The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-25
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Brief Points from Various Sections Of the
Great Badger State.

Ashland which inValidates. one-sixth Of
the tax levied by Bayfield, year ago.
The Merrill & Ring Lumber company
and Cranberry Lumber company Of
Duluth had quantity of logs in the
town of Bayfield,, which were assessed.
They brought sui, to knock out a por-
ton of the tax Several allegations
were set up, the principal one being
that a certain tax levied for school
purposes and amounting to one sixth
Of the total tax, was invalid. Judge
Parish sustained this point, and signed
orders allowing these firms to pay the
tax levied, less this amount.
Mike McDonough and Charles Smith,
convicts transferred from state prison
to the Northern hospital, escaped from
the latter institution and are still at
large. McDonough is 80 years of age,
with black hair and smooth face He
was convicted Of assault with intent to
kill, for which he was sentenced to ten
years in the pententiary Smith is 50
Years of age. He had been at the hos
pital only about six months. Melon
ough was transferred TO the asylum
about a year ago.
The season for cutting Waney board
timber is over, and it is estimated that
the shipment of Wany pine from Ash
land to Liverpool in the summer Of
1897, based upon the winters cur, will
aggregate 100000 cubic feet Of timber
There is no region in the United States
that produces so desirable Waney pine
as the Ashland lumber district and
Northern Michigan,
George B. Wheeler receiver Of the
Eau Claire Street Railway, Light and
Power company. transferred the street
railway to Ii n Bates of Boston as
trustee. The amount of the consider
alton is withheld. A new company is
to be organized to operate the road,
which is to be rebuilt.
The Democratic judicial convention
held at Chippewa Falls to name candi-
dates for county and municipal judges,
broke up in Il wrangle in which intense
feeling was exhibited between two fac
tions. The principal contest was over
the office OF county Judge.
Senator A. Il. Whitman has filed Il
letter with the county clerk of Outaga
ME county Withdrawing from the con
test for the office of county judge. His
reason is a doubt Of the propricty of
acting as state senator ana county
judge at the same time.
Tony Lane, of New Lisbon, who had
beth legs taken off in the yards at To
nah, died from his injuries. The body
was taken to Necedah for burial.
w. S. Smith, one Of the best known
farmers in Sank county, was stricken
with paralysis at Baraboo and his
death IS expected at any moment.
The question Of license or no license
will be decided ut the coming spring
election in GAINESVILLE.
The electric light proposition snb
mitted to the common council at Elroy
is more sweeping than at first supposed |
The company proposes to locate the
plant at Union Center, and furnish light |
for Wonewoc, three and one-half miles
away, Union Center HiIlsboro, four and |
one half miles distant and Elroy, three
and half miles 1t is very probable
that il franchise will be granted.
The men arrested at Horizon were
before Justice SAWYER One
giving his name as Robert Harris, was
with shooting at Henry Weis-
brodt He pleaded not guilty. but was
aud sentenced TONNE months
in tie county jail. John Wagner and I
G. f. Moore were bound over to the /
circuit court on charge Of threat to
iniQre The other eleven were given
sixty days for vagrancy.
me ice yacht Defender has been
wrecked at Oshkosh This
makes three Of the best ice yachts of
that city that have met disaster WITHIN
he past few weeks the Snowflake,
and Defender. AS i'll the
,thpr slnasbups no serious injury to the
occupants Of tile Defender resulted, but
lie boat was 81 badly damaged that
'he will not be repaired for any more
sailing this season.
The home Of Richard Dnnplas IN the
~ Atisol,, Chippewa county, was
destroyed By fire Besides the loss to
lis house, all the household furniture
vas destroyed.
such III epidemic Of measles in Sc
5ere form prevails in the country seven
niles north of Palmyra that scarce
enough we'll can be found to care for
the sick.
Henry Arnet, of the town of Farm
ngton, Washington county, had the
to come into contact with a
circular saw. Part Of his right hand
was severed.
Jennie Charles attempted TO commit
suicide at the home of her uncle,
Charles Renepg, in Green Bay, by TAX