The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-14
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

| quotations: Wheat-No. /, nominal; No. 9,
95slCa96Ac; No. 8, nominal; No. 4, nom.
inal. Corn-No. ?, 5O65Ol<c. Oats--No.
>, 25&a26c. Rye-No. l, 56a56Kc. Bar
ley-No. 2 Spring, 62ta6Sc.
The Secretary of State recently licensed
the Lake Superior Silver and Lead Mining
Company, with capital of 100000, for
the purpose of conducting general mining
| business in Wisconsin and Michigan, with
offices at Milwaukee.
The larger portion of the A. Eldred Lurn-
Der and Manufacturing Company's estab-
iishment, in Fort Howard, Brown County,
was burned at an early hour the other
morning. The destruction included a large
planning a saw-mill and an engine
and boiler house. The entire stock of
dressed and undressed lumber in the yard,
including about six million feet, was also
burned. The fire was supposed to have
originated from friction about the large
| circular saw, although the mill had been
shut down several hours when the fire
broke out. The loss on mills was 5000;
ON stock in yard, $1,000. and on dry houses,
$500. The total insurance was $4,000
Albert Weruck, notorious horse-thief
from Minnesota, was arrested few days
ago, at Hudson, st. Croix County, by OFF,
Ger Page, by order of Sheriff Bogard, of
Winona County, Mimi, for stealing a
horse of 0. NJ. Laird, at Rolling Stone,
August Is. He so d the animal in Iowa,
and had come to Hudson to rusticate.
The two sons of James Collins, of Mil,
waukee, being displeased at their fathers
second marriage, which took place a few
days ago, broke into the old gentlenan's
house and beat him terribly with clubs.
The East Fork of Black River was few
days ago in low stage, with 15,0O0,0OO
feet of logs hung up hopelessly for this
season. There was also 150,000,000 feet on
the Chippewa in the same condition.
There are in La Crosse County 1881
mich cows, valued at $1O5,927. Last year
the butter product was 400, 127 pounds, and
the cheese product 1888 pounds.
Charles Seymour, of La Crosse, now
Consul at Canton, China, has sent his wife
and daughter home to escape the threat
ened approach of cholera. Mr.. Seymour
stays at his post
Jason Downer, former Associate
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,
died at Milwaukee the other day, leaving
fortune of $225,O00 Mr.. Downer was
born in Sharon, VT, September 8, 1913,
and was the first editor of the Milwaukee
Sentinel
The Supreme Council of the American
Legion of Honor held meeting at Mad
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The membership of this mutual insurance
order is fifty-two thousand in the United
States and sixteen thousand in Wisconsin
alone. The payments to benefciaries dur
ing the year ended June 30 last aggregated
$l,302, 500, of which Illinois received
$50, 900 and Wisconsin $4,000.
Bee. keepers generally in the vicinity of
Watertown, Jefferson County, are well
satisfied with the product of honey this
season. In some localities bees never
gathered so abundantly, while in others
the swarns had not done so well; but, on
the average, the honey crop was fair
one.
"A terrible accident occurred at Best's
brewery in Milwaukee few days ago. A
cake of ice started from platform thirty
feet high, and falling upon John Rudsinski,
crushed him to the earth. The unfortunate
man died at his home shortly after. Rud-
sinski was STOPPING at the time, and so es-
capped being mangled. He had been mar
ried but six weeks.
Sewell Keyes, one of the early settlers
of Watertown, Jefferson County, and father
of j. H. Keyes, of the Eau Claire Free
Press, died the other night in the eighty
fourth year of his age, after short illness.
Deceased went to Watertown from YER
mont in 1849, and was among the first there
to engage in manufacturing.
Oscar Knight, twelve years of age, son
of Sheriff Knight, of Durand, Pepin Coun-
ty, was kicked by his fathers horse re-
Gently, and received injuries which would
probably prove fatal.
The State University at Madison opened
a few days ago with about four hundred
and fifty students, a slight increase over
last year. The new department of phar-
macy will not open until October j; but
the prospects were favorable for a large
sized class of beginners. The Agricultural
College Department promised to be more
popular bndu 0NSISIuIS year.
Rosanna Warner. of Milwaukee, at
tempted to commit suicide few mornings
ago by jumping into the river She was
rescued by Fred Toegel The woman said
she had been slowly starving to death for
some time past, being unable to purchase
food, and preferred death by drowning to
starvation. The Humane Society was car
ing for her.
Mrs. Sarah Taylor, wife of Henry B.
Taylor, an old and prominent resident of
Milwaukee, was stricken with apoplexy
the other morning and died soon after.
Mrs. Taylor was one of the early settlers
of this State, and was a lady widely
known and highly esteemed.
At the recent session in Madison of the
Grand Lod &c of Good Templars of the
State the following officers were elected:
J. F. Cleghorn, G. w. G. T.; George. d. |
Kanouse, P. G. w. C.. t.; E. G. Comstock, |
G.. c.; Miss Attic Reed, G.. V. T.: B. F. |
Parker, G.. s.; Miletus Knight, A. G. s.;
Mrs. s. w. Parker, G. T.; Rev. H. Sewell,
G. c.; James Wilson, G.. NJ; Ada Evans,
G. D. NJ; Cora McAllister, G. G.; George |
E. Robinson, G.. S. The Grand Secretary !
reported the condition of the order as en-
couraging. Number of lodges, 359. Dur
ing the year fifty-three new ones were or
ganized and eighty-five dissolved, net |
loss of thirty-two. The present members |
ship in the State was 14,227. The total |
cash receipts for the year were $3.50; the |
expenses, 81, 43O, leaving cash balance Of
$40.
The State Medical Society, at its recent
session in Milwaukee, elected the following
officers: President DIR. Dodson, of Berlin:
First Vice President, DIR. E. w. Bartlett;
Second Vice-President, DR.. jenkins; Cen
sors, Drs. Stein and Thorndyke; Secretary
and Treasurer, DR.. Reeves.
John G. Snyder, one of the oldest inhab-
itants of Granville, Milwaukee County,
committed suicide few evenings ago, by
taking poison. Snyder was about fifty
years of age, and had run a saloon in
Granville for twenty years. He left large
family.
Horse-thieves have stolen twelve valu-
able horses in Milwaukee and vicinity dur
ing the past few days.