The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETSl
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI-
Gus SOURCES.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing-NSatters
of General and local Interest-Marriages
and observation-disclosures and Crimes-Per-
sonal Pointers.
Ashland, Dubuque. Superior, andH
other upper lake ports have suffered q
great deal of late from boat thieves. Re-
Gently couple Of Ashland yachtsmen-
Ben Judd and Nate Rodman-t elegraphed
to ports along the lake description of
boats recently stolen. They then set out
in pursuit of the thieves in boat almost
exactly like one of the stolen crafts. As
matter of cour Sc, they were arrested at
the first place the stopped at and held
over night, while The thieves went on 10
Duluth, where they smashed the stolen
boats to kindling wood and took to the
railroad. Judd and Rodman have now
sued Sheriff job son, of Bayfield, Couney,
for heavy damages for false imprison-
ment.
Madison Journal: Supervisor Met
calf at last figure Is out Madison's popula-
ton at Ii, $780, This is some 1000 short
Of where Madisd mans expected the re'
turns would place the city. It does not
seem possible that these figures do Madi-
son Justice. The growth of the city dur
ing the last five years, it would seem, has
been greater thu an these figures show.
And yet Madison has no reason to COM
plain when cons idering how other cities
in the State have Jared. Her percentage
of increase over the population of 1885 is
equal to that of a majority of the more
pretentious cities in the State.
Articles of Incorporation of two i'm
portant companies have been filed at
Madison. One Of them is the Wisconsin
Trust Company of Milwaukee, and the
other the Wisconsin Title Insurance
Company Of Mil waukee. The trust COM
pany will act as fiscal agent for any
State, municipality, or corporation, and
lease, purchase hold, and convey real es-
ate. It's capital stock is 100000, and
that of the title insurance company
100000, 100000 being paid in. The
purpose of the title insurance company Is
to insure and guarantee owners OF rea
estate and real-estate mortgages against
! loss by reason of defective titles or Of
liens and incum brances upon real estate.
"A popular meeting in the interest Of
the semi-centennial of Beaver Dam was
recently held in that city. The first
white settlers who located in the neigh
borhood of Beaver Dam were James
! Clason, who came from New York State
in the spring of 1S41, and located on Clasa
Prairie, and TIL omes Mackey, who set
| tied on the land where Beaver Dam now
stands, March, 1871. At this time the
nearest market was Milwaukee, sixty five
miles distant, and the nearest grst mill
at Oconomowoc thirty miles. 1t is pro-
! posed to make the fftieth anniversary an
occasion of considerable Importance. At
tempts will be made to gather the facts
of early history. and the survivors of the
pioneer times for suitable and worthy
memorial services that shall extend over
several days, and mark a great event in
the history of the fair city of the prairie
and the lake and spring.
The following Wisconsin pensions
have been granted: !
| Original Invalid Frank HalIows Fond do
! Lac Amos P Johnson, Baraboo Gideon Mon.
tour, Medford; Martin Kapka Neillsyille; VIM
| Hines, Knapp Charles w. Steele, ButternutI
| Henry Cooley, Heart Prairie; George Il. Allen
! Wausau.
! observation-disclosures B. Hawkins, Ironton: Mel.
/
nette; Nelson Davenport, Viroquaj Wilian
Hauser, Madison Oliver Brown. Otter Vale
| Obadiah P. Hill VirOqua; Hamilton Wells
Reedsburg; Rufus K. Hayes, National Milwau,
! kee Home i-David Row, Lime Ridge; William a
Briggs, Stevens Point; William r. Cartwright
! Waupaca; VIM. l. Boldon Ontario; Wn. Mich
! olson, Soldiers Grove; Winchester Strattont
Crystal Lake; John ]. Morris, Plettsville; JAS
B. Crawford, Westfeld; Lewis Green Wyocena
Thos. a. Vance Nat. Mil Home Jas. D. Morse,
Evansville; Melvin w. Burdock, Waterloo
Nelson Morrison, Mcrrisville; Robert Ferguson,
| Union Friedrich Loewe, Sherwood; Alex. Der
ward. Neoeha; JOS Peacock, Belmont; Ole H.
! Rome Melvina; Frederick Faeke, Wilton EIiram
NJ Engh1st d Hewton DGyi
Marshall, Hancock; Daniel b. Clark, Omroi
John Kolb, Plstteyille; Alfred B. Scoville,
Bloom City; John 6. D. Cummings, Ottawa
ton; Heron w. True, Gratiot; Abner Gibbons,
Sheridan; p Faber, Ashton; VIM. TindelI,
E.. Cartwright. Waqpaca; John Horton,
Edgerton; William Knotts, Elwood; Ans
drew Staut Boaz; Edward s. Walker
Lancaster Oscar +. Wood, Brownsville; David
r. Rogers, Loyal SabiInus Briggs; National
Military Home; William Driesbock, Verona
George W. Davis, Poynette; Tawalt r. Beighle
Sylvan John Martin, Milwaukee; John A.
Koehler, Mayville William Reynolds, Boscobel
Andrew Anderson, Amherst; Harvey P. Wof1e
Kendall.
Reissue-Myron S. Thurston, Jeddo
Reissue and Increase-Peter Braunette.
Green Bay; Alexander G. Bowen, Columbus.
Original Widows, etc.-Minors of John Bert
ram, Barton
Mexican SurviYors-Char w. Remington,
alias Jackson Evans, Amigo.
The Waupaca Post prints the follow
ing letter from Gov. Hoard:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, MADISON, Wis, July
12 1690.-Editor of Post, Waupaca, Wis, Ny
Dear Sir: in receipt of your esteemd favor
of the 10th inst, requesting me to give brief
communication stating my position on the Ben.
nett law. had not supposed that any person
in the State was the least doubtful concerning
my attitude on that important question. If such
is the case, however, L am free to state that my
convictions unchanged. stand where stood