The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-25
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VART-
Gus SOURCES.

of General and Local Observation-Disclosures
and Deaths-Accidents and Crimes-Per-
sonal Pointers.
| CAPITALISTS at Eau Claire are going to
! experiment with homegrown straw in
| the manufacture of linen. A recent let
| ter from that city says:
| There is prospect that one of the prob
| lens in regard to the utilization for the
manufacture of linen goods of the immense
! fax crop of the Northwest is TO be solved i'm
| the near future. One of the two linen mills
| in the United States is in Eau Claire. IL is
! doing a large and constantly increasing
business, but all the yarns used are imported
Right at its doors is the great flax crop OF the
| Northwest absolutely unused as to the straw
and raised only for the seed. This flax Is
! known by experiments TO be Is we'll adapted
! for manufacturing purposes as any III the
world. Year in and year out the t"aw Is
! thrown away and material IS wasted hal
! if utilized in manufacture, would yield an
enormous revenue and a large profit to the
| farmer. E fCrts have been made to induce
| Secretary Rust to take this matter up ana
! to establish an experimental station ia THIS.
vicinity. to take the flax from the field and
| by means of faV-dressiEg machines, TO be
| brought from Europe ascertain exactly
| what might be done larger scale in the
way of utilizing it in linen pre- duction. But
these efforts have thus far produced no
! tangible result. 1t is now learned that
|
with Chicago and Eastern parties with "a
view of putting in flax dressing machines OF
| American invention and American malu-
| facture.
! EDWARD FITZPATRICK, of Waus3u,
! has in his possession a large nugget OK
! fine gold, which was found on his farm
that adjOins the Kolter gold mine The
discovery caused great excitement. Fitz-
patrick will sink shaft at once. and ex-
| ,ial, Il 70 n hnC
offered fabulous sum for his farm by
New York capitalists. The Koltcr mine
is panning out $500 worth of gold daily
A DECISION filed by Judge Harlan i'm
the United States Court at Madison af-
fects directly and indirectly the title to
| $50, 900 acres of land in Ashland County
valued at over $500, 900. The suits we've
! brought by the Wisconsin Central Rail
road Company to eject settlers who had
prc-empted land which the company
claimed belonged to it. Claiming title
| to it the company disposed OF large
tracts of it, The question of law in
vOlved was whether the land in Ashland
| County which the defendants had set
tied upon under the homestead and pre-
emption law belonged to the General Gov
eminent or to the Wisconsin Centrak
| Company. The land is situated where
the Government grants to the bayfield,
! (now Omaha) and Wisconsin Central
Railroad Companies overlap each other
The Omaha grant had the priority, and
1t was necessary for the court to deter
mine whether the land was excepted
from the grant to the Central Company
for indemnity purposes. The court
| found that it was SO excepted, and
! further, that, as it was needed for in
demnity purposes, it's title REQUIRED to
| the Government, and therefore was sub
iect to the disposal Of the Governments
as part Of the public domain.
LEMUEL Doe, over thirty years resi-
dent of River Falls, Pierce County, was.
found dead in a lane about sixty rods
from his sons house, with a bullet-hOle
| in his ear and revolver by his side. He
left a note in his room directing Il settle
ment of his affairs He was about TO-
years old.
A LETTER from Eau Claire says that a,
defense to the actions brought by d.
J legion Of plaintiffs against. Frederick
| Weyerhauser and his corporation for
food damages occurring in 1884 has
| been agreed upon, and that one OF the
main points thereof will be that the
great inundatiOn was not due to the in
| sufficient construction of the dams OH,
the Chippewa nor to negligent manage
ment, but to the "act OF God" other
wise, in this case, the bursting q gigan-
| tic water-spOut.
The Milwaukee and Northern Rail-
road has been sold to the Chicago, Mil
wauliee and st. Paul for $4,000, 900, the
most of which goes to Milwaukee peO-
ple The Hoyt estate, of New York, is
the largest holder of Milwaukee and
Northern stock. The next largest holder
is the Pister estate, of Milwaukee. The.
other owners of the road are Angus.
Smith Charles Ray, James Clinton Spen--
Ger and Ephraim Mariner, all of Mil
waulIec. The sum of S., 600, 900 in cash
changes hands in the transaction, the
remainder of the purchase price being
represented by bonded indebtedness,
which is to be assumed by the ST. Paul
| Company.
JOHN HICKS, of Oshkosh, United States
| Minister to Peru, who has recently BEEN
detained at home by illness, has sailed
| for his post of duty.
CARRIE DoDD, the daughter of II. r.
! Dodd, of Madison, was drowned in her
bath, being overcome by escaping gas
| from stove.
! SroUGHToN will have a new $1,000
high school building.
| THE following is the official count OF
| the eighth Wisconsin census district:
Counties. 1890. Increase
! Ashland NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1861 1902
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