The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

| >
ago, was nearly settled. upon the suppo-
sition that he was an old bachelor, when
the claim of Julia Harrington, of Castle
town, County Cork, Ireland, was pre-
sented by her attorney. Julia and Een-
mis- were married in Ireland twenty-nine
years ago, soon after which Dennis came
to Wisconsin alone. They had lied
apart ever since. The widow has proved
her claim, and gets the estate, a house
and lot in town, good farm, and few
hundred dol ars in cash She will como
to America
DOUGLAS COUNTY has 4,112 children
of school age
THE First Presbyterian Church Soci-
ETY. of Eau Claire has awarded a contract
to build new stone church to cost
$14, 1000.
AT Eau Claire, Peter Christ anson,
aged Is, died of injury received by be-
ing struck by a flying floard at the
Pioneer furniture factory.
WHILE Mayor O'Keefe was away from
Ashland Acting Mayor Rowley signed
an ordinance O'Keefe objected to. There
is pretty fight on as result.
J. B. BARNUM, Wisconsin's "Christ."
who resides near Stephensville, with his
wife, was taken to the Northern Hos
pital. Both were adjudged insane.
TRAIN No. on the Wisconsin Central
Railway ran off the track at Menasha.
| The engine and baggage car were de-
rallied. No one was seriously injured.
LA CROSSE will probably celebrate it's
golden anniversary next February.
Fifty years ago that month the first
house built by white man was erected
on the site of what is now thriving
city.
CAsPAR KELLAR, convicted of adu,-
terry at Barron, was sentenced to two
years at Waupun. Eta Kellar, the
woman who married him while her hus-
band was yet alive, got a sentence of
one year.
Cor. FL. G. FRAMBACH, of Kaukauna,
has purchased the Globe wall paper
mills of s. E. Trout, of Neenah, and
assumed all the debts and liabilities Of
the concern. The mill will be started
up i'm II ediately
A FARMER named Westland, living
near Eland junction, was instantly
killed while blowing. His team became
frightened by passing train, and he
was thrown to the ground, the plow
cutting his body in two.
f. THE United States sailboat belonging
at DEVILS Island left Bayfield, for the
island with two men on board. Off
Presque Isle squat struck the boat
and washed James Downes, resident
of Michigan, overheard, and he was not
seen again.
THE Oshkosh Water Company pumped
60, 448,83 gallons of water during the
month of July This is an average Of
NJ 9
amount of coal burned was 216,4
pounds. There were twelve fire a arms
during the month.
PARTIES who are dilling we'll at
| Fountain Park Lake Geneva, struck q
solid log of oak at a depth of sixty feet.
Another, even larger, was encountered
at a depth of ninety feet Both were
we'll preserved, although much darker
than the freshly cut wood.
APPLETON has resident who believes
his daughter, now in good situation
elsewhere, was decoyed to the university
and there murdered and carved in the
interest of surgery. On all other sub
jects he is perfectly sane, but on this
nothing can change his strange ha!luci-
| nation.
VIM SEITz, Of Hustisford, has at pres
ent seventy-one healthy colonies of bees,
from the honey of which he expects to
realize about $500 the present season.
He says that in quality honey is eXcep-
tional;y good the present season, but
that on account of dry weather the
quantity will not be more than two
thirds of the average yield.
THE act passed by the last Legislature
providing for uniform policy of fire
70 ho do in
State by all insurance companies taking
fire risks on property within the State,
is now in effect It's purpose is to pre-
vent fraud and simplify insurance poll
cies The new policy goes under the
name OF the Wisconsin standard policy,
and closely conforms to the New York
policy. The same policy is used by
Michigan, Ohio Illinois, Minnesota, and
several other States.
WILL CASSIDY, of Stevens Point, has
had a remarkable recovery from total
blindness. Eleven years ago the attic
ton came upon the young man, aud for
nine years he has been entirely blind.
One year ago last March his sight COM
menced to return as suddenly as it went
away, and has been growing stronger
and better ever since. He is now able
to read ordinary print, can decipher
signs across Gu6 SGI0obS, dHu3 dDONO hIi,
can recognize his friends and acquaint-
ances and enjoy the sights of nature,
made more beautiful to him after his
long misfortune
TIE condition of J. L. Linderman,
the Osseo ex-Assemblyman. is such that
comp etc recovery is hopeless and partial
recovery not assured.
w. w. CARGuI, of La Crosse, will
build two large elevators at Kewaunee.
He has leased the Duyall elevator at
that Place until next spring.
Work has been stopped on the arte-
sian well which is being drilled at sha-
wano The Common Council thought
that it was costing too much.
TIE Appleton paper pulp manu-
facturers have notified the Menasha mill
man that the price of pulp will be raised
from / cent to 1 a cents pound.
ERNST EcKHARDT, Of Sheboygan, has