The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
West Wisconsin NJ. E. Conference.


The annual session Of this conferences
was held recently at Black River Falls.
The report of the statistical secretary
showed that there are now 11,705 church
members in this conference, an increase OF
ee3; 1924 probationers; $4,000 Sunday
school children; 225 churches, valued at
SIS, 600; paid for missionary purposes dur
ing the year, 81. 291. The following Pre-
siding Elders were appointed: Eau Claire
district Rev. j. Tresidder; Hudson district,
Rev. II. w. BUSHNELL La Crosse district
Rev. NJ B. Balch; Platteville district, Rev.
B. Wheeler; Madison district, Rev. E. l..
Eaton; Portage district Rev. W. R. Irish.
Wisconsin items.
The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No. 2, 70149701%c.
Corn-No. 2, 351sa3514c. Oats-No. 2, AZ
@241lc. Rye-No. l, 52l4c. Barley-No- 2,
54119(a54$[c
Ii is proposed to hold an old-fashioned
corn-husking at the State University farm
this fall.
GAINESVILLE poultry owners propose to or
ganize County Poultry Association.
A company with capital of $4,000 has
been formed at Viroqua, Vernon County,
for the purpose of manufacturing and sell
ing plastering-machineS.
Bayfeld'S new school-house, which is to
cost $4,000, is expected to be the finest
structure of the kind in Northern Wiscon-
sin.
While hunting the other day James Adj
Ter, of Monroe, Green County, aged fifteen
years was shot through the leg, destroying
his knee. The accident was caused by
drawing his gun after him through a
fence.
Jasper Hubbard, farmer of Rolling
Prairie, hanged himself in barn at Wau-
watosa, Milwaukee County, few days
ago. He was Sixty-fve years old.
The Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation at their recent meeting in Racine
elected Mrs. OLYMPIA Brown, of Racine,
president.
The planing-mill of Mueller & Son, at
Milwaukee, was damaged by fire a few
nights ago to the extent of $1,000.
At one O'Clock the other afternoon Peter
Wussow, workman employed on the new
Polish Church at Milwaukee, fell dis tance
of thirty feet and was killed. He was for
ty-five years of age and married
The special delivery of letters at Mil
waukee for the year recently closed
amounted to 5000, paying profit to the
Government of $301.60.
The Milwaukee & Northern Railway
Company has decided to build next season
from Iron Mountain in Michigan to the
Republic mine on the Marquette range.
Farmers about Wrightstown, Brown
County, are receiving large quantities of
baled hay from Chicago for wintering
stock, as grass is very scarce in that re-
glon. Marsh hay sells at about $3.50 per
ton.
The sum of $500, sos was paid out forpe
sions during September at the Milwaukee
pension office.
Prairie du Chen parties recently report
ed the discovery near that city of large
deposit of natural paint.
James Murray was caught stealing chick
ems at Eau Claire a few days ago, and
while being chased by the police he jumped
into log tunnel with the idea of swim
ming through it to Half Noon lake, but
was drowned.
Mr. Loughlin, a wealthy resident of
Wheeling, W. Va. who arrived at Hurley
recently with some other men to inspect
the mining interests in the Gogebec coun-
try, fell from his horse while riding out to
the Montreal mine and died SOON after
ward. 1t was supposed that his death was
caused by heart-disease
A passenger named Frank E. Morrill,, of
Pennington Falls Me-, was crushed be-
tween the cars at Ixonia, jefferson Coun
ty, the other night, and killed.
A steer recently attacked William Hall,
near Ashland, and inflicted several wounds
upon his body before he could take refuge
in the water under a bridge where, the
animal standing guard he was kept until
rescued by a couple of neighboring farm
ers.
Isaac Van Derpotart, a veteran of the
war of 1912 and pioneer resident, died OF
old age at the residence of his daughter in
Monterey, Waukesha County, the other
night. He would have been one hundred
years old in January next.
The Washburn Observatory at Madison
is regularly open for visitors on the first
and third Wednesdays of each month
Seventeen boys escaped from the reform
school at Waukesha the other night and
were still at large. They effected their
escape by means of skeleton key made
out of a comb by an eleven-year-old boy.
A nineteen-year- son of Jerome Hill,
a prominent man of Brantville, Grant
County, in recent fit of temporary alb
erration shot himself, dying instantly.
The Bayfield, land-ofI1ce has removed to
Ashland.
The Baptist State convention at its re-
cent session in Beloit elected officers az
follows: President Rev. NJ. G. Hodge, of
GAINESVILLE; Vice President. Rev. j. NJ.
Coon of Milwaukee; Corresponding Sec
rotary, Rev. d. f. Halteman, of Delavan;
Recording Secretary, Rev. F. A. Marsh, OF
Beloit. La Crosse was decided upon as the
next place of meeting.
Captain w. II. Mcdonald, of Sturgeon
Bay, was recently piloted by an Indian to
an island in st. Mary's river and there
shown a vast quantity of copper ore. The
vein is twelve feet wide, being the largest
discovered on the lake. Captain Nc
Donald easily traced it a quarter of mile
or moro. The island contains about two
hundred acres and belongs to Canada. 1t
Is q DdTT6H VI IOChs anu mas
never been surveyed or named. Captain
Mcdonald took immediate steps to pur-
chase the explorers claim and to acquire
the ownership of the island. A ton Of the
ore is said to contain so 80 worth of cop
per, $40 worth of gold and $50 worth Of
silver.
The residence, four barns and the con-
tents thereof, property of Rev. W. A.
Lockwood and A. sFellison, near Eau
Claire, were destroyed by fire the other
day. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $500.
Michael Miller a laborer on the Wiscon-
sin Central gravel-train, lost his life at
Marshield few days ago while attempt
to jump from the rear fat-car to the ca
boose while the train was in motion.
The cupola Of Manitowoc school-build-
ing was struck by lightning few days
ago. and panic among the pupils fol-
lowed.
James Terry. of Augusta, Eau Claire