The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-31


diers Of the State wear a proper badge of
mourning, and meet on the day OF the tuner
al and take such action commemorative OF
his services as they may deem appropriate
In testimony whereof, ] have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal OF the
State of Wisconsin TO be affixed.
Done at the capitol in the city of Madisou,
this twenty-thrd day of July, in the year oil
our Lord one thousand eight hundred anf
By the Governor: JIM. RUsK.
ERNST G. TINnIE, Secretary of State.
Wisconsin Items.
& The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations. Wheat-No. 3, S70S7Ilc. Corn
No. ., 46C646%c. Oats-No. ., SOt6SO1Ic.
Rye-No. L, 57l@5S1c. Barley-No. 2
Spring, 591Sc.
The post-office at East Colby, Marathon
County, has been discontinued.
Adolph Kruse, the young man bitten by
a dog two months ago, and who had been
suffering from hydrophobia, died a few
days ago at his home in the town of Mill
waukee. For several hours previous to
death he endured the most intense agony.
Several of the business men of Neills-
vile have organized a company for the
purpose of developing the mine opened by
Thomas Mcpherson, in the town of Grant,
Clark County, who has spent considerable
capital in working the property. Both
gold and silver has been taken from ths
lead. The only question is as to tbs
quantity.
A daughter of John Enge, aged fourteen,
fell into the Chippewa River at Eau Claire
tha othaV III rb,
body was carried down the stream and
efforts to recover it proved fruitless.
DIR. johnson, of Hudson, st. Croix Coun-
ty, was recently called to the town of Rush
River to examine patient who proved to
be afflicted with q genuine case of tuber-
cular leprosy. He was born in Borholden,
in Northern Norway, and is thirty Eight
years old, and unmarried. He came tc
this country some sixteen years ago, and
the disease has been steadily developing
throughout nearly his entire life. Dr.
johnson has taken the necessary steps to
have the man properly cared for and iso-
lated. He has been in bed for the past four
teen months, and is a sad-looking sight.
Charles Trip and julius Gleissner, work
men employed on st. Stanislaus' Church,
at Milwaukee, were thrown thirty feet to
the ground by the breaking of scaffolding
the other afternoon and fatally injured.
Eight hundred men left Eau Claire q
few days ago to engage in construction
work on the Rocky Mountain Division of
the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Two brothers, Norwegians, were suffo-
Gated in a well they were digging at Pleas
ant Valley, st. Croix County, a few days
ago.
Mrs. Lucy Wheeler, relict of the late
Captain Justus P. Wheeler, died at her
home at La Prairie, Rock County, recent
ly, aged ninety-one years. She leaves
seven children-five boys and two girls.
Lars Gunderson, late postmaster at
Cumberland, Barron County. who abb
seconded recently, leaving deficit of S., 900
in his official accounts, was found the other
day in Manitoba by an inspector, to whom
he voluntarily surrendered himself.
Palmyra, Jefferson County, was visited
the other night by a heavy wind, rain
and hail-storm. The residence of George
Doncy was struck by lightning and con-
siderably damaged. Crops were badly
damaged, especially corn.
One Of the heaviest storms OF the season
struck GAINESVILLE the other night. The
heavy wind was accompanied by large
fall of rain, and many tobacco sheds were
blown down and cattle killed. Alderman
F. B. Burnham's residence was struck by
lightning, and his wife and wife's sister
were stunned by the shock. The house was
not badly damaged. A tobacco shed, ono
hundred and twelve feet long, was blowE
over four-foot fence and the shingle roof
carried across the street.
The population Of Milwaukee, as deter.
mined by the Wisconsin official State CEN
sus which was completed recently, is be-
tween 15s,O00 and $4,000, gain in five
years of $4,000.
According to the census enumerators
Eau Claire has more than doubled it's pop
ulation since 1884, The footings will show
a population of about $4,000.
The Dunbar saw-miIl at Wausau, Mara
thon County, was burned to the ground
the other night. The origin OF the fire was
unknown. Loss $4,000, with $1,000 In
surance.
A wind, rain and hail-storm in the Mad
ison district the other afternoon damaged
growing grain to serious extent.
4 Chicago engineer is making surveys
of Indian mounds at West Bend, Wash
ington County, and il mapping the loca
ton of the same for Government inspec,
ton.
State Veterinarian Atkinson attributes
the recent cattle mortality on M. A. Places
farm, near Oconomowoc, to splenc apo
plexy, or irritant poison, most likely the
latter. In support of this, he says, all
though anthrax frequently destroys herd
Yery rapidly, it is hardly likely that all
would have been attacked at the same
lime.
Mrs. William Scott. of Green Bay, has
rose bush over forty-ive years old. 1t
was brought over from Scotland.
It is rumored at Milwaukee that the ST.
Paul Road will extend its line from Mer-
ill north to Ashland, and that the North
western viii revive the charter of the road
designed TO run between Milwaukee and
Beloit.
East of Whitehall, Trempealeau County,
DIE Knudson's hired man recently plowed
up more than four hundred snake eggs of
the prairie bull species, in many of which
were four embryo eggs. The premises
we're literally alive with old snakes, and
about twenty were killed.
The Central Hotel at Spencer, Marathon
County, was destroyed by flames the otheg
aight, which, with other buildings burned,
sntailsd a loss of $4,000