whom he sold machines, and the
outcome of his pleasant association, it is
said, was that he offered himself in marriage.
The girl accepted his attentions and the time
for the nuptials was fixed. In the interim
the actions of the faithless husband were re
lated to his wife in Oshkosh, and the latter
sought out the rival and informed her of
her lovers responsibility, and the duty he.
owed his family. Here was proceeding the
unhappy lord had not expected. and it was
in vain that he attempted to effect SETTLE
ment to keep the matter from his friends.
The secret leaked out, however, and has been
the theme of conversation in German circles
the present week. His dance left him after
heaping bitter epithets upon his head, and
his wife threatens to bring an action for
divorce. $