The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-06
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State.

Joe Russell, the Oldest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. james Russell, of Chippewa Falls,
did net come home at the accustomed
hour few evenings ago, and in conse-
quence his parents became greatly
worried over his absence. As time
Jew By and he still failed to appear a
searching party was formed and Wig
0rous search was made all over the
city, but his whereabouts still remain
ed mystery. The father had almost
given Up hope Of ever seeing bis boy
again, thinking perhaps that he had
gone in swimming in the Chippewa
river and was drowned. joe attended
services at Notre Dame church and in
some unaccountable manner fell asleep
and was not noticed by the people as
they passed out. The sexton in max
ing his rounds Of the church before
locking it for the night, noticed dark
object in one of the pews and on MAX
investigation found Joe huddled up IN
one corner fast asleep.
Two more drownings have been add
cd to the list of Lake Monona. The
last occurred when John Spang, an Is
year-old boy from Dodgeville who went
80 Madison with al excursion and re-
manned over to visit relatives. went to
a watery grave. With another Dodge
vile boy, Archie Hahn, he went riding
and from the boat the two went swim
ming Spang was seized with cramps
and sank about twenty feet away from
the boat in ten feet of water, in HOBO
ken bay The body has not yet been
recovered.
The members of the Emaus church
at Racine, who are again having split,
called the Rev. P. S. G. Hanson to take
the passionate of the church. He smet
the directors and told them that he
was averse to accepting the call while
dissensions prevailed, and will not give
his answer for some time.
Halbert ". House, aged Is, one Of
Bhe oldest conductors on the Chicago
81 North Western road, died from the
effects of surgical operation at james
vile. He leaves a wife. He was a
member of the Masonic lodge of Bara-
boo and of the Brotherhood Of Conduc-
tors.
A 9-year-old son of George Weldon,
a homesteader at Minocqua, met with
serious accident. His little sister
found a loaded gun standing in the
corner, and in some way it was knocked
down and discharged, the load of buck
shot tearing away the right elbow Of
the boy.
A bull gored J. E. Rask, one Of Bur-
nett's poineer settlers, while he was in
field near Grantsburg. His head and
body are horribly lacerated and his life
is despaired of. The animal had TO be
shot in order to get Mr. Rask out of its
way.
Miss Winnifred r. Kent, daughter of
e. j. Kent, a merchant Of Janesville,
has been given $4,000 in settlement of a
claim tor damages by the Chicago 4
Eastern Illinois railroad. for injuries
received in a wreck in Chicago two
years ago.
Noah Phelps is thought to have been
fatally injured by a fall from the porch
of his residence at Monroe. He was
member of the territorial legislature
and is a pioneer of the state and that
county. He is over go Years old,
John Lawson proprietor of the New
Holstein machine shops at Kiel, had
his thumb caught in a machine and so
badly mangled that amputation was
necessary.
The secretary of the board of health
of Detroit has written to Secretary of
State Casson, asking information in re-
gard to the Wisconsin Eclectic Medical
college as to whether it is bona fide
Wisconsin corporation. The Detroit
secretary sends the names Of six men
who claim to have graduated from the
Eclectic college, and who are seeking
I'd pfdCUlC0 luOuIClD0 anu SuISCIl III
Michigan OF these six three did not
attend the college at all, two attended
FOR one day, and one attended for one
or two weeks. Secretary Casson will
refuse to certify to the incorporation of
the company, as proceedings to have
its charter annualled are now pending.
Recent correspondence, Mr.. Casson
says, shows that the company has re-
moved its principal place of business
from Milwaukee to Chicago.
A mad dog, yelping and frothing at
the mouth, rushed into the millinery
store M. L. Osius at Racine. A dozen
or more lady clerks saw the the animal
coming, and there was screaming and
IN few seconds they we're on top of
counters and customers were boiling
through doors. Mr.. Osius and Fred
Billings, armed with chairs, drove the
beast into an alley and it disappeared.
r.. e.. Eadus. of Racine. received a