The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-05-01
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The following are .he Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. ., S7G97Ic. Corn
No. 2, 51(G5116c. Oats-No. 9, 36C9361sc.
Rye-No. 1, 7OCG7lc. Barley-No. Spring,
62Hc; No. 8, 591c.
The new Baptist Church at Beloit was
dedicated with interesting services a few
days ago. The church was burned just
year ago, and is rebuilt at an expense of
about $1,000, free from debt, and is a small
but pretty house Of modern design.
The other morning the dry-goods and
grocery store of Henry Goetsch, at Water
town, was closed by Sheriff Hing on an
attachment served to satisfy claim of
Stearns & Co., Milwaukee, to the amount
of about $3.50. The other liabilities and
the assets of the concern were not given.
At $3.50 the other morning some one set
fire to Edward Porter's warehouse, at
Waukesha, containing 10000 pounds of
wool, most of which was burned. Loss,
$1,000. Insured.
Moody, the revivalist, was asked in the
recent convention in Milwaukee whether
he had grace enough to die at the stake.
He replied: "No, don't need it; all
want is grace enough to hold this conven-
ton for three days in Milwaukee,"
Ben Price was arrested at Attica few
mornings ago and taken to Albany for ex-
animation for an alleged attempt to muir
der George Meredith, his father-in-law,
who is wealthy and well-known citizen
of Green County, by administering a dose
of poison. 1t was claimed that there was
strong evidence against Price, and that he
would be bound over to the Circuit Court.
w. B. Baxter, druggist, of Lancaster,
Grant County. was stricken with apoplexy
recently while eating supper, and died in
a few hours.
Incendiaries set fire to a building in the
Sixth ward of Eau Claire recently, owned
by Frank Brock. The fire communicated
to two dwelling houses adjoining, all of
which were destroyed, involving loss Of
$1,000, with s., 800 insurance.
Captain Farquharson, of Lancaster, re-
Gently sold his trotting stallion German
Boy (record 2:2S) to an Iowa man for
$500.
During the recent flood at Manitowoo
rapids Mr.. Hinze killed huge water snake
that measured six feet in length.
George Hiles, of Dexterville, Wood
County, has begun twenty-seven libel
suits, claiming damages aggregating over
$5O0,OO0, against officials of Wood County.
Mr.. Hiles' complaint alleges that paper
was circulated in the Legislature "whick
asserted that Hiles, while an official of the
town of Dexter, collected moneys for the
town which he failed to turn over to tho
proper authorities and used for private
purposes; that he caused the property Of
other residents of the town to be assesset
unfairly while his own was assessed below
its real value, thus taking unfair advan-
tage of his official position" Mr.. Hiles is
one of Central Wisconsin's wealthy lum-
bermen.
The Milwaukee County Court the other
afternoon awarded 5000 to Elizabeth o.
Hinton against the Cream City Railway
Company as damages for injuries sustained
by fall while alighting from the conn.,
pany's car in November, 1888. The COM
pany would move for a new trial.
Neil Macarthur and Thomas Macarthur,
his son, were arraigned before the United
States Court Commissioner at Appleton a
few days ago, charged with selling liquor
in Summit Lake, Lincoln County, without
paying the special tax. Neil Macarthur
gave bail for his appearance at the May
term of the United States Court in Mil
waukee. Thomas Macarthur was COM
mitted.
Otto Hahn, an old gentleman, killed him.
81 49, 4 I, I
near st. Francis Station, Milwaukee Coun-
ty, the other night by taking morphine.
The safe in the Office of David Law, at
La Crosse, was opened early the other
morning and securities to the amount of
several thousand dollars distracted. These
were chiefly bank stocks and those of other
local business enterprises which could not
be utilized by the burglars.
Three lads, giving their names as Bart.
ley Thornton, Fred Gray and James Smith,
and ranging from thirteen to seventeen
years of aga were arrested at Milwaukee
the other afternoon for picking pockets.
The boys were from Chicago. Smith, who
is known by the alias of nip" was the
leader of the gang.
Waupun--43J men and eight women.
The new charter of Chippewa Falls pro.
vides that the liquor license shalt not be
less than $3.50.
j. O'Brien's farm residence near Fall
Creek, Eau Claire County, was destroyed
by fire few days ago. Loss, 1880; in
surance, $4,000.
A dog, supposed to be mad bit littls
girl named Krause< at Port Washington,
Ozaukee County, the other morning.
number of dogs were also bitten by the in
furiated animal, which was finally killed
Twenty thousand additional brook trou4
from the Wisconsin State Fish Commits.
sion have been put into the streams in La
fayette County. The Yellowstone got ten
The following new railway corporations
filed articles of association with the Secre-
tary OF State recently: Superior, Hayward
& Southern Railway Company; capital,
81, 100000. The company designs the con-
struction of line from Lake Superior
through the county of Douglas and the
northeastern portion of Washburn County
into Hayward, Sawyer County; thence
southerly through Sawyer County into
Chippewa County, TO connect with the st.
Paul. Railway system at Chippewa Falls.
Length of line, 141 miles. The Grand Rap
ids & Marshfield Railway Company; CAPT.
tai stock, S5,O00,0O0. 1t is designed to con-
struct line from Centralia, Wool County,
by the way of vesper and Marshfield in
said county; thence through the counties
Of Marathon, Lincoln and Forest to Lake
Superior, distance of 200 miles.
Mrs. E. Mortimer, aged about sixty
years, an early settler of Palmyra, Jeffer-
son County, died the other morning OF
erysipelas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Prentiss, of La Crosse,
celebrated their golden wedding anniver-
sary the other evening. The greater part
Of their married life has been spent in La
Crosse.
A rumor prevailed at Milwaukee few
days ago that the Wisconsin Central Road
was about to build line from Green Bay
TO Sturgeon Bay, distance of ninety
miles.
The acreage Of tobacco in Rock County
ibis year viii reach between II 900 and
2, 100.