The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-02
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI-
Gus SOURCES.


PENSIONS have been granted to the
following Wisconsin people, Original
Martin Drott, Christian Biller, Frederick
Wilder, Judson w. Daniels, Stephen
Woodwork, George Ferber, Truman
Camp, Coleman Wescott, John Defort,
Jesse Bennett, Owen Farrell. JOS r.
Winslow, Oscar Z. Bumbard, Henry M.
Taylor, Christian Detrickson, Florence
DOnohue, Charles s. Dowd, Gustav
G9zmann, Jared B. BrocKett, Charles
Myles, Silas I. Parks, William O'Brien,
Richard G. NORMAN, John SivertSen,
David Porter, Jacob SchmidtIer, Theo-
dore MOdler, John Sloan, Orlando f.
Hardness, Knud Wilson. Jos. Pohl Carl
Knesel, AL Rudolph Rpnnebeck, Jesse
Williams. VIM. Floor, Geo. w. NARROW,
John Nicholson, Edw. Miller, Christian
Wolfram, Daniel Wise, Hans Olsen Adj
ditional-John b. Theall, Jas II. Sebert.
Increase-Edwar0 Thinning, VIM. Brey,
John b. Raynor Samuel Pokrand, Win
ston RAINY. Reissue-Henry Mueller,
Chas. IL. Swan, Isaac Mcconnell, Francis
McKenna. Original, widows, etc
(navy) Jane, widow of Philip Gartside;
Emily S., widow of Americas Jackson;
Narcisso, widow of Lyman IL. Coe; Mar
garet Jane, widow of Albert Norton;
Mary, widow of Patrick McHugh,
j. II. CUE, of Omaha, has purchased
several hundred acres of Crawford COun-
ty lands for sheepraising purposes.
PATENTS have been issued to the fol-
lowing citizens of Wisconsin: c. M.
COnradson, Madison, electric street car
driving gear; C. A. Corey, Watertown,
feed regulator for rolling mill; G. A.
Harris, Racine, harness attachment; w.
B. Martindale, KenOsha, electric time
stamps E. T. Mueller, La Crosse, cover
for incandescentl lamps; w. H. Reynolds,
Racine, flour receiver and sitter; G. n.
Sceets, Milwaukee, horse detacher for
vehicles.
AT Neenah, there has always been
great quantity of surgeons speared
through the ice of Lake WinnebagO.
This winter has proven an exec tiOn, as
but two sturgeon have thus far been
caught.
DR.. VIM. MERGEs, of Minersville, pros
pecting on the PenOkee Range, discOv-
cred large deposit of clay which was
declared to be very rich in aluminium by
an agent of firm in Toronto, Can, who
are dealers in aluminium. The Doctor
has been offered large sum of money
for his discovery.
WHILE Mrs. w. Burrow was being OPP
Grated upon at Lacrosse, under tho intlu-
ence of chloroform, she died.
RESIDENTS of the town of Sturgeon
Bay, Door County, held a mass meeting
to denounce Assemblyman Charles M.
Whiteside for attempting to annex the
town to the city of Sturgeon Bay with
out submitting the question to vote Of
the people. Preparations were made to
hang the legislator in effigy, but wiser
counsel prevailed. series of resOlu-
tions strongly condemning the Repre-
sentative were passed unanimously.
A TRAIN load OF flour, feed, etc, is
transferred nearly every day at New
London from the Green Bay, WinOna
and st. Paul Railway to the Lake Shore.
It is billed to points all over the world.
A great deal Of it goes to England A
few days since several car loads of flax
seed were transferred, going from Mani
toba to Amsterdam, Holland.
AT Ashland Robert Miller, a Lake
Shore brakeman, was horribly mangled
while coupling cars. Another man was
killed while attempting to board an
Omaha train in motion at Ashland
junction.
THE effort at Appleton to raise $12,-
900 for a new Y. M. c. A. building has
been abandoned. The managers of the
association will now endeavOr to secure
81, 900 with which to fit up the old Con-
gregational church property.
THOUGH the general belief has been
that the late John Edwards, of Port
Edwards, was worth at least half q mill
ion, his will shows that his earthly prop
erty amounted to $3.50, 900, which was
equally divided between his wife and
daughter.
THE claim filed upon by Miss Hattie
Kinckelbine, at the Ashland land office,
is said to have been occupied by squat
ter for three years.
AMIGO has quite few cases of scar
let fever on it's hands
WILLIAM CARSON says that if the
navigation bill becomes law it would
cost Eau Claire mills $500 per day.
THESE have been granted pensions:
Original - Stillman G. Bond, Daniel
Tozer, Henry Book, John R. Siperly,
John Bowman, Mathew Wright, Thomas
Fehren, John Schuster, Dennis York,
deceased; Conrad Schien, deceased;
Ralph A. Baxter, AOis Schafer, Charles
Woltzer, Frederick Bartels, Truman A.
Bovee, Mark Williams, Moses Thirsten,
Edgar A. Sellock, August Schmatzer,
James Smith, William Wagner, Phillip
Schley, Oscar S. Beebe, Frank ]. Berg,
Jesse Zimmerman, John ID. w. Fisher,
Charles Deguitz, Hiram Waters, Louis
Dunn, Ashbel c. Thorpe, Francis f.
Tompkins, Alonzo Bogart, Horace w.
French, Ferdinand Biedermann. Adj
ditional-JOhn Hemmerling. Increase
Ora B. Garrison, George Hewitt, Ed
ward T. Best. Reissue = Elijah w.
Putney, Ira HoughtaIing. Original
Widows. Etc.-Frances NJ, mother of
VIM. H. Wallis; Candace; widow of
Frank Wilhelm; Elizabeth, widow of
Conrad Schein; Ellen, widow of James
F. Elliott; Apphia, widow of Robert
Baker; Frederick, father of G. B.
Slawson.
THE death of M. T. Kimball, an early
pioneer of Wisconsin,, occurred at Ber-
lin.
THE Catholic Church at Two Rivers,
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