Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-27
WISCONSIN NEWS.

WISCONSIN NEWS.
Measles are prevalent among the children
in Pepin county.
Anti-treating societies are being organized
in Dane county.
A big moose was shot at Big Island, in the
st. Croix, recently.
Ten new cases of diphtheria were reported
in Milwaukee last week.
The tip-worm is seriously injuring the
Wisconsin cranberry crop.
A Waupun purchaser of wool has recently
shipped $4,000 pounds to the eastern mar
kets.
The Best Brewing company, of Milwau-
kee, manufactured 1884 barrels of beer
last year.
The order of Sons of Herman, of Mil
waukee, have widows and orphans fund
of $1,000.
Louis B. Thompson, aged SO years, a
prominent temperance advocate, died in
Jonesvllle last week.
July 23d, $4,000 words were sent from
the Madison telegraph Office to newspapers
in all parts of the country.
The farmers in Racine county say crops of
all kinds are looking fine, and the average
yield will be larger than last year.
The other day Abe Forester, of Racine,
left that city with a carriage and fine team,
to drive all the way to Louisiana.
The anniversary of the battle of Atlanta,
July %, was observed by the resident men,
bers of the Twelfth Wisconsin, at Madison.
After the 25th of August it will be lawful
to shoot prairie chickens in Wisconsin. They
are reported to be very numerous this sea-
son.
Last week Milwaukee consumed 1929, 583
gallons of water, an increase of nearly q
million gallons day over the corresponding
week of last year.
A total of 400 emigrants for foreign coun-
ties passed through Milwaukee last week,
16O of the number being bound for new
homes in Wisconsin.
Gen. Albert G.. Ellis, the founder of the
Wisconsin PSnery in 1853, is the only men,
Der of the first council of the territory of
Wisconsin, now living.
made such a remarkable score at Wimble-
don, recorded in foreign dispatches, is res
ident of Green Lake county.
The Milwaukee Neacs publishes the follow
ing: A boy IA years old, named Henry
Peters, living about mile from the city
limits on the Green Bay road, died suddenly
night before last and Immediately turned
black.
The other evening young woman named
Minnie Ulrich attempted to drown herself in
Robinson's slip, off the Kinnikinn1ck river,
Milwaukee. To her rescuers she acknowl-
edged that she was victim of misplaced
confidence.
General Thomas Mcleod, who published
q history of Wisconsin, away back in the
'40s, died in Cleveland, Ohio, recently. He
accounted for the origin of the name of the
State in this wise: One of two French
travellers always responded "Ouis Cousin''
whenever the other INDUCED in praise of
the beautiful landscapes every now and
then encountered.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth saws :
"John Floody, a surgeon, formerly in the
army, on Tuesday took from his arm in his
own manner, piece of bone which had
panied and bothered him during some ten
years. The wound, which was an ugly one,
was received at the beginning of the famous
battle of Antietam, in Maryland, September,
1862, and has never healed. Now, since re-
moving this piece of bone, he expects to have
better arm.
A man named Mas, living about five
miles from Oshkosh, received the other dav
severe injury. He and brother were
hewing a log, each stepping backward as
they progressed in their work. Mas seems
to have gained on his brother, and the latte,
not noticing it brought down the axe as he
supposed to cut chip from the log, but
| instead the axe struck the left arm of the
former just above the elbow, cutting the
flesh to the bone so that it hung almost by 8
shred. The wound made was about five
inches in length.
Two tramps, the other day, confronted 8
farmer at work in his corn field, in Nekimi
on the Ripon road, four miles from Oshkosh
and demanded food. He told them if the,
would wait till noon he would take then
home and give them good square meal
They commanded him to go to house neal
by, the family of which was absent, and breal
fused to do, when the scoundrels assaulted
him and left him in an unconscious condi
ton. After awhile he revived and Travelled
to his house. The tramps escaped beyont
arrest. Some decisive means must be in
augurated to rid the country of this intoler
able tramp nuisance. /.
On late evening in Racine Germa,
child was standing on sidewalk, when
large cat came along, and without the leas
warning flew at the child in savage man
ner, scratching and biting its face seriously
The cries of the child soon brought severa
women to the scene, who tried to drive tn
feroclous animal off, but they could not d
so. Presently neighbor made his appear
ance with shot gun and managed to put
charge into the animal, but this did not Kill
it, and it flew at him savagely, but he man
aged to elude the apparently wild animal
and after it had become exhausted from los
of blood from its wounds, he killed it. Wha
made the animal SO wild it is impossible t