The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-22
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

A man named May, resident OF Wa
tertown died lately of lockjaw caused by
bruisIng his thumb about week before
with stone.
Failures are few and far between. TIE
Richland county bank made an assign
ment on Monday. Its liabilities are Sl4O,-
UOO and 1t Is said deposltors will be paid
10 full.
An old man. a resident of Oshkosh,
started for church on Sunday last al d
| has not been heard of or seen since al
though diiigent search has been made
for him.
The BURBERRY crop is immense this
year. 1t IS estimated that there will be
shipped from Jackson county this. year,
2500c bushels of blueberries.
/ On Sunday the body OF an unknown
woman, aged about so and partly dressed
/ was tished out of the lake near Milwau-
kee. The body had not been in the wa
ter for more than one hour.
On Sunday last boy 16 years old
named Dosinske was dro owned while
bathing. He went beyond his depth and
was unable to swim. Emma Breen, a l.
year old girl was drowned on Monday
while bathing in the Rock rlver near Be-
lott.
A lad IL years of age had his back
broken by blow of base ball club III
the hands of o companion in Racine on
| Tuesday. The boys lower limbs are
paralyZed and he is unconscious. He can
not recover. The affair was wholly &C
| cIdental.
A fire IN the residence of A. Van Dusen
Of Madison, on Tuesday from a kero
sene can which servant girl USED
In starting fire in the kitchen. A two
year old child was suffocated, the servant
girl was SO badly burned that she will
not recover and four-vear old child Ii
seriously burned.
The various departments of the Wiscon
sin University will send out 200 gradu
ates this year. Commencement exercise.
Louis Kahlenberg of Two Rivers hal
graduate scientific course He has nov
the degree of Master of Science.
) The Racine Hardware Manufacturing
Co. made voluntary assignment for tat
benefit of it's creditors on Saturday last
, 1t had paid up capital of 100000 anC
, employed 800 men. The assets are from
100000 to $625000 aud the liabilities
l from $4,000 to 100000. The product
of the factory were similar to those of tn
Manitowoc Seating Co. This is the con
5 Germ of which Ed. Hubbard was manager
Forest fires are raging in northern
Wisconsin. The numbering town, 1rol
River was threatened with complete de
struction by a Torres fire on Sunday last
i Aid arrived from Ashland none too sool
; as $4,000 worth of property was destroy
ed IN the town before the flames wer
checked. Two mining towns in Mime
sota-Virginla and Mountain Iron, wer
totally destroyed by fire on Sunday.
Death by drowning was quite common
throughout this state last week. Thre
3. young men were drowned at Chequame
I gon Bay on Sunday last. Five were il
a sail boat which capsized Two clun,
to the mast and were rescued in an OK
hausted condition. At Merrill two youn,
| men from near Green Bay who were a
work in saw mill, Warren James ant
y John keator were drowned on Sunda,
last while bathing in the sriver. The
walked off a sand bar and being unabl
to swim went down.
People interested in educational mat
; .ers in this state will be pleased to lear
that President Albee has consented t.
remain as President of the Oshkosh Nor
NAL School. He visited Oregon to hav
< a conference with the regents of the Stat
$ University but declined to close witt
: them at the request Of the Wisconsin
r regents of normal schools. Mr.. Abe
was offered GALAXY of $1,000 by the Ore
gon regents. His salary has been IN
! creased by the normal school regents anC
the salary appropriation of the schoo
has been increased so that more and bet
ter teachers may be secured. The re
gents have also agreed to construct al
addition to the building which shall b.
60x100 feet.