St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-13
Badger State Brevities.

Eau Claire Leader: Thomas L. johnson,
who resides at 413 Spruce street. has been
sleeping since Tuesday night of last week
without interruption. For long time Mr.
Johnson has been in feeble health and on
Tuesday evening was disturbed by a noise
about his house and got up to investigate the
cause OF the disturbance. He fell, and when
taken up was in stupor from which it has
not since been possible to rally him.
William Richardson and his cousin, Her
bert Richardson, who were arrested at Port
age for having counterfeit money in their
possession, were held for appearance at the
September term of United States district
court. Bonds were fixed at 81 900 each.
Ben Kornheuser, a travelling salesman rep
reSentlng Hartman d Co., wholesale liquor
dealers of Milwaukee, has been arrested on
the charge OF embeZZlement at San Fran
cisco. Wine and women are alleged as the
cause.
Advices received from Black river are to
the effect that there is four feet of natural
rise at the falls, and three feet of splash on
top OF that 1t is believed that 15.000.000
feet of logs will be brought into the boom
q. w. Case, the defaulting bookkeeper of
the White River Lumber company, of Bay
field, was arrested at st. Paul and taken back.
He has led fast life, and the discrepancy
amounts to nearly $4,000.
George Reiner, proprietor Of the Boscobel
brewery, was held up by highwaymen and re-
Heved of $500 in money and gold watch
and chain. He was badly Injured by blow
across the temple.
John Mccormick, who has been employed
as kansasrille, Racine county, for some time,
suddenly decamped, taking Sl15 in money,
together with other property which did not
belong to him.
An Evangelical camp meeting is in pro-
greSS at Arena, under the management of
Rev. Wolfe, of York, Pa, and his Cherokee
Indian bride. Many conversions have been
announced.
John Zachar, the Catalonia farmer who
tasted fifty-three days, is rapidly recovering.
He now eats three meals a day, and works
with the other hands on his fathers farm.
A NJ. Leigh, a resident of Sheboygan since
pioneer days is dead. Mr.. Leigh was ninety
years old and for many years was in the
grocery business.
Mons forge, a Cottage Grove farmer. laid
down on the railroad track and was run over.
He died soon after. forge was seventy years
OF age.
A forty -eight- grain bullet was taken from
just back of the ear of John Miller, of Cen
tralia, who received it at the battle of Gettys
burg.
Ex-Sheriff Louis Ohe, of Sheboygan. vet
eran OF the late war, and prominent She
boygan county man, is dead of consumption
William Blessert, Whitewater man, was
probably fatally hurt by the accidental DIS
charge of his gun when about TO go hunting.
Monday the voters of West De Pere refused
TO purchase the water works plant which had
peeli OHeTeQ ludL Guy Ut us aCtull Cost.
The bier Stube, the new resort of German
actors, artists and journalists, has been
opened at Milwaukee.
j. NJ. Haggerty has been jailed at Ashton
on an execution against the body in a suit
for debt
1t was estimated that $4,000 people at
tended Barnum's circus at Appleton Tues
day.
The conference of the Methodist churches
of Wisconsin will be held at Racine, Sept. %