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Hans Hanson has been doing some excavating on his farm near Sturgeon Bay, and the result is the discovery of two large chunks of iron ore. At Shiocton an attempt was made to burn the store and residence of W. J. Harlow. The miscreant cut a hole through the sheathing, apparently with a jackknife, stuffed the space between the studding with cotton batting saturated with kerosene, and set it afire. Police captain Coughlin collected a verdict for $500 against E. V. Gileson in a Superior court. While trying to arrest Gileson the latter hit the officer severely in the hand. Myrtle Sterling, a girl of 16, was taken out of a Superior dive by the police. She ran away from home in Brainard. She is a mere school girl. The shell marl in Kewaunee county will not be utilized at present. The eastern speculators would not pay the prices of the land owners. The New Era 18 the name of a newspaper that has been started at Kewaunee by a stock company. D. B. Harrington is the editor. The man who threw himself in front of a train at Ashland is supposed to be Jos, Bouchard, of St. Alphonse, P. Q. Eli A. Thompson, of Sturgeon Bay, was kicked in the face by a vicious stallion, yet he will live. Racine merchants are protesting loudly against Sunday excursions to Milwaukee and Chicago. An Omaha train was derailed near Eau Claire by striking a cow. Clark county's fair has been fixed for September 9, 10 and 11. German-American day will be observed at Eau Claire. Dr. D. C. Davies, father of George W. Davies, the Milwaukee club's pitcher, and one of the best known physicians of Columbus, was thrown from a road cart and badly hurt internally. Plainfield voters will decide Aug. 29 whether to let its railway bonded indebtedness run until maturity twenty years hence or refund it by annual payments of $1,000. Fred Vergenz, son of a Watertown minister, was thrown from a wagon and fatally injured, his back being broken. Over one hundred sheep have been killed by wolves in the vicinity of Dartford and Berlin. Before Justice Ræmer, of Appleton, Catherine Endtor pleaded gullty to the charge of selling skimmed milk and watered milk for pure milk. The case was dismissed with fine and costs, $17.28. -Betweer $3,000 and $5,000, it is believed, was stolen from the Gormans, in the town of Merton, Waukesha county, last Saturday. There is a very serere drouth prevailing in the counties of Polk and Barron. Centralia and Grand Rapids are to have a new city national bank, to be known as the Twin City National bank, with a capital of $50,000, which will be opened in the next sixty days. The comptroller of the currency has approved the selection of the National Bank of Commerce, of Minneapolis, as receiver and agent of the First National bank of Wausau. Frank S. Bradford of Florence, has been reappointed by Judge Goodland for the position of court stenographer for the tenth judicial circuit. At the Aurora street crossing of the Wisconsin Central in Ironwood. a 2-year old child named Johnny McKovitt was killed by the cars. Willie Bucholz, a 15-year-old-boy, fell from a joist in a Janesville tobacco warehouse and crushed his skull. Appleton's electric street railway will be in operation September 10. Four of the cars have arrived. Secretary True says that the stallion Nelson has been secured to trot at the state fair. Paraside post-office, Waupaca county, has been discontinued. Waterspouts were seen on the lake off Racine. An argument over 9 bet caused a knockdown at Chippewa Falls, participated in by John and Richard Cosgriff and Frank and Bob Hunter. All were subsequently arrested. Secretary Foster has decided the Racine public building site matter by selecting the Baker property, in the north end of block 32. The price is $25,000, which includes some additional land with the previous offer. The machinery of the Globe wall paper
