The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-14
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Brief Points from Various Sections of the
Great Badger State

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City Street Railway company at Ra-
cine. An effort was made to run them
in the barns, but it could not be done.
| 1t is also understood that Manager
Case, of the Belle City company, will
| refuse to haul the cars for the new
company for the reason that they are
| heavier and longer than his contract
calls for He will demand more pay
| for the work and if it is refused the
cars will not be allowed in the barns or
be run over the line by power from the
Belle City Street railway plant.
| Perry Richardson, who is confined in
the Sank county Jail at Baraboo,
charged with the murder of S. S. Gates
in the town of Delton, in Sank county
twenty seven years ago, will perhaps
be liberated from prison on writ of
habeas corpus. FL. Grotophorst, Rich
ardson's attorney, is now preparing
papers to be presented to Judge Sic
becker for his clients release. He
claims that the warrant on which
Richardson was arrested was not prop
erly made out, as he was arrested on
the old Indictment issued twenty seven
years ago without an order from the
court.
The impeacked eX-mayor of Superior,
Rev. G.. S. Starkweather, announces
that he will be a candidate for mayor
in the spring. He is as eccentric as
ever AID drives to town in handsome
sleigh and the livery of his trusted col
Ored coachman is as neat as it was
when he drove his master to the pulpit
and to the city hall. His candidacy IS
not taken seriously in political circles.
King G.. Staples, the newly elected
assemblyman for the counties of Bay
field, Washburn and Sawyer, was ar
rested at Ashland and must show cause
why he should not be removed from his
office as chairman of the town Of Iron
River, as a result of an investigation of
| the books of the town Of Iron River,
which has been going on for some
time.
W. j. Whipple, who is we'll known to
all the old-time publishers in Wisconsin
has for the second time identified him
self with the Herald, of Winona, Mimi.
Back IN the sixties Whipple was the
editor of the Chippewa Times, and
later started the Sparta Herald.
On January 4 it was announced tina
U. and H. Won VALID. of Baraboo, had
bought the F. K. Randall stock of
goods. The sheriff has closed the
store, and there will probably be con-
siderable litigation over the stock,
which is volued at about $5,0QQx
The Oakland Mutual Fire Insurance
company, corporation composed of
farmers, through their officers at the
annual meeting at Oakland, signed
petition to President-elect Mckinley
asking him to appoint ex-Gov. Hoard
to be secretary of agriculture.
j. g. Anderson, a prominent con-
tractor of Superior, was held up near
his home. A man overlook him and
thrust a revolver in his face and An
derson wheeled and struck the man,
knocking him down. The robber fled
and has not been apprehended
The common council at Beaver Dam
passed an ordinance to compel the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail-
road to construct and maintain eight
sets of gates at eight different railroad
crossings in that city.
Nicholas Beers and Barbara Wiertz
have begun a $4,000 damage suit
against City Marshal Henderson,
Sheriff Pugh, Justice Morey and other
Racine officials for alleged false i'm
prisonment.
The village board of Waterloo passed
curfew ordinance compelling all per-
sons under Is years of age to be off the
streets at s o'clock p. m. The law goes
into effect Immediately.
The Superior Duluth Touring mills
have had a fair year of business. The
production of -four was slightly below
the make in 1895, but the prices and
sales of the year were little better.
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-four, compared with 3,508,050 barrels
in 1895. The export shipments in 1896
were 1928, 1896 barrels, compared with
LOG, $40 barrels in 1895.
The workhouse system established
in the Fox River valley has done its
work and the tramp evil and the tramp
industry on the part of officials have
ceased. From July l, 1895, to Janu-
airy 1, 1896, the county of Winnebago
gave lodgings to 2484 tramps. In the
corresponding period of the year just
closed it harbored only 484.
The farmers of the town of Gale
donia will hold meeting to protest
against the subway built under the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway tracks
by the Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha
Electric Railway coming, claiming that
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