St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-28
WISCONSIN.

Waukesha people are complaining Of q
troublesome ghost that inhabits their slaugh-
tering-house.
proprietor, made an unsuccessful attempt to
commit suicide, at Clintonville, Wis, on
Saturday night.
A jeweler of Racine has manufactured
number of handsome scarf pins, using horse
shoe nails that were in the hoofs OF Jay-Eye-
See when he made his mile in 2:10M.
Fred Westfall, an invalid son of the sui
eide, whose body was found in the woods
near Neillsville, was so Frustrated by the
news Of his fathers fatal act, that he died on
Saturday.
The teachers examinations opened in the
Normal school building at River Falls few
since with forty-six applicants in attendance,
but with only one who wrote for certifi-
cate higher than a third grade.
A scandal has arisen in Chiffon. A we'll
known business man discovered that his
wife was stealing from the money-drawer,
and breaking open her trunk found $500 in
money which she had stolen from him.
A young lady of Appleton recently received
several anonymous letters of an amorous
and lattering character. The other day she
submitted them to an intimate married lady
friend, who recognized the handwriting as
her husbands.
Madison Democrat: A Scandinavian theat-
rical company from st. Paul, gave an enter
tainment at the Turner hall, last evening.
There was a good attendance, and all who
understood the pieces were well satisfied.
The company visits the city of Stoughton.
o. r. johnson has seized the goods and
chattels of the Blake opera house company,
Racine, and will expose them for sale on the
premises, Thursday, April 10. The seizure,
it is understood, was made to secure the pay
ment of a judgment amounting to SIC, 600.
Some time ago man named Downing, re-
siding near Menasha, lost his shanty by fire.
The charred remains Of his life savings
81, $50 in greenbacks was recovered from the
ruins and sent to Washington for redemp-
ton. Word has been received that 81, $50
of the amount have been identified by the
treasury officials.
At Milwaukee the Young Mems Christian
association has secured about S25, 1000. AS
soon as $50, 900 has been subscribed work
will begin. 1t viii be located, it is said, ON
Grand avenue in the center of the business
portion It is rumored that Alexander Nit
chell will donate the lot. The Young Men IS
Christian association is prospecting in Mil
waukee this year as it never did before.
AT Milwaukee forty-four burial permits
were issued from the health office last week.
There were 80 deaths in the city, still
births and 5 bodies shipped to the city. The
deaths in the city were at the rate of II. 5
per 1000 inhabitants There were no deaths
in the third, fifth and seventh wards. Dur
ing the same week last year there were As
deaths, As in 1882, and 80 in 1881.
During late rains at Darlington, Wis, the
flood reached the highest point it has touched
in five years. so old inhabitants say. The
Mineral Point railroad track was covered
with about three feet of water, and travel for
time was impeded by huge cakes of ice
which stranded on the track. A number of
families living in the lower part of town
were obliged to leave their homes on RATS.
Calamine, a small town nine miles west,
situated on low ground is badly inundated.
A large cave has been discovered on the
coast half mile north of Bayfield,. A pass
age which gradually grows larger, leads into
gallery which covers nearly half and acre.
In this gallery there are several pillars and
arches, which appear to support the top, the
largest being about seven feet through. From
this main gallery there are several leads ex-
tending in various directions, gradually
dwindling into nothing or ending in other
galleries In one of these there gushes from
the rocks stream of water, which flows
along for several rods and then suddenly
disappears in crevice.