The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
INTE r. e STING TIE MS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing Matters
General and Local Interest-of- Marriages
and Deaths-Accidents and Crimes-Per-
sonal Pointers.
Over so delegates were in attendance
at the w. c. I. o. State Convention, in
session at Oshkosh. Dr. Kate BushneIl's
northern dive work was Endorsed.
The farmers who have petitioned the
Wausau Common Council to shut out
Armour meat find it cannot legislate to
that extreme. An ordinance ordering in
spection of all Armour meat sent there
will be adopted, however, so that the
quality of the meat may be controlled.
"A smallpox patient is confined at
the Milwaukee pest-house, being the first
case in many years.
The Adams County Press says par
ties in Milwaukee have purchased from
the State nearly all the swamp and marsh
lands in that county.
D. c. Alden, a pioneer farmer, and
ex-President of the Waupaca County Ae-
ricultural Society, was recently attacked
by vicious bull, thrown to the ground,
trampled upon, and bruised in a shock
ing manner, though he will recover
The farmers of Caldwells Prairie are
talking of organizing wolf hunt to rid
the country round about there of lot of
wolves that are playing sad havoc with
their fiocks.
AT Rockville, Marathon County,
Peter Dahl assaulted James Fuerthal as
he was driving team through the viii
lage. The horses took fright and ran
away, and Fuerthal was thrown from the
wagon and killed. Dahl has been az
rested.
A distressing accident occurred at
Prairie du Chen, whereby Damos Leh-
mieux was killed and George Wachter
seriously injured. They were riding in
buggy, and the team became unmanage-
able. Lehmieux undertook to Jump out,
but while doing SO was struck in the head
by shade tree. Wachter was unable to
upsetting of the buggy. Both were old
and respected citizens.
The GAINESVILLE water works are being
extended to all outlying parts OF the city.
"A man named Hecor, employed in the
Underwood Lumber Company's mill at
Rhinelander, was struck in the neck by
the flying end of broken belt, and bad
ly injured. His throat was cut to the
windpipe.
-Wausau has granted franchise for
twenty-five years to an electric light COM
pany.
Three children Of William Bacl1us,
OF Chippewa Falls, died in one day of
diphtheria
The Common Council Of Appleton
has decided to put in an electric fire
alarm telegraph system.
st. Mary's Church, at Menasha, will
construct spire lS1 feet in altitude. A
fine church organ, costing not less than
$4,000, will also be placed in position.
John Devine and William Weber.
two Madison young men, who some
weeks ago, in a spirit of fun, boarded
st. Paul locomotive and ran the machine
to East Madison and back, are paying
dearly for their amusement. They have
just been sentenced to year each in the
penitentiary.
DR.. Frank Powell, of La Crosse, con-
templates bringing criminal libel suit
against Editor Hohl, of the Hokah
(Minn.) Chief for his reiteration of old
charges. DR.. Powell, it will be remem-
bered, was recently given verdict for
$4,000 against Hohl for libel.
The daring bandit, who has stopped
three coaches in the vicinity of Shawano
and held up the passengers on Milwau-
kee and Northern train, hobs up again.
This time he appears in the prosaic role
of robber who intimidates lone coun-
try store keeper. A few mornings since
he appeared in the little town of Bonduel,
fifteen miles from Shawano. He walked
quietly into general store owned by Sol
Kann and at the muzzle of the usual re-
volver compelled him to give up all his
money and gold watch. Then the robber
jumped into wagon that was standing
in front of the store and drove the team
on dead run On the road toward Gill
lette.
The State Medical Association (allo-
paths, in session at Milwaukee last week,
was largely attended, and number of
interesting papers were read.
The faculty Of the State University
at Madison have suspended the following
students implicated in the pepper throw
ing at the recent convention of the ladies'
college fraternity, Delta Gamma: ". II.
Peterson, of Appleton; G. M. Shoutz,
of Bear Valley; A. Mccoy, of Dayton;
D. E. Kiser, of Oregon; and G. F. Joyce,
of Depere. The students of the college
in mass meeting protested against the
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