The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-10
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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quotations: Wheat-No. ., T3ta773lc. Corn
No. :, 4OGa40hc. oats-No. 2, 8o1zC6S11sc.
Rye-No. 1, 67ta67%c. Barley-No. 9
Spring, 57Ca57'{c; No. 8, 531lc.
The m LIS of the Evansville Cotton Man
ufacturiug Company have resumed work,
after being shut down all winter.
The State Board OF Supervision at its re-
cent session in Madison drew warrants as
follows: State Hospital for the Insane,
S6,0S0.9S; Northern Hospital for the insane,
| $14,056.36; Deaf, s. 204.79; Blind, S1,71O.6S;
Industrial School for Boys, $6,914.19; State
Prison, So 25.09 Total, SS7, 1920.
A La Crosse pharmacist recently pro-
cured muriate of cocoine from Germany
at a cost of 1892 an ounce.
The body Of female infant was found
in barn at Green Ray a few days ago,
frozen stiff. Sophia Verhuden, young
unmarried woman, was arrested, and she
acknowledged the child to be hers. She
was in Jail, and inquiry into the crime
would be set on foot.
While Rev. George H. Ide was preach
ing in Milwaukee recently, a conf dence
man gained entrance to his house and
stole 500 worth of property.
Wausau, Marathon County, has laid the
foundation for new city hall.
CAPITA II NV. S. Scott, of GAINESVILLE
Rock County, was killed recently at Birm-
ingham, Ala. In company with his wife;
son and negro servant, he started up the
Hillsboro River in sail-boat. While the
Captain was standing on the boat, breeze
swung the boom and knocked him into the
water. He was rescued, but died in few
minutes after the accident. During the
war he was Captain of Company F, Thirty
third Wisconsin Volunteers.
The factory of the Harrington Furniture
Company at Milwaukee was damaged by
fire the other night to the extent of SIS, 900,
insurance, $1,000.
Patrick Riley disappeared mysteriously
from Eau Claire last fall, and all search
for him proved futile. A few days ago his
body was found lying against pier in the
Chippewa River. His skull was badly
crushed, and there was every indication
that he had been murdered.
st. Croix County fled the first applica-
ton for farmers institute under the new
law.
j. B. Low, of hartford, Green Lake
County, is serving his twentieth term as
Register of Deeds. ..
The other evening at eight O'Clock six
tramps were placed in the lookup at
Watertown by the Deputy Marshal to be
lodged over night. The fact of their con-
fnement was forgotten by the officials,
| and they were not released until two days
after, being all the time without food and
| drink.
Two large barns of David j. Evans,
situated on his farm in the town of EN-
met, Chippewa County, were destroyed by
fire the other night, together with several
head of cattle, hogs, sheep, fifteen tons Of
hay and farming implements. The loss
was estimated at 5000, with an insurance
of $1,000. The fire was supposed to have
been started by tramps.
Dentist Naramore, of Milwaukee, while
intoxicated, fired his house the other
evening and was saved with difficulty from
cremation. Loss, $1,000.
When Miss Mary Conley, one Of the
dining-room girls at the Park Hotel, Madi-
| SOuf upPAO dChCd uAS UeSDlO SnS 10 0tCuo~
toned to wait upon, at 1880 the other
afternoon, A. J. Cheney, acting for
others at the table, presented her with a
handsome gold watch and chain, accom-
panied by the following note: "Mary:
Will you please bring US our dinner on
time and oblige, Tom Wall, D. A. Nc
Donald, A. J. Cheney, Fred Schultz, J.
F. Wiley, Frank Markle, Clinton Babbitt,
D. G. LAMB"
Rev. George Case, of Westfeld, has &C.
cepted call by the Presbyterians of In
dependence, Trempealeau County.
Mrs. Euretta E. Pink, widow of the
late Rev. Peter Pink, the first Baptist
missionary in Wisconsin, died recently at
Green Bay, aged eighty-two years.
Zebina Wilson and Mrs. Marcia Coon,
both early settlers of Palmyra, Jefferson
County, were united in marriage by Squire
Allen the other afternoon. The groom is
between sixty-fve and seventy years old
and the Iride not far from sixty. They
will continue to reside in Palmyra.
Winter wheat in the Eau Claire section
is reported to be in good condition.
A recent fire destroyed a large frame
residence on the outskirts of Green Bay,
occupied by two tenants. L. Vannieven-
hoven and James Francois. Loss on build
ing, $4,000; insured for $500. Loss on
contents, $500; insured for $3.50.
Paul Oestreich, an employee in a Touring
mill at Watertown, was caught in the ma
ohinery the other day and instantly killed.
L. G.. Wilmarth's store and w. P. Green's
restaurant were destroyed by fire at Ash :
land the other night. Ths store was occu-
pied by Maertz & Co., who had but recent
" taken possession of the stock. Loss on
contents, So, 700; insured for 50, 800. Loss
on contents of restaurant, $1,000. No in
ssrance on either tho building or its con-
tents.
The Baptist Church at Beloit has raised
by subscription the balance needed to pay
all Indebtedness upon their new house of
worship and will dedicate the new church
on the anniversary Of the burning of the
old, April u.
Richard Burke, an old resident Of the
town of Rock, Rock County, died the other
morning, aged seventy years.
Outagamie County cheese carried away
the first premium at the New Orleans Elk.
position, and gave Wisconsin the fame of
producing the best cheese in the Un ted
States. Louis Perrott, who received S125
in gold as the premium, had over 1000
pounds on exhibition. Eight new cheese
factories were being constructed in the
county preparatory to commencing opera
tions with the opening of the season.
A vicious dog was kicked to death re-
Gently on a train between Hanover and
GAINESVILLE by Jacob Ehrlinger, the brute
having jumped at the passenger and LAGER
ated one of his hands.
A company of thirty persons left Green
Bay the other morning to take steamer
in New York for Antwerp. Nearly all Of
them are to Wis their MATHIS places in
Belgium, intending to return early in June
During the past year the Comm ssioner
Of the Poor at Appleton spent 5000 in the
care Of $50 persons, including eighty -nipe
families.
Sister Stanislaus, art teacher in the st
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