The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-21
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS..
INTE RESTING ITEMS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

Mrs. A. Madison, of Waterylilesr
Pepin County, is in Jail charged with in
fanticide, having waived examination.
An Attorney COW owned by Farmer
Irvenbach, of Eau Claire County, gave
birth to four fully developed calves. All
are alive.
Oscar Th;lmany has formed COM
pany at Appleton for manufacturing
sulphite fiber, and will erect $3.50, 900
plant soon somewhere on the Fox River.
The Fountain City Milling Company
will rebuild the large mill that was de-
stroyed by fire in December last It Will
be made a 800 barrel capacity. The
amount to be expended on the new build
ing is stated to be $780,, 900.
An attempt is to be made to elect
business men to the municipal offices in
Neenah.
A petition to the Lake Shore Road
officials for a new depot in Kaukauna has,
been circulated.
Company, of Oshkosh, are to be increased
in capacity. The business is now in the
hands of an assignee, but it is expected
that creditors will be paid nearly if not
quite 100 per cent. of their claims.
The warm spring-like weather OF late
has melted the little snow remaining in
the northern part of the State, and crush
ed the last hopes Of loggers, who worked
their men night and day to get logs to the
banks. Men are coming out of the woods.
every day, and logging operations are
practically suspended. The result Of this
winters work will be disastrous to many
logging concerns. Almost every camp on
the east and west tributaries of the Chip
pewa River have broken up, leaving mil
lions of skidded logs unbanked The
same can be said of the camps on most
other rivers.
The wife of Joel Sally, a laborer Of
Ellsworth, recently received information
that she has fallen heir to a large estate
by the death of her father in Michigan.
w. [. Ripley, pioneer of Oakfeld,
was found dead in his chair. He was ~
years of age.
Eight tramps, who had been prowline
around Prairie du Chen, became bold
under the influence of liquor and at
tempted to enter the residence of Chaun--
cey Blancher. Mr.. Blancher sailed forth.
with lantern and revolver and captured
two of them. The tramps threatened to .
shoot Blancher's daughter, who attempted
to go out.
-Ex-Chi Of Police Schwartz of Ash
land captured an escaped convict named
Heslop at Hurley. Heslop jumped from
train about year ago, while on the way
to Waupun to begin one-year term. He
has been taken to the penitentiary.
The jury in the inquest on the case
of Alexander Grogan, killed at GAINESVILLE,
gave verdict that Grogan came to his
death while in the discharge of his duties
as car repairer, death being caused by
gross carelessness on the part of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway Conn
pany.
The body Of Thomas Stevenson, Of
Milwaukee, who disappeared Feb. 16, was
found on the beach at Bay View Steven
son was 10 years of age.
The resignation of Rev. JOSEPH
Waite, pastor of All Souls Church, in
GAINESVILLE, has been announced. Nh.
Waite will assume the passionate of the
First Unitarian Church at Troy, N. Y
John Arriths, President Of the VII
lage Board of Waterville, Pepin County.
creed coon and then cut down the tree.
AS the latter fell it struck Arriths before
he could get out Of the way and killed
him.
Contracts have been let for the cree
ton OF the st. Joseph's Catholic Church
at Appleton. The mason work viii coss.
$0,O65, and the wood work $3.50.
The will of the late George Burnhanz
has been filed for probate in Milwaukee.
The application for proof Of will sets
forth that the personal property amounts:
to about" 5000, 600 and the real estate to.
"atout" 100000. The will was drawn on
April %, 1874. 1t gives to the widow, ira
lieu of dover, the income from the entire
estate after certain requests have been
paid, during her natural life; to each Of
the testators' surviving children, Phoebe
A. Hamilton, Charles T. Burnham. John
l.. Burnham, and Daniel G. Burnharg,,
SlO,OO is to be paid within one year, less;
any advances made to them by the de-
ceased. Nicholas Beddington and Peter
Bower are each given $500, and the surra
OF $1,000 is willed to each of the tesla
tors sisters, Huldah E. Order and Sarah
A. McElroy, widow. Mrs Barbara Bum
ham and the testator's sons, John T.. and
Charles l., are made the executors of the
estate without bond. The general irn-
preston as to the estate is that it is worth
about $2,OOO,0}o
Patrick Welsh, of Milwaukee. who,