The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-05-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The following are The Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 2, 90tt3902{c. Corn
No. 2, 47647@c. Oats-No. 2, 35G35 &c.
Rye-No. /, 70a71c. Barley-No. Spring,
62hc; No. 8, 59Hc.
Bedford B. Hopkins has been appointed
by Governor Rusk his own successor as
trustee of the Milwaukee County Insane
Asylum for the ensuing five years.
The suit brought against General Sharpe,
Commander at the Soldiers Home at Mil
waukee, by Isaac Moulton, an inmate of
the institution, to recover 5000 for alleged
false Imprisonment, was withdrawn from
the courts recently on stipulation.
The other morning j. F. C. Willmann, of
Milwaukee, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head at the Soldi er
Home, of which he had been an inmate.
Rev. Father Sale, of st. Joseph's Church,
Milwaukee, has been appointed to the pas
torate of st. Clements Church, Lancaster,
one of the largest parishes in Southern
Wisconsin.
Charles Mcdonald, of Eau Claire, re-
Gently pleaded guilty to the larceny of a
watch and was sentenced to the State
Prison for two years at hard labor.
The amount of money paid out for Sen
ate employees during the recent session of
the Legislature was $20,107. The Assem-
bly, employees were paid $25,473, and the
clerks of joint committees received 1929,
making grand total for legislative en-
ployes of $4,000. The length of the SEES.
sion was eighty mine days, but the en-
ployes were paid for nineEy. About $780,
600 of the total was spent for clerical ser.
vice alone.
The Eagle Hotel, in Clay Banks, Door
County, was destroyed by fire the other
afternoon. The fire was supposed to have
been caused by a defective fue. Loss,
$1,000, with no insurance.
At saw-mill in Porterville, Eau Claire
County, John Fargerty had his arm caught
in belt few evenings ago, mangling the
limb terribly and tearing the hand off.
Frederick Sell, Milwaukee shoemaker,
committed suicide by cutting his throat
few days ago. He thoughtfully held his
neck on pail to keep from spelling the
carpet.
T. T. Proctor, a prominent citizen of Fort
Atkinson, was buried with Masonic cere-
monies few days ago.
The other night Latham G. Ogden, of
Grand Rapids, Wood County, aged TWEEN
ty-eight, shot himself through the head,
causing instant death. Cause unknown.
Deceased was harness maker, and 1eaves
wife.
The secret marriage of Minnie Rasdall,
of Madison, to Richard Hudd, son of Sem
ator Hudd, of Green Bay, which occurred
a month ago, was brought to light the
other night by the recording of the event
at the Register Of Deeds office in Milwau.
kee. The young couple became acquainted
at Madison during the last session of the
Legislature, where they were employed as
clerks. Even their own families had been
kept ignorant of the affair until now.
An assay recently made by a local min
eralogst of two kinds of the rock found on
Otter Creek, near the Eau Claire wooler
mills, revealed proportional yield of sill
yer of sixty dollars to the ton. An assay
of a thin layer of rock by the same party
showed proportion of four hundred dol
lars to the ton.
The body of Mrs. Kile, an aged lady.
who disappeared in December last, was
found in the river at New Albin, La Crosse
County, few days ago. At the time OF
her disappearance the woman left the
house of her sister to go to that of daugh-
ter not far distant, and no trace of her was
found thereafter. 1t was probably a case
of suicide.
The wife of Rev. F. o. Osborne, of Green
Bay, recently obtained divorce on the
ground of incompatibility of temper, and
was given custody of the only child.
Five cheese factories are being erected
in northern towns of Kewaunee County.
Charles Anderegg, of Ahnapee, is putting
one up at Zastrow's corner, and w.
Ullsperger is rebuilding one at Forestville.
Charles Rubens, of Rosiere, will erect and
operate one at his place in the town of
Lincoln Messrs. Bouschee & Moufort will
erect one at Dyckesville, in the town of
Red River, and Amant Noel will open one
near his place in the town of Lincoln.
A branch of the Catholic Knights of
Wisconsin has been organized at Sheboy-
gan. Thomas Mcneil is President; Joseph
G. End, Vice President; James huffman,
Secretary, and Frank Gottsacker, Treas
urer
The daily newspapers of the State are
now twenty six in number.
Burglars raided the residences of George
Fl. Barwise, S. y. French and ex-Mayor
Seeley, at Menomones the other night, but
were frightened away before securing any,
thing except at Seeley's, where they stole
about $500 worth of silverware and othe,
valuables without disturbing the family.
The body of James P. Watts (colored1,
who left Green Bay in boat on November
l last, for hunting excursion, was washed
ashore six miles from Green Bay a few
days ago, where it was discovered by
some boys.
An insane woman set the Eastern Hotel
at Appleton, owned by A. L. Smith, on
fire some time the other night. Her at
tendant went to sleep about four O'Clock
and awoke to find the house in flames.
The inmates barely had time to escape,
leaving all their things. The hotel was
damaged to the extent of about 5000,
fully insured. Loss on furniture, $4,000;
insured for $1,700.
The State Board of Supervision at it's
recent session in Madison reported that
three farms or plats of land had been pur-
chased as provided by law last session, one
hundred acres at Waupun, ninety at Osh
kosh and thirty-two at Waukesha. The
board was negotiating for school for de
pendent children, and had under consid
GRAFTON the offer of the Northwestern Or
phans' Home 81 Green Bay.
A house was burned early the other
morning belonging to family named
Johannes, near Stanley, Chippewa Coun-
ty, and his six-year old child lost her life
in the flames.
At Eau Claire few days ago Herman
Fraze was sentenced to twenty and II.
Staben to six years in the State Prison for
the murder of Patrick O'Meara at Fall
Creek July last.
Joe Jeremiah, who escaped from the
Marathon County Jail at Wausau recent
ly, was recaptured at Amigo, Langlade