The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI-
Gus SOURCES.


CHARLES FREEsE is suing the city of
Oshkosh for $40. 600 damages. He claims
his cane stuck in hole in the sidewalk
and that he fell over it, breaking his
leg. The crack in the sidewalk was not
more than an inch wide.
Miss ELIZABETH L. BANKS is now So
ciety editor of the Morning Herald, of
Baltimore, Md Miss Banks was pri-
vate secretary to Minister Hicks during
his first year in Peru.
THE body of Charles w Flanner was
found in the woods near Pembine. A
revolver lay near the body of the dead
man, who had been telegraph operator
at Trout Lake, Mich. His friends know
of no cause for the suicide.
CUISINES transacted here for eterni-
ty" is the sign over the door of the Sal
walton Army barracks at Hurley.
STURGEON BAY folks are debating the
question whether the band shall be al.
lowed to play on Sundays.
A COMPANY has been formed at Mani.
towoc, with SIS, 600 capital, for the manu-
facture of pearl buttons
SENATOR Villas will expend $50, 600 in
improving his cranberry farm near Bah
cock
ANOTHER bank-the German National
will be established at Beaver BAN
MARINETTE women are catching the
bicycle craze.
Dr. JAMES s. REEVE, Of Appleton,
was married at Georgetown, Mass, to
Miss Alfredo Moves
STURGEON BAYS water supply is sOme-
what defective. Steps are being taken
to remedy it.
MAJOR PHILLIPS has presented 122
pension claims from the Adjutant GEN
erals Office since January l, of which
all but twenty have been allowed.
THE school district of Eau Claire has
voted in favor of borrowing $40, 600 from
the State to build high school and
manual training school.
REPORTS are current that a reunion Of
the two Grand Army posts of Oshkosh
will be effected. For some time the
posts have been split by petty differ
enceS.
LIEUT.. Gov. JONES, of New York,
wants to be Governor and he has flooded
the State with his photographs so that
every voter may have one. If the peO-
pie of New York are like the Southern
man of whom Governor Hoard tells a
story Jones will never be elected by his
pictures. The Southerner met Hoard
and when he learned that he had been
a soldier, said well, sir, if all the
Yankees had been as hOmely as you we
should still be fighting. We of the South,
would never have surrendered" The
Governor tells this story on himself and
he is a hands0mer man than Jones, OF
New York.
FOLLOWING are the prizes to be award
ed at the tiremen's tournament to be
held at Ironwood in August: Running
race, 1OO-yard dash-FirSt, $40 medal,
second, SIS cash. Tug-o war-First1
prize, $15; second, $40; third, S. Cou-
piers race-First prize, two $40 badges
second, each man IS. Hose race-First
prize, $50 trumpet; second $50; third
SIS. Hook and ladder race-First prlze,
500 flag; second, $50; third, SIS.
THE Alumni Association of Lawrence
University is making great efforts to,
secure a large attendance at it's COM.
mencamant exercises, which take place
in the latter part of June. The subject
of Gov Peck's toast will be wisconsin.
Columbia's Best" B. j. Price, of Hud-
son, will be POSTMASTER at the banquet
IN attempt was made the other even
ing to wreck passenger train on the
A tie had been wedged in between the
rails in such way as to derail the train,
but as the. train was not running fast
the engineer succeeded in stopping it be-
fore any damage was done.
PART of the mystery f the disappear
ance of Frank Bissel, a popular Neenah
business man, is dispelled. News has
reached Oshkosh that clearly disprOyes
the suppOstiOn that Frank might have:
met with foul play. He is alive and
we'll and is at present travelling in the
West. Franks father, Leonard Bissel.
who is resident of Fond du Lac, has,
received letter from his son, dated at
Denver, in which Frank stated that his,
health was good and also told his father
not to worry about him, as he was all
right. The idea that he might have Left
on account of financial complications is,
Indignantly spurned by his friends, whc.
say that had Frank been been short in
his accounts he could have gone to al
most any capitalist in Neenah or Mena~
sha and borrowed any sum necessary to
tide him over his difficulty.
PETER LINDHoLM, lumber grader
employed by the Jump River Lumber
Company of Prentice, accidentally shot
himself while out hunting Lindholm
attempted to climb tree while retain
ing his gun. when the trigger caught
and sent the bullet through his brain,
killing him instantly.
A DISPATCH from Shell Lake says that
unless rain falls soon Northern Wiscon-
sin will again be ablaze with forest fires.
THE skeleton Of a mammoth prehis.
tOric animal was unearthed near Prair1s
du Chen
WILLIE WoLENsCHLAGEB. of Stevene
Point, was seriously injured at a recent
fire in that city. A telegraph pole fell
and the cross arm struck the boy, frac.
turing his skull.
LARGE quantities of trout are now
being captured in Brule River, nOtwith-
standing the law forbidding fishing in
that stream until August
The Ashland and Iron Belt Mines.
located near Ashland have Quit ship