The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-05-15
Wisconsin Items.

Inc 1OlOWlnS are UAe MILWAUKEE, gram
quotations: Wheat-No. ., s7(aS71c. Corn
No. 2, 46C0461sc. Oats-No. 9, 34G1S4Hc.
Rye-No. l, 75C976c. Barley-No. aspiring,
61c
1t is sad that residents of the tempers
ance town of Evansville, Rock County,
have hit upon novel method of procur-
ing liquor. They board the dining-car
on the railroad which passes through the
town, drink as much as they wish, and res
turn home when satiated.
James ]. Gregory, of Ashland, has bees
appointed Indian Agent at La Pointe,
A shland County.
Mrs. j. Granger, insane, committed sui
| eide at Milwaukee the other night by holdr
| ing her head in bucket of water.
Pastor Dietrich, of Manchester, Greea
Lake County, recently baptized son
| Cumberland The Duke sent a sum Of
money to start his namesake upon a prose
| porous career.
| The new county of Oneida, created by
| the Legislature, is cut off from Lincoln
| County, and the county seat is Rhine
lander. 1t is organized with two town
ships only, Pelican and Eagle River. 1t ia
in the Ninth Congressional District, the
Eleventh Senatorial District, and with
| Lincoln, Price, Ashland, Taylor and Saw
| yer counties forms an Assembly District
| This act does not go into effect until Jam
uary 1, 1887.
A verdict of one thousand dollars was
given by the jury at Appleton a few days
ago in the case of NJ. p. Griswold against
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
| Company. Plaintiff sued for ten thousand
dollars for personal injuries sustained by
being jerked off the platform of a sleeper
as the train started.
The Pioneers Lumber Company of Eau
Claire, that made an assignment recently,
with liabilities amounting to $26S,000, has
started its mill under the superintendent
of Colonel George w. Lea Pointe, assignee,
for tie benefit of creditors. The mill is
| turning out on an average 100000 feet of
lumber day, and has largo number of
orders.
The other evening the farm residence of
jerry Smith, eight miles north of Eau
Claire, with most of its contents, was
burned. Loss, 81, 800; insured for 500.
S. B. Pierce's foundry at La Crosse was
burned early the other morning. Loss,
$1,000; insurance, $500.
The State has purchased for the use of
the Waupun Prison 100 acres of the old
| Johnson farm for 81 800. A bill appropri-
ating that amount was passed by the last
| Legislature, the primary reason for the
| purchase being to have a place where
separate and detached as.rlum can be had
| for immediate use in case the much dread
| ed cholera should visit the country and
| should get a foothold within the prison
walls.
Mrs. J. c. Thompson, about seventy
years old, of Palmyra, Jefferson County,
was badly burned few days ago while
watching pile of blazing brush in her
yard. Her clothing was burned off, and
her body was blistered from head TO foot.
The case of the State VS.. Michael and
Joseph Gurchsrk, charged with the MUIR
der of Ignus Malewauski, was given to the
| jury at Green Bay the other evening, and
they brought in a verdict of not guilty.
! The defendants were charged with having
| struck deceased a blow on the head DUR
ing drunken row, causing death.
William Ryan, clever rogue who went
through the European Hotel at Madison,
appropriating jewelry, etc, was recently
sent to State Prison for ons year.
In the Circuit Court at Green Bay few
days ago, in the case against Sophia YER
heyen, charged with the murder and with
concealing the death of her illegitimate
child, the jury brought in verdict of not
guilty, after being out about three hours.
The eighth annual session of the Grand
Lodge of United Workmen, at it's recent
session in Eau Claire, elected officers rs
follows: G. w. NJ, w. A. Walker, of Man.
itowoc; G.. F., George F. Keller, of Mil
waukee; G. o., NJ. M. Green, of Richland
Center, G.. e., E. S. Goodell, of Viroqua; G..
R., H. C. Heath, IF La Crosse; Grand Re-
ceiver, J. H. Marston, of Appleton; G. W.,
J. P. Balsom, Of Hudson; G. Trustee, for
full term, DR.. E. Stiger, of Prairie du
Chen; for one year, III. T. Moore, of La
Crosse; Grand Medical Examiner, DIR. Z.
McKinnon, of Baraboo; Delegates to the
Supreme Lodge, A. n. Master: of Sparta,
E.::E. Pegery, of Racine, B. F. Parker, of
Mansion.
Milwaukee now boasts rising artist,
Carl Mari, only twenty-seven years old,
who has been awarded a medal at Munich
for an historical picture of a scene in one
of Napoleon's battles, in which the artist
has painted more than one hundred figures.
George Bancker, living one mile south Of
Johnson's Greek, Jefferson County, and
one of the oldest settlers in the county,
died of heart-disease few days ago while
sitting in his chair.
Heavy frosts in the GAINESVILLE section
the other night injured tobacco beds seri-
ously.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that
brewer can retail beer of his own manu-
facture without taking out a license.
At Ecu Claire the other night fire in
Mrs. n. l.. Cranes brick business block did
damage to the extent of $1,000; insurance,
s, 300.
The body of Herman Hannemann was
found face downwa ard in a small creek
near Young's Hotel, at Wausau, Marathon
Coanty, few mornings ago. From the
Coroner's inquest it appeared that he was
drunk and had apparently fallen over the
bank into the creek. Being helplessly
drunk he was suffocated before he was
discovered. Tne water was less than elk
inches deep.