The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
wisconsin Items,

The following are the Milwaukee grain quo
tions: Wheat-No. i, nominal; No q
$L09@L09I; No. s. 89@S91c; No. T. TAO
7414c. Corn-No. 2, 54@5616c. Oats-No. 2,
3S@3815c. Rye-No. l, 62@6215c Barley
No. 2 Spring, 76@7611c.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, re-
Gently in session at Milwaukee, elected Off
GERS as follows to serve the ensuing year: E.
A. Eggery, Racine, CIR n Master; W. A.
Walker, Manitowoc, General Foreman; l..
Holloway, Lancaster GeneIa al Treasurer; H.
c. Heath, La Crosse, Grand Recorder; ]. Il.
Manton, Appleton, Grand Receiver; Fl. L.
Childs, Sparta, Grand Guide; E. D. Trudder,
North HUDSON, Grand Waterman; w. A.
Gordon, Oshkosh, Grand Medical Examiner;
H. G. Heath and Fl. L. Smiley, of La
Crosse, Dr. W.; A. Gordon, of Oshkosh,
Representatives to the Supreme Grand
Lodge; D. E. Moore, Bangor, Trustee for
three years.
General John A. Kellogg, who died a few
days ago at Wausau, commanded the Iron
Brigade during the closing days of the war;
For some years he was Pension Agent at La
Crosse.
The pine lands of Bayfield, County are rap
idly passing into the hands of parties who
will in a very short time inaugurate a move
that will result in converting them into ready
cash. There is anticipated bright future
for tits county, which now contains more
pine than any other county in the State, and
it will soon be the seat of the most active
numbering operations of any county in North.
ern Wisconsin.
Governor Rusk has appointed Alexander G..
Coffin, County Judge of Pepin County, vice
A. D. Gray, resigned.
Albert r. Os BORN has been appoint ed
Register of the L nd Office at Bayfield,.
'Switch Annien is stout, pleasant-faced
woman of twenty-four who lives in Milwau-
kee. She works for the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad, and from six in the
morning until six at night, every day in the
year., tends seven important switches at the
Stock Yards. She began helping her father
tend the switches eight years ago, and now
she does the day work alone while her f tler
comes on at night. All the train men in tie
section know her, and regularly salute her
with a "Good luck, Anniep' in passing.
A. H. Cone, young man of Knapp Sta
ton, Dunn County, was arrested few days
ago for fraudulently obtaining registered
let .er He confessed his guilt, and was
placed in Jail at Madison.
By mistake of the State officials, the Wis.
consin Central Road only paid a tax of ST.
681 on last we RS earnings. when it should
have RENTED $63,444.
Alonzo Keltz, who was working for E. Oil
yer & Co., at Cumberland, Barron County,
was killed recently while unloading logs. He
was standing by the side of the load prying a
log off when his foot slipped, and heavy
log fell on him, killing Lin instantly.
During the year 1882 Bayfield, fish firms
packed and shipped 1873, 756 pounds of lake
fish, to do which required the expenditure OF
$69,278, the manufacture of 1908 fish bar
rels and the employment of 1S1 men. The
town of Bayfield, is on Lake Superior, in Bay
field County.
A few morn 'ngs ago the Bayfield, County
Court House, at Bayfield,, was consumed by
fire. Most of the books and records were in
the safes and vaults, and were believed to be
safe. The insurance was $780, and the loss
$4,000.
An unusual number of foxes, wildcats,
etc, are being killed In Door County this
winter. A farmer II Clay Banks captured six
foxes recently, and another man in Brussels
brought down three wildcats in one day with
his rife.
F. w. Case, for several years Secretary OF
the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society,
H. oF% baf n
few days ago, and the society reluctantly ac-
copied it. Subsequently the officers and men,
bers Of the society forwarded to the retiring
Secretary valuable gold watch and chain,
as a token of esteem and for faithful serv-
ices rendered. Mr.. Case is connected with
the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co., of Chi
gcao.
Wall Kinskin has created considerable ex.
element at Bailey's Harbor, Door County,
by deserving his young wife and two infant
children.
John Gebhart, OF Milwaukee, lost two
horses and COW by the burning of barn a
few nights ago.
Barron County has six weight schoolhouses
and 2, $50 pupils enrolled
Work in the Wisconsin pineries is being
pushed rapidly. About thirty five thousand
men ar engaged in telling and hauling the
trees The great amount of snow has him
dered work some, but the lumtermen say they
would rather We it so than open, as during
/ at winter. The snow has drawn the frost
out Of the ground to sEch an extent that
work in the cedar swamps is a stand. The
amount Of timber cit this winter viii be
create than Tor he last thee winters, it is
thou Int,