The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Bad for the Loggers.


The rise few days ago in the Menomi-
nee River was unprecedented, and much
damage was done. The river was two feet
above the highest previous water-mark.
At Menominee, Dunn County, owing to the
stability of the dam and mills, less dam
age was done than elsewhere. The water
was four feet deep in the big mill, and it
would be two weeks before the mills there
could be put into running shape. At Cedar
Falls, six miles above Menominee, the dam
and mills were badly damaged, and the
logs in the dam all broke away. 1t would
take five or six weeks to repair the damage
there. At Prairie Farm, Barron County,
forty miles above Menominee, the water
cut its way around the dam, doing a good
deal of damage to the mill and store.
Scott's dam, on Lightning Greek, and
Downs dam, on Hay River, were washed
away. At Rice Lake, sixty miles above,
the whole country was flooded, and a great
deal of damage was done. The middle dam
on Moose Ear was partially washed away.
At townsville, twelve miles below Menom-
inee, the dam was partly washed away and
the old and new store and boarding house
went down the river. The devastation
there was the greatest of any point on the
river. The Chippewa River Railroad was
badly damaged the whole length, and it
was thought it would be two months be-
fore'trains were again runnings This food
seriously affected very large portion of
the numbering district of Wisconsin.
Farmers Bulletin.
The following self-explanatory bulletin
has been issued from the Capitol:
WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL ROOMS,
MADISON, Wis, April %, 1888.
FARMERS OF WISCONSIN: This season, seed
corn can not be relied upon. Every farmer
should thoroughly test his seed before plant
ing. Farmers from various portions of this
State, making inquiries for seed, report them
selves as destitute of any that will grow.
Known and reliable parties, sending affidavit
as to satisfactory test and quality, can adver-
tise through this office gratuitousIy. By all
means advertise in your local and State
papers Unusual care at this time will proba-
bly, bring good crops and remunerative re-
turns. Unreliable accounts of winter wheat
and rye, reporting generally at seventy per
cent, have been circulated. Extensive travel
and examination place the present condition
OF wheat and rye at ninety-Seven to one hun
dred per cent. in Wisconsin.
CLINTON BABBITT,
Secretary of the Wisconsin State Agricultural
Society.
Wisconsin Items.
The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 1, nominal; No 2,
$1.10t01. 10h; No. 3, 959951c; No. 4, SO6
s0Ac. Corn-No. 2, 56057c. Oats-No. 2,
42042Ac. Rye-No. /, 62062kc. Barley
No. 3 Spring, 70C071c.
w. d. Hoard, the editor dairyman, esti
mates that seventy-five new cheese and
creamery factories will go into operation in
Wisconsin this season. IgE
The Knapp, Stout & Co.'s mammoth
warehouse at Menominee, Dunn County,
with its contents, was burned few days
ago. The fire originated in the basement,
and made such rapid Roadway that only a
small portion of the stock could be saved
and that in a damaged condition. Loss
$50, 900; insurance, $23, 900.
The other afternoon the body of mar
was found on the shore of the lake at the
foot of Oneida street, Milwaukee, and taker
to the morgue, where it was identified a.
that of Frederick Berner, German. Der
ner had been employed in one of the city
breweries until recently, when he went Il
Chicago, but soon returned. He had beer
missing several days and was supposed tt
have committed suicide. Deceased was
about thirty-five years of age and unmar
ried.
The remains of Fritz .Berner, a German
brewer, were taken out of the lake at Mil
waukee a few days ago, and there was
fearful cash over the right ege. He had
been missing three days, and it has beer
developed that he drew eight hundred dol
lars out of bank the day he disappeared
Detectives were on the case, and were sure
| that he was murdered for his money.
| Kate Kane, Milwaukee's female lawyer
incensed at an alleged insult from Judge
Mallory, in the Criminal Court, the other
morning threw a glass of water in his
face. He then fined her fifty dollars, which
she refused to pay, and she was taken tc
Jail, but was afterward released on a writ
| of habeas corpus.
John O'Neill, q Chicago sand-bagger, un
der arrest at Milwaukee for highway rob
berry, escaped from the County Jail afev
nights ago.
| A cloth-peddler left the neighborhood OF
Garner, Hancock County, few days ago,
after securing farmers notes to the value
of $1,000.
Edwin Smith, township treasurer in
Sheboygan County, has absconded with
| eight hundred dollars. He went to Cali.
| fornia.
Governor Rusk has appointed Richard
Bardon, of Superior, as County Judge OF
Douglas County, to fill the unexpired term
of George Perry, deceased.
| A fourteen-year-old girl, the daughter OF
a wealthy lumber dealer of Spencer, Mara.
thon County, attempted recently to eIope
with young man named Vanderhoof A
brother of the girl, discovering his sisters
| intention, took her to Milwaukee and placed
her in the Cathedral school. A watch was
kept, and letters between the two were in
tercepted, which informed the brother of q
| plot to elope as soon as Vanderhoof could
| get to Milwaukee. The brother, in conse.
| quence, went to Milwaukee to take his sister
back home. While getting her trunk
checked she eluded him, and it was several