The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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! The following are the Milwaukee grain quo
tations; Wheat-No. 1, nominal; No 2.
sloS@1cs1l; No. 8, 93@931lc; No. 4, $50
1870. Corn-No. 2, 5505Sc. Oats-No. 2,
4l73t943c. Rye-No. l, 6lQ6l16c. Barley
No. 2 Spring, nominal. 800
The deepest we'll in Door County land
there are some pretty deep ones) has recently
been completed in the town of Liberty
Grove Tie drill had to pass through 1S9
feet, nearly all solid rock before water was
reached a "
John Gilbert, the actor, entered suit few
days ago for $4,000 against c. D. Nash and
j. F. Antisdel, of the NJ Iwaukee Newhall
House, for causing his wifelsldeath and seri-
Gus injuries to himself by the recent fire.
Patrick @. johnson and, Michael Holmes
became engaged in an alteration at Milwau-
kee a few days ago, and during the quarrel
johnson stabbed Holmes with razor, inf1ict-
| ing fatd wound. Both were intoxicated.
An Indictment for arson, which under the
| laws of Wisconsin is equivalent to murder in
the second degree, has been found against
! George Scheller. the lessee of the Newhall
| House bar. He demanded an immediate ar
raignment, pleaded mot guilty. and asked
to be admitted to bail, which was fixed at
$4,000, and which would be rendered in a
short time. The Grand Jury was still con-
| sidering the cases of the proprietors and
| owners of the building. ls
There have been thirty-ive cases of small
pox at Berlin, Green Lake County, five of
which proved fatal.
John Loew, constable of Granville, Milwau-
kee County, had some trouble with an old
man at a dance one night last fall, and threw
him out of the house. The old man was
found dead next morning. and Loew was ar
rested for murder. He had his trial recently,
and was sentenced to four and half years in
State Prison. s Heeaa
Miss Alice F. Frisby, aged twenty seven
| years, Oldest daughter of Attorney General
Frisby, died the other afternoon q Madison
of diphtheria. A brother of the deceased
| died only few days before Of thesame dis
ease. -,
The Post office block at Ii Crosse was re-
Gently destroyed by fire, causing a loss of
$25, 900. . u0I9 sH
Iron ore in paying quantities has been dis
covered in Shawano County, and also in the
same place silyer-bearing. quartz is being
taken out, which noted mineralogists say
will pay we'll. Men are busily engaged in the
mines, and it. is established beyond doubt
| tn 1t iron and silver exist in paying quant-
ties. With the opening of spring work will
| be commenced in earnest.
Fully one-half Of the grading is done on the
/ last twenty miles of the Omaha line to Bay
fell, and work on the culyerts and bridges
was begun few days ago,
| Among the inmqtes of the National Mill
tary Asylum at Milwaukee is Robert Vincent,
once High Sheriff. of Cork. Ireland, and pr5mi-
nent as a soldier in the days of O'ConnelL
| A Milwaukee widoWer, with five children,
adopted novel device recently for getting
a wife, The mother had been dead several
months, and the cares of the household had
become a burden too heavy for the father to
bear alone. He hit upon this plan to supply
tn vacancy: He visited the County Hospital.
There he found maiden mother, to whom
he became engaged at once. The visit oecu-
| Pied all told, about ten minutes, and the
next day the marriage occurred and the hap
Ply couple hied them to the family abode. q q
The State Board Of Supervision in session
| recently at Madison, allowed expenses of the
various State institutions for the month of
February as follows: sasI ad ei.
/ Wisconsin State Hospital for the In
Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the u
4 Insane ... .!..... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8,036 ~
Wisconsin State Prison. ............ 5,0i6 70
Boys ..1.5...-.....j 1876 30
Blind 1,1SS so
| Institution for the Education Of the
! Deaf and Dumb. Observation-Disclosures. 2,S47 81
Total $31 52S II
| A few evenings ago fire was discovered in
the attic of Firms store building, at Merrill,
Lincoln County, occupied by Graef & JAG
| quet as a general store, with residence up
| stairs. Every effort was made to subdue the
flames, but they spread rapidly to the ad-
| joining buildings and soon consumed Feb
lan's hardware store and harness shop,
Reigelman's saloon and Heineman's general
store. Total loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The family of Richard Porsch, of Madison,
editor Of the Wisconsin Botschafter, a Ger
man newspaper, was asphyxiatel by coal gas
| from a parlor-stove a. few nights ago. The
| family consists of the pare its and three chill
dren. All were resusctated, but in greatly
| Ell eebIed condition. 8
| An important real estate transfer was CON
summated in the town of Kaukauna, Outa-
| gamie County, few days ago. The proper
| ty sold consisted of two thousand acres of
land, portions of the sane bordering on the
! Oneida reservation, and was knownas SnelPs
tract This land was sold for $4,000
Charles Grass, of Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, has made contract with Chic 90
party for furnishing all the way from forty
to two hundred cords of cobblestone during
the ensuing season. The stone are intended
| for paving the streets. Ea M
A few evenings ago the depositors Of the
Manufacturers Bank at Milwaukee made
| present of valuable gold watch to the
cashier, w. S. Candee as a mark of their
appreciation of the service he rendered them
| by removing the money from the safe of the
| bank, which was located in the NewhalI
House at the time Of its destruction by fire.
A thirteen-year-old girl named Melicher,
boarding at Fort Howard, Brown County, and
attending school, was shot through the leg
few days ago by young child who was play
| ing with loaded pistol. Ike
Lewis Fussett, loader in Fl. D. Davis
camp near Fifeid, Ogemaw County, while
loading logs recently was struck by one,
which rolled over him. His left shoulder was
broken and his neck and spine badly injured.
James johnson, of Augusta, Eau Claire
County left home January 18th to go to La
Crosse to see about some land, expecting to
be back on the 21st. Nothing had been heard
of him, nd his family were greatly alarmed
for his safety.
The breach of promise suit of Nelly Olson
against Adam Dehos. of Sturgeon Bay Door
County, has been decided in favor of the
plaintiff at the present session Of the Circuit
Court. Miss Olson asked for $1,000 damages,
but the jury decided that sixty doIlsrs and
costs was about the extent OF the injury
suffered by her at the hands of the faithless
Adam.
The Executive Committee of the Wisconsin
Editorial Association met at the capitol in
Madison few evenings ago and decided to
hold the next annual convention at Geneva
Lake, commencing about the 18th Of July
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The fiouring-milf of A. w. Lawrence 8 Co.,