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

Dodgeville. parties were engaged drill
ing we'll. When they had gone down
some forty feet they struek mineral and
when they had reached distance of
about eighty feet they passed through
what they supposed to be a vein of
mineral foot thick. This find has
occasioned some little excitement, and
shaft will be sunk at the place to de-
termine the value of the find.
There is trouble brewing in the state
normal school, which may lead to a
conflict of authority, and all on account
of the Oshkosh fair and the attempted
boycott on the part of the religious So
cleties. President Albee has issued an
order forbidding a football game be-
tween the Oshkosh normal school and
Ripon college that is scheduled to take
place at the fair grounds. The foot
ball teams are under contract with the
Fair association and are 10th to yield
to the presidents mandate.
The Bohemian societies of Racine
have raised fund $3.50 to assist in de-
fraying the expenses Of erecting mon
ument over the grave of ex-Lieut.- Gov.
Charles Jonas, at Prague, Bohemia.
Some of the societies are opposed to
erecting the monument in far off Bohe-
mia, believing it to be more appropriate
to erect the monument in Racine, as
Racine was the home so long of Mr..
Jonas.
Capt. Dick ART, of the steamer
yacht Bernice, hooked up about 1000
feet of fish nets at Menasha which had
been strung across the mouth Of the
river. Capt ART is deputy fish
warden. He exercised his authority
by burning the nets on the Menasha
dock.
Miss Matilda Wildfang, who has
been the cause of considerable annoy
ance to the authorities in Neenah the
last year, on account of her threatening
the lives of a number of people, was
committed to the Northern hospital by
Judge Cleveland, of Oshkosh.
A Marinette citizen has just returned
from the Pine creek region. He states
that the people in that section are gold
mad and hundreds of them roam around
and knock pieces of stone off of bluffs
and huge rocks and carry them away
in baskets.
A. Schreiner, proprietor of the Plym-
outh brewery, was repairing the large
pump of the brewery when the heavy
pistonrod of the pump fell down, and
in some manner drove the handle Of a
pipe-wrench entirely through Mr..
Schreiner's hand.
Ground was broken at Racine for the
new power house that is to furnish the
power for the Milwaukee, Racine &
Kenosha Electric road. 1t will be of
brick and will contain two new boilers
and engines of 500 horse power.
Michael Roth, living a few miles
south of Reeseville, Columbia county,
was thrown from sulky pillow and dis
emboweled by the sharp edge of the
machine. He died soon alter.
Arthur Dudley, woodsman, cut his
throat at Marinette, but had not the
nerve to finish the job. 1t was cash
six or eight inches, but not deep
enough to be fatal.
F. Guaisch, an employe at the Phoe-
nix Furniture company's factory, at
Sheboygan, lost two fingers on his left
hand, by having the member caught in
in the face planer.
George Murtha, a ball player, had
his leg broken at Marinette. A base
runner collided with him on the home
plate and he sustained compound
fracture of the leg.
Thomas KrZyzan was struck by a
runaway team at Stevens Point and
killed. He was rs years of age.