The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-23
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARF-
Gus SOURCES.


sona3 Pointers
THE Board of Appraisers appointed by
Gov. Peck to appraise State lands in
Crawford County has begun its work
There appears to be be vast amOunSy
OF these lands, and the commission have
plenty of work before them. The board
consists of the following: Thomas Gay
nor, of Chippewa Falls; Michael john
son, of Madison; and William ID. Mer-
rell, of Prairie du Chen.
LOOSE timothy hay of prime qualify
brings $12 to S14 ton in the Sturgeon
Bay market The available supply in
the hands of farmers is very light.
DR.. CoBURN picked a strawberry ab
Washburn seven inches in circumfer-
ence.
A LITTLE son of John Johnson, oF
Hurley, was killed by bullet from D
rifle in the hands Of a young man who
was shooting at a mark.
THE Catholic fair at Rhinelander
netted over 5000.
AT Colby, Emil Hinges, who was run
over by train and had his legs cut OFF,
died.
BRAY & CHoATE, lumbermen of Osh-
kosh, have for 100000 purchased 81
tract of pine in Northern Michigan. A
railroad will be run into the tract.
CAPT. G. II. HENRY, of the Chippewa
Logging Company, says no drives are
moving on any of the streams because
of no water.
THE weather has been exceeding co0k
and the tobacco crop has not made AS
rapid growth as the prior week. An.
abundance of rain has fallen, giving alE
crops healty and luXuriant growth. a.
few patches of hail also fell
WARRANTS againsa Eau Claire ball
| players for violation Of the Sunday law
were refused by the District Attorney.
JUDGE HUGH CAMERON of La Crosse,
has recovered so that he is able to APP
pear at his Office u2
ARCHIE GREENoUGH, a 13-year-old APP
| pleton boy, was sent to the county jain
| for stealing whisky from saloons sc
AT Oshkosh, Gustav Kuenze, formerly
Postmaster at Marion, pleaded guilty to-
| the charge of embezzing 81, 1925 of post
office funds He was sentenced to one
year in the Milwaukee House of Correc7
tion and to pay fine equal to the amount
of defalcation.
| CANADA thistles are gaining Roadway
in parts of Outagamie County to. 9anF
| alarming extent Many of the high
ways are decorated on all sides With
| them.
A LODGE of the Royal Arcanum was
| instituted at Ashland.
New YORK parties paid 800. 900 for the
La Crosse International Hotel @.1C#
IT is reported from an authoritative
| source that Assistant Physician Tanker,
of Milwaukee, will succeed DR.. Booth as
| Superintendent of the Northern Hospital
for the Insane
DR.. MERGLER, who was tried at Osh-r
kosh for shooting Julius Dohr, at Ma
rengo, because the latter had throwni
stones at MergIers dog, was acquitted
Mrs. A. C. PECKHAM, Of Ashland, will.
receive fourteenth share of a S295,0O0
fortune left by an uncle who died re-
Gently at Lockport, n. Y.
TIE blueberry crop at Black River
Falls is rounding up better than was
expe tied. Recent sales were at $2.&5 a,
bushel. 9i- ~E(.- S
Four years ago Hurley was q smoking
mass of ruins from the Lake Shore depot
to the Richard corner and two blocks
wide Every business man onfthe street,
was either financially ruined or badly
crippled. But most Of them stayed imM
it," and to day the town is built up far
better than before.
| Gro. ATKINSON. JR.. End Miss Maggie
CatIin, two wel-known Menasha young
| people, were secretly married June 13.
The first knowledge their friends re
ceived of the union was when invitations
were issued to reception which Oc-
Cured at the brides residencelast week,
THE low water in the Wisconsin River
has worked great disadvantage to- the
| Tomahawk, Merrill, and Wausau manu-
facturers. Some rain has been falling
in the last two weeks, but it will take g.
| considerable amount to in any way afford
relief. Many logs are hopelessly hung
up for the season. " yg3d5 +
THEODORE Erickson tried to drown
| himself in the river at Eau Claire A
man named Cotton jumpedu after Hikns
and fierce struggle -ensued, ii Cotton
succeeded in getting his man, ashore,
| ARTICLES of Incorporating of new
railroad company are being prepared
for line between Phillips and KEENAN,,
the latter station on the $500" line
west of Prentice. Some outside cap
italists will invest in the enterprise.
THE electric dynamo for the street
car system at Appleton weighs nineteen
tons. It is 50O-volt, IO0-horse power
| machine.
THE following pensions FhaVe1 been
| granted Wisconsin people: Original
| VIM FL. Mills Henry Goss9 Geo L.
Marshall, Geo. SaplarJ John .GMartin.i
Ingebrit Oleson, Jas, II Q4aekenbpsh,l
Franklin c. Ross, JOS. Clemens, John.
! Egan. M. E. Palmer, JOS. Reith, Sam
| Culley Henry Wilson, Burt r. 3Gillett,l
| Jacob Mauer, Almond Anderson, OSCAR
T. Cooley, Samuel w. Vandersen, Alseg..
Forgesen, Anthony W. Trexell, Dayidl
j. Cartwright. Hallen c. Noblet, Chas..
| Dust Vim. Cripps. Wm::4Y wheeler, e.
| Mccartney. Morgan MeGdirg,yd i56sephi
| C. Noyes, Jos. Anders6n,L ,HTfa4n IN
| Gates, James M. Brandtjd Th6sbB lax.
| on, Jacob N. Mute, Thos. 1HumpRfeys.
Hiram Haskell, Observation-Disclosures,
| VIM. FL. Potter. JostaL assienry1 Cnas~,
Freudenberg, Frank Hk Wood, CuthberfI
Craig, Silas Tero, Mary Moore (mother)-i
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