The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 2, S70S731c. Corn
NO. 2, 46t046kc. Oats-No. 9, 31631Kc.
Rye-No. ], 57<@5Ske Barley-No. .
Spring, Coo.
Large numbers of bears are being
slaughtered in the forests east of Luding-
ton, Eau Claire County. Three hunters
dispatched five large ones recently, and
captured several cubs. Other wild animals
are more numerous than usual, and many
hunters are in pursuit.
The Appleton blast-furnace shut down
the other night after a months run,
throwing nearly one hundred men out of
employment. The furnace will not fire up
again until the late fall.
H. S. Stewart, alias II. s. Dale, was re-
Gently arrested at Milwaukee, charged
with systematically swindling persons
whom he reached by advertising for male
help in the Chicago newspapers.
Adjutant- General Chapman has issued
general orders No. IA, to the effect that
the encampment of the Wisconsin Nation
al Guard, authorized by law, for the cur
rent year, will be as follows: First Regi-
ment-Colonel w. B. Brittoa, command
ing, at Waukesha, August "A to 20, inclu
sive. Second Regiment-Colonel s. i.
Breasted, commanding, at Appleton, Au-
gust to s, inclusive. Third Regiment
Colonel NJ. I. Moore, commanding, as
Chippewa Falls, September to u, inclu-
sive. Fourth Battalion-Major II. G. Ro-
gers, commanding. Time and place to be
announced hereafter. Light Horse Squad
ron-Captain George J. Schoeffel, COM
manding, at Oconomowoc, August IA to
| IS, inclusive. First Battery-Captain
Joseph B. Oliver, commanding. Time and
| place to be announced hereafter.
Alexander Cook, of Waukesha, received
dispatch recently from Kimball, d. T.,
announcing that his brother, w. c. Cook,
and the latter's wife had been killed by
! lightning. Mr.. Cook left for KimbalL.
Secretary Nixon, of the New Orleans
| Exposition, has written Commissioner
Holton that the Wisconsin premiums will
be paid at an early day.
Donald Downs, foreman Of Sauntry s.
Fozer's rafting grounds, near Saltwater,
was struck over the head with stone be-
| Edward Papnow, in a quarrel the other
afternoon and fatally hurt.
NJ. L. Schwin, proprietor of the Fox RivV
er House at Kaukauna, Outagomie County,
died few mornings ago of typhoid fevef,
The amount of logs RATED at Beet
Slough to date is 390,0O0,00O, exceeding
last years work up to this time by 5O,0OO,-
| 900 feet.
| Rev. III. Stone Richardson recently re-
lated the following incident in the life of
the late Postmaster General Howe, of
Green Bay: During the three years that
Mr. Richardson was pastor of the Metho
| dist Church at Green Bay he made the ac
| quaintance of Mr. Howe, and on three sep
arate occasions, after shaking hands with
the Senator, Mr.. Richardson found that a
twenty dollar gold piece had been left in
| his hand The incident was recalled to
| Mr.. Richardson's mind by the sight of a
| gold coin.
The Schlitz Brewing Company, of Mil
waukee, has purchased an eleven-a acre lot
on South Bay street, near the glass works,
and will erect the largest beer bottling
works in the United States. The buildin G.
alone will cost 100000
Joseph Bursinger, former proprietor of
the old City Brewery and one of the oldest
brewers in the State, died at Watertown
the other morning of congestion of the
brain, aged sixty-four years. He was
native of the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
went to Watertown thirty years ago. He
| leaves a wife, one son and one dau ghter,
| the last being Mrs Dr. r. c. Werner. His
| heavy failure two years ago no doubt
| FASTENED his death.
Unknown parties at Milwaukee a few
| days ago drilled holes in the firewood used
| by white woman who had married
negro and filled the crevices with powder.
| When she lighted her fire a terrific ex-
plosion occurred, but little damage re-
suited.
In the vicinity of Clear Creek, Eau
| Claire County, not drop of rain has fall
en- in seven weeks. The farmers around
Whitehall and the Trempealeau Valley
say they have not had rain since early in
| the spring, and that the crops are wei,
| nigh ruined.
| Mrs. Maria H. Zapffe, aged thirty We
| years, the wife of Milwaukee machinist,
committed suicide a few days ago by
hanging at her residence. She had been
hVlJ 0CA lOI UuO idob DnO ALtOlJuSs
One numbered surviving members of the
| Thirty sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infant
| ry organized a Veteran Association at
Madison recently by electing the follow
ing officers: President, c. E. Warren; Sec
rotary, George w. Raymer; Treasurer,
| George Weeks. A welcoming address was
| delivered by Governor Rusk and a re-
| Spouse was made by Major Fl. NJ Brown.
A German named Ferdinand Ralfauf
deliberately jumped into the river at
| Prairie du Chen the other night, while
under tt influence of liquor, and was
| drowned.
| The Oconomowoc Navigation Company
was organized recently by The election of
| Walter L. Peck, H. II. Shufeldt, L. G..
Merrick, D. G. Rogers, Ferd w. Peck, C.
| T. Sutton and Z. Hurlbut, Directors;
Walter l. Peck, President and Treasurer;
H. H. Shufeldt, Vice President.
Fred Bake, boy of fourteen years of
age, of Appleton, was arraigned recently
| and put under one hundred dollar bonds
for six months for threatening to kill one
of his playfellows.
The annual account of the Washburn es-
! tate was filed at La Crosse recently. The
cost of administration has been 81, 900, of
which $4,000 is for attorneys fees. Annu-
tiles have been paid to the amount of 49,
600. The value of the real estate is placed
at 81, 045, 467; of the personal property at
$751 ,636; cash on hand, $161, $40; and
profits, $302,276
The next annual meeting of the Wis
consin Pharmaceutical Association will be
held at GAINESVILLE, August II to 10.
Two tramps set fire to the barn Of Baston
| & Jones, six miles west of Eau Claire, the
other afternoon, causing loss of 1880;
| insurance, 5000.
John joss, an old soldier who served in
the army four years, was buried at Apple
ton recently, at the expense of the State.
He was the first old soldier buried by the
G. A. r. Post in accordance with the lats
act of the Legislature providing for their
burial
Postmaster General Villas has ordered
restoration of the daily mail between Mil