The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-27

State Treasurer Guenther in the suit 10
recover interest on State funds was held
Mr. Guenther said after his term of office
had expired Mr.. Schriber, Cashier of the
National Bank at Oshkosh, who acted as
his financial agent, placed about $50, 600
to his (Guenther's) credit. Mr. Guenther
believed this money was interest on the
State funds. He did not turn it over to
the State, because he thought it be-
longed to him, in accordance with the
customs of the State.
AT Ashland Gussie Pease attempted
suicide by drowning.
THERE is much excitement in Milwau-
kee over an epidemic of typhoid fever.
Three perosns are dead, and over twenty
are i'll. The cause of the disease has
been traced to a well of impure water
NEAR River Falls the G-year-old son
of John Stiles was killed by runaway.
Ex-PosTMAsTER JOHN PARSONS, an
old resident of Black River Falls, and q
prominent member of the Masonic
| order, is dead
AT the annual meeting OF the Wiscon-
sin Cranberry Association it was ascer-
| tanned that the crop of the State,
| according to the most reliable forecasts,
Will not amount to more than 800
barrels, as against $4,000 barrels last
year. The prospect, therefore is that
eranberries will be scarce and expen-
Sive.
SEYMOUR TURNEP, for attempting the
life of Emelie Heidemann at Fall River,
was held for trial in S., 500 bail. The
girl is able to be up.
HENRY STECKHAM, a wealthy tired
merchant, of Sheboygan, took a dose of
rough on rats and died. When he bought
the poison he told the drug clerk that he
was going to meet his wife, who died
last year
THE Sanders Lumber Company, Of
! Oneida County, has purchased 10, COZ, 600
| feet of pine from the Choate Lumber
| Company of Oshkosh The considera-
| ton was $50, 900.
THE directors of the La Crosse Inter
state Fair have made general advance
in speed purses The $3.50 pace is raised
! from $500 to $500; the 2;37 trOt, same;
the 1927 trOt from $500 to 81 900; the 3:32
| trot from 5000 to $780, and the 2:22 trot
from $500 to $1,000.
THE business men of Cumberland have
| subscribed S., 900 as an inducement for
| the location OF the proposed Northern
| Wisconsin Congregational Institute, and
citizens will donate large tract of land.
THOMAS GORE, a deckhand of the
| steamer Wheeler, was killed by falling
| through the hatch at Ashland.
AUGUST LEEMER was instantly killcd
| at Kunskes' mill, in the town Of Herman,
! by the bursting of an emery wheel
THERE has just died at st. Joseph's
| Hospital, Chippewa Fal S, an eccentric
| individual called Andreas Lowea. His
trade was worker in woods, which he
learned in the piano factory in Munich.
| Ye made beautiful coffin of different
goods, in which he slept, despite the
| persuasons of intimate friends.
| IT is reported that young Hottenstine,
one of the trio of boys who started OFT
from ShawanO some three weeks ago,
! was captured near Oconomowoc the
| other day by the United States Marshal.
| The boys are wanted for stealing the In
dian ponies.
The Ashland County Board rescinded
the resolution bonding the county for
| 500, 200. The move was made on ac-
count of opposition by the Hurley fac
ton.
S. M. BERG, of Tigerton killed a bear
that weighed 200 pounds.
THE total loss occasioned by fire since
Jan. l, in Eau Claire, is only $4,000.
THE residence of Mrs 4. T. Manthy,
of Ashland, was robbed of 5000
CROPS are failure in Barron County,
owing to the drought,
ASHLAND Masons will build a temple.
FIRE started from heater over the
clothing store of A. C.. Ehrmann at Qsh-
kosh. The damage done by fire, smoke
and water to the building and stock is
about 50, 900. Horns drug store ana the
novelty store of Hull & Hawthorn also
suffered 81, ZOO.
A WAITER girl at the Portage House,
Ashland, had narrow escape from be-
ing burned alive in bed She was smok.
ing cigarettes and fell asleep and her
clothing caught fire. She was badly
burned and NAV die.
A CASE of safe blowing occurred at
Stockbridge which was more than or
d narily successful Mr. Fisher has a
drug store. and in addition to this acts
as banker. He had 81, 100 in cash in his
safe, and the burglars secured it all.
AN unknown man deliberately jumped
in front of train on the Wisconsin Cen
trail Road at White River He was hor-
rbly mutiIated. He was well dressed,
and had considerable money. It is
thought he was prominent mining ID an
from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
There was no clue to his identity.
JOHN GILLEN's 2-year-old daughter at
Bryant was playing with the stem Of
pipe in her mouth, when she fell, driv-
ing the stem through her tongue. She
bled to death.
SCHUBERT Bros, of Kiel, have on ex-
hibtion a collection of $3.50 eggs, all
han somely hand-painted, and no two
alike in color or design. They will be
sent to several county fairs.
TIE State Board of Assessment, con-
sisting of the S cretary of State, the
State Treasurer and the Attorney Gen
eral, is hard at work eQualizing taxes
among Tho various counties of the State.
GRAssHoPPERs are doing considerable
damage TO late oats, pastures and
meadows in parts of Trempealeau
County