The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 1, 95095Kc;
No. 2, S6C9S6Kc. Corn-No. 2, 54K055c.
Oats-No. 3, 31k@32c Rye-No. /, 61HCS
&C Barley--No. ? Spring, 57C65sc.
| Fl. H. Williamson, Of Milwaukee, who
last year paid $1,000 to Miss Clara Bur-
roughs, of Rockford, to be released from
his engagement, recently married the girl
he wanted and went on bridal tour.
In the Municipal Court at Milwaukee
few days ago Paul Martin was sentenced
to three months in the House of Correction
for knocking down the escort Of Miss Eme-
line Curtis and helping himself to kiss.
A rain and wind-storm Of considerable
violence visited the north part of La
Crosse the other afternoon. For a short
time the rainfall was enormous, and con-
! siderable damage resulted. Thomas
Robins dairy barn, fifteen by thirty-two
feet, was completely demolished, and the
usual havoc played with the trees, shrub
berry, fences and small buildings. The
storm was very narrow and sharply de-
fined, moving northeast.
HInOubpO1lSIY A0WduU60 county, a
few mornings ago farmer named Ernest
Meyer was found hanging in tavern barn.
He was supposed to have been insane.
Steps are being taken to establish Gre
matory furnace at Milwaukee. 1t was
thought bodies could be incinerated profit
ably for twenty-five dollars each.
Two little boys, aged four and six years,
respectively, sons of John Dobson, of 81.
lenboro, Grant County, were attacked by
large tomcat while on their way to
| school recently, and would have Jared
badly but for the timely interference of a
daughter of Joseph Matthews, who ap.
peared on the grounds with club and
dog, just as the cat had one of the lads
down and was making furious efforts to
get at his face and throat.
Fred D. Clarke, at one time prominent
and respected citizen of Milwaukee, dissie
pated his fortune, fell to the lowest point
in the social scale, and died in cell at a
police station few days ago.
Jacob Becker jumped into the river at
| La Crosse sto swim to Switzerland.o His
alteration is due to sun-stroke. He was
/ rescued.
In Milwaukee court the other day Mar.
/ tina Busselman, aged twenty-six, was di-
voHcad from her husband, Louis Basel
man, aged ffty-fve, and created sensa.
/, tion in court by testifying that her hus-
band was her stepfather, from whom her
mother got divorce in order to force Mar.
! tina to marry him.
AT Eagle, Waukesha County, the other
day Albert Kimball, youngest son of Mrs.
r. N. Kimball, of Waukesha, had both
legs amputated by the cars. He was taken
home and it was thought he could not re-
cover.
Mrs. Frank Smith, resident of the town
| OF Watertown, Jefferson County, for over
| thirty five years, and woman about sixty
years old, having been adjudged insane,
was a few days ago consigned to the
Northern Hospital. Her mind had become
| unsettled owing to the loss of several of
her children.
The sire of Johnston, the fastest PAGER
in the world, has been purchased by H. S.
! woodruff, of Janseville, Rock County.
Frank Sanberg, Norwegian, aged nine
| teen, was drowned at the Dalles dam at
Eau Claire the other evening, while bath
ing. The body was recovered few hours
afterward.
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County. claims
to have the largest saw-mill in the world,
that of the Chippewa Lumber Company
1t is run by water-power and lighted by
electricity. The daily average cut is AGO.
900 feet of lumber, 10000 1ath, 10000
shingles 5000 pickets. 1t is all under one
roof, and employs from $50 to 400 men.
James Sheffield fell dead while walking
along one of the streets near his home in
jamestown, Grant County, the other day.
He had been subject to heart-disease.
The other night woman named SprOck,
{of Apple ton, awoke just in time to see
man going through the window with her
husbands clo5hes She aroused her hus-
band and he pursued the burglar down the
street in his shirt, yelling wildly after
him. A man living near thought there
was fire and turned i'll an alarm. After
running few blocks the burglarwas capt
.ured by his pursuer, and thrown into the
ditch at the side of the road. About this
time an immense crowd gathered and en-
.joyed the scene to it's fullest extent. The
burglar was an old offender, having al
ready served a term in State prison. His
name is Early.
The largest pension everreceived in Bos-
cobel, Grant County, was given to Mrs.
John Barnett the other day, the back pay
amounting to nearly 5000, with stipend
of 500 per month.
Thirty-four young ladies entered on their
novitiate at the convent Of the Sisters Of
'Notre Dame at Milwaukee few days ago.
Archbishop Hess conducted the religious
ceremonies of tho occasion.
The Legal Neaos, published at Milwaukee,
has suspended for the summer, and its
publisher declared that its resumption in
tho fall depended upon the collection Of
outstanding subscriptions.
A party of Norwegian immigrants re-
Gently en- route to Mt Morris, Waushara
County, had an antique lot of trunks
checked through. One of them bore the
! date of 1777, one of 1889 and two of 1847.
The twelfth annual commencement ex.
.ercises Of the University of Our Lady Of
the Sacred Heart took place the other
morning at WATERFOWL. jefferson County,
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The boiler in j. G. Smiths planing.mill
at Wausau, Marathon County, exploded
the other afternoon, destroying the struc-
ture and killing three employees. A woman
standing on the porch of her residence,
near by, was killed by fragment of the
boiler, and her mother was MORALLY
wounded, while an invalid female would
die from the effects Of the shock. A dozen
persons received serious injuries.
The Governor has offered a reward of
$500 for the apprehension of the murderer
of Roundsman Frank Piszszek, of Milwau-
kee, shot in that city by an unknown party
few days ago.
William Osman, German, single and
almost unknown, shot himself through the
head at Florence, Marinette County, the
other night, and died instantly.
The boiler of Chicago, Milwaukee g.
st. Paul Road locomotive exploded in the
yards at Milwaukee recently, but the four
men on it at the time escaped without Sc
rious injury.