The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-17
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State.

freight cars in the north end of the
yard at Elroy, wrecking the engine, a
mail car and three or four freight cars.
The engineer and fireman, Brig.
Young and David Fowler, went over
with the engine into ditch, fall of
about six feet. The men escaped with
only slight bruises. Mrs. Queene, of
indianapolis, Ind, was also slightly
wounded. 1t is thought that some
boys playing with the cars in the yard
released the brakes and allowed the
cars to run out on the main track,
causing the wreck.
Jesse Gray, Marinette young man,
had d narrow escape from terrible
death at the Park mills. He fell
through hole in the floor into a fume
and for about ten minutes swan against
strong current to prevent his going
into the water wheel where he would
have been ground to death. His cries
were heard just in time to save his life.
When taken out he became unconscious
and remained so for half an hour.
The Wisconsin fish commissions car
Badger has just been to West Superior
and planted along the Omaha line over
5000 black bass. The commission left
stacks of the fish at Spoone, Gordon
and sent some overland from South
Range to Lake Nebegemian. The
commission is taking the fish at this
time of the year by seines in the Missis-
sippi river. The fish leave their spawn
in the shallow waters and when the
river recedes they are left high and
dry. Large numbers are taken by the
seines, but thousands perish. The
Wisconsin commission will this season
save in this manner 100000 fish, of
which 100000 have already been taken.
The fish car is engaged in making fire.
quent trips to and from the river to the
portions of the state designated by the
commission.
The Yerkes Observatory building at
Lake Geneva is almost ready for the
great telescope, which will be placed
in position at an early date. The dome
is Ito feet high, and 80 feet in diane
ter. 1t is constructed of iron, and
weighs 200 tons. When in working
order it will revolve on twenty siX ball
bearing wheels, the whole to be oper-
ated by electricity. Beneath the dome
is marble floor, hung with counter
balance weights and capable of being
raised or lowered twenty-five feet.
The lenses to be used in the telescope
are the largest ever constructed. They
are ready to be placed as soon as the
observatory is completed.
Marinette and Menominee responded
generously to the first call for aid from
Ontonagon, and will not pass by the
second appeal. The twentyone mills
on the river will contribute twenty cars
of lumber to be used in erecting houses
there. Congressman Stephenson, of
Menominee, sent north carload OF
lumber, enough to build one house.
The other consignment is now being
collected.
Report has it that number of dis
coveries of gold have been made at the
village of Parrish, twenty three miles
northeast of Merrill. According to the
report gold has been found between a
boarding house and store and in the
Prairie river. 1t is said that the dis
coverv was made some time ago but
that the matter was kept from the
public until very recently.
Charles Kruse, who lives on the
Beaver Dam road few miles from Co
lumbus, while working with thresh-
ing machine crew in the town Elba,
was kicked in the face by horse,
breaking the jaw bone and his nose,
and knocking out several teeth.
The Oshkosh fair has received an
other blow. This time it is from the
Good Templars, of Menasha, who
passed the following resolutions at
their last meeting: Resolved, that we,
as temperance society, condemn the
officers of the Northern fair to be held
at Oshkosh for allowing the sale Of in
toxicating liquors on the grounds. 1t
is further resolved, that we ask all
temperance people to withdraw their
patronage until they run it as fair,
not as a gigantic saloon and gambling
hell "
The resignation OF A. L. Besse, of
Ashland, member of the state board of
immigration, has been received by Gov.
Upham. Mr.. Besse states that he is
involved in business difficulties which
will result in a court settlement Of his
connection with the town of Butternut
and the bank in which he was formerly
interested, and that he does not desire
to continue in an official position under
the circumstances.
Thieves broke into a freight car
standing in the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul wards at West Madison, and