The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
wisconsin Items.

wisconsin Items.
The following are the Milwaukee grain quo
tations: Wheat-No. l., nominal; No. q
$1O6&@1.O62l; No 8, SS@Ss1(c; No. 4, $50
731lc. Corn-No. 2, 5616 @56Xc Oats-No. q
3S@SS1Sc. Rye-No. 1, 62@6211c. Barley
No. 2 Spring z5@7511c.
Flora Schilling, the servant-girl who mys-
teriously disappeared from Sturgeon Bay, is
alive and well. When she left Mr.. Cochem's
house for home on the 18th of January she
was overtaken by snow storm, and stopped
at farmers house for shelter. The
thoughtless girl subsequently entered into
the farmers service as a domestic.
A few afternoons ago two little grand
children of Mrs. Siemendorf, eighty-one
years and six months of age. of Milwaukee,
went to the old lady's room. AS they opened
the door they were Mortified on seeing her
hanging from cord fastened over the win.
dow The two ran downstairs as fast
as possible and called their father. The body
was cut down and unsuccessful efforts were
made to save the not yet extinct life.
At the recent session in Elkhorn of the
State Dairymen's Association officers were
elected as follows for the ensuing year:
President, W. P. Morrison; Secretary, D. w.
Curtis; Treasurer, H. K. Loomis.
An Insurance Adjuster from Cincinnati
after thorough investigation; reported the
loss on the Newhall House $4,000, and on
its contents So, 900. The Cincinnati compa-
MES involved would settle on this asis.
A man named Anderson, who was at work
in INN in IF AchI
met with an accident that was at first thought
would prove fatal. He was standing at the
foot of a rollway when it broke, and he had
no time to get out of the way. of the rolling
logs, when by accident he fell between two
logs that were frozen fast in the ice, in which
position heremained till the logs passed by.
He miraculous1y escaped with the loss of one
finger from one hand and the other hand
badly shattered. p. $3.50.
Mrs. Robert Langstaff, an invalid lady in
Buena Vista, Grant County, died recently
from the effects of burns, her dress having
ignited while she sat asleep beside, the fire
place.
Jake Clear and DR.. Harvey, two life men,
bers at the State Prison, were recently dis
charged, their time having expired under the
Communication of sentence by Governor
Smith.
A man who fought under Butcher at the
battle of Ligny. in 1876 died few days since
in the town of Hermann, Sheboygan County
His name was Gottfried Pott, German, who
settled in Sheboygan County in 1848. He
was ninety-two years of age at the time of
his death. s @
NJ Dc, "a
Milwaukee, aged eighty-three years. He
came to America in 1849. He was for many
years a member of the Cabinet of the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, aud was for several years
Speaker of the Prussian Parliament. One of
his sons is the present Secretary of State of
Minnesota.
Miss Elizabeth Riley, lady twenty-five
years of age, teacher of a school near New
Glarus, Green County, went to her school
shortly after seven O'Clock, the other morn
ing, to build a fire. While engaged in this
occupation she was set upon by two men, ap-
parently tramps, and robbed of her purse con-
tanning S.. n-ee sJ
Postmaster Bryant has received notifica-
ton from the Post-ofice Department thatt the
e-deivery system will be instituted in Mad
ison April 1, on condition that the houses be
properly numbered. There will be five car
riers and fifty receiving boxes. 't'@+
Andrew MITCHELL for nearly thirty-three
years prominent resident of Milwaukee,
died few evenings ago, in the seventy ninth
year of his age Mr.. Mitchell was born in
New Hampshire August Is. 1904, one of
family of thirteen children, Of whom there
are now but two survivors, a brother named
Franklin, and the eldest sister, aged eighty
nine.
Herman F. Straus, the brave Milwaukee
fireman who rescued several lives at the
burning of the Newhall House, has declined
a proposed testimonial from admiring citi-
zens of Dubuque, magnanimouslyi writing:
s If you do anything, do it for the poor un-
fertunates-especially the servant girls-Who
lost their all in that fire" = ~
]. Il. Hunniston, dry-goods and clothing
merchant of Oconomowocs' Waukesha Coun-
ty, made voluntary assignment for the
benefit of creditors few days agoto War
ham Parks and E. E. Ely, of Oconomowoc.
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $1,000.
The gold fever has broken out again in
Brown County and thereabouts, in spite of
tu6 experience "a AdlL "a uOl6H years ago,
when prospecting began to rage and spread
because occasional spots of 'colorm were
found in sand-pits here and thera in that re-
gion. It was calculated that s3eut ten car
loads OF sand well washed WI I'D yield ten
cents worth. of gold 1t is calculated now
that ton will yield about $L50.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Com
pany has reported to the State Treasurer
that its total receipts for the year ended De-
cember 81 last, were S. $50, 442 04, against 81
$50, 461. 81 for the previous year.
A fire at Richland Center. Richland County,
recently destroyed Krouskop's block and
other buildings valued at $4,000.
An inquisitive Milwaukee reporter was re-
Gently accidentally locked into the vault in
the Governors Office at Madison 1t closed
with time-lock, and the. young man re-
ceived food and air through the yentilator for
twelve hours. e Is -.
Diphtheria is still alarmingly prevalent in
Peshtigo, Marinette County.
George Scheller, of Milwaukee,, who is
charged with firing the Newhall House, was
few evenings ago allowed to visit his home
to see his little boy, who had been badly in
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