The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-07
Wisconsin Brevities.

According to friends of DR.. Picken,
he expects to begin an action for dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 in consequence
of the hypnotism cases at Eau Claire.
This is based on the expectation that
the case against him will be nolle
pressed when called at the March term.
It is claimed that what DR.. Picken
wants is a trial Of some kind to vindi-
cate him.
The organization of the country club
is now well under way at Milwaukee.
AS soon as 100 members have been Sc
cured a lease for the Green estate on
the Whitefish bay will be made for a
term of five years. 1t is understood
that the rental of the property has
been fixed at $1,000 a year The initia-
ton fee has been placed at $50, with an
nual dues Of $50.
The farmers in the vicinity of the
town of Salem have discovered natural
gas.
Sculptor Conway's model for the sol
diers' monument has arrived from
Rome and was taken out of bond by
Capt. w. J. Grant at Milwaukee. It
will be placed on exhibition in a store
in Broadway. The money to build the
monument is to be raised by popular
subscription.
VIM. Plankinton, assignee of the de-
funct Plankinton bank, received $40, 500
in cash in settlement of debt, said by
the experts who figured in the grand
jury proceedings against the bank di-
rectors to be worthless. The money
comes directly from the sale of the
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Superior telegraph company to the Pos
tai telegraph company
The funds of the Milwaukee Associ-
ated Charities are so low that if the
cold weather had continued it would
have been impossible to relieve all the
applications for help. The last few days
the Associated Charities have been en-
gagged in the employment bureau bust
ness. Applicants for relief who claimed
to want work were sent to the offices of
the Wisconsin Malleable Iron company.
A number of employees went out on a
strike and their places have all been
filled through the Associated Charities.
It has just leaked out that Sheriff
Andrew Williams of Waupaca county
has been for some time on the track of
an important witness in the Mead MUIR
der case and located him in Sturgeon
Bay last week. He was an eye witness
to the murder and recognized all the
parties connected with it. The witness
feared to say anything about the case
at the time, as he was afraid of in
curing the emnity of the murderers,
and kept silent until recently, thinking
that it was all settled. He mentioned
the fact to friend in Menominee,
Mich, and was discovered in that way.
Milwaukee bonds aggregating $500, 900
were sold at a good premium, the sue
cessful bidders being N. w. Harris &
Co. of Chicago. The bonds bear interest
at the rate of per cent and the pre-
MUM was at the rate of 1.102
Among the exercises in an entertain
ment by the pupils of the public schools
in the high school building at Kenosha
was military drill, in which the suns
used were loaned by citizens. Mat
Bauer playfully snapped his gun at Will
liam Burg He didn't know it was
| loaded. A charge of shot entered young
Burgs face, making a serious wound.
H. G. Macarthur, D. D., died at his
home at Fort Atkinson, after a Ions
| illness. He was prominent Congrega
| tional minister, having had charge OF
| the churches in Oshkosh, Beloit ano
! many other cities in wisconsin.
| At a convention held in Petersburg
| Bell Center was chosen the county sea-
| Of Crawford county.