The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08

august . mas Deeu decided upon as Gne
date for the meeting of the State Forestry
Association at Springfield.
j. M. Hoole, of Moline, has been appoint
ed by the Governor to succeed himself on
the State Board of Charities.
Recent reports from various points
throughout Illinois indicated that the crop
prospects were not very flattering.
w. S. Phillips has been appointed by
Governor Oglesby superintendent of the
State Blind Asylum, to succeed his
brother, Rev. F. w. Phillips, who died last
winter, after having held the position for
thirteen years.
A son Of Edwin Stone, of Cerro Gordo,
was struck by lightning recently and
killed.
Mrs. William Valley, living near I'LL
opolis, committed suicide the other day by
cutting her throat
Cut.Worns are reported by Prof. Forbes,
State Entomologist to be more numerous
in Illinois this year than for many years,
and he also reports the root web-worm to
be doing an immense amount of damage in
certain sections of the State.
IOWA.
Rev. Richard Breeder, with his wife and
two children, of Malcolm, was in buggy
the other morning crossing the railroad
track near that place, when a west-bound
train struck the carriage, and Breeder was
fatally injured and his wife seriously hurt,
but the children escaped.
w. j. Morrison, prisoner in custody of
Sheriff Stone, of Barron County, jumped
from the cannon balln train a few days
yXhi 4 full Oh
point near West Liberty, and escaped.
A, G. Grier, q wealthy farmer, aged
twenty-five years. committed suicide the
other day near Wall Lake. The cause was
overwork and consequent depression.
Some students at the State University
in Iowa City hung DR.. Fellows in effigy
recently because of their dislike for him.
At Fort Dodge the butter-pail factory
was burned few days ago. Loss, $1,000;
insurance, $4,000.
The State Homeopathic Society at its re-
cont annual meeting in Iowa City elected
officers as follows: President, DR.. B..
Benter, Waterloo; Vice-President, Dr. j.
G, Gilchrist, Iowa City; Secretary, Dr.
George Royal, Des Moines; Treasurer Dr.
III. G. Griffith, Burlington.
Charles Lindatrom, of Boone, was killed
recently by being run over by Chi
cago q Northwestern train.
Mayor Chase, of Clinton, notified the sa
loon-keepers that all places must be closed
by May /. They were not, however, and
injunction suits have been begun against
twenty saloons.
The body of Daniel Wolford, of Clinton,
who had been missing for some time was
found the other day in well near his
home, covered with rubbish and with
marks Of violence on the head. Suspicion
pointed to Dan Ridge who had disappeared
the same day as the murderer, and the
suspicion was confirmed when Ridge, who
wds arrested at Republican City, blew out
his brains.
Joseph Calvert was drowned recently
while attempting to cross the Mississippi
river at Dubuque.
Z, V. Harrison, of Clarke County, has a
Bible which was printed in 1900, and be-
longed in 112S to Joshua Swank, an ances-
tor of Harrison's, who lived in Kentucky.
In that year Mr. Swank was killed by a
party of Indians, and fell with the open
Bible beneath him. The point of the spear
with which no was killed pierced part of
the Bible. The blood stains in the book are
yet rusty marks.
The craze of saving ten-cent pieces is all
the rage in number of Iowa cities and
towns. The scheme is this: Every ten
cent piece you receive through change is
not allowed TO be pent, but is placed in a
bank for safe keeping. 1t will be found
that ono-tenth of ones income will be
saved,
A hail-storm near Des Moines the other
night caused much damage to crops and
fruit.
WISCONSIN.
Cranberries on the flooded marshes of
Cranberry Center have wintered we'll, but
on uncultivated marshes the deep snow
and heavy crusts Of the past winter have
smothered the vines so that they can not
bear for another year.
William Ficlzlin, who passed spurious
check at l. G. Mann's store in Milwaukee,
was few days ago sentenced to two years.
imprisonment
The coroners jury investigating the kill
ing of the Drake family -four in number)
atSugar Grove, near Viroqua, returned a
verdict recently that the four persons were
murdered by unknown parties. The object
Of the murderer was thought to be robbery.
Rev, Evan Owen, pastor of Zoar Church
at Nickimi, and one of the Oldest Welsh
Clergymen in the State, died Recently OF
cancer.
The machine works at Berlin, employing
one hundred hands, is to moved to Beloit.
Stephen, Nowak, driver of grocery
wagon in Milwaukee, ran over and killed a
Child named Sophie Monroe u few days ago.
He was arrested.
At st. CroiX recently officers of the ST.
CroN and Lacrosse district land office, in
looking over old records and filings, found
about one thousand old land patents that
had been missing for over thirty years.
They bear dates from 1850 to 1854 and are
signed by Presid 1t Buchanan, and the dis
covery is a relief to many property hold
ers who were in fear of possible question
of their titles, -.
Driven insane by financial reverses, Her
man Spenl1us, of Milwaukee, armeds him
self with Winchester rife Theother night
drove his wife and children v01dtS.ef the
house., and blew the. top Of HIS head of
while. she was summening officers.
Governor Rusk has appointed Prof. j. d.
Batter of Madison; commissioner for Wis.
consin at the centennial Celebration to be
held at Marietta, o., July Is.
Articles of Incorporation were filed re-
Gently by the La Crosse, Mineral Point &
Highland Railroad Company, with head,
quarters at Mineral Point. The capital
stock is $500 The road is to extend from
the city of La Crosse to point on the State
line in the county of Green, passing through
the counties of La Crosse, Vernon, Craw-
ITsd Richland, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and
Green.
Roland D. Irving, professor of geology OF
the State University at Madison, died a
few days ago from stroke of paralysis.
The Halves Cove case at Waukesha was
amicably settled the other morning by the
second marriage of George F. Halves and
Jennie May Cove. The consent of the
father had evidently been obtained,