Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-27
Madison Matters.
From our Regular Correspondent,

IN contemplation OF the State Fair
the Madison Street Railway compan
have extended their line from the Uni
yersity to the state fair grounds, so tina
street cars will connect from the cit,
to the gates at the grounds. The G
n. w. Ry., are constructing a fine new
depot mt East Madison. The C. NJ. &
/ st. z. X. r., do not wish to be behinC
their competitors and have offered Il
construct as good a depot as the c. n
w. Ry., if the Madison city council vii
give them the right of way at the foot o.
Canal street, on the shore of Lake Mo.
mona. The city council have already
voted them the right. of way but fol
some reason the mayor withholds his
signature. 1t is urged by the press that
the right of way be granted to the com.
pany, for a new depot located at the
foot of Canal street would bring the
station nearer to the center of the city,
and would dispense with the tedious
transfer from East to West Madison, as
the ST. Paul company would then do
all their passenger business at East
Madison.
Gov. Rusk attended the camp of the
Fourth Battalion, at Whiteiish Bay,
near Milwaukee, on Wednesday last
week, and the camp of the Light Horse
Squadron at Oconomowoc on Thursday,
returning to Madison Thursday night.
Gov. Rask's appointments for the
week are: Delegates to the Northwest.
ern Water Ways conventions at St Paul
Sept. 3; State at large, Senators Saw
yer and Spooner, exGov. Fairchild,
and F.A. Husher. of La Crosse For the
different congressional districts: ID. A.
Mcdonald, La Crosse, John G. Clark,
Lancaster; Joel +. Mason, St. CroiS
Falls; Charles b. Clark, Neenah; Breese
Stevens, Madison; Geo G. Ginty, Chip
pewa Falls; w. L. Price, Black River
Falls; Hiram Hayes, Superior; o. Ii.
Ingram, Eau Claire; O. B. Thomas and
John Lawler, Prairie du Chem; p. S.
Davidson, La Crosse; Richard Guenther
and Andrew Haben, Oshkosh; VIM. t.
Parry, Portage; r. NJ LsFollette, Mad
ison; T.. L. Kidd, Millville; Jos. S. Wadd-
ington, Argyle; Joseph Rankin. Mani
towoc; John Nagle, Msnitowoc; Ed
ward r. Blake, Port Washington, Isaac
Stephenson. MarInette; H. O. Fairchild,
Marinette; Myron McCord. Merrill; and
Edwin Ellis, of Portage county. The
following gentlemen were commissioned
officers of Cog. first regiment, w. N G. ,
Garfield Guards of Racine) VIM. H.
Brigham, captain; Austin W. Eaom,
1st. lieutenant; Louis Hagies, 2nd lieu
district, Cheuncey r. ThrAyer, of Stu:-
geon Bay; third district, james Champ
man of Bayfield,.
The following companies filed articles
of association with the Secretary of
state last week: The North La Crosse
Hosiery Co., capital stock, So, 600; OBJ
ject. the manufacture of cotton and
wooden hose and mittens. The Chicago
Wisconsin and Minnesota r. Il. CO.,
capital stock S2,600.000. This COM
pany proposes to construct and operate
railroad from the southern line OF
Kenosha county, northly to the junction
of the Milwaukee aud Lake Winnebage
r. r.. at Sehleisingerville. Washington
county, Wis. Their stock is made up
of ZOO shares at 800 each. The iu-
eorporators who constitute the board Of
directors are: Edward Ferguson. j. b.
Oliver and Abbott Lawrence of Milwau-
kee; John p. Neal aud Henry Hawley of
Chicago. The Wisconsin and Arizona
Mining CO., filed amended articles
changing their board of directors from
three to five persons. The Menomonie
Hotel company filed amended articles
changing their capital stock from 49,
900 to $4,000. The secretary of state
has begun the work of compiling the
state census. Returns are coming in
very slowly, only about twenty counties
being yet reported. 1t will be five or
six weeks yet before an accurate esti-
mate of the population of the state can
be given, and the compilation will prob
ably not be flushed till January LIST.
The following figures we picked up in
the Office last week