Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-31
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Outagomie county is having $4,000
court house built.
The house of L. NJ. Root, near Fox Lake,
was destroyed by fire last week.
D. J. Turner, Winneconne banker, has
abeconded, leaving liabilities to date of from
$4,000 to $4,000.
oseph Lassord, confined in the Wauke-
sha Industrial school, stabbed A. G. Fish, an
officer, last week, while the latter was trying
| to enforce an order.
At Oxfordville, last week, the barn of Rev.
]. G. Clifford was burned, and with it a
| span of valuable horses, harness, grain and
other property. No insurance.
The Ashland yacht sailed May &c, fer its
| annual cruise. This year the barges were to
| be absent only three days instead of the en-
| tire week as in previous years.
| Gov. Smith has issued commissions to
Lieutenant Colonel VIM. B. Britton, of
GAINESVILLE, and Major II. 81. McLenegan, as
officers of the First battalion Wisconsin
National Guards.
Last week lightning struck the barn of
Charles Hazen, of Springvale, and killed two
horses and mule, and set the barn on fire.
Three men were in the barn at the time,
and they succeeded in extinguishing the fire
before much damage was done.
Mrs. Coleman, of Fond du Lac, attempted
to fill lamp the other night without extin-
gushing the blaze. An explosion fol-
lowed and she was severely, but not fatally
burned. The house would have been de-
stroyed but for the timely assis lance of the
neighbors.
The Patty house drawing came off May
81, at Fond du Lac, everything being salts
factorily conducted. Ticket No. I73, 1888,
holder Phillip Foust, Auburn, ILL.,, takes the
grand prize, the Patty house. No. 2,751
calls for $4,000 and No. 119, 1866 calls for
$4,000.
John Conrad, living near Port Washing
ton, got drunk, assaulted a mute and crippled
son, threw him down stairs and broke his
neck. He fled eastward, trying to
escape to Germany, but was overtaken at
Buffalo, N. Y, and brought back to stand a
trial for murder.
Some two weeks ago the house of William
Gates, of the town of Turtle, was entered in
the absence of the family and valuable
property taken. A young man named Louis
Bradley was arrested. He confessed the
crime. He was taken to Janesville, went
before the court, plead guilty and was SEN
fenced to the State prison for eighteen
months.
Eau Claire fatal happenings: Geo. john
son, an employee, while at work in the Schu-
lenberg mill, fell down dead from heart dis
ease. Henry Saube, young man recently
from Germany, died while coming to town
in wagon, and Chris Menshard fell across
saw in tine Daniels Shaw Lumber compa-
ny's mill, ard is so badly cnt across the alb
domen that be cannot survive.
Lavina Goodell, daughter of the late Rev.
William Goodell. the famous abolitionist
and noted Louisville female lawyer, died re-
Gently and madea will giving one-half her
property, WORTH some $4,000, to her relatives,
the other to be divided between the cause OF
woman suffrage, prison reform, and temper
ance. The will is contested by relatives on
the ground that the latter requests are too
indefinite, nobody being appointed to dis
pose Of the money.
The house of Ammi VanGelden, of Grant
township, Dunn county, was struck by
lightning on the morning of May 26th The
fash went down the stove pipe completely
wrecking it, knocking over table at which
Mrs. YANG. was writing, not injuring her,
struck her husband in the back of the neck,
stripping off his clothing and his boots,
striking his father who is ninety-one years
old, stripping off his clothing and making
holes in his feet, passing through the floor,
tearing it up badly, passing across the yard,
blowing furrow in the ground about thirty
feet in length. The two men are confined
to their beds, severely if not fatally injured,
the elder, owing to his great age will hardly
servivs.