The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-17

M. FL. Buckley, who was connected
with an Appleton bank, bought note
of $4,000 purporting to be signed by
Ingbert Peterson, a wealthy farmer re-
siding near Clinton, this state. Peter
son refused to pay the note, claiming
it to be forgery. Buckley brought
suit to recover the amount. Experts
on handwriting claimed that it was
Peterson's signature, and Judge Ben
nett decided that he must settle.
A heavy storm passed over Darling
ton. On the Platteville branch of the
Chicago, Milwaukee q ST. Paul road
the track washed out. Darlington
sidewalks were washed away and in
some places the streets were badly
damaged. Lightning struck the high
school building, SCATTERING the fagpole
and tearing up the cupOla.
The new Milwaukee, Racine & Ke-
nosha electric road, now being built
between Racine and Milwaukee, will
have the finest bed of any electric road
in the country. One OF the officials of
the new road said that every bit of
track would be rock ballasted, making
it as good a road bed as many steam
railroads have today.
Mrs. Lars Anderson, who resides
southeast of Rockdale, Dane county,
met with an accident which may be
fatal. She was standing on a wagon
handling tobacco in tobacco shed
when the horses started, throwing her
to the ground, the wheel of the wagon
passing over her face and head.
During the summer the city council
of Stevens Point purchased large
amount of road-making machinery and
proceeded to lay down nearly two
miles of granite macadam on the prin-
cipal streets, charging the expense to
the owners of abutting property. The
work was done by the day under the
supervision of the city surveyor and
street commissioner Now a majority
of the property owners refuse to pay
the bills, and will bring suit against
the city in order to prevent the several
amounts being placed on the tax roll of
succeeding years, as has been the GUS
tom heretofore when like bills were
not paid during the year when the
work was done.
A number of Superior citizens ale
keeping very quiet about a certain
spiritualistic seance in which they fig
urea few nights ago. Two travelling
mediums" got them to the number
of twenty in arOom and after collecting
the required 81 per head put out the
lights in order to commune. When
there was again light the mediums had
vanished and with them twenty pieces
of silver and divers other articles Wiich
their owners did not desire to Fart
with.
John Brooks died at his home in
hartford, aged 50. He was an active
and steadfast republican, and voted
for William Henry harrison, and all
along the presidential line to Benjamin
Harrison He was appointed post
master under President Lincoln in
1861, which Office he held continuously
until 1894. period OF more than thirty
years. He had long been member Of
the Masonic fraternity.
A severe electric storm occurred at
Mainette. Four men were Frustrated,
but all recovered except Edward An
derson, a barber VINO is in a serious con-
dition. Lightning struck the /.
Stephenson mill, setting it on fire.
The blaze was eXtinguished before any
damage was done. Two men working
in the mill were Frustrated.
Fred Daub, an old logger and resi-
dent of Ashland, was killed in a logging
camp at Bark bay. While peeling the
bark from a fallen tree, another tree
which flew up struck him i'll the alb
domen.
A 15-ye; old sou of Daniel Rogers,
living four miles east of Evansville, had
his leg. below the knee. dangerously
cut by falling in front Of corncutter.
Frank Brown, prosperous druggist
of Mondovi, has disappeared.