The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-06

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GEORGE w. MARTIN, cashier of the
Ironwood Electric Company at Ashland,
has disappeared with several hundred
dollars belonging to the company.
FRITZ HACK, German farmer of Eau
Claire County, had been in the habit of
| locking himself in his bedroom and play
| ing suicide by firing a revolver to bring
his wife to terms after quarrel, so the
wife and five children paid no attention
when he did it the other day. After
three hours they broke in and found him
| lying unconscious, with bullet-hole in
his chest. He has since died.
HURLEY has developed slack the
| Hugger," whose attentions have aroused
mingled hope and fear in the breasts of
| Hurley damsels. The fellow has way
Of sneaking up behind unprotected la
dies and hugging them forcibly, at the
same time lavishing terms of warm en-
dearment upon them. A number of
husbands, big brothers, and lovers are
on the warpath looking for slack the
Hugger."
| GEORGE j. SHAW, who held the throt-
tie on the first switch engine in Chicago,
died last week at his home in Milwau-
kee at the age of Sc. Since 1865 he had
| been an engineer on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul Railroad, and pre-
vious to that was an engineer on the
Michigan Central. 1t was in 1S49 when
he ran the first switch engine into
| Chicago.
IN the Circuit Court at Milwaukee,
last week, Judge Johnson delivered his
decision in the contest over the will of
the late George Burnham, who left an
estate estimated at SO, 900, 900. A cOdi-
Gil to the will provided that Daniel g.
Burnham, son of the millionaire, should
get nothing unless he reformed and be-
came sober and respectable citizen of
| good moral character within five years
after the death of the teStatOr. Daniel
died shortly after his father, and his
widow and children brought suit for
| their division of the estate. The Court
held that the will should be construed as
though Daniel had lived and failed to
perform the conditions imposed by the
codicil of the will.
The Sheriff has closed the Milwaukee
store of Baum, Fischer & Co., wholesale
dealers in gents furnishing goods, and
has made an assignment. The liabll1-
ties, it is said, will reach 100000.
AT Amigo, John c. Yawl1ey, wealthy
| lumberman, on trial for the murder OF
James ODonnell, was acquitted. 1t was
proved the killing was done in self-de-
| tense.
ENGINEER WALTER LELAND, Of the
milwaukee, Road, was struck by target
switch while leaning out Of his cab win
dow, near Lacrosse, and instantly killed.
THE latest swindle is being worked in
the northern portion Of the State. The
sharper comes along with an agreement
/ to sell a plOwShare, which the victim is
| to sign. This is written with peculiar
| ly constructed fountain pen, there being
two compartments in the holder, which
| contains two kinds Of ink, one which
will fade while the other will remain.
With the former he writes the article,
and, changing the pen, hands it to the
farmer, who writes his name with the
latter kind. The result is that the words
Of the article soon fade, and the sharper
has a piece of paper with the farmers
name thereon, and can make it into
note of any denomination at his leisure.
GEORGE M. REED unearthed q skele-
ton supposed to be that of an Indian Oh
his farm near Lake Geneva.
TWENTY THOUSAND acres OF timbered
land, in Clark County, have been pur-
chased by a. syndicate that includes I'll.
FL. Camp and Frank G. Bigelow of Mil
waukee, D. J. Spaulding and Hugh I'll.
Price of Black River Falls, and G. c.
Dunn of Minneapolis. The sum of $780,
900 was paid.
| FREDERICK PRITZKow, of Milwaukee,
resides next to the ST. Paul's Episcopal
! Church, and in some way he has got into
a dispute with the church authorities,
and as result he has purchased a hand
organ and beguiles the members Of the
| congregation by such tunes as "JOhnnie,
Get Your Gun" and "Chippy, Get Your
! Hair Cut"
| AN Eau Claire butcher found a $40
| gold piece, somewhat worn, in the crop
! of a chicken. 1t was dated 1875, and
the supposition is that the chicken swal-
! lowed it about that time, which is not
casting any reflection upon the butcher.
THE Good Templars of Wisconsin last
year distributed 1, 400, 900 pages of tenn
perance literature, and expended over
| $4,000 in lecture work. The lecturers
made over 700 visits to lodges, and de-
| liyered over 1, 500 addresses.
Mrs. JOE STANGLE was accidentally
| killed near Thorp, while assisting her
husband in pulling stumps.
THE notice that tho Government was
! about to sell the swamp and railroad in
demnity lands in the vicinity of Eau
Claire has led to the discovery that all
the indemnity lands have been stripped
of their timber and are valuless. The
Government will investigate the charges
| that The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha Railroad sold these lands to
un.bermen who cut 81 100000 worth of
timber therefrom. 1t is claimed that
the railroad had no title to TIE lands.
LORENZO SACKETT, Milwaukee pio-
neer, is dead. Mr. Sackett was 78yaars
of age, and had lived in Milwaukee since
1856.
THE General Land Office at Washing
ton has been instructed by acting Sec
rotary Chandler to issue patents to the
State of Wisconsin on 10000 acres of
swamp lands which have just been re-
leased by the Omaha Road.
Mrs. JAMES, of Eau Claire, has just
celebrated her ninetieth birthday. She
is the widow of the late George P. r.
lanes the celebrated novelist and his