The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-13
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Itsms of interest From all Parts Of This
Great State.

As a result of Il quarrel in Gle, a
small sawmill town two miles west Of
Hurley, Louis Dimon lies dead with
three bullets through his body and
John Tocci is fugitive from justice.
Dimon and Tocci quarreed and Tocci,
it is alleged, took two shots at Dimon
but without effect Dmon appealed
for a warrant at the house of Justice
Choni, but as no blanks were at hand
was told to come in the morning. He
failed to do SO and the next day Went
into a saloon kept by Tocci's brother
with club, it s said Tocci used a
a revolver, it is claimed, with the
above result.
At a special meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Fishermen's association, held at
Green Bay, the question ofrecommend
ing the passage of law prohibiting
fishermen from fishing during the
spawning season, was discussed
About seventy-fy members of the
association was present, and majority
favored such legislation. AT the next
annual meeting in December next a
bill will be prepared embracing the
provisions deemed necessary by the
members.
j. S. Clark a jeWeler of Berlin, was
seriously injured while walking in the
st. Paul railroad yards. A runaway
horse, hitched to wagon, dashed
through the roadway and struck him.
He was thrown against car with great
force A bone in one of his forearms
was broken and he received other
severe injuries.
John Steve, a milkn4an of Appleton,
suffered serious injuries in peculiar
way. He was leading COW by rope
when the animal gave lunge, Jerking
him to the ground and dragging him a
short distance, breaking his collar bone
and his arm As Mr.. Steve is 20 years
of age the injuries may prove fatal
William j. Bryan has Written let
ter to w. FL. Rogers, a prominent dem
ocrat and free silver advocate, in which
he says he expects to speak at several
places in Wisconsin during the cam
paign. The cities are likely to be Mil
waukee, Madison and Superior.
The Polk county Wisconsin board of
immigration is now issuing 1000 copies
of an immigration pamphlet, for free
distribution, and all who wish to use
them can get copies Of Judge Larson,
the secretary at Osceola Mills, Wis.
1t is printed the English, Norwegian
and Swedish languages, and ably sets
forth the advantages of Polk county.
William Hughes, a farmer of the
town of Aurora, Waukesha county,
was severly hurt a few days ago.
While driving horse hitched to rake
the animal ran away. Mr.. Hughes
was thrown off and he received serious
internal injuries.
Fred Hobbert, s years old, was
drowned while bathing in the river at
Sheboygan. He was hanging on to
boat, when his playmates in fun jerked
it away. He sank at once and it was
forty minutes before his body was re-
covered.
News was received at Baraboo that
Hugo L. Buchenaw, well. known citi-
zen of Sank City, committed suicide by
shooting himself with revolver.
Thomas Smith, manager of the Chip
pewa county poor farm, was badly hurt
in a runaway.
Lightning struck barn in Menasha
belonging to Louis Weinlender. II
burned to the ground. The loss is $500
with insurance of 500.
A burglar carrying a dark lantern
entered the residence of A. F. Wyatt at
Stevens Point and had just broken
through a door that separated two of
the inner rooms when q shot from a
gun in the hand of Mr.. Wy att grazed
his head, causing him to make hasty
escape. Wyatt had been awakened by
the noise in the outer room, and had
been standing ready to shoot as soon
as the fellow showed himself.
Passenger train No. 43l on the ST.
Paul road met with an accident near
Marinette which might have caused
death and disaster had it not been seen
in time by the engineer The rails
were warped into an S shape, by the
heat, and the train dashed along for
about a hundred feet on them, but it
was stopped in time and escaped being
ditcthed. The passengers were badly
shaken up.
Reports from the farming regions in
Marinette county indicate that the oat
crop is almost an entire failure, large
areas having been struck by the
blight. The grain is now matured,
and farmers are cutting their fields,
while the crop is green. There was a
large acreage soWn, and loss is seri-
Gus misfortune to farmers.