The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-18
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State.


oils, who is creating something OF Il
sensation in that city, and of whom
there appears to be doubt about the
legality of her marriage, is said to be
the daughter of Edward Raycraft, OF
Cadott, and niece of Henry Schultz, OF
Chippewa Falls. The charge is made
against her by E. p Wheeler. of Min
neapols 1t is claimed that Mrs. Pryor
was married in Minneapolis under the
name of Helen Barrett Wheeler, Of
Syracuse, N. Y, April 81. Pryor is
one of the prominent young men OF
Minneapolis, and had known the woman
but six weeks. At the tine OF her
marriage the woman claimed that she
was try ing to avoid man whom she
said was her cousin. He was alleged
to have gone under the name of Wads-
worth, and Miss Wheeler and the Pryor
family claim that WadSWOrth threat
ened to kill her if she married Pryor
This she explained by saying that
Wadsworth had for number of years
regarded himself us her affianced.
Wheeler claims he was married to the
woman at BOYD. Wis, and also alleges
that she had previously been married
to a man named Pederman.
George H. Cronyn. the Milwaukee
expert accountant, who has been en-
gagged upon the books of the defunct
Commercial bank, of Stevens Point, the
past year, filed his report with Receiver
Pffner. The report covers the entire
period of the banks existence as state
bank, from its incorporation in No
vember, 1888, up to its collapse IN
March, 1895, and nils 30 typewriter
pages. Among the more important
revelations is the fact that the bank
had been insOlvent every since its or
ganization and the regular reports filed
with the state treasurer were IN many
instances false. At the time the bank
was organized the accountant claims
there was deficit of 500, 1853. Is, and at
no time in its subsequent career was
this condition improved.
1t is reported at Superior that Rev.
Mr.. StarkWeather, eX-mayOr OF the
CITY, had decided to furnish the back
ing for novel undertaking. Report
says he will fit up Il stOrerOom and es-
tablish therein a place Of refreshment
and entertainment to be conducted on
the plan of a concert saloon. One OF
his intimate friends is said to be the
promoter of the enterprise and will
probably act as manager.
At the council meeting at Oshkosh
the city attorney was directed to COM
mence proceedings to annul the fran
-chise of the Central Wisconsin Electric
Railway company, which three years
ago obtained franchise to put IN an
electric road. but only built three miles
and is now in the hands of receiver.
A serious accident occurred to Will
Turner, who lives three miles east OF
Virouua. He was working with Nat
Henry telling trees when one became
lodged, and, in loosening, one OF the
trees fell, striking him on the head and
rendering him insensible. His recovery
is doubtful.
The Rock county board directed the
district attorney to discontinue the suits
against the insurance companies that
had policies on the county buildings
burned at JOhnstOwn.
Under the auspices Of the Columbia
Yacht club, of Chicago, u race will be
run August Is from Chicago to Mari
nette. Thirty or forty crafts are eX-
pected to compete.
A vacant residence belonging to l..
NJ. Stevens and number of outbuild-
lngs were destroyed by TWO incendiary
fires at Black Earth. The owner re-
sides in Louisiana.
There are over 400,000,000 feet Of
logs in Nevers dam boom, near Grants
burg, which is the largest amount ever
held there. They are piled up from
fifteen to thirty feet high in places.
Henry Tarrant, ex member of the
assembly from La Prairie, was elected
country treasurer to fill the uneXpired
term of the late Charles N. Nye. His
bond was fixed at 5000.
Many of the farmers in the town of
New Denmark, Brown county. are cut
ting their rye while it is green and
curing it into fodder with which to feed
their cattle next winter. The crop
promises to be heavy, but the farmers
say more money can be made by-mak-
ing fodder of it than harvesting it and
selling the grain this year. This is
owing to the hay crop being very poor.
The state library board at Madison
reelected Frank \. Hutchins, of Bara-
boo, chairman, and Miss Lutte Stearns,
of Milwaukee, secretary. Miss Stearns
submitted partial report of the work
of the commission since lis organiza-
ton. The board discus ed the propo-
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