The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-19
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
INTE RE SIT Nc ITEMS GATH TERED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

Letter from Lacrosse: Palmer. the
bogus agency man, remains in jail with
little prospect of getting bail. His plan
was to advertise for a man with $3.50 cash
to take charg 10 Of branch loan and real
estate Office Rooms were to be fitted up
in good style and three months rent paid
in advance. The agent was to receive rs
per cent. of the profits, which were guar
anteed to be at least $50 per month. The
$3.50 was M erely for guaranty, and the
agent was to retain the entire profit for
the first year, at the end of which time, if
it did not amount to the advance pay
ment of $3$O Palmer was to repay the
balance. The agent was bound by cast
iron contract to do certain things, one of
which was to run the Office for at least
one year or to forfeit all the advance
money. Pal mer was to throw business
to the branch Office" in many loans, prop
erty deals, bus mess chances, etc. This
shallow sche me caught good many, and
agencies were actually established at
number of p aoes, where the victims sat
in their offices waiting for Palmer to give
them busine ss until they were starved
out.
-Milwauke ZEE dispatch: Before the end
of the present month the Wisconsin Cen
trail Railroad Company will probably
purchase the Milwaukee and Northern
Railway by aging about $60OO,OO0 for
it and assumt ing the bonded indebtedness,
which amour is to about Sc, 100000 The
amount involved is therefore about $12,-
600, 900. TIL deal has been in progress
for some time, and the option which the
Wisconsin people have secured on the
Northern line will expire July l, SO the
purchase will have to be made by that
time.
The Stat 3 convention of the Ancient
| Order Of Hihernians was held at Chip
pewa Falls last week About 200 dele
gates were present. The following officers
were electe d: State Delegate, John
| Clark, of Milwaukee,; State Secretary, 7.
W. Riley, of Oshkosh; State Treasurer
ohm TwohyI of Chippewa Falls. The
next meeting will be held at Super Or two
years hence.
AT Ashla nd, Joseph Fuchs, fugitive
German highwayman, was convicted of
the murder OF his young wife near Ash
| land last fall. and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life. He received the YER
dict with smile.
| An unkh own miner was killed by
cave-in near Ashland. Two others were
hurt
New WISCONSIN patents: w. B. Al
lyn, Baldwin, tying attachment for sau-
sage stuffing machine; j. N. Barr, Mil
waukee, raj lway car; J. Day and F.
Handy, Hazleton, gate; l.. f. Holz,
Hartford, car lock; w. Ell. Johnson, Ra-
cine Junction, forging machine; l..
| Palmerson, Milwaukee, calendar; w. Ell.
Siders and G. H. Hood, Spring Green,
rope clasp; D. M. Solberg, Lacrosse, ink
eraser; o. O. Storle, Milwaukee, packer
for grain bi nders; A. T. Waters, Mari
nette, spring bolt; F. r. Williams, Belolt,
machine for manufacturing Irvine for use
in grain bin ers; III. r. Williams Osh.
kosh, meat rpaster.
Madison Journal: James Nevin,
Superintendent of the State Fish Com
mission, has been in Winneconne for the
past two we ks engaged in making ex-
periments re lating to the propagation of
white bass. This is something that has
never been attempted before. During
this time, the members of this fnny
species were caught and deprived of their
spawn and attempts made to hatch them.
The results of the experiments demon
strate that white bass cannot be Matched
like the pike and white fish at the State
fish hatcheties, for the eggs hatch 80
rapidly that they would not stand re-
moval. It was discovered that they
will hatch in thirty-six hours when
maintained at temperature of fifty
six degrees. Consequently the plan
that will be followed by the
department will be to pack the impreg-
mated eggs in damp moss. the tempera-
ture of which shall be from 48 to so
degrees. and plant them in the waters
desired to be populated They will then
hatch themselves. Mr.. Nevin exhibits a
vial containing some white bass eggs and
also some small fry just Matched. The
latter are nearly transparent, and are
claimed to be the first bass ever Matched
by artificial means in America. It takes
10000 VII tie bass eggs to fill gallon
measure. Pike eggs are larger and run
480.0 600 to the gallon. During the past
year 60, 900, 900 pike eggs have been sub
jected TO the Matching process, and as a
result 30,00D,000 small fry have been
planted in the waters of Wisconsin.
superintendent Nevin states that the
demand for fish throughout the State is
4 beyond the supply.
IS. A. Qvhle, the eccentric Norwegian
pine land owner of Eau Claire, who died
recently. leaving an estate of 81, 800, 900,
made provision that million dollars of
it should be used in the establishment