The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


ever known there. The Office of the Fres
Press was inundated, aId other property
vas flooded
The advent of a second winter in the vi,
cinity of Eau Claire has been prolonged to.
an extent that was hardly to be ezspected,i
and was proving quite advantageous to the,
! interests of lumbermen.
La X is the way a lazy man wrote La
! Crosse in the address of letter.
A COW belonging to George Stark, of Bay
field, recently gave birth to two-headed.
calf. The heads are perfectly formed and
act independently of each other as regards
taking nourishmen6. The freak is q female
and is fed from a bottle. 1t seems likely to
live Crowds of people come to see the
curiosity. !;
A young couple from Rockford, H., re-
Gently went to Beloit to get married. They
were accompanied by the bridegroom's sis
ter and young man. The minister to-
whom they applied started in to marry the
| wrong couple and had almost completed
the ceremony when the real bridegroom
found out what was going on and stopped
the proceedings. The other young man
| Selnh luVO Sudil IuO loSOl1 Stiu+ ~ was
a terrible turn you gave me, parson, and
swow if you had gone on with the story
would have heard if through and got mar
ried, for l was that far taken oil my pins
that l couldn't move hair"
On account of the continued rise of the
waters of Rock river the mills at Rockto1,
Vernon County, were few days ago COM
PEELED to shut down.
A bench show of dogs, lasting four days,
will be held at Milwaukee, beginning July
21, for which prizes aggregating 5000 will
! be offered.
Max H. Gaebler, professor in music, and
Miss Bertha Blumenfeldt, daughter of the
editor of the WeltbWrger, a German paper
published at WATERFOWL, were married the
other morning at the home of the brides
parents.
The Milwaukee bridge and iron-works
closed down the otherday owingto a scare
ity of orders
AT Milford, jefferson County, Carl Siege
mann, a young harness-maker, was out
shooting muskrats recently and his dog gos
into the river In his efforts to save tins
dogs life Stegemann plunged in under tho
ice and the current quickly carried him be-
yond reach His body was recovered. He
leaves a wife and one child
The bids to build new county jail and
an addition to the poor-house at West
Bend, Washington County, being some
what in excess of the $4,000 appropriated
for that purpose, the county board has
authorized its committee to build without
E., -, &C., a{a1 AluA
work will range about y, 900 above the ap-
preparation.
A farmer Christian Halverson, was
knocked down and robbed on the highway
a few days ago near the village of Mon
dovi, Buffalo County, his assailants being
George harrington and James Moriarity.
Halverson was on his way home. Tho
assailants were arrested.
Ex-Rev E. Prouty, of Oaklawn, H., has
begun suit at Beloit against several promi-
nent citizens, demanding $4,000 for SIAN
der. Mrs. o. H. Hynes, whose name has
been coupled with that of Mr.. Prouty, also
sues for $4,000 damages Most of the de-
PENDANTS are church members who were in
terested year ago in an ecclesiastical
trial, which resulted in the deposition of
Mr. ProuGy from the ministry.
The ice went out of the Mississippi at
La Crosse a few days ago, and navigatie1
Is now open to all points south,
A new enemy of the sheep has been dis
covered at HarGland, Waukesha County.
Mr. I. D. Goodwin found that q large skunk
had fastened itself to the nose of one Of his
flock, and that another Of the flock had
been bled until it sunk to the floor
The residence of Milton Olin of the town
Of Washington, Eau Claire County, was
destroyed by fire few evenings ago with
a considerable portion OF its contents. The
total loss was estimated at $500; insur-
ance, $1,000.
Trout fishing may be INDUCED in in Wis
consin after the 18th of this month.
The dry-goods and grocery store of John
Maloy, at Watertown, was closed by
Sheriff Hing the other day. The assets Of
the concern we're represented at about
SO, 800.
at Wheeler's camp, near Florence, Flor
ence County, men claim to have recently
cut the largest tree ever put into the Me
nononee river. Five logs scaled 1889
feet, and one log was broken by the fall OF
the tree and was not scaled. This would
have made about i, 900 feet for the six logs.
Nelson Dewey. Ex-Governor of Wiscon-
sin. was at CassVille, Grant County, few
days ago, and was perfectly sane, notwith-
standing the report that he was confined IL
an insane asylum
Complaints were recently made by three
veteran soldiers at Milwaukee that dis
charged inmates Of the National Home
were refused food and lodging.
The widow Of Judge 4. g. Miller, of Mil
waukee, died the other morning. At the
funeral six of her grand sons officiated as
pall-bearers.
The large elevator of the Chicago, s.
| Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad at
Washburn, Bayfield, County, was com-
pleted a few days ago Work on this ele-
vator was commenced September l, 1883,
and its cost completed is $4,000. The
house is s4x225 feet in size, 149 feet high,
and contains 100 storage bins, each with
capacity of $500 bushels, and thirty small
storage bins ranging from 800 to 1900 BUSH
els each. There are twelve shipping bins,
each with capacity of {. 800 bushels. Tbs
entire house is capable Of receiving and
storing 900,0 900 bushels.
James Lehee, an old settler and promi-
nent farmer of Jordan township, Green
County, was fatally injured few days ago
by being thrown from his sulky.
Reservation Indians at Round Lake, Saw
yer County, have begun the erection of
church; and at a temperance meeting re-
Gently several of the red men signed the
pledge.
BY report recently prepared by Post
master Paul it is shown that the receipts of
the Milwaukee post-office for 1885 amount
ed to 1913, 1892; total expenditures, Sl0ss-
64S4L
Frank Barr, wealthy and prominent
citizen Of Southern Wisconsin, has been
semitic an insane asylum for treatment.
Twenty five girls employed in the knit
ting factory at La Crosse struck few days
ago against reduction of prices on GER
tain class of work from twenty to eighteen
cents per dozen. The officers of the COM
many said that they were having more