The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-02
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great state.

men who were drilling a well Oh the
farm of Frank Cudahy. The well had
been drilled to a depth of seventy feet
when the gas was struck. 1t rushed
out with great force and two of the
workmen were almost stupefed from
inhaling it before they had realized
what had happened. A lighted match
was put to it and it instantly lgnited
and flame was sent into the air dis
lance of four feet Mr.. Cudahy has
arranged contrivance so that by the
use of pipes and plugs he has the gas
under control in such way that it can
be cut off or let run just as he pleases.
He keeps it burning almost constantly,
and visitors for miles around are at
tracted there to see it.
An explosion of gasoline nearly end
ed the lives of Arion Cornelius and
James Gallagher, two boys who found
a can of oil and proceeded to have
some fun with it, by letting it run over
the ground and setting fire to it at
Beloit. They forgot TO shut off the
faucet and the explosion that followed
shook up the neighbOrhood for blocks
around and made many think that the
day of judgment had come. Young
Gallagher had his clothes partly burned
off and sustained very serious, bu' not
necessarily fatal injuries, while Cor
ne!ius Jared better and suffered but
few bruises on his face and hands.
o, B. Roberts, of, ST. Paul, Il Pinker-
ton detective, was in Eau Claire on
several cases, and has been trying to
get hold of Nimmerick, the alleged
forger who swindled several st. Paul
and Minneapolis banks and was jailed
at Eau Claire for alleged forgery sew
eral weeks ago. The authorities re-
fuse to surrender him. He will be
tried in September unless he pleads
guilty.
Eight eastern capitalists chartered
an Ashland boat for trip along the
south shore of Lake Superior to L'Anse.
Their ostensible object is to fish, but
their attempts at secrecy together with
other facts leads to the supposition that
they are on prospecting tour to the
place where copper cargo was sunk
in the lake several years ago.
The man killed in the railroad acct
dent in Vermont has been identified as
Edward j. Brown, son of Carlos Brown
of GAINESVILLE. He was cigarmaker.
A week ago he left for Rutland, VT. to
visit relatives.
George Seawold, a farmer of the
town of New Berlin, Waukesha county,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat. He was 40 years old and
leaves wife and three children He
was in poor health.
Two men, names unknown, were run
over by South Shore train near Iron
River. One sustained injuries which
will result fatally and the other will
lose both legs and All arm.
Green Bay has bicycle rider in the
person of D. G.. Smith, who served all
through the late civil war, who is
ready to race any old soldier in Wis
consin for money. marbles or fun.
John Cleary, young man of Monde
vi, was drowned at Garth. The boat
which he was in capsized The body
has not been recovered.
Peter Bohn, a Racine barber, had
one of his hands cut in frightful man
ner by running it through pane of
glass.
Frank Weiffenbach, employed at the
Thomas Driver & Sons factory in Ra-
cine, had his left hand caught in a
shaping machine and it was cut off as
far as the thumb.
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls cy-
clers have decided to build a cycle
path between the two cities.
The case of the state against A. G.
Probert, mayor and banker, charged
with the embezzlement of 81, 800 from
the Bank of Lodi, Wis, was in pro-
gress up to June a at Washburn,
when the district attorney read an aft
davit charging that the Jury had been
tempered with by friends Of The de-
PENDANT. The jury was discharged and
a new one will be secured.
The three Golfers -John, Eliza and
Hughie-appeared before Justice Hum
phreville at Marinette. They are
charged with the theft of $119.75 worth
of property belonging to the Kirby
Carpenter company, of Menominee.
They pleaded not guilty and their ex-
animation was set for June 80 They
are held under $4,000 bail on other
charges.
City Attorney Davidson, of Oshkosh,
states that he does not anticipate that
the $4,000 demanded of the city by 81.
l. Weed, attorney for j. K Tillotson,
will be returned to the Toledo gentle
man. The communication filed with