The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS1
NTE RE STING ITEMS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

and Dcaths-AccidentS and CPimes-Per%
s0nal Pointers.
The Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage As
ISOLATION, at its. session in Milwaukee lask
week, elected the following officers:
President, Mrs Olympia Brown Racine; Vice
Presidents, Henry d. MaXon, Menominee; DR..
Laura Ross Walcott Milwaukee; Recording Sec
rotary, Laura James. Richland Center; Corre-
spending Secretary, Miss Amelia Wales Brod~
head; Treasurer Lucy III. Pier, Richland Gem
ter Chairman Executive Committee Mrs. NJ.
A. Derrick Brodhead Chairman Finance Com
mittee Mrs. NJ. c. f. Brimer, Mukwonago@
Chairman Press Committee Mrs. M. V. Dingels
Racine; Chairman Committee on Organlzay-
ton, Mrs. c. c. Williams, Lake Mills.
The Wisconsin Unitarian conference
was held at Madison last week. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
the Rev. J. II. Croker of Madison; Vice
Presidents, Prof William T. Allen OF
Madison and Mrs. w. A. Rust of Eau
Claire; Secretary, the Rev. Lloyd skin
ner of Baraboo; Treasurer, the Hon. Ran
som Jackson of Baraboo. The next ses-
sion of the conference will be held at
Menominee.
Mrs. r. 3. Anderson, of Mad son,
wife of the ex-minister TO Denmark, has
been adjudged insane and placed in the
Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane for
treatment
Luther Crandall, of Oshkosh, while
hunting passed his gun stock foremost
through a fence he was about crossing.
It was discharged, and he was fatally.
wounded.
Tho winter meeting of the Wiscon--
sin Editorial Association will be held in
GAINESVILLE.
A Winnebago Counts man who has
been boring post-holes says that on his
place the first signs of moisture in the
ground are at depth of four feet. He
says he has never known it to be 50 dry
before.
Two families living near Waupun,
whose names are respectively Fox and
Gallagher, are engaged in row which
has continued twenty-five or thirty years
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company will donate 1000 toward
the erection of new Young Mems Chris
tian Association Building at Baraboo,
which, together with the sums already
subscribed, will amount to over 5000,
This insures the erection Of the buildings
for which plans are now being drawn.
Several interesting decisions have
been rendered by the State Supreme
Court, among them the following:
Albert Kolbus, of Oshkosh, was thrown trom8
his wagon by runaway horses, which werea
frightened at an engine of the Wisconsin Cen
trail Company in that city. The company
claimed that the engine was not making uIu-
sual or unnecessary noise, but the Jury gave g.
verdict for plaintiff, assessing damages at.
81, 000 The Supreme Court reverses the Judg-
1nent and orders q new trial. Jacob Gore. of
Winnebago County, brought suit against the
same railroad company on behalf of himself
and fifteen others to obtain pay for hay alleged
to have been destroyed by o spark from one OF
defendants locomotives. The jury gave Judgnenb'
against the company for the price Of 1877 tons or
hay at SO per ton. The Supreme Court atirmB
this Judgment. A. B. DWinnel Of Oshkosh,
brought suit against the same company for
personal injuries received by the running away
of team frightened at q moving car owned by
defendant. The Supreme Court reversed the
Judgment of the lower court. which gave him
81, 600 DAMAGES. The city of Oshkosh asked the
WinnebagO County Circuit Court for q manda-
tory Injunction to compel the M1IWaUAee ana
Lake WinnebagO Railroad Company to keep "a
certain sire ct in that city traversed by the COM
pany's .acks In proper condition. Inc COM
pany demurred to the complaint. the lower
court overruled the demurrer and the Supreme
Court sUstains the demurrer.
A letter from Madison says: The
State University can boast of having es--
tablished the first dairy school in Amer
ica In this school will be given thor
ough course in dairying, including butter
and cheese making and the analysis OF
milk. Mr. O'Connen, practical cheese
maker, who has studied with Professor
Robertson in Canada, and has given in
structions in Sheboygan County Under'
the auspices of the State Dairy mems
Association. will give instruction In
cheese making, and DR.. Babcock in but
ter making and milk analysis. The dairy
house will be provided with the wonder
full Swedish butter extractor, which takes
the butter directly from the milk.
A most cowardly attempt to assas~
sinate w. B. Neeves, a prominent -four
milf owner of Grand Rapids, was frus-
trated at Milwaukee last week Mr.,
Neeves, who was visiting with his brother
in that city, received through the mails
a small plush case which was intended to
carry deadly effects to Whoever opened it.
Tt was ingeniously arranged, and acn-
tanned, besid es dozen of small dynamite
cartridges and a quart Of powder, smalE
loaded pistol with the trigger cooked.
1t resembled lady's toilet case OF blue
plush. Opening it slightly, black sub
stance began to pour out. Mr.. Neevee
was startled to discover that it was pow
der. He was not curious to examine il
farther, but Immediately notified the
police. Two detectives carried it to the
central station and opened it. At least
two pounds of powder were taken out,
besides a dozen Of dynamite cartridges,
while firmly Undecided in the bottom OF
the case was the pistol with the attached
wire and ball il its barrel.
-Outagamie County is supporting
about eighty-fve insane people. Forty
nine of these people are at the Northern