Daily globe., 1879-08-28
WISCONSIN NEWS.

There are 168 telephones in operation in
Milwaukee. 8
Wild plums are very abundant in Ohippe-
wa county. .8 %$ q.
The cranberry picking will commence
about September 1st.
Sneak thieves are making havoc of the
products of gardens in Fond du Lac.
The July rains in Chippewa county so
damaged the grass that hay is scarce.
A man, name not known, was fatally in
iured the other day at, Genesee by falling
building.
There will be a larger average of winter
wheat sown in Eau Claire and vicinity than
ever before.
Gen. Mcdonald and the "Sylph'' are trav-
cling by private carriage from Berlin to the
Wisconsin river dalles.
More than eighty miles Of sewer have been
laid in Milwaukee within the past five years,
and about the same length of water pipe.
Mr.. o E. Britt, who was seriously injured
some time ago by q railroad accident near
Buffalo, N. Y, has reached his home in Mil
waukee IN very feeble condition.
The wife and daughters of James N. Ty-
ner, Esq, first assistant postmaster general,
of Washington, D. c., were guests at the
Fountain Spring house last week.
A boy II years old, named Henry Fuss,
living four miles from Waukesha, the other
day slid from straw stack on to pitchfork,
receiving injuries believed to be fatal.
At Fond du Lao, Phillip Turin, drunken
tailor, was given thirty days in Jail. He
pounded his wife and child, and raised row
generally about his home before the police
could get to the scene. lis,
It is estimated that 10000 Catholics par
ticipated in the exercises at Robinsonville,
Sunday. August II, it being an anniversary
of the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Q
girl in chapel at that place several years
ago. Large delegations were present from
Ahnapee and Kewaunee.
On late Sunday an excursion brought
three car loads of people to Waukesha. The
number that came in private conveyances
from Milwaukee and other places was larger
than on any other occasion, SO that there
were undoubtedly more people in Waukesha
than on any other one day IN its history.
The citizens of Oshkosh have Just finished
mammoth exposition building for the fairs
of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural So.
clety, which is one of the finest in the coun-
try. The size of the building is 4OOx6O feet
and is very much on the plan of the exposi-
ton building at Chicago. Everything but
stock will hereafter be exhibited in that
building.
! DR.. Charles A. Albert, who was treasury
agent under Governor Taylor, has become
pious, and is now pastor of Lutheran
church in Iowa; ditto s. Cadwallader, for
nerly OF the Milwaukee Neps, who is 8
Presbyterian missionary in Missouri !; ditto
Col. James M. Bull, of the old Fifth Wis
consin, who has charge of Methodist con.
gregation in Minnesota.
On Thursday morning, Aug. 81, Hod Roe
q we'll known young gentleman of Racine
was run over and killed on the Milwaukee
St. Paul road, near a station called Lake
He went up through the cupola on the ca
boose, and in endeavoring to Jump from tn,
top to freight car missed his footing ant
fell between the cars to the track, the wheel
of the caboose passing over his body, cut
ting it completely in two.
The contract for building the new bridg'
across the Fox river, at Oshkosh, was signet
by the parties Wednesday afternoon, ant
work will begin immediately. It is stipu
lated that the bridge must be completed OF
or before March 1, 1880. BY virtue of th,
agreement the city is to pay $1,000 whel
the bridge is finished, and the balance il
four years, in annual payments of $4,000
with interest at per cent.
The other evening, while Geo. West ant
wife were driving out near Waukau the,
heard horses running some distance ahead o
them, and upon listening closer they coult
hear voices as if the boys were racing horses
They knew the horses were coming towar,
them, but it was SO dark they could hardl
see their own house. They drove out to on
side of the turnpike, just far enough SO th
thills of the boys wagon caught in the har
ness of their horse and stripped him, throw
ing them out and ipjuring Mrs. West seri
ously in the back.