Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-08
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Milwaukee discussed $4,000 for salaries
in February.
E. s. Pardy and others are digging for sill
yer in Columbia county.
Kittner's carriage factory at De Pere, was
| destroyed by fire last week.
Knapp, Stout 81 Co., of Menomonee, paid
taxes IN 1879 to the amount of 8,061 80.
Neuman Bros, cigar manufacturers of
Oshkosh, failed March l., for $4,000; assets
$1,000.
The Odd Fellows at Peshtigo contemplate
| rebuilding their ball, which was recently de-
| stroyed by fire.
Conductor Weller was seriously hurt re-
Gently on the Wisconsin Central railway,
while switching cars.
! pool has been form ed I'M Marinette for
| purchasing and operating in iron lands on
| the Commonwealth range.
| 1t is estimated that logs will be banked on
| the st. Croix, by the middle of March, to
| the amount of over 200,O00,O00.
| Booth B. Davis, one of the oldest settlers
| of Walworth county, died at Elkhorn the
last day of February, aged II years.
Mrs. Matte A. Bridge, the lecturess, has
| been dangerously ill at Arcadia, Trem-
pealeau county, but is now slowly recover
| ing.
! The ice in the straits of Mackinaw is re-
| ported to be solid, which means the reverse
of an early opening of navigation ON Lake
Superior.
Peter Doyle, ex-secretary of state, has re-
| turned from tour through Ireland. He re-
ports the suffering there to be fully as bad
as represented.
| There are about 100000 feet of logs in
Lake Butte des Morris, or at the mouth of
| the river, that will be towed to Fond du Lac
as soon as the ice disappears.
President Hayes has nominated Charles
| A. Galloway to be collector of internal rev.
| enue for the Third district of Wisconsin,
vice Kutchin refused confrmat ion
| The Eau Claire Lumber company is bank
| ing at the rate of 100000 feet per day,
and will have sufficient logs to keep their
several mills IN constant operation the entire
season.
The Badger State Lumber company re-
port their cut of logs on the upper Chippewa
to date to reach we'll on to 100000 feet,
and expect to get their full cut of Is 5000
banked by the 18th of March.
The other morning Sheriff Monty, of Polk
county, reached Madison with Mrs. Nancy j.
Mason, of Gear Lake, in that county, who is
to be tried at the April term of the circuit
court, on charge of poisoning her hus-
band.
Marinette Eagle: The log cut up to the
last Saturday in February was about 2O0,-
O0O,OO0 feet. There will be from 225,OOO,-
600 to 250,O00,000 fest booked before the
close of the season, unless the break comes
very soon.
1t is said that Hon. l.. S. Dixon of Mil
waukee will soon take up his home in the
city of Denver, Colorado, there to enter the
law practice with Judge Reed. Judge
Dixon's family will remain in Milwaukee
Tor time after his departure.
William Marshall, of Whitewater, had
three children, triplets, born twenty-seven
years ago Thursday night, Feb. 26. The
three were ell married at Mr.. Marsh ail's
Rev. G. w. Wells. The daughter married
lett and Miss Horton.
The North Wisconsin railway disposed of
2627S.92 acres during the year 1879, at an
average price Of 81 81. The company now
own 1913 Oh acres, and as each new twenty
GIiieS are COElDloteuJ ulOrc Will CoIHS iutO us
possession. The average price asked for
agricultural land is 50 80 per acre. No es-
innate made on pine lands. Contracts for
IA 0l6.46 acres are IN force.
The Oconto papers state that Capt G. b.
Hart and several others were taking sail
with an ice boat, when she was struck by a
squal! throwing Capt. Hart, who was at the
helm, off, and the boat went ashore a COM
pi-ts wreck, throwing the crew in every
direction.e The Luna5ernaan says that Frank
Hoeffel had his skull fractured and was in
jured internally Willie Burnett, leg broken,
back and arms severely cut VIM. Mcqueen,
collar bone broken and shoulder dislocated.
Manitowoc Pilot: Last week, a Meme
farmer, Christ. Ado!ph, was seriously injured
by his team running away. He had driven
up to John Schuette's mill with load of
grain. As he was about 10 tie his team the |
steam hammer of the Ak factory began 10 |
work and frightened the team. Adolpa at |
tempted to hold them but was thrown to |
the ground. The wagon passed over him |
aud broke one of his legs badly, frsc- |
turing the bone SO that pieces of it we're
taken out. The flesh was torn away below |
the break SO as to expose the bone.