The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
VISIONS IN BRIEFLETS.
NTE RE STING ITEMS GATH Erred
FROM v kRIOUS SOURCES.


cities of Fort Atkinson, Geneva Lake,
Jefferson, and Whitewater, last week, to
vote on the question of issuing bonds in
aid of the Oh Fcago, Lake Geneva and
Pacific Railroad The first three cities
named voted to extend aid to the amount
of $50, coo eacl. and Whitewater $4,000,
by maiorities "a nging from 200 to 700.
Max G. Bradley, of Madison, brother
in-law of the Hon. George Raymer, of
that city, becau Sc of a misunderstanding
with young lady TO whom he was atten-
tive. fred bullet into his brain.
At Camp Douglas is a military reser-
Walton of 600 &C RES, owned by the State,
and it is now eing fitted up, under the
direction of c apt. Philip Reade, U. S.
A., for skrmish and target practice fir
ings There will be three fixed distance
ranges comprising twenty four targets
admitting of u be from 200 to 1000 yards;
also four skirmish ranges admitting the
use of twenty six detectives in this class
of rife-fring. This total of fifty targets
makes the Wisconsin Rife Range the
largest in the . nited States.
The first tri al for violation of the
much talked of Bennett law occurred at
Jefferson last week. The case was dis
missed on the ground that the complaint
was defective ih several respects. 1t was
to have been carried to the Supreme
Court in order TO decide the constitution
atty of the l w, and much regret is ex-
pressed that tn is cannot be done.
New Wiscon sin patents: H. G. Arm
strong, D. E. Bigelow, and G.. L. Osborn,
Ashland, car co upling; j. A. Field, Ra-
cine, oil or gAs stove; j. A. Frenzel,
Wausau, car coupling; j. A. Braham,
Milwaukee, or bin harvester; G. Heck
Stadt and A. Moe, Eau Claire, dinner
pail; A. E. ia cobson, Oshkosh, folding
bed; T. G.. Mar dt, Stoughton, whifletree
hook; A. w. McLaren, Jefferson, re-
movable strain br for churn; B. V. Nord-
berg, Milwaukee, valve gear; L. Rooney,
GAINESVILLE, check hook; G.. Seaver, Tiger
ton, veneer drying machine; II. B. Tefft,
Milwaukee, h isting machine; f. 4.
Welles and 7. H. II arrison, Milwaukee,
beam compass.
In the sum mer of 1854 a steamboat
sank in Coon Slough, twenty miles be-
low La Crosse Her upper works were
saved, but her hull and machinery struck
vein of quicks and, and all efforts to re-
cover them wer Intellectual. A few days
ago the govern1h ent steamer General Bar-
nard and dredge BIS struck an obstruction,
and upon exat mination brought to the
surface the eng ines, shafts, steam drums,
and other mach tnery of the old steamer,
which have re posed in the bed of the
Mississippi for thirty-six years. A por-
ton of the mac hinery will be presented
10 the Wisconsin State Historical So
,iety.
Theodore Newbauer, aged Is years.
committed suic ide at Madison for fear of
arrest for stealing a small sum of money.
The Oshko sh Water Works have been
sold to a syndicate of Eastern capital
lists.
-Sigvald A! Qvale died last week at
Eau Claire of pulm onary consumption,
aged SO. He q anne from Norway as boy
without dollar obtained employment at
manual labor it'll the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha land agent at Hud-
son, was given position in the Office,
saved his salary of $40 month, specu-,
lated in lands. and leaves an estate of
about 1000, 0DO. He was the owner Of
nine -tenths of the stock of the great
Wisconsin Ri yer Land Company, and
owned vast TRACTS all over the Northwest,
besides real ed tate in Minneapolis, Du-
luth. West Superior, and Eau Claire.
He leaves wife and three stepdaught-
ers.
The following Wisconsin pensions
have been issu I'D:
Original Inval td-John Pruger, Milwaukee;
Robert Horn, ON ro; Lyndon A. Hildreth, Lake
Mills George Ness1er, Wauzeka; Harvey B.
Rittenhouse, Prairie du CHEN; August Strass-
man, Grafton Adam Gartner Opalaska; Ed
win G. House Elkhorn; John M. Park
Berlin; Grin Olson, Scandinavia; Andrew
Yelling Oconom pwoc Frederick Wehrmann,
Prescott; George w. smith, CnflsUle;
Benjamin T. Prid eaux, Mineral Point. Restora-
tion-John Henry, Shullsburg; William A. Cliff
ford O1nro. Goldman Amanson, Io1a Simeon
Wescott BeIoit Valentine 3. Humme1 Nation
al Military Homb; William White (deceased),
Racine; Edward Slaughter, New London; Pat
rick Coyle, San husky; Ezra T.. Mowers, La
Crosse; John III. McCrilis. Valley; John b.
Black, Shopiere Louis Heilick. Milwaukee.
Increase-LloNd Kelley, Bell Center; James
r. Truesdale Gfllingham; Lars c. Evenson,
Ellsworth; DevillO NJ. Wilson, Chippewa Falls;
George Preis, National Military Home; Dexter
F. Allen, Newto ID John McKeeth, Galesvil1e;
Eli Norton, Poy nette; James Coy New Lis
bon; David D. Waits, Sparta Ben Nelson,
Rice Lake; Ham non Jennings, Viola; James
f. Iyon Green Bay; Elias H. Hoover, Wolf
Creek: Harvey Langley, Madison; Millar4
Bovden Cumberland Charles Beal, E1roy
Daniel L. Lawre nce, Boscobel; James Travis,
Merrillon; Ade1b ert D. Thorp, Sturgeon Bay;
Samuel Wilmer North Andover; Jack Il.
Stevens, GreenwP bod Henry McGary, Norwalk;
Charles Morris, Platteville Thomas b. K1nna-
mon, Ironton; Henry HoughtaIng, Wilton;
Martin r. Haskihs KiIbourn City.
Restoration-ButIe Il. Bates, Fond du Lac.
Reissue-John a. Peterson, Chippewa Falls;
VIM. Buckinghd 1n, Ridgeway; Frederick A.
Bird Madison.
Reissue and Increase George w. Gr1ndle,
Phillips.
Original Widows, Etc.-Cbristina, mother or
Charles Blackman. Baraboo; Margaret, former
widow of Nathan B. Rice Humbird Elizabeth.
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