The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-24
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What Our Neighbors are Doing Matters
of General and Local Interest Mar
riages and Observation-Disclosures and Crlzsxsb
Personal Pointers.
Judge Bardon, of Superior, is dead
Captain D. P. Mapes, the founder q
Ripon, has celebrated his slst birthday
The skeleton of woman found near
Jim Falls, ten miles above Chippewa Falls,
has given rise to suspicious of foul play
The shallow grave from which it was
dragged by dogs or wolves indicates hUs-
ried burial, if nothing more serious.
-Messrs. Brennan 4 Hutchins. of Su-
perior, have received word from their cor
respondents in Washington that the lGzn-
bermen have been ordered from the Fc0GR
du Lac Indian reservation by Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs Atkinson thu,
order was served upon Farmer Young, ba3.
instead OF observing it he allowed thelun-
bermen to increase their forces. This was
communicated to the authorities, and d
peremptory order to quit was the result.
The State Firemens Tournament viii
be held in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Wednss-
day, and Thurs day, June II, u, and Is
The following prizes have been arranged.
for:
Hose contest-First prize and State AssoeEa--
ton championship prize, $500; second, S50s
third, $50; fourth 800.
Single mans ladder climbing contesf|fssss
prize $50; second, SIS; third, $40 fonrth, $.
Hub-and-hub hose race between the two eeSxEa.-
panies making the fastest tin2e the day before
FIRST prize, $40; second prize, $40.
Single mans coupling contest-First prize ana
state Association championship prize, SIS; Sex
ond $40; third, SIS.
Hook and ladder contest-Firstprizea ana ssasav
Association championship prize, 500; seeoDEu
$50; third $50; fourth, so.
The sum Of $500 has been appropriafeEz
for companies having bands of music, to
be distributed pro rata.
Hub and hub hook and ladder raee-Stafe As
second, $50.
To the company numbering not less than Sly
teen members coming the greatest distance fu4,
attend the tournament-First prize $50 second
$l5.
Best appearing company in parole tnoe 8esss3
than sixteen members)-First prize, so second.
$40.
The department. numbering the most men H.,
uniform III the parade-First prize, SO /; Sc ox9as
no.
Hub-and hub hose race, two sfowest)-FTsa
prize $50 second, $50; sections rubbec laosa~
ana pay pups.
The following joint resolution wa@
adopted by the Legislature at Madison
WHEREAS, Sensational reports innugnhng thHp
character of the people of Wisconsin a1acs Te-
11ecting upon their motives, have been cireazlas-
ing lately in the metropolitan dailies of tbs
country AMI rejecting upon the people OF the,
northern portion of the State; and
WHEREAS, Such reports have attract ed wide
spread nototiety, and are liable to do injury tgs,
that section of the State at which they seeaIa.
specially directed therefore,
Res0tUed by the assembly, the Senate c02cmss--
ring, That a committee consisting of two men,
bers of the Senate and three from the Assembly
be appointed by the presiding officers of tins
Senate and Assembly respectively, go make q,
thorough investigation of the condition. III al
fairs mentioned i'll the lecture of Miss Kaae
Bushnell and report on the same st as early a.
day as possible.
George Witbeck, formerly OF NIazs.-
nette, died in Central America, where Dag
was interested in his fathers silyer-mTna-,
Joseph Yelling captured turtle. IN fhe
lake at Beaver Dam that weighed SKIS.
pounds.
Fred C. White, of Seymour, has been
arrested on a charge of using caneeled;
pastage stamps.
The public and private improv ernenssr
in Washburn during the past year cosa
fully 1882, 6S4.
The Wisconsin Central Railway COM
pany is placing an iron bridge across the
river at Stevens Point, at a cost OF
$50, 900.
Oak Greek and vicinity Is very muc1Ia
excited over the alleged discovery OF nat
ural gas. The Heaney farm, "a mile DIS
tant is the scene of the discovery An It,
tempt to sink we'll was abandoned AFTER.
the boring had gone down 1873 feet On ac--
count of a rumbling noise. Another her
ing 300 feet away was started. When tins
had reached depth of LIZ feet that, too
was abandoned on account Of the sfrezrac
odor of gas. The we'll Was lighted Tag
flame, it is said, sprang up thirty feet, bzxB
was e2tinguished at once, as. it endangered
some outbuildings. The owner Is ngys
waiting for the opinion OF al expert Il
the find is genuine and in sufficient suanfs.
ty to be utilized pipes will be Ia; q te,oon--
vey the gas into Oak Creek.
The State Board of University Re-
gents has decided to greatly siren CITIZEN Ans
department Of mechanical arts by adding
departments of electrical and railway enn5
neering, and to hold mechanics Institutes.
IN various industrial centers OF ahe State
these institutes to be patti erned, to sexae
extent, after the farmers Institutes, Bas-
instruction to be given almost wholly by
some able conductor, yet to be EMPLOYED
These plans all hinge, of course, On ia
yorable action by the Legislature araa fts,
compliance with the requests of The Re-
gents for Il to per cent Of the aunxaa7
receipts by the State Of license lees frorza
railway and electrical companies OF tae
State. As these fees aggregate over haa
million yearly, therevenue desa sd wcflE
amount to about $15,O 900 per year Thg
Regent voted to abolish Ladies' HsdR~ as.
dormitory, and that building, after his
present year, will lie the headquarters OF
the law department. E. S. Goff. OF Gene-