The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-23
WISCONSIN BRIEFLETS.
ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI~
Gus SOURCES.

of General and Local Marriages
and observation-disclosures and Crimes-Per-
sonal Pointers.
PENSIONS have been granted to the
following Wisconsin people: Original
John Lewis, Charles M. Stephens Will
lam Johnson navy, Ben amin E. Har-
per navy, Robert Denver, Henry G.
Judd, Edward Stewart, John Miller,
William A. SholeS, Charles H. Shippner,
James Miles, Cornelius Koole, Louis
Blanchard, Thomas Hendricks, John
Schaaf, Adam Wolf, Joseph Han, Abel
F. Maybee, Peter SchwarZ Increase
George E. Marshall, c. A. Pinney, j. J.
Hughes, Sam Mcclure, John Samson,
Joseph Machia, Joseph Freda. Reissue
jay Marcus Jewett. Reissue and In
creaSe-Myron II. Underwood. Original
Widows, Etc.-EliZabeth, widow of Wal
ter Ketcham.
PEOPLE living in the town of Wash
ington, Shawano County, are greatly eX-
cited over the discovery of two atrocious
murders and suicide. 1t seems that
about ten days ago man named A. Bahr
and his wife had a quarrel, after which
Bahr went out and hanged himself, but
before doing so he told the children that
Mrs. Bahr had poisoned an old man
named Zell, the father of his first wife,
who died suddenly about year ago.
The children reported the matter to the
authorities and they arrested the woman,
who made full confession, stating that
they poisoned old man Zell by putting
paris green in his soup. Mrs. Bahr is.
lying sick at Cecil under the care of
physician guarded by deputy sheriff.
Not long after Zell's death Bahr pound
ed one of his children inhumanly, and
after Jerking it's leg out of the socket
threw it on the bed, where it soon after
died. He was never prosecuted for the
child's murder.
AT Prairie du Chen, William Deary
and William Nelson were drowned.
The started up the river with a sailboat,
and capsized.
COLL q FRANKS store at Milwaukee
was robbed of $500 worth of silk hand
kerchiefs.
SAM TRIP, charged with horse-steal-
ing and other crimes, will probably be
taken to the Eau Claire County Jail for
safe keeping. He made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape at MenOmOnee. In
some mysterious manner he had man
aged to procure a file or saw, and at ia
vorable times had sawed half through
one of the iron bars of the window.
A SHOOTING affray took place near
Shawano recently. Nose LamOtte, to-
gether with half dozen MenOmiuee In
dams, went to the house of aman named
Lyon and proposed to have dance. The
latter ordered his unWelcOme visitors to
go, and they refused, whereupon he
shot LamOtte in the abdomen, intlicting
serious wound.
DR.. ALEXANDER, of Eau Claire, has
been practicing medicine in Wisconsin
forty-two years, and thinks he holds the
banner.
CHARLES MCPARTIAN wants 5000 dam
ages from the city of Oshkosh for i'm
juries sustained by his son.
ANOTHER sawmill, the eighth on the
Ashland side of the ChequamegOn Bay,
has just been put in operation. 1t is
known as Kennedy's, and adds about
100000 to the saving capacity of that
locality.
THE trial of Rose Zoldosky alleged
murderess, at Richland Center, will be
held in Grant County.
AT Tomah Mrs. John Henry died from
burns. A can of rOsin, which had been
placed on the stove, caught fire, and Mrs.
Henry attempted to carry it out, when
the can burst and the burning rOsin was
poured over her clothing, setting fire
to it.
ALBERT BRIN, farmer living a few
miles from Neenah, was robbed of S100
in money and gold watch by tramps.
PATENTS have been awarded in Wis
consin as follows: G. M. Conradson, Madi-
son, drip pan for metal turning lathe;
0. Esche, Milwaukee, boiling machine;
G. Knowles, Jr., and J. w. Young, Mill
waukee, automatic fire extinguishng
system.
BLACK RIVER FALLS is greatly exer-
cised over the amount at which the liq-
uor license shall be fixed.
A NUMBER of Neenah girls are stage
struck, and any Snowman that comes to
town can win the hearts of the soft
hearted females Hi Henry's Minstrels
appeared there short time ago, and
two of the girls fed to KaukaUna with
two OF the wandering MINISTRIES.
THE Appleton Schuetzen Society will
hold tournament in June, and $500 in
prizes will be awarded to the successful
competitors. Delegations from Oshkosh,
KaUkauna, Green Bay, Wausau, Chiffon,
and Neenah will participate
Pensions have been granted the fol-
lowing Wisconsin people:
Original-Francis NJ. Garner, Christopher
Foss, Benjamin 7. Cook, Christian Schultz,
Edward G. Finton, William Dickson, Daniel
B. Fisk, William GilbOy David w. Fox,
Augustus A Hawkins, Nathaniel G. Grant
navy, William Baker navy; James Wal
lace navy, William III. Beare navy,
James S. Stanton, William d. Barber, Ole
Olson, Jacob Young, Nicholas Wall {deceas-
ed, Alanson Alden, Ludwig Schultz, Hugh
Cunning (navy), John Brunette, Leopold
Debecker, James A. Brown. Reissue and
increase-Wm. E. Lagrout, Ephraim II.
Dugan. Restoration-John G. Bosch, In
creased. w. Odds, Frank Fuchs, Charles
Richardson. WenceIl Chady, Joseph
Shaw, Robert III. Lloyd, John Keller,
Henry Schlicht, Christian Cline, Matthew
w. Parker, Leonard Ransom, VIM. H. DOp-
kins, Fetus Maring, Alpheus w. Palmer,
William Wheeland, Albert w. Cole, Darius
Dodge, Alexander Adair, Morgan Reed, AL
bert Brewer Calvin A. Parker. John w.
Rowe, Ed rar A. Delano William e. Harris,
Thomas Mould. NaYy-Edward n. Rowley,
Chas. II. Marsh, Levi NJ. Butler, JOS. Green
wood, JnO. Hobbs, Daniel Dederick, Ferd-