The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-11
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State

Supt. 4. A. Cannon, who has charge
of the government dredges in the Vi
cinlty of Marinette, was in that city on
a peculiar mission. He was sent by
the engineering department to inspect
the famous I" squatter district" which
has been bone of contention between
the Menominee River Lumber company
and 200 squatters. He will look over
the shore line and report the area OF
land made by the recession of Green
bay. This is the land claimed by both
parties. The suit for its possession is
now on the circuit court calendar.
In the suit of George Mckenzie VS..
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company, a decision was rem
dered in favor of the defendant in the
circuit court at Green Bay. In this
case the plaintiff sued to recover
wages. Mckenzie, brakeman, was
arrested for stealing from cars on the
road between Milwaukee and Green
Bay. He was confined in Jail for a
time. but escaped, and is now supposed
to be somewhere in Old Mexico. After
his escape he made demand for
wages due him for services as a brake
man. The company defended on the
ground that it was not liable for any
wages to any servant, who during the
course of his employment systematlcal-
" robbed his master. Judge Hastings
held that this position was correct.
The coroner's jury empaneled to in
vestigate the cause of death of the VIC
tins of the freight wreck at Waldo
finished it's work at Sheboygan and
rendered the following verdict: That
the said John Miller came to his death
on the 10th day of May, 1896, in a
railroad wreck on the southbound
freight train, caused by the placing OF
ties across the track, about forty RODS
north of the depot, and there is not
evidence sufficient for this jury to
attach the blame to any person or
persons as to who the guilty parties
are, and the jury would recommend
that the railroad and the citizens OF
Sheboygan county use every effort to
find out who the guilty parties are, and
that they be dealt with according to
law"
The extension portion of the Trem-
pealeau telephone line, from Center
Vile to Arcadia, was sold by c. $.
Utter to a syndicate Of five citizens OF
Arcadia. The line was nearly COM
pleted when the sale took place. The
syndicate will build to Independence,
Whitehall, Blair, Waumandee, Mon
tana. and from Centerville to Bluff
Siding, connecting with the Winona
Telephone company.
The Racine council has granted the
Belle City Street railway additional
franchise rights, which allows them to
transfer cars of the proposed electric
road between Milwaukee, Racine and
Kenosha, over their lines in that city.
It is expected that work will be COM
menced on the proposed new road in
few weeks.
AT a special meeting held at Kau-
kauna by the city council to consider
the question of granting franchise to
the Rutan Electric Interurban road to
enter the city, it was voted to lay the
question on the table indefinitely. This
is practically a shut out to that
DrOiect. as the vote was unanimous.
O. B. Wyman, juuge of the La
Crosse circuit, called in by Judge
Bundy, opened court at Hudson to try
the damage suit of George W. Hubbard
of New Richmond VS.. the Omaha Rail
way company. On June q, 1894, the
plaintiff had his right foot crushed. He
asks $40, 600 damages.
William LOTUS and Lizzie Krier
were severely injured at Dodgeville by
their team running away, caused by a
bit breaking. Miss Krier went out
through the back Of the buggy. She
received a deep cash in the side and
lies in a critical condition.
Lumber shipments from Duluth for
the mOHCu VI Mdy Will W OlIOA AAOO0t
probably the greatest in any one month
in the history of the lumber trade. The
total, it is believed, will reach 100000
900 feet. 1t has already passed 3d.
100000
A worm about two inches long is de-
stroying the corn around Chippewa
Falls. The entire crop OF the Pound
farm has been destroyed. A. S. Stiles
has also had about forty acres de-
stroyed and is engaged in replanting.
The Green Bay public library board
has decided to change the name of the
institution to the Kellogg Public library
in memory of the late R. B. Kellogg, to
whose generosity the establishment of
the library is due.
The past two weeks were not very
good ones for lumbermen on the ST..
Croix, as several Of the mills were
obliged to shut down because of the