The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-23
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS

The following are the Milwaukee grain
quototions: Wheat-No. /, 94a95c; No. >,
79979Sc. Corn-No. 2,'37K63S1zc. Oats
No. 2, 29029&c. Rye-No. 1, 59a6oc.
Barley-No.. 2 Spring, 53a5S<c; No. 5, IS
a4Sc.
Logging crews are hard at work on the
Upper Chippewa and Flambeau Rivers,
but some of the men receive only board for
their labor.
A Madison saloon-keeper has sued J. W.
DIN, late Prohibition candidate for Con-
gress in the Madison District, for Islander,
with $4,000 damages. The case is test
one, and promises to be full of interest.
| The alleged SANDER was committed during
the campaign last fall.
There are in Eau Claire about two hun
dred unemployed woodsmen.
AT Court d'Oreilles village, in SAWYER
County, the Indians celebrated Christmas
in their church, which was finely decorated
for the occasion, a prominent feature being
a representation of the stable where Christ
was born. 1t was constructed of birch
bark, two or three feet each way in dimen-
sions, and the people and animals were
represented by images.
A fire at Merrill, Lincoln County, few
nights ago destroyed the 7. B. Scott Lrlm-
Der Company's planning mill and 100000
feet of lumber, causing a loss Of $50, 900.
A tack factory is to be established in
Beloit by Evansville men.
| The stockholders of the Milwaukee In
dustrial Exposition Association, at their
annual meeting the other night, voted
| down the proposition to open the exposi-
tion on Sunday.
The defaulting CoCnty Clerk of Green
Lake County, j. Mcdowell, charged with
the embezzlement of county funds to the
amount of $500 was recently arrested and
would be held for trial.
Dave J. Clarke, son of the late Sat
Clarke, well known politician, was con-
victed recently of counterfeiting in Mil
waukee.
County Clerk Mcdowell, of Beloit, who
defaulted for $500, was arrested q few days
ago.
The will of Daniel L. Wells, of Milwau-
kee, covering property valued at over
100000, gives the Prospect avenue home
stead and 100000 in cash to the widow,
and provides for the payment of from 3d.
900 to $4,000 to each of seventeen relatives
or friends.
An unknown man about forty five years
old was run over and killed by pas
senger train the other evening, at the rail-
road bridge east of Watertown. The body
was not discovered until the next morning.
bn of I9rrht
sandy hair, and was supposed to be a Dane.
Upon his person was found a bottle OF
whisky, making it probable he was intox-
icated when the accident occurred.
Ira c. Edwards, formerly owner of the
PrObibiti0nist, has sued George w. Horton,
of Madison, the present owner of ths
paper, for charging him with dishonesty.
claiming $4,000 damages.
At the recent session of the Southwest.
ern Wisconsin Wool Growers and Sheep,
Breeders Association the following off,,
GERS were elected for the ensuing wear,
President, B. F. Miller, Caldwell; First
Vice President, F. C. Webb Spring Prai-
rie; Second Vice-President, G. A. Ding
man, Troy Center; Secretary, A. H. Craig,
CALDWELL; Treasurer, Elijah Buttles,
Waterford. The annual public shearing
will be held on the Goth and Both of April
next.
Caroline F. Knoski, of Fort Howard,
Brown County, was recently fined 500 by
Judge Dyer for selling liquor to Indians.
Bailey & Schoffer grocers, at Amigo,
Langlade County, failed a few days ago.
Liabilities said to be $4,000; assets, $500.
Reuben F. Sherman, wealthy resident
of Waukesha, a few days ago commenced
a sensational suit in the Circuit Court
against. Merrick S. Spaulding, of Madison,
claiming $4,000 damages, alleging that the
defendant alienated his wife's affections.
The case would create q great sensation,
owing to the wealth and standing of tho
parties. The defendant is the owner of the
Capital Hotel at Madison.
s New York banking firm has purchased
the bridge bonds of Eau Claire.
Recent reports from the Ashland region
are to the effect that the silver mines in the
Penoka range are yielding rich finds, and
the owners are enthusiastic over antici-
pated bonanzas. The citizens of Ashland
are very happy over the immense new ore
docks just built at that port, for the ac-
commodation of the neighboring silver and
iron mines, and expect things to fairly
boom there next season.
John Chapman, prominent resident and
owner of a woolen-mill, died at Water
town a few days ago of blood poisoning
He was fifty seven years old.
The Catholics of Ecu Claire are about to
expend $4,000 on a church which will be
second to only one in Wisconsin.
w. T. McCaskey, of Eau Claire, died q
few days ago at New Orleans while visit
ing the exposition.
Ole Mattison, of Clinton, Barron County,
fell into a well over eighty feet deep the
other day, and received injuries that would
probably prove fatal.
The town of Eagle Point, Chippewa
County, has been divided so as to form q
new town to be known as s'Birch."
The Chippewa Logging Company re cent
iy paid taxes in Hayward that amounted
to nearly $4,000, or more than one fourth
of the entire levy in Sawyer County.
OF the 1873 members of the present Legis |
lature, 81 are farmers, 26 merchants, 10 |
lawyers, IS manufacturers, 10 lumberrnen, 7 |
editors, 4 physicians and . druggists; there
is one each of the following occupations:
College professor, telegraph operator, me-
chanic, undertaken, general dealer, hotel |
keeper, canal superintendent, insurance
agent, real-estate agent and general bust
ness; nine either have no business occupa-
ton or decline to declare it.
A negro named Dickinson, aged about |
forty years, recently married a white |
woman named Mrs. Louisa Schultz, at
Watertown. The bride is about TWENTY
five years of age.
A fire originated in the Twin City Hotel |
at Kaukauna, Outagamie County, the |
other morning, and destroyed the building
and an adjoining drug store. Loss, 5000, |
covered by 81, 200 insurance.
A new post office has been established in |
Juneau County, and named Deuster, in |
honor of the Congressman from that dis |
trict.
Andrew Daubner, formerly City Treas