The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-05-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

No. ? Spring, soc.
AS rule farmers about Be;oit are be-
hind hand with their work, owing to con.
tinuous rain. The grass and winter grains
are looking splendid.
The eight-hour movement in Milwau1ee
is declared a failure 1t has been conceded
by few employers who had contracts thaS
they were obliged to FILL and who could not
help themselves. In all cases where the
eight-hour demand has been refused, the
employees have abandoned it.
During a storm the other night the resi-
dence of w. H. Tearse, at Eau Claire, was
shattered by lightning and a considerable
amount of valuable furniture damaged.
Diamond rings valued at six hundred
dollars and a small amount of money were
stolen from the showcase of Madison
jeweler the other evening.
The State Supreme Court has sustained
the conviction of James S. White for en-
bezzling IS, 900 in bonds while comptroller
of Milwaukee.
Governor RuSk has appointed Calvert
Spensely, of Mineral Point, member of
the Wisconsin Fish Commission for term
of six years. DR.. C. L. French, of Eau
Claire, was also appointed member of the
State Board of Dental Examiners for
term of five years.
The sickness of Mrs. Ella Bower, who
died recently a Milwaukee from an over
dose of chloroform, cost the town of
Forestville the sum of one thousand dol
lars. She was school-teacher there, and
had to be cared for by the town authori-
| ties
Burglars blew open the safe of Taylor
& Writer'S, at Fort Howard, Brown
County, few nights ago and took sixty
dollars The work seemed to be that of
amateurs, and there was slight clew.
The Common Council of Beloit has i'm
posed a liquor license of seven hundred
dollars for wholesale and retail, both go
| ing together.
R. H. Montieth's residence, east of Eau
| Claire, with most of its contents, was de-
| stroyed by fire few days ago. The total
loss was estimated at S1,SOO; insurance,
| one-third.
| The services of the militia in suppressing
| the recent Milwaukee disturbances cost the
| State $4,000.
The stomach of Henry Wright, who died
suddenly few days since at Loyal, Clark
County, has been sent for analysis to
| Chicago chemist. Friends Of the de-
ceased suspect foul play.
Dr. c. e, Gerard, who has figured in the
Watertown courts as wife-beater on two
or three occasions, was recently ordered to
| leave town.
John Kane, of Wheaton, Chippewa
| County, was recently found guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree. Kane was
charged with numbering his wife and
placing her body under the feet of his
horses in his stable to divert suspicion
| from himself He is about forty-five years
| old. and is a hardened character.
The board of directors of the Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce passed resolution
the other day to the effect that butterine
and oleomargarine specifically branded
| is a legitimate business, and that Congress
should not interfere with the industry.
At the recent annual meeting in Water
town of the Wisconsin jewelers. Associa-
ton the following officers were elected:
| President, E. Eisburg, Waukesha; vice
president, w. d. Sproessor Watertown;
secretary and treasurer II. B. Thorpe,
Beaver Dam; executive committee, c.
| Tousley, of Fort Atkinson, A. Wiggenhorn
| of Waterton, T. Foot of Lake Mills. The
next meeting will be held in Milwaukee, in
May, 1887
Mr. and Mrs, James McQuigg, of Beloit,
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary few evenings ago. They have
resided in Beloit for forty years.
A deed was recorded at Sheboygan lately
that was drawn forty years ago and signed
by James K Polk.
Senator Logan will deliver the address
at the meeting OF the Veterans Associa-
ton of Northeastern Wisconsin at Mani
| towoc September n.
Ice one-fourth of an inch in thickness
formed the other morning at Eau Claire,
and in some portions of the county there
was very heavy frost. Early vegetation
| suffered considerably, but it was not be-
lieved to an extent that recovery was inn
possible The gardeners in the city proper
had their early vegetation well protected
| The grain crops were thought to be unin-
| jrTed.
John Paul, the millionaire lumberman
WHO lost heavily in the late big fire al La
Crosse, paid off his force the other night,
having countermanded all orders for ma
chinery, stopped the progress of recon-
struction, and decided not to rebuild until
times get settled.
A handsome union church is in course of
erection at Bates settlement, near Eau
Claire.
Eau Claire letter-carriers use bicycles in
their labors.
Mrs Mary Garrison, of Beloit, aged
sixty-eight years and totally blind, was
fatally burned by her clothing taking fire
while she was standing near a stove the
other morning.
The propagation of black bass and cells
is recommended to pond-owners by Super
intendent Nevens, Of the State fish hatch
cry.
Werden Reynolds is said to be the oldest
teacher in the State. He lives at Green
Bay, and is eighty three years old,
While treating Charles Hartshorn's four
year-old boy a few days ago at Kaukauna,
Outagamie County, the doctor found a
cambria needle in what was sup
posed to be the tumor 1t seems that in
October last the swelling first appeared on
the child's back. 1t gradually moved
around on his body to his stomach, where
it was operated on.
James Rush, formerly well-known res
ident of Douglas County, was waylaid re-
Gently and murdered near Spokane Falls,
WI
A post-ofics in Kewaunee County has
been named after the late Congressman
| Rankin.
NJ. NJ Moore fell into the river at Eau
Claire few days ago. A cigar which he
was quietly putting when be fell in was still
between his teeth when he was fshed out
and set on his feet on dry land. He asked
for match, but found that his cigar hadn't
gone out.
The Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Railway Company shops are to be located
sast of North La Crosse.
Louis Boohage,, resident of Potosi,
Grant County, about twenty years of age,
was accidentally drowned a few days ago