The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-05
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
NTE r e STING ITEMS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

| SOnal POINTERS.
The elegant new union depot of the
Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific
Roads at Ashland has been completed. It
is structure of brown stone and brick,
and is deliberately finished, inside, of
wood. The total cost is estimated at
$4,000.
MIR. and Mrs. John Graham, of Hart
ford, Washington County, have cele-
brated their golden wedding.
A novel scheme in window decoration
is to be found in the Fountain cigar store
| in GAINESVILLE, says the Madison Journal.
| 1t is nothing less than miniature field
| OF growing tobacco. All the elements of
large field are there. The growing to-
| bacco. we'll tended and almost ready to
| be put into the shed, makes a novel and
pretty window dressing.
Gainesville, Trempealeau County, has
| arranged with w. G. Pierce to grade and
maintain park, with race track and
| baseball field. A pavilion and other
dT6 10 De 0r6cL6Q.
Major Mckenzie, Government En-
gineer, has accepted the plans for
bridge at La Crosse. They provide for
3O0-foot span and draw spin swinging
200 feet cl$ar on either sitI,.
The grain crops Of Chippewa County
are turning out much better than antici
pated. The yield of wheat end oats
is running quite high. Corn will be an
excellent crop, if not cut off by the frost.
1t is thought that John Plankinton,
of Milwaukee, will not recover from the
effects of the paralytic stroke he had
some time since.
Madison Journal John Wardle.
alias Gypsy jack" and MI. McEwen,
with their wives, are passing through
the State on thCAG way from Detroit,
Mlch~ which they left several weeks
since for Texas, where they expect to
arrive next winter. They are travelling
in vehicle that resembles small house
on wheels, and in which they live during
inclement weather. Wardle is an En-
glishman, and claims to be a genuine
gypsy, born in a wagon, and a wanderer
by instinct.
Three suits for large amounts are
pending before the Circuit Court at An
tigo, viz: W. W. Hutchinson VS.. George
L. Schintz. for alleged Islander, damages
placed at $4,000; Thomas Weir VS.. Her
man, Becklinger Il Co., claiming $40
900 for the loss of an arm; and Geo. W.
and Warren G. Hill VS.. Peters, Mathin-
son & White for alleged breach of con-
tract, claim $3.50.
Donald Mackerchar, the Minneapolis
bank clerk, who was shot by the lone
highwayman" near Rhinelander, Oneida
County, tells the following story of the
occurrence:
The stage was passing through an exceedingly
wild section when the robber stepped out of the
bushes with O. bulldog revolver in each hand.
He looked like a lumber1nan. He short in
stature, light in build, and wore a. well-worn
black SLOUGH hat of cheap material. A scraggly
beard almost the color of brickdust of about
Haiti" This was the first word the some
what sleepy passengers heard the highwayman
utter.
Pull in your nags, driver!" This was the
command. The coach came to stand-still with
jerk. The highwaymen covered the driver
with one revolver and pointed the other toward
the passengers the inside. With a bow of
mock politeness he said I'm taking up o col
lection this morning what have you got to Of
fer, gentlemen?
Mackerchar was the first to recover his equi-
JiDrium q MT he air
from his position on the back seat ought to
get $500 without any difficulty. I'll take more
If you've got it, Mackerchar's idea was to keep
up conversation with the man until he could
draw his revolver from his hip pocket. The
latter caught sight of the weapon as Macker-
char was about to draw upon him, and fired.
Mackerchar felt g. sharp sting i'll his right
cheek. AS quick as q flash he covered the des-
perado, and, aiming at his heart, pc lied the
trigger His revolver was so new that he couldn't
work 1t easily. For this reason it is probable
that all OF the three shots he fired missed the
robber. The latter kept up return fusillade.
Mackerchar felt the second bullet in his leg.
The rapid firing frightened the team, and they
dashed onward at O. maddening speed. The
highwayman conts1ued his firing. The team
hac not gone more than two or three rods at
bsst when Fle1schbein, who occupied scat be-
side the driver, tumbled headlong to the ground.
The driver could not stop the horses, or was too
frightened to slo so, and Fleischbein was left to
his fate. He YVES afterward picked up, but lived
only q few hours He was shot through the
body. Els remains were taken to his home in
Be1levllle, ILL.,
A recent dispatch from Ashland says
that wealthy Eastern capitalists are ne
gotiating to secure controlling interest
in the Superior Lumber Company the
biggest institution of it's kind in the
State, and they probably will soon close
the bargain. The capital stock will be
increased te 100000 andbig improve
ments will be made.
H. FL. Russell, q hotel-keeper with
bar attachment) of Oakfeld, Fond du
Lac County, has sued Rev. G. W. Pratt,
local Methodist pastor, for Islander.
The preacher denounced the boniface in
sermon from his pulpit, intimating
that his place was gambling den where
boys were being ruined-or words to that
effect. Hence the suit.
1T is thought that the smallpox at
Menomonie is under control.
La Crosse horsemen have hopes that
their city will be in the racing circuit
next year.