The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
Wisconsin Items.

The company has forty-nine locomotives,
thirty passenger cars and 1,7O4 freight
cars.
wisconsin Items.
The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat No. l, 94l995c;
No. 9, 75075Kc. Corn-No. ., 52k053c.
Oats-No. ., SO93OHc. Rye-No. 1. 53ta54c.
Barley-No. Spring, 561Sc.
The body of man was washed ashore
about three miles from Ashland few
days ago. A Ceroner's inquest was held
and it was found that he came to his death
by pistol shot through his head. The
body was thought to be that of VIII Les
ner who came there from Grand Rapids,
Mich. 1t was evidently murder. The
body was found by the Indians ana had
been in the water several days. The dead
man had dark hair and a blonde mus
tache.
Governor Rusk has appointed George
w. Burnell Judge of the Third Judicial.
Circuit to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of D. j. Pulling, the appoint
ment to take effect Immediately.
William Miller, of Green Lake County,
Is worth $l,OOO,0O0, which he has made on
his farm and by judicious investments.
Theodore, Oldest son of ex- Senator Fred
Kusel, aged eighteen years, met with
severe accident at Watertown few morn
ings ago by falling down through the ele-
vator in his fathers hardware store. He
was wheeling a loaded truck when he
backed into the elevator, supposing it to
be in it's position, and fell to the basement
floor, distance of about eight feet. He
received severe internal injuries, ana the
physicians regarded his case as quite criti-
cal.
Flasher g. McEachern, groeers at Eau
Claire, failed a few days ago for $4,000.
The principal creditors were Gray, Burt
& Kingman, of Chicago. The assets were
said TO reach $50, 000
Rev. c. S. Starkweather has resigned
;he pastorate of Christ Church, Eau
Claire, and wild spend the winter in Flor
ida. Rev. r. II. Weller is his successor.
Oscar Oleson, of Palmyra. jefferson
County, accidently severed the arteries
and tendons of his left hand recently, and
| nearly bled to death before medical aid
could be summoned.
A quantity of pine lumber from Georgia
has been placed on the market at La
Crosse.
Gertie- Fuller Dubois, who created a sem
sation about year ago by her marriage
with Mrs. ]. L. Hudson, who donned male
attire and called herself Frank Dubois,
was married recently at Shiocton, Outa-
gamie County, to man named Lehman,
and they had gone to Maine, Marathon
County, where they would in future re-
| side.
Near Pixies Creek. Outagamie County,
the other afternoon construction train
struck washout and plunged in. All the
men were riding in the tender or cab of
,he engine, and as it dashed downward
rail pierced the boiler, letting steam and
water out. Nine persons were killed and
number of others were fatally scalded.
| A man named Ropel was pounded about
he head to such an extent in the town of
Montpelier, Kewaunee County, the other
morning that he died from the effects soon
after. Warrants were sworn out against
six men who were said to have been par
ties to the murder.
Adventist, who had for two years minis
tered in Brown County, was drowned at
Hastings, Mimi, recently, While en- route
| % visit his parents. He was expecting,
after visiting his parents at Prescott, to go
to Chicago for few weeks and then take
charge of the international reading-room
and Adventist missionary work in Mil
waukee.
Mrs. Freelove J. Pitts, of Pittsville,
Wood County, widow of Oliver w. Pitts,
who died of heart disease contracted
while in the army, recently received her
pension at eight dollars per month, two
dollars per month additional for each
child, commencing at the death Of her
husband, March 70, 1879. The arrearages
amounted to $742.30.
The case against Postmaster Nathaniel
Cummings, of Bergen, VERSION County, re-
suited recently in his conviction of OPEN
ing letters and appropriating the con-
| tents. The court took into consideration
the repentant frame of mind exhibited by
the accused, his poverty and dependent
family, and assessed fine of $40, COM
raitting him to Jail until the amount was
| paid.
Flames swept away st. Patrick's Church
at Eau Claire few days ago, causing a
loss of $4,000.
The FIVE year old son of William Ewins,
of Palmyra, jefferson County, while play
| ing in a pasture recently was assailed by
some young horses and trampled upon.
He received severe injuries.
Mrs. Wealthy Phelps, Of Wonewoc, Ju.
Eeau County, eighty two years of age, re-
Gently wrote two hundred and forty-three
words on a postal card.
Thomas H. Hemingway, an infant, of
Hanover, Rock County, has instituted suit
against the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad, at Milwaukee, to recover
S25, 0C0 on account Of injuries received in
an accident
At Westboro, Taylor CouD ty, during a
drunken quarrel the other day John Apist
stabbed Joseph earle. The latter would
probably die.
The losses by the recent food in Porter.
vile, Eau Claire County, amounted to
about ten thousand dollars.
P. H. Becker raised ten thousand trout
from an original plant of two thousand in
the town of Sumner, Jefferson County.
He was preparing to form an additional
pond.
The trial of Thomas Williams, of Iron
Mountain, Mich, for the murder of one
Dace, at Florence, Marinette County,
which occurred at the aforementioned
place on the 10Th day oflast January, and
which was taken to this State on change
of venue, terminated the other night. The
verdict of the jury was manslaughter IL
the second degree,