The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-17
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
TNTE r e STING TIE MS GATH Fred
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing Matters
General and Local mterest-of- Marriages
and Deaths-Accidents ard Crimes-Per--
! sonai Pointers.
We clip the following from the Madi-
son journal:
| Col. James NJ Boyd, of Kaukauna, has just
sent in to the State Historical Society," as this
result of Secretary Thwaites' visit to him, q few
weeks since, the balance OF the old letters fur
trade accounts and memoranda in his posses
sion bearing the early history of the Fox
River valley and the affairs of the Wisconsin,
fur trade. Colonel Boyd was himself lieu
tenant in the Black Hawk war, and early
river captain; his father was Col. George Boyd
Indian Agent at Green Bay from 1882 forward,
and Indian Agent at Mackinaw tor several years
before that; and Col. James NJ. Boyd not
only inherited all of his valuable papers,
but was the executor OF the John Lave estate
and fell into possession of the greater part ofthe
papers kept by Lave, tho one OF the most
famous of the Wiscon sin fur-trader5 Of the long
ago. Colonel Boyd has twice before in the past
three years, delivered up to the society large
masses of important historical documents, but
the present consignment finishes up the colleo-
ton. The Boyd, Lave and Grignon papers arc
among the choicest of the sOcietys possessions
and are perfect mine OF wealth, as yet almost
untouched, to historical specialists. The time
Will come, in not many years, when this
terial will be worked up into entertaining his
tory meanwhile selections will appear from
time to time in the Wisconsin Historical Collec~
tions.
The Presbyterian Synod of Wiscon-
sin was in session last week at Madison.
The Rev. J. L. Gage reported the home mis-
sion work of the year. Nearly 81 900 600 raised
in the Presbyterian Church, 1900 missionaries
31S teachers and II 900 added to home mission
churches. Elder Willard Merritt reported that
$4,000 had been raised for Galesville University,
which freed it from debt and put it an
the best financial position it ever had
BEEN The committee to write to the OIL
GERS of the Wisconsin State University about
using the Holy Bible and natural theology in
President, T. c. Chamberlain, had cOurteously
replied, and referred the matter to the nexb
meeting of the University. The request of Lake
Superior Presbytery to the General Assembly to
be transferred to the Synod of Michigan IN
dorsed by the synod, making the boundary
along the State line of the northern peninsula
and Wisconsin. The report Carroll College
at Woukesha was presented by the Rev. t. e
Barr, showing prosperous growth but great need
OF united and earnest support by the PrSsby-
terians of Wisconsin.
The Ashland Daily Meas says the
Hurley bank-robbers have finally been
spotted and will soon be arrested. 1t is
stated that two notorious bank operators
are implicated, and that Hurley man
assisted them. All three of the men are
under surveillance, with a prospect of
being arrested within a few days. The
United States Express Company has Of
Elk Senator VIM. H Griswold, who died
at his home in Columbus on the 10th inst,
was born in Salisbury, Herkimer County,
N. Y, in 1928, was graduated from Union
College, Schenectady, in 1914, admitted
to the bar in 1850, and practiced law for
three years. He came to Wisconsin in
1858, locating in Columbus, where for
several years he was merchant and far
mer. Mr. Griswold was member of the
Assembly in 1858, 1859 and 1850, and
State Senator in 1868, 1862 1870 and 1871.
and would have been returned to the Sem
ate had he not declined the nomination.
Ashland young men are contemplate
ing trip down the Mississippi from ST.
Paul to New Orleans in a craft of their
own, to be called "Huckleberry Finn
Ashland, Wis"
The Wisconsin Baptist Ministerial
Association met at Eau Claire last week
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Rev. D. B. Cheney, Jr., of La
Crosse; Vice President, Rev P. P. Coon,.
Jr., of Berlin; Secretary, Rev. d. W.
Hubert, of Milwaukee; Treasurer Rev,
G. D. Stevens, of Cassville; Librarian,
Rev. E. B. Edmonds, of Beaver Dana
same time Rev. NJ. G. Hodge, of Zanes-
Vile, presided. Rev. D. E. Hiteman, Of
Delavan, Superintendent of Missionss
presented the forty fifth annual report OF
the Board of Managers, showing that
forty-nine missionaries have been ab
work the past year, the mission church
membership now being $500, and. the
mission Sunday school membership A.
600. The total contributions by mission
churches were $36, 470. One-ffth of the
missionaries have been employed among
the Scandin avians.
A recent dispatch from Milwaukee
has this reference to the Methodists
troubles in that city:
Bishop Newmans refusal to listen 70 the
prayer of the Summerfeld Church has made the
Methodist squabble serious thing Instead OF
coming to Milwaukee Bishop Newman went to-
New York and left the Methodists to work out
their own salvation. Updike will go to Engle-
WOOD ILL.,, and Creighton can not well stay in
Milwaukee, the flock at Symmetrical Will
lock up the church rather than have paste.
that it is about time to cut off the
arbitrary power of bishop, for il
they pay minister they ought to have some
thing to say about who shall preach to them.
The trouble in the Methodist Church is not con-
fined to this flock Presiding Elder Hewitt
says he viii not serve while such a diversity OF
opinion exists, and that he would rather retire.
from the church than TO perpetuate quarrel
With Rev. Fletcher L. Wharton everything is
running smoothly since he stopped chewing to-
bacco. His Grand Army Church is bound to be-
bowling success, providing no money is re-
CURED to sustain it.
The Juneau San says that move
ment is on foot in Beaver Dam to in
augurate another county seat war in
Dodge County, that city proposing tD
raise SIS, 900 for the erection OF county
buildings, and thereby induce the County
Board to order special election for the
removal of the county seat from juneau
to Beaver Dam.