The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
INTE r e STING TIE MS GATH e RED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing-Matters
General and Local Interest-of Marriages
and observation-disclosures and Crimes-Per--
sonal Pointers.
-Milwaukeeans calculate that they
will be called upon to entertain zoo, 00l
strangers during encampment week.
Michael Mcclure, of Ashland. is
wanted for the killing of Swede named
Petersen, at Hurley
The death at Madison of General
William W. Treadway is announced. He
served as Quartermaster General of Wis
consin in 1872.
Warden Carter, Of the Wisconsin
State Prison, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the State Board of Supervisors,
and the same has been accepted, to take
effect Oct. Is. Col. Carter has held the
position of Warden for the last ten years.
-Mllwaukeeans are doing everything
In their power to make the coming Grand
Army encampment success. A letter
from that city says:
The city is being made as beautiful as
money and artistic taste can make it. The
citizens, regardless of politics, creed or
previous condition of Indifference, are pre-
pairing to decorate their houses and lawns,
and before the 9th Milwaukee will be The
most patriotic looking city in the country
All these individual preparations. however,
are insignificant in comparison with the
preparations for the grand naval battle.
which will be fought in the bay on the
evening of August 49, There will be in the
bay during the battle sixty five vessels, in,
Guiding the United States gunboats, m ortar
hOtllla, etc. Everything is being arranged
to make the scene as realistic as possible.
The shells to be used are made OF
paper, and have been so constructed that
on being projected they will be followed by
the trail of fire that gives the red she'll SO
impressive an appearance by night. The
plan of the battle involves the attempt to-
destroy the city under cover ofnight, which
attempt is defeated by the bravery of the.
land forces in the forts. Fifteen hundred
Infantry, supported by the mortar batteries.
will constitute the defense. Following the
battle will come the orandeSt display of
fireworks ever seen in this country in
honor Of the victory won. TO carry out the
details OF the above, the 120 pieces OF
artillery, including the mortars. and She
1.5O0 infantry will require 10000 rounds OF
ammunition, $3.50 shells, 1890 rockets, and
$4,000 blank cartridges.
MILWAUKEE, ponce ra1ded dog-hght IN
the upper story of a house on the outskirts
of the city. Several men jumped out of the
windows. One man was fatally injured,
two others had their legs broken, and
several more we're badly injured.
DIR. Daniel T. Brown, one of the old
est homeopathic physicians in the State,
died at Milwaukee last week, in his sixty
seventh year.
1t is charged that James Stenson, of
Chicago, hired fourteen Minnesota Nor
wegians at $50 per month to come TO
Northern Wisconsin and empt forty
acres of land each and deed it to hixaa
The Federal Government has brought
suit to annul all such patents held by
him on the ground of fraud, and Stenson,.
in the United States Court at Madison,
the other day, made motion for dis,
missal of the case for lack of Jurisdiction,
but the Court overruled his motion, and!
the case will soon be tried on it's merits.
The property is very valuable timber land
Fire destroyed the round house of
the Wisconsin Central Railway at Ash
land. Four engines were also consumed
Loss, $4,000.
Several farm houses in the suburbs,
of Eau Claire were entered while the
farmers with their families were attend
ing Forepaugh's show.
Tho State Supreme Court has re-
appointed Moses NJ. Strong, Joshua
Stark, George G. Greene, M. A. Huxley
and L. J. Rusk State Board to examine
applicants for admission to the bar
George W. Peck presented La Crosse
with fine drinking fountain and on o
recent visit there he thought he would
take walk to the fountain, and sac how
it looked. He found it covered with rust;
and dirt, and gotta man to paint and clean
it and send the bill to him. The city
then walked up and ordered the repairs
that ought to have been mazda. before
George got there.
Mrs. E. Durkee. of Norrie, who was
BOIeu ny d COW, mas become insane.
The Oshkosh school census shows q
total of 1903, or 1924 boys and ), 77e'
girls.
The West Wisconsin Conference Of
Methodist Churches meets at Sparta
September Is. Bishop Newman will pre-
side.
The burglar who escaped from jain
at Jefferson was the notorious Jack Hess,
of GAINESVILLE. He had given his name as.
Ryan.
AT Prairie du Chen team belong
ing to farmer named Powers ran awav
and threw Mrs. Powers and daughter.
against building, seriously if not fatally
injuring Mrs. Powers.
Work has begun on the new Opera
House at Madison.
Bishop Grafton confirmed class OF
thirty-one Oneidas during his recent
visit to their reservation.