The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-11-19
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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a 239-pound deer was killed near Wau-
sau the other day.
Plans for new brick school-house cost
ing $4,000 are being prepared at La Crosse.
A driver of the La Crosse street railway
has received notice from Germany that he
has fallen heir to $50 900.
Gustave H. Slope, pioneer beer-bottle"
of Milwaukee, died at Hottingen, SNitzer-
land, recently.
forty acre field of barley, raised by g.
K. Seeber, near Waterloo, jefferson Coun-
ty, yielded l,3H bushels.
| Milwaukee parties have purchased ten
acres of land near La Crosse on which
they intend to erect a large brewery.
At Loup City, Neb, Frank Norton, son
of R. S. Norton, of Madison, committed
suicide by shooting few days ago.
Through the efforts of a clergyman in
GAINESVILLE all the druggists have signed an
agreement to keep their stores open only
| three hours on Sunday.
A Cheboygan man set bear-trap in
| front of his chicken coop the other day and
and was caught in it himself
A scarcity of potatoes is complained of
in Manitowoc County
The fy-wheel in the Valley Lumber
Company's saw-mill at Eau Claire, weigh
ing five tons, burst the other morning,
tearin off parts of the roof and complete
ly wrec1ing the engine-room. The men in
the engine-room miraculously escaped in
jury. The loss on wheel and damage to
the mill was about $1,000.
NJ. c. Culver, OF Oakland, Cal, recently
purchased tracts of 1900 acres of standing
pine. containing an estimate of 2J, 000 900
feet, from Thomas McDerm ott of Eau
Claire, for the consideration of $35, 900.
The location is on the Upper Chippewa.
Fred Wilkins, recently elected county
clerk at Milwaukee, appeared in the circuit
court the other day and took out his nat
uralization papers.
Colonel o. c. ]. Shipnes, well-known
veteran, expired the other morning at Be-
lott, of which city he had been mayor for
two terms.
A La Crosse seed company has received
a large order from a party in Germany
for potatoes and clover seed.
"A pldu is On lOOb 10 DUAu u across
the Wisconsin river at Germantown,
Juneau County.
o. J. Hale, prominent member of the
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, was
found dead in his bed a few mornings ago,
having died of heart-disease. He was born
in New York State fifty-nine years ago.
Rev. E. d. Eaton was formally installed
president of Baloit College few evenings
ago before brilliant audience. Address
es were made by the retiring president,
Dr. Chaplin, who had been at the head of
Beloit College for thirty-six years, DIR.
Eaton and Prof Fish, of Chicago. 1t was
announced that recent gifts amounting to
$40, 600 had been received
Settlers in Northern Wisconsin have
taken to shooting dogs which are found
chasing deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j.. Jewett celebrated
their golden wedding at Beloit a fcw even
ings ago.
Great excitement is reported to prevail
at La Crosse on account of the enforce
ment of Sunday laws. Not only have
saloons been compelled to close but tele-
graph and telephone companies were re-
bakers wagons were stopped. Mill re-
pairs necessary to permit the saws to move
on Sunday are not allowed. Even the
paid choir singers in the churches must
stand the risk of prosec ution.
While serving legal papers recently at
Rock Falls, Dunn County, Henry Levy, an
attorney of Eau Claire, was fatally shot
by Charles Steinhoff.
An old Wisconsin fisherman on the
shores of Green bay predicts an open win
ter. He has for long time observed that
when the mountain ash trees are full OF
berries the winter following is prolonged
and severe, while a short berry crop fore
tells mild and open season. This fall the
berries are unusually scarce.
Clay suitable for mineral paint has been
discovered in the town of Two Creeks.
Measles are epidemic among the Indians
in the Tomahawk river country.
The other night the residence of r. w.
Pease, in the village'of Bruce, north of Eau
Claire, with all of the contents were de-
strOyed by fire. Total loss, S1,500; unIn-
sured.
The Knights of Labor propose to publish
daily paper at Milwaukee in the interest
of the order.
Amund Erickson, of Brighton township,
Wood County, was instantly killed the 9TH
or day by being kicked in the head by a
colt
Several pumps were found frozen in Ber-
lin the other morning, after a heavy frost.
. An Addison bee-keeper recently shipped
four thousand pounds of strained honey
from Hartford to Eastern merchants.
In 1880 Sheboygan had population of
1900; now it has 1900. The largest chair
factory in this country is situated there.
Two members of gang of young thieves
are under arrest in Appleton, charged with
having participated in the recent heavy
robberies in that city.
A deposit of brown stone, having suit.
able qualities for building purposes, was
recently discovered near Superior, Doug
las County.
Coroner Allen few days ago made pub
lie the list of articles taken from the
bodies Of the victims of the recent railway
wreck at East Rio, and also the relics re-
covered from the ashes and debris of the
burned day-coach The latter consist
mainly of metallic substances. such as
pocketknives, coins, keys, baggage-checks,
watches and chains. Included in the list
containing two pennies. 1t was thought
the publication Of the melancholy list
might lead to the Identification of the I'M
known persons who lost their lives in the
terrible wreck
A Milwaukee woman hid thirteen FIVE
dollar gold pieces in the sugar box, and in
the hurry and worry of canning fruit the
other day forgot about them. She after
ward found them all in the preserves.
Edward Hinton, aged seventeen years,
was killed by the bursting of fy-wheel
at the Milwaukee Cement Company's works
in Milwaukee few days ago.
Burglars who pillaged fifteen rooms in
hotel at Hurley the other night, and were
subsequently caught with their tools and
plumber, overlooked a guest who had eight
thousand dollars in currency under his pill
low
Four hundred men are working On the
Green Bay water-works. The payroll for
November was $4,000
Louis Young. the well-known boiler man.
ufacturer and lumberman Of Menoninee