Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-06
WISCONSIN NEWS.
The greenback vote in Marathon was on

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The greenback vote in Marathon was only
1s9. :
The Appleton Post will be published daily
next February. !
Street cars will soon commence their regula,
trips in Eau Claire. +,
John Mallory was arrested in Eau Claire
recently, charged with arson. 4
The Catholic church at River Falls has
been seated and finished up in good style.
William A. Webb was terribly crushed the
other day, by being run over by his loaded
wagon. 81 b %5-,..~s<8
One Carroll has been fined $12 by Fond
du Lac justice for killing eleven Of bic neigh
boris geese.
The greeubackers have carried the city of
Wausau at several recent elections, but this
fall polled only 151 votes.
The store of James Forney, at Tomah, was
burg!arized the other night, the safe blown
open, and 5000 in cash taken.
The other day, two boys and two girls,
sliding on the ice at the river dam in Bara-
boo, broke in and were drowned.
A country dealer in Oakfeld, Fond du
Lao county, shipped 5000 pounds of poultry
.
For the fiscal year of 1879 Wisconsin paid
q bounty on wild animals slain Of 1880.
The largest amount paid to any one man was
$l42. B !
Maj. Geo. w. Carter has been chosen
warden of the State prison at Waupun in
place of H. FL. Smith, whose term has e1-
pred.
Tue Chippewa river boats have all gone
into winter quarters, and steamboat ard
rafting business has been suspended for the
season.
In the trial at Fond du Lac of Andrew
Nett, for the murder of Jacob Sibgen, the
prisoner was found guilty of murder in the
second degree.
The other evening II. B. Glass, of James,
vile, slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk
and broke both bones of one of his legs
near the ankle joint. s-y J..
On account of the advance in iron,sit is
runaored that the North Wisconsin Railroad
company will not complete their twenty
miles extension this year.
The Ashland Press says flying reports say
the silver miners in the Silver Greek coun-
try lave struck it rich, and expresses con-
siderable faith in the reports.
The capitol assembly chamber at Madison
is being renovated-venerable cobwebs are
being brushed down in general sweeping
ont of long accumulated debris.
Ex-senator Jim Howe has lecture which
he is giving for the benefit of churches The
subject is, "The Life of the Orator, Writer
and Statesman, William Burke"
On iste evening, burglars entered the
house of M. J. Garfield, of Sparta, and stole
a gold watch and chain, and two seal sacques
and lot of jewelry. The property stole
was valued at $500.
A man named Henry McManus, in the
employ of the Northwestern Lumber Co., of
Eau Claire, was killed last week by tree
falling on him while at work at Flemine's
camp. in town 81, range s.. Deceased came
to this country from Norway last spring.
Some drunken Belgians of DePere, return
ing from funeral, indulging in a horse race,
collided with the wagon of DR.. Willard, who
had With him his two daughters. The doc
tor received injuries which may prove fatal,
and one of his daughters was badly in
jured. + ~.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated at the
State university in Madison, in an elaborate
manner. A fine dinner was prepared for
the students, land guests, toasts were respond
ed to, Miss Craig read a Thanksgiving
poem by Alice Carey, and in the evening q
dance WIGS had in the chapel. {s-