The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-03
NEWS OF WISCONSIN,,
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS
Sleeping Brakeman Hurt-Silver on the
Eau Claire Rivera Busy Creamery
Natural Gas in Outagamie County--TwO
Fools and Their Girl.
wisconsin's Crops.

THE Secretary of State has received
the assessors reports from all counties
except Adams, Ashland, Kenosha. Chip
pewa, Oneida, Pierce and Washburn.
The total number of acres of wheat
grown in the State, giving the seven
counties not yet heard from the same
acreage as last year, was 721, 262, or
4, 1876 less than last year. The stand
OF wheat was almost uniformly reported
as thin and uneven, and as whole
promising a yield of but rs per cent. OF
full crop. This would make the crop
of 1891 yield only S6}4 per cent. of the
crop Of 1890. The average yield per
acre will be from fifteen to eighteen
bushels. Taking sixteen bushels per
acre as fair figure, the total
yield will be II, 54O,776 bushels, nearly
twenty per cent less than last
year. The number Of acres of corn
planted this year was 924, 1893, as against
1,062, 1874 acres last year. 1t is yet too
early to predict the outcome of the corn
crop, but it will be much short of an
average The number of acres of oats
sown this year was $4,000 less than in
1890, the total number of acres for 1891
being 1.419, 3S9 The yield is al. re-
ported lighter than last year. The num-
Der of acres of barley sown this year was
518,000 but, as stated before, consider
able of this was p anted in corn after be-
ing ravaged by chinch bugs. The total
number of acres of rye Sown was 203, S66,
with the promise of an average yield.
The number of acres of potatoes planted
was 127, 24S, an increase over last year,
but not as large as was expected.
NEENAH coal dealers are at war.
BURGLARS are working Appleton now.
GOVERNOR PECK has an attack of lum-
bago.
AT Oshkosh, improvements to the exc
tent of $4,000 are being made on the
fremont House.
The Superior Council has decided to
build six new eight-room school houses,
costing $4,000.
ROSE BINDLEY, young girl, attempt
ed to drown herself in the bay at Ash
land, but was rescued.
THE remains of an unknown man who
threw himself in front of a train at Ash
land have not yet been identified.
AFTER successful effort to dispose of
$3.50, 900 worth Of bonds, Comptroller
Larson has returned to Superior from
Chicago.
AT Pratt, Bert CornVyell, brakeman,
was sent back to flag passenger train.
He fell asleep and was hurt internally
and may die.
CREDITORS of the embarrassed Mazo-
mamie Bank have refused the banks
terms of settlement The deposits
equalled $50, 900.
AT Prospect, A. E. Gilbert, WE'LL
known citizen, hanged himself in his
barn. He had long been sufferer from
the grip Mr. Gilbert was IS years Of
age.
Bob JOHNSON and Jim Martin fought
fifteen rounds at Eau Claire for girls
hand. Martin won, but the lady says
she will have nothing to do with either
of the men because of the fight.
AT Ferryville, Crawford County, in a
creek there has been huge stone which
has been used as a stepp ng stone. 1t
became dislodged recently and turned
out to be skull of some prehistoric
animal.
AFTER passing a few words ct Ash
land a young fellow named Ross drew
pistol and fired point blank at Adolph
Susman. The bullet only tore the lat
ter's shirt. Ross goes to an insane
asylum.
NORMAN L. BUCK exhibits some very
rich-looking specimens of Gre from the
Hummer Ritzinger property, on the Eau
Claire River. It has assayed SIT silver
TO the ton, and there is apparently
plenty more of it where this came from
IT is claimed that natural gas has been
discovered in Ontagamie County. An
Appleton we'll digger, Rudolph Bintz,
has sunk several wells, and with one
exception, after reaching certain DEPTH
the flow of gas has been sufficiently
powerful to seriously interfere with his
labor.
THE Ettrick creamery in Trempealaau
County claims to lead all the CT ameries
in that part of the STATE. It's output
for June was &c, 1873 pounds Of butter,
the greatest daily amount being 4, 102.
It's average daily product fer the sum-
mer is over 1000 pounds. The creamery
is owned by stock company of farm
er2
For the far this year, Sheboygan
County hangs up $500 in purses.
AT Appleton, toughs smashed in most
of the W lndows of the Atlas paper mill.
The plant Of the Standard Lamp Com
pany, of Appleton, is to be removed to
Chicago
EXPLORATIONS for gold and silver are
in progress on the Eagle River, near
Peshtigo.
THE burglars who robHed c. D.
Heath's saloon at Oshkosh recently have
been captured
AT Sturgeon Bay, Eli A. Thompson
was kicked in the face by vicious STALL
ion, yet he will live.
THE Telulah Paper Mill at Appleton
is to be driven by steam. A 500-horse-
power Corliss engine has been ordered.
A MAN who threw himself in front of
train at Ashland is supposed to be
Joseph Bouchard, of st Alphonse, 2. @
NEAR Black River Falls Charley
Whitedeer and Charley DEBORAH, two
Winnebago Indians were arrested
charged with stealing horses. The en-
tered plea of not guilty.
ROSE BINDLER, the Minneapolis girl
who tried to drown herself in Chequame-
gon Bay, was married in Ashland to