The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-09

The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 1, nominal; No.
3, 792092hc; No. 8, nominal; No 4, NOM
inal. Corn-No. 2, 483&GD49 Oats-No.
2, 24A(027Ac.a Rye-No /, 56(956Ac. Bar
ley-No. 2 Spring, 60060Ac. -.
The jar of beans which furnished food
for fun and guesses at the recent Mil
waukee Exposition was counted by a COM
mittee, before large audience, and was
found to contain 1916 beans. The nearest
guesser was DR.. Byron H. Kilbourne, of
North Lake, Waukesha County, whose
guess was 16,S00, and he accordingly took
the handsome steel engraving, which was
the prize offered for the best estimate on
the contents of the jar.
A report is in circulation that man in
Pittsfeld, Brown County, owns hen that
laid an egg which on being broken was
found to contain full-grown potato-bug,
whole and in good condition. A few days
afterward the same hen laid an egg which
contained small egg about the size and
appearance of birds egg. The owner is
probably keeping the hen in hopes of ulti-
mately finding ten-dollar gold pieces in
her eggs. r. 9fH9 ai5 ' tij
General Newton, President of the a.
tional Board of Engineers, and Colonel
Houston, of the United States Engineering
Corps, returned to Milwaukee few days
ago from their inspection Of the Wisconsin
and Fox Rivers, and said they found ev-
erything in a very satisfactory condition.
They looked into the project of the War
Department to build a through waterway
from the Mississippi River to Lake Michi-
gan, and found the plan feasible, but one
entailing great expense, fxa., Il. 81,
James Adamson made haul of eighteen
hundred pounds of fish at Sturgeon Bay,
Door County, a few days ago. Twelve of
the twenty-four gill-nets yielded fourteen
hundred pounds.
During a heavy fog on Lake Michigan
the other evening the lumber-laden steam
barge Starke, bound for Chicago, ran on
reef near Milwaukee and was wrecked.
The crew were saved.
It is the opinion of those posted in the
numbering business that the log-cut on the
Wolf River this winter will fall off consid-
erably. The cause is ascribed to strin-
gency in the money market and the un-
certain prospects of the lumber business
for next year. There is not only a large
surplus of common lumberin the country,
but an unusually large amount Of logs be-
ing held over.
On returning to his home in Milwaukee a
few days ago after his European trip, Mr..
Alexander Mitchellwas accorded reeep-
tion by his admiring townsmen, followed
by a banquet in his honor in the evening.
Herman Peschel, carpenter, of Water
town, Jefferson County, was recently
awarded damages of $10,50O against the
st. Paul Road for injuries received while
in its employ by the fall of windmill.
Miss Melcher, whose disappearance from
Merrill, Lincoln County, caused so much
anxiety, has been found at Summit Lake.
In conversation her mind appeared to be
affected. She said she imagined the Off
GERS were after her, hence her sudden de-
parture from Merrill. She walked the en-
tire distance, begging sustenance on her
way. Her shoes were entirely worn away,
and she was foot-sore.
During October the receipts at the Mil.
waukee Post-ofice were 81, 900 from the
responding month of last year under the
three-cen5 rule.
The project of erecting fine building in
Milwaukee by the Young Mems Christian
Association has taken definite shape, and
money is subscribed in a most liberal fash
ion. 1t is proposed to raise at least SO, 900
for the purpose.
No. - r Sx,4,,, se xF;Ivx,,,1voa 4 :, ,.,,,,
chased the old st. Paul's Church property
in that city for $4,000, intending to join
generous citizens in erecting a building for
the Museum of Fine Arts.
Hunters are beginning to harvest wolf
scalps, for which they get two dollars each
from the State.
A drunken Indian sat down on the rail-
road track near Trempeleau, Trempeleau
County, a few days ago, with squaw,
and was run over by freight train and
instantly killed. The sluaw escaped in
jury.
Wolves are reported numerous in the
central part of the State, and are playing
havoc with the sheep.
Cyrus Sargent, residing mile and a half
west Of Bloomington, Grant County, was
thrown from load of hay few evenings
ago and killed, the fall breaking his neck.
Mr.. Sargent was native of Ludlow, VT,
and came to this State in 1852. He was the
largest farmer land owner in Wisconsin,
owning about one hundred fine farms on
Blake's prairie, besides large tracts Of land
in Iowa and California. His wealth was
estimated at over 100000. He was
member of the Bloomington Fire Insurance
Company, He was bachelor, and had q
retentiye memory.