Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-09
WISCONSIN NEWS.
RipOn is free from debt.

The Kalbach Rifles, of Green Bay, propose to
dsband.
The Burns festi val, at Fountain City, was
grand success.
CLARK county is reported to have balance of
$1O,0 OH hand.
La Crosse is making an earnest effort for the
next State Fair.
Senator Matt. Carpenter is said to be break
ing down in health
Hay is reported to be selling in Lincoln
county for $50 ton.
La Crosse, it is reported, is about to build an
armory for its militia.
Great hope is now entertained of the re-
covery of Burr Robbins.
Several dams on the headwaters of Wolf
river went out during the late thaw.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen have
= membership of 2,09l in Wisconsin.
The Appleton blast furnace is reputed to be
making over 81 600 per day, net profit.
The people of Augusta are discussing the
question Of procuring steam fire engine.
Tho new press and paper mill at Kaukauna
wN go into operation early next summer.
William Colon has been appointed receiver
ct the United States Land Office in Wausau.
The secretary of the Marathon agricultural
society reports q balance on hand Of one cent.
"Whisky Hans" notorious character at
Ncillsville, camo near freezing to death one
night last week.
David Skidmorc, a resident of Stevens Point,
was killed at Auburndale last week by being
crushed by log,
A firm at Sheboygan Falls, during tho past
year. bought 81. 700 pounds Of butter and 3d.
000 dozens of eggs.
The dphtheria is raging in malignant form
form in New Tendon and nei3 hsoriDg towns
in Shawano county.
Some three thousand people have petitioned
the legislature t3"ao away with the traffic In
Intoxicating liquors. fi.
Jacob Erickson, aged II years, had an arm
broken the other day, at the Morris street, La
Crosse, skating rink.
Miss Farrell, OF LancasteEa charged with
burning Mr.. Bailies house, Has been held for
trial in 50, 900 bonds.
De Lsncey Brooks, a brakeman on the Wis
consin Central road, was run over last week
near DE Pere and killed.
A. A. Lopez, of Ripon, it is reported, is an
sspirant to the revenue collectorship, in place
| of Hutchin, not confirmed.
The Oshkosh corset factory has started up
with fifty hands, and also has twenty sewing
machines driven by steam.
There are yet 2,65S acres OF unsold lands in
Manitowoc county, including school, forfeiture
| mortgages and swamp lands.
A. Z. Hall, of Beaver Dam, on late after
noon fell dead on the sidewalk while walking
| from the depot to his house.
| Somebody has stolen the skeleton used for
| many years by Prof. Cornwall, of Albion, in
| illustrating anatomy to his class.
John Doyle, Patrick Mullins and Hans Olson
were badly injured last week by fall of rock
at the Palmer mine, near Negaunee.
| There 292 newspapers in Wisconsin, or
one for about every 1900 of the entire popula-
tiun. Of this number fifteen dailies.
| Stephen Burden, one of the Oldest and lest
| known farmers of Brown county, died at his
| residence in the town of Howard few days
since.
| The new hospital for the insane at Milwau-
kee, erected at a cost of $l50,000, is completed
and the work accepted by the county board of
supervisors.
Christian Londgraf, German confined in
the Milwaukee county Jail for bigamy, COM
mitted suicide the other day, by hang ing him.
self IN his cell.
w. W. Nottingham, the self accused muir
derer, has been discharged from prison at Mil
waukee, the Virginia authorities having failed
to send for him.
Henry Hartman, of Arcadia, shot an owl the
other day that measured from tip to tip four
feet ten inches. large gray squirrel was
| 1OunQ III his stomach.
| Prescott people feel very sanguine that the Ii.
linois Central ia about to build railroad from
! Mineral Point to st. Paul. via their city,
crossing the lake by 4 big bridge.
Mrs. Newell of Prairie du Chen, who claims
to have been injured by fall, occasioned by a
defective sidewalk, has notified the mayor that
she will hold the city responsible.
| Hays Mckinley, the aged editor and pro-
prietor of the Kenosha Telegraph, who fell on
the sidewalk, breaking his leg, died of his in
| juries the same night at midnight.
Ex-United States Senator Howe was in Madi-
son last Wednesday, attending sale of blood
Cd cattle. He is giving a good deal of atten-
tion to agricultural pursuits of late.
The Ishpeming Agitator says that miner
named Riley fell sixty feet from bridge at
pit one, Superior mine, without breaking any
bones, although he was considerably bruised.
bill has been introduced into the legisla-
ture prohibiting the killing of quail, prairie
chickens, RULED grouse, woodcocks, etc.. for
two years from the 25th day of August, 1889.
Frank Jagodzinski, of Green Bay, who was
| severely burned at the iron furnace by the ex-
plosion of kerosene oil can in his hand has
died, his death being relief from great suffer
| ing.
The amount invested in manufacturing in
terests in Racine is 81, 000,000; the manufac-
| turing products are valued at ~ ,UUU,UUU; about
81 200, 900 are paid over to employees as wages
yearly.
Assurance are given by the president of the
Fond du Lac. Peoria Amboy Narrow Gauge
railroad, that the road will be extended from
Fond du Lac as far as Hilbert, Calumet county,
during the present year.
Affairs in the woods are rushing; the condi-
tion of the roads is superior for hauling pur-
poses to any previous time this year. The pros
poets for the largest cut this winter, for many
years, are constantly improving.
Alexander Forbs was quite badly hurt at
Marinette few days ago while unloading a
barrel of syrup from a car. 1t slipped, carry
his legs between it and another barrel; one leg
was broken and the other badly bruised.
Eau Claire Free Press: The many friends of
Mrs. H. l.. Humphrey, wife of the Hon. 81. l..
Humphrey, representative of this Congressional
district, will regret to learn of the death of
that estimabe lady, which occurred at Chicago
| last week.
| OF the {, 100 convicts who have been sentcno-
ed to the Wisconsin State prison since its or
ganizat;on, ,60l have been American born, and
l 1913 foreign born. Among the foreigners the
German element preponderates, 409 being of
that nationality.
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