The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-25
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State.

Great State.
Fred Roberts, man employed at
Jacob Lienenkugel's brewery and a
resident of Chippewa Falls for the past
four or five years, received a letter from
Switzerland in which was enclosed a
draft for $4,000 and stating that a
| fortune had been left him in that cOun-
| try and that the draft was the first in
stallment Heis man of family.
A damage suit involving $4,000 is
on trial at Wausau. Oliver Stokes
sued the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha Railway company for that
amount in compensation for personal
| injuries sustained while in it's employ
as an engineer. Plaintiff contends
that the company ordered him out on
his run with strange engine at an un-l
accustomed time. While oiling the
engine he stepped on defective foot
rest, was precipitated to the ground
and sustained internal injuries. The
suit was taken there from La Crosse
on a charge of venue.
At the meeting Of the city council at
| Kaukauna the 4" curfeW ordinance" was
passed with but one dissenting vote.
The ordinance provides that all child
dren under Is years Of age are not to
| be allowed on the streets after 9 o'clock
at night in the summer and s o'clock
| in the winter unless accompanied by
their parents or in the performance Of
some duty.
There is speculation as to what rail
roads will cross from Wisconsin to Min
nesota over the bridge soon to be con-
structed from Connor'o point to Rice's
point at Superior. Some think it a
certainty that the Northern Pacific
will abandon its present route from the
east end through South Superior to
Duluth and utilize the bay front route
instead.
In the Foote Atlas cases at, Verona,
wherein the company sued individuals
for the price of aliases. Judge Wyman
gave decision against the company.
The defendants set up that their sig
natures were obtained by misrepresen-
tation. Two cases were appealed from
justice court. More than 100 cases de-
pended upon the result.
Frank Williams of Garden Valley,
Jackson county pleaded guilty to a
criminal assault on girl aged IL years,
daughter Of neighboring farmer.
Judge Bailey sentenced him to two
years at Waupon.
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron
works of North Milwaukee was award
ed the contract for building bridge
across Rock river, at Indian Ford, ten
miles north of GAINESVILLE.
John Nix, farmer of Clear Greek,
Eu Claire county, was killed by. light
ming during heavy storm. Two
horses were also killed.
Louis Atkinson Of the town of Pre-
BILE, Brown county, died from the ef-
fects of kick received from horse.
He was As years old.
A barn on the farm of ex-County
Treasurer Charles Schumacher, in the
town of Pennington, was destroyed by
fire.
Ezra MatheWson, farmer of Buena
Vista, was found dead in field where
he had spent the day blowing. The
horses he had been driving came up to
the house at supper time still hitched to
the drag. A search was instituted and
the old man found lying face downward
with small bruise on the lett breast,
over the heart. A physicians examin-
alton revealed a broken rib, one end of
which had punctured the heart.
Messrs. Heg and Snyder, members
of the state board visited the Northern
hospital at Oshkosh. They found
everything in most satisfactory con-
dition and spoke highly of a number OF
marked improvements introduced by
Supt. Gordon. Next week a school
will be inaugurated at the hospital and
an effort made to change or enliven the
dull current of the insane minds by
educational work. Musical and liter
airy entertainment will also be feat
ure.
A surprise at the Wayland COM
| mencement exercises was the resigna
ton of President Fl. NJ. Burchard,
which was accepted at meeting OF
| the board of trustees. 1t is the inten-
ton of Prof. Burchard to remove to
Chicago to take postgraduate course
at the Chicago university
Timothy Duggan, keeper of road
house near Menominee, ILL.,, is in jail
in Grant county charged with the muir
der of Thomas Dooling, of Galena,
whom, it is alleged, he struck in a fit
of anger, inficting injuries from which
the latter died.
Fred Anthem, ST., a carpenter en-
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