The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-08
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Short Items..of Interest From, All Sec.
tions of Wisconsin.

tiOns of Wisconsin.
Racine automobile owners are uu i,
arms over the proposed passage Of al
ordinance by the common council
stopping the carrying of oil on as
phalt paved streets.
William Lewandowsl1i, of Racine
has been arrested on the charge 8
choking Mrs. Bertha Gotkowski. !;
widow, because she refused to pa
rent for church pew.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars is The
price set by James Hurley, of Chiffon
upon his thumb, which he claims wa:
bitten off by John Powers, Of Blu
cIanan. Suit has been instituted al
! Appleton.
4 Eagle is erecting a school building
at cost of 81, 900.
/ Ocononowoc has a population Oh
SOL, exclusive of the sun1naer resi-.
dents. This is an increase OF 131 in
| five years.
Over 800 teachers attended the sum
mer school conducted at the White
water Normal school, which was one
OF the most successful conducted in
the state.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the board of directors of the Fond du
Lac Y. M. C. A. that was held Mon
day evening E. r. Champion, Of
Marinette, was elected secretary for
the local organization for one year.
The election Of Mr.. Champion makes
it certain that Y. M. c. A. building
will be erected in short time.
A furious hail storm at Menominie
cut to pieces or knocked down hun
dreds of acres of corn and oats. The
wind wrecked many buildings and the
damage will reach many thousand
dollars.
Mrs. Pat Stone died at Tomahawk
as the result of fall from handcar.
A party Of women had been out on the
Marinette road after blueberries and
the handcar left the track while at
high rate of speed.
The fourth annual camp meeting of
the Western Wisconsin Spiritua1ists
will open at Wonewoc, Aug. S, and
will continue until the %. Noted
spiritna1ists from all over the United
States will attend.
A storm accompanied by great
chunks of ice did much damage toy
crops about Be1oit Saturday, especial
~ to tobacco, fields being torn to
shreds. Hundreds Of panes. Of glass
in the city were broken. es,,, -s
Litigation in which the city of La
Crosse is made defendant has been be-
gun by hay growers, who allege that
they are unable to secure their crop
owing to the delay Of the city in erect |
ing a bridge over Swift creek.
Fond du Lac was visited by veri-
table tornado at an early hour Satnr-
day morning. The heavy wind was
accompanied by hail and rain, and
considerable damage was done to the
crops throughout the county. Several
telephone lines went down and many
trees were uprooted.
The census returns give Askeaton
a population of 1924, a decrease of q
since 1900.
The board of review has assessed
Beloit's valuation at SSH, 278, an in
crease over last year of 81, 629, 400.
Several barns were blown down,
trees were uprooted and crops DAM
aged by Saturdays storm in Trempe-
aleau county.
T. E.. Sampson of Green Bay has
been appointed agent for the Milwau-
kee roadiat Askeaton to succeed>J. H.
Oliver, resigned.
In runaway accident at Baraboo,
Andrew Pratt, well to do farmer,
was thrown against the curb and his
skull fractured. He will die.
]. A. Decker has thrashed six acres
of barley for yield of 400 bushels on
LAND near GAINESVILLE that had grown
two heavy crops of sugar beets.
Robbers broke into ROLAND L. Por-
ter's residence at Mukwonago Sunday
night and secured $88. The postofice
was also Ientered and a few pennies
secured.
Gov. La Toilette has appointed At
torney H. L. Maxfe1d of GAINESVILLE as
delegate to the reciprocity confer
ence to be held in Chicago on August
10 and II.
A. N. Bort has declined a re-elec-
ton by the Be1oit school board to the
office of clerk, which place he has
held twenty-one years. He continues
to hold membership in the board.
GAINESVILLE Chautanqua assembly
closed its first session on Sunday with
total attendance of 5000. Eight
hundred and fifty season tickets for
next years session we're sold from the
platform.
The members Oft. the police and fire
commission Of Racine investigated
charges made by Mayor Nelson and