The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-21
The News Condensed.

William A. Arnold was accidentally shot
and killed by William Hensel, while out
hunting near Milwaukee few days ago.
The Ideal Yeast Company is putting up
large building in Waukesha. The estab-
lishment will.employ about fifty hands.
In one day recently ninety rattlesnakes
were killed on the farm of L. G. Stanley,
in Cooks valley, Chippewa County. This
included number of young ones, some
sixty being found in two nests.
Governor Rusk has granted free par
don to ex-City Comptroller James L. White,
OF Milwaukee, who was sentenced for en-
bezzling city bonds to the amount of $4,000,
using them in Chicago wheat speculation
Boutin & Mahan, general merchants at
Bayfield,, made an assignment recently
Assets, $4,000; liabilities estimated at
1000.
TIE Knights of Pythias celebrated the
eighteenth anniversary of their order in
Wisconsin few days ago by a reunion in
Milwaukee.
The large barn of j. T. & Peter Mccain,
junk dealers at Madison, was burned a
few days. ago, causing a loss ofs-$2, 500.
Four horses lost their lives. so
Ex-Alderman Richard j. Rooney, Of
GAINESVILLE, dropped dead of heart-disease
at his home the-other morning. F H.
Boutin. & Mahon, general stTefeepers
at Bayfield,, assigned recently Assets,
E20, 900; liabilities estimated at So, COO
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Zahn, old Settlers
near Beloit, celebrated their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary with reception the
other night with five generations of their
family present,
John Mas was crushed to death at the
Northwestern depot in WATERFOWL few
days ago by a, box-car running oyer him.
He was ,sixtyene years old and leaves a
wife and two married daughters.
A man named Series, residing between
Riehland and Erin, took a drink of horse
medicine in mistake for whisky a few days
ago and died from the effects.
The trial of the State of Wisconsin
against George Westley Cook for .robbing
the bank of Amigo of Sc, 900 was finished
the other day and the defendant acquitted
One day recently some ninety rattle
snakes were killed on the farm of L. G.
Stanley. in Cook valley. This, of course,
included number of young ones, some
sixty being found in two nests.
A man who has been engaged in thrash
ing at several different points in Fond dd
Lac County reports that the crop turns out
generally heavier than last year, but the
average quality is not as good.
A horse owned by Fl. NJ Jones, of Eau
Claire, died Of lockjaw recently, resulting
from wound received from barbed-wire
fence.
Cranberries about Berlin were damaged
about twenty five per cent. by the recent
frost.
There WAS more drunkenness among the
Indians this year than ever before, says
the Wausau Central.
Fire the other morning destroyed the
Office of the Reporter Publishing Company
at Oconto. Loss, S14 600; insurance, S.
600 SIS
Bears are quite numerous east of Eau
Claire, to the damage of the ripening corn
A farmer killed three and wounded an;
other.
Quail are reported abundant on the farms
about Prairie du Chen. The past two dry
seasons have been favorable for the young
birds and focks are seen in the stubble
fields
Wautoma reports buckwheat and corn
considerably hurt, especially buckwheat,
by frost.
While P. ]. Lewis, of Pleasant Valley,
was heating the breech Of his gun recent
ly to remove the breech pin the gun was
discharged, the load passing through the
muscles Of the right hand, causing a seri-
GUS wound. He didn't know it was loaded.
There were Il. 056 cases of berries shipped
from Ripon the past summer, the weight
OF which was pa, 500 pounds.
Mr.. Olof Flack and Hannah Anderson
were married in balloon at Beloit the
other night, the bride coming from Bergen,
Norway. The parties are well connected
and the marriage was social event among
the Norwegians