The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-01
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of interest From all Parts of This
Great State.

Great State.
For two months past a large crew OF
men has been employed digging chan
mel for La Crosse river a distance of a
mile, at a point about two miles south
of West Salem. The object is to pre-
vent the river crossing the railroad
right-of-way twice and thus doing
away with two bridges. On Septem-
Der 10 the water was turned into It's
new channel, but before morning the
the dam across the ole channel was
swept away and the river resumed its
former course. During September 20,
1000 bags of sand beside brush and
many loads of earth were dumped into
the opening. The dam has been repaired
and the water is running permanently
in its new channel. The cost of the
work is shared equally between the St.
Paul and the North Western roads.
Florence Arnold, 17-year-old girl
living at rs Canal avenue, Chicago, ar
rived in Stevens Point at midnight eX-
pecting to meet certain parties who
we're to give her lucrative employment.
An oily-tongued man in Chicago pur-
chased her a ticket over the Wisconsin
Central in Chicago, and said he would
accompany her. Shortly after the
train started he went into a smoker
and was seen no more, having probably
slipped off at the first stop. The girl
is the only child of a poor washer
woman and undoubtedly planned her
destruction The parties who she was
to meet were probably frightened away
by the presence Of several officers at
the depot when the train pulled in.
She will be sent back to Chicago.
The sawmill Of the Dougherty Lum
Der company burned to the ground at
Ashland. The mill was one of the old
est in the city and seemed to go like a
flash There was little wind and the
10000, 900 feet of lumber on the docks
and in the yard was saved. The total
loss is estimated at 5000; insurance,
$4,000 to $4,000 in old-line com
panies.
j. f. NimmOCk was convicted IN the
circuit court at Eau Claire of uttering
a forged check for $50 on the First
National bank of Chippewa Falls
Nimmock was identified recently by a
St. Paul banker as the man who swim
died four banks in Minneapolis and st.
Paul in one day and escaped.
The report that Commander D.
LLOYD Jones was about to remove TO
Milwaukee to engage in law practice
with w. G.. Williams is somewhat pre-
mature, and the statement that be was
about TO transfer the G.. A. r. head
quarters from Stevens Point TO Mil
Waukee is not true.
The special train, carrying Gen.
Alger and party, had narrow escape
at Union Center. By mistake two long
freight trains attempted to enter the
same sidetrack, but the rear train ex
tended out on the main track. The
special came along at rate of about
forty miles an hour and the engineer
did not see the danger until within a
short distance, when he applied the
brakes, shaking up the veterans and
other passengers and stopping only a
few feet from the freight.
On petition of the Rev. J. P. Dysart,
of Milwaukee, representing the Chill
dren's Home society, a writ of habeas
corpus was issued by Judge Bailey to
enable Mr.. Dysart to obtain possession
of baby, a year old, now in the custody
of its mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mcneil,
at Eau Claire. She has secured a law
yer and will fight to retain possession
of her child.
Fire damaged the residence owned
by DR.. w. o. Coffee and occupied by
G. A. Blanchard and John B. Lapine
at GAINESVILLE to the extent of 81 800. 1t
was caused by the explosion of dish
of gasoline in which Mr.. Lapine was
cleaning some old clothes, and in which
he accidentally dropped the stump of a
cigar be was smoking.
Plans for the church building to be
erected by the Methodists of Baraboo
at cost of $50, 900 have been accepted.
The work of laying the foundation will
be begun as soon as the plans are COM
pleted, and the work upon the super
structure will be allowed to rest until
spring. The church is to be completed
by September l, 1897.
The residence of j. L. Jensen, To-
Gated outside of the city limits and be-
yond the reach of the fire department
at Amigo. was destroyed by fire. 1t
was caused by defective chimney.
The loss is $1,000, partially covered by
insurance.
GAINESVILLE physicians will take a
prominent part in the second quarterly
meeting of the Central Wisconsin Med
ical society. which will be held at Be-