The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-15
Magnificent Liberality.


TIE will of the late James III. Mead,
of Sheboygan, gives the sum of $50 900
| for public library-the same to be ex-
pended in the purchase Of books should
the city buy suitable site and build
/ ing If the city does not provide %
! home for the institution, the sum of
! $4,000 is to be expended in that direc-
ton, and like sum devoted to the pur-
chase of books He beQueaths $4,000
/ for hall for boys, for innocent games
and paStimes saying that the only places
| open in the evening to youths are
/ saloons and summer resorts The
estate left by Mr.. Mead is estimated at
| $160. 600. The sum of $4,000 goes to
nephews and nieces. The remaining
$780, OC0 is divided equally between the
widow and daughter of the deceased.
CHAs. BAUER, German. is in jail for
stealing clothes, jewelry, etc, from
Chas. Reilly, of Hartford.
AT Marinette, DR.. Golfer shot DR..
Gregory in the leg, and is under arrest
| for attempt to kill Gregory was trying
to horsewhip his brother sawbones.
THE saw-mill and lumber yard of
Bird & Wells, at Wausaukee, were COM
pletely destroyed by fire. The damage
cannot be less than 500, 900; insurance
is about $50, 900.
A CONTAGIOUS disease has made it's
appearance among horses in the vicinity
of Appleton. 1t is known as cerebro-
spinal meningitis and it proves fatal in
nearly every case
SUPERIOR has accepted the newly COM
! pleted X street sewer, which is said be
one of the largest in the country. 1t is
| ton f9nf n 6ia and 5k0 feet long
| draining with its connections an area OF
2,700 acres The work cost $62,t
JOHN CARNEY, of Freedom, the
father Of eleven daughters was so de-
lighted at the birth OF a son that he
broke into hearty laughter. II s jaw in
some way became fixed, and in trying
to move it the bone broke, and Mr..
Garvey is now under q doctors care.
SHERIFF MERICLE, of Oneida County,
has arrested Robert Thomas, John Shaw
and Alexander Mcdonald, charged with
cutting in gates of the MinocQua dam
They were taken to Rhinelander, where
bail was furnished by Manson, one Of
| the Wausau mill men said TO have EN-
plOyed the men.
A BURGLARY was committed at Eu-
reka the other night in which the
dwelling Of Mrs. C. Fishbeck was en-
tered by breaking in a door after she
had been chlorOformed through an open
window near the head of her bed Eut
$16 in money was obtained, though gore
was overlooked
THE Marinette [ upkoA company,
composed of I'll. Swart, of Marinette, and
j. B. and W. A. Goodman, of Chicago,
have purchased of T. w. Harvey, of
Chicago. 1000, 600 feet of standing pine
on the Upper Menomonee; also his two
mills located at the mouth of the river,
which were built two years ago, and
have been operated by E. Scofield & Co..
CARRIE Erickson. aged II, pleaded
guilty to the charge of adultery, and May
TempletOn, aged II, to the charge of
abduction, in the County Court at Eau
Claire, and both were sentenced to the
Reform School. Ida Hanson, aged 16,
who pleaded guilty to the charge Of
larceny recently, goes to the same places
May Templeton is the female who abb
Quoted 14-year old Genoa Bradshaw from
Eau Claire to Minneapolis some time
ago. Add to the list of these young
women Mrs Popke, of Seymour, aged
II, who killed her baby, and the cata-
logue is startling in its exhibit Of de-
pravity, when the age of the offenders
is considered.
ONE year ago last April the general
store of M. V. Harrington 81 Son, at
Dakota village, was burglariZed and be-
tween $500 and $4OO taken. Recently
Mr.. Harrington received a letter from a
gentleman in Buffalo, n. Y, who signed
himself as reverend, stating that il he'
was the gentleman who had been
robbed, he would tell him where part of
the money, at least, could be obtained.
Mr.. Harrington replied to the letter, but
did not receive any reply until few
days ago, when he received a cheek for
$15O on Baltimore bank and letter
explaining that the writer was a priest
and that the thief had confessed to hiP,
and turned over all the money he had ~
his possession, to be returned to Mr..
Harrington.
THE celebrated Buena Vista lynching
case has been rev ewed by Gov. Peck,
application having been made for par
don for Charles HoltZ. He is now serv-
ing a life term at Waupun for COM
Dl city in the murder of old man Bue-
low. The application was signed by
Judge Webb, who sentenced HOltz, and
scores of prominent citizens Of Portage
County, where the crime was commit
ted. There is no doubt that HOltZ was
an innocent witness of the murder, go
ing there with the crowd without know
sng what was to take place, and it is be-;
lieved that the pardon Wi be granted
The real perpetrators of the crime are
all serving life sentences at Waupun.
The murder took place in the town Of
Buena Vista. old man Buelow being
"a led out OF his house after dark and
shot dead. Some twenty persons were
in the crowd that did the killing. The
crime was committed in 1887
THE Sand River Lumber Company, or
Ashland started up their saw m II a. ain.
LA CROSSE horsemen are contemplate
ing the building of racS course, like
the kite shaped track at Independence,
Iowa If the project goes through, it
is intended to bring the fastest horses
in the country there.
JOHN and Eddie Delongley, aged 10
and IA years, and George Argyle. aged
10, were arres ed at Black River Falls
for breaking into o. C. O'Hearn and c. ].
Thompsc ms grocery stores. The boys