Ozaukee County Newspapers

July, 1884

The Cedarburg Weekly News
July 2, 1884
Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin

LOCAL NEWS

Mr. J.W. JOHANN and family will remove to their new home in Depere today.

Mr. Fred BENDER and wife of Kansas are in town visiting friends and relations.

Everybody should attend the picnic on the 4th of July at John SIMON's Grafton.

Children who are large enough to take care of themselves should join the procession through the village on the morning of the Fourth.

Dr. H. MAGER has purchased a fine black horse last week from a party in the neighborhood of West Bend.

The young men of our village, who are not members of the Band, should form the advance column in the procession on the morning of the Fourth. Get together and do it!

The contract for repairing two of our bridges, one near the Cedarburg grist mill and the other near the Plaining Mills, was let to Wm. RETTBERG, he being the lowest bidder.

Among the many visitors that were at the Hilgen's Spring last Sunday, we noticed F. MEYER, R. STALLMANN, Theo. FINK, Frank VOGENITZ, and H.K. GANNON of Milwaukee.

Can the patriotic young ladies of this place join the procession on the morning of the Fourth and thus form a conspicuous and attractive division of the pageant? Try!

Rev. Mr. McFARLAND, the former pastor of St. Francis church, was here last Sunday. His numerous friends were very glad to see him again and looking so well as he does.

Last Monday was the opening of John ARMBRUSTER's jewelry store. Any person wishing anything in the line of jewelry or repairing should call on him.
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Michael GORMAN Esq., one of the substantial farmers of Waupaca county, near New London and a patron of the NEWS, was a welcome caller at our office. Mr. GORMAN was a resident of the town years ago, and comes back occasionally to visit the few remaining old friends. He will remain a few days, a guest of Mr. Thomas BROGAN of this village.
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The Rev. Father BOWE celebrated his first mass in St. Francis Borgia's Church on last Sunday. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion and was literally packed with parishioners and the friends of Father BOWE. Several from Milwaukee and neighboring towns honored the occasion with their presence. The choir, with Miss TROTTMANN as directress, did exceedingly well. Father BOWE was assisted by Father DURNIN as assistant priest, by Rev. Father McFARLAND as deacon and by Rev. Father HEMLOCK as sub-deacon. Mr. BAY acted as master of ceremonies. A very appropriate sermon was preached by Father HEMLOCK of Morris, Ill. A glance at the audience would tell that his remarks on the importance and dignity of the priesthood were well appreciated. Father FRIEDL of Saukville also honored the occasion with his presence. Father BOWE is very much esteemed by all who know him, and brings with him the well wishes of all who assisted him and were present at his first holy mass, wherever his lot may be cast.
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Mr. Wm. NOLL of Cascade paid our village a visit on Monday and yesterday and was highly pleased upon being shown around the place and particularly with the Hilgen Spring Summer Resort. This place is really delightful and Milwaukee people miss it very much by going elsewhere on an excursion in the immediate neighborhood of Milwaukee. Mr. NOLL is the soul and life of the little village of Cascade and an old friend of ours, so we were very much pleased with his visit. He served in the Assembly in the year 1876 and is the Post Master of the place. We therefore did not question him very closely about his opinion of BLAINE and LOGAN.
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Mr. John H. WINNER of Milwaukee, President of the Hilgen Manufacturing Company, called as usual, when on business here, at our office. He came up to meet Mr. Henry COLLETTE of Depere, with whom the company entered into contract for about three million feet of lumber, manufactured out of a lot of logs which will yield about six million feet, and out of which lot the company picks out and selects the one half, which secures them all the clear stuff in the lot and the choice of first and second common from the best white pine logs. The company has other contract with the same party for several million feet more.
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The sale of that "new fangled" agricultural machine, called hay todder, goes on rather lively just now. Messrs. LAMDIN & FITZGERALD sold as many as five in a single day as we are informed.

We never saw one in operation, but the farmers say that it scatters the hay with a vengeance, and is equal to the work of a dozen men at least. All the hard work of farming is now done by machinery and the phrase of the "hard fisted farmer" will soon be an expression no longer applicable at the present time. Most, if not all the machinery now in use, has been invented by citizens of this country, and the greater part within the last twenty-five years only.
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Mr. FEHLANDT of the Port Washington Zeitung, paid us a very pleasant visit last Friday. He is a man of ability, common sense and of fine personal appearance. That the former two qualifications are the most necessary for success in life, no one will deny, while the last without the former two, make the possessor often vain, so that he performs the part of the jackass covered with a lion's skin, but whose ears are so long that they will stick out from under it; such a one as we have lately dealt with in the NEWS.
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We notice with regret that Mr. BOHAN has dissolved his connection with the West Bend Democrat as editor of that paper, which place he has so well and ably filled for the last three years. It will be difficult for the company to replace a gentleman of his ability and general knowledge of the affairs of this state, and of the characteristics of the leading men within it so necessary for an editor of a political paper to possess. We wish him all possible success in whatever business he may undertake hereafter, and express the hope that he will not say good bye to the editorial (unreadable).
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On Saturday last an old settler of Milwaukee, Mr. SUELFLOHN of the firm of SUELFLOHN & SEEFELD, was a welcome caller at our office, talking over with us some of the early events in the history of the city of Milwaukee. Mr. SUELFLOHN came over with the large number of "old Lutherans" from the north part of Germany and landed in Milwaukee in the summer of 1839. The whole number under the lead of Capt. v. ROHR were about nine hundred souls and settled chiefly in the western part of the town of Mequon, where they soon erected a church and school-house, their pastor, Rev. KRAUSE, having come with them from Germany. A large part of the congregation remained in Milwaukee and Mr. SUELFLOHN then a young man of 24 years of age, was among that number, taking service as gardener and man of all work with Dr. PROUDFIT, where we first met him in 1840.

The Doctor's residence occupied one half or a whole square on Third St. just above the present warehouse of the Hilgen Mfg. Co. at the old La Crosse Depot; he must have settled there quite early, because we noticed in his garden bearing peach, cherry and plum trees as also large grape vines with plenty of fruit on them. Marshall BUCK of the old Pioneers, undoubtedly can tell us all about the Doctor's settlement.

Mr. SUELFLOHN has suffered for years on inflammatory and other kinds of rheumatism so as to make life a burden to him. He tried every known remedy in vain, employing the best physicians until despairing of ever getting better, he tried as a last resort the Schroth method of water cure under Dr. JUERGEN in Vliet street and in a few months he became once more a well man but the stiffness in one of his legs he will probably carry with him to the grave.

We were extremely glad to see him so well as he is one of our few old friends of 1840 that is yet alive.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
July 9, 1884

LOCAL NEWS

A number of strangers attended the picnic at the park on July 4th.

Quite a crowd attended the Mequon Turn Verein picnic on the 4th of July.

An excursion of the school children of Milwaukee will come out to the Hilgen's Springs next Thursday.

Milton LOOMES, Miss RAAKE, and Fred THIERMANN and wife of Thiensville spent the 4th in Cedarburg.

MARRIED--At Grafton on Monday, July 7th, Martin YUNG to Augusta GERSKE, both of that place.

A large crowd attended the concert and ball at J. SIMON's on the 4th day of July, in the village of Grafton.

Dr. SCHMIDT and wife, D.M. JACKSON and wife, and about a dozen other Port Washingtonians visited the Hilgen's Springs last Sunday.

At the annual meeting of the school district of the village of Cedarburg, which took place last Monday evening, A.R. BOERNER was elected district clerk in place of C. WILKE.

The Cedarburg Band has been engaged by M. GLEASNER of Port Washington, proprietor of the Harmony Park, for Sunday the 13th inst.
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DIED--At the town of Jackson of heart disease on the morning of the 4th inst. Mrs. BELLEW, widow of the late James BELLEW, who lost his life while on board of the ill-fated steamer Lady Elgin. Mrs. BELLEW was 62 years of age at the time of her sudden death; her burial took place at Cedarburg last Sunday and was largely attended.
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We learn with regret that Mr. August HELLWEG, a younger brother of our fellow citizen Louis HELLWEG, died at Baltimore on the morning of the 7th, inst. He was here a few years ago visiting his relations, when we made his acquaintance; he was an active business man in Baltimore and a Vice President of one of the banks at that city, leaving his family in good circumstances.
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Another sudden death occurred in this town at Horn's Corners on Saturday last. Henry GAEDKE while assisting his son-in-law, living near by in getting in some hay, and while on the top of the load, fell backward on the ground, dislocating his neck besides sustaining internal injuries of which he died shortly after. Deceased was 62 years and left a widow and two married daughters. The funeral was a large one and the body was buried in one of our village cemeteries yesterday.
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In last week's Star, we find a very good sketch of the Grafton Worsted Mills, which is correct except as to the statement that these mills are the only of this kind in the West, when we have repeatedly stated in the NEWS that this place also contains the same kind of works, with the latest invention in machinery, and that these two mills at Grafton and here, are the only two west of Philadelphia, so far as we can learn. The Grafton Mills have done much for the growth of that pleasant village and it is to be desired that the two splendid water powers below be improved. "There is money in it," as the saying is, for somebody who will take hold.
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The West Bend Democrat of the 2nd inst. contains the "salutatory" of its new editor, Mr. E.A. RUNGE. The politics to be advocated by that paper will remain the same. The new editor says:

"Politically the DEMOCRAT will continue to be a democratic sheet and as such we hope will receive the cordial and united support of the entire democracy of Washington county, irrespective of minor differences."

Mr. RUNGE is a Cedarburg boy, born in the village and is the son of our much esteemed friend, the late Dr. Aug. RUNGE, who, arriving in this country in 1849, settled at once in this village, and engaged in the practice of medicine. He bought the Cedarburg Brewery afterwards and gave up his practice.

We are personally extremely glad to see the young editor, as the successor of so accomplished a man, as Mr. Michael BOHAN, since the latter could or would not continue in the position, and what Mr. RUNGE may lack in experience, will be made up by strict attention to business and perseverance. We have not the least doubt, knowing our young friend so well, that he will soon become an ornament to the editorial fraternity. Success to him in his new undertaking; this is not only our own wish, but we are sure that herein all the old friends of the RUNGE family in this place and neighborhood will most heartily join.
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE 4TH OF JULY AT THIS PLACE

The celebration took place under the auspices of the Music Society and could not be executed as originally announced on account of the threatening weather. But in the afternoon the procession was formed, which was headed by the band and our firemen with their fine engine; the citizens and a number of young ladies joining it. The music by our corps was excellent as usually on the march as well as in the afternoon at the Springs where the festivities of the day took place. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. D. WITTENBERG for entertaining the young folks with all kinds of plays and exercises. The procession returned towards evening from the Springs and a fine display of fireworks took place at about 9 o'clock in the evening.

The whole was concluded with a ball at the Turner Hall, where the old and young folks enjoyed themselves until long after midnight. Everything passed off well, but we had to record almost an accident at the display of the fireworks, where one of the heavy rockets, instead of ascending into the air, took a scoop sideways, and if its force had not been broken by striking partly a telegraph pole, it might have seriously injured or killed some of the bystanders. As it was it perforated the dress of Miss SCHWANTES and set it partly on fire, which was however promptly extinguished, doing no other damage.
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OBITUARY
We are pained to announce the death of Mrs. Friederike ZIMMERMANN of Mequon, which occurred last Sunday evening. Mrs. Z. was born in Saxony, Germany, on the 25th day of May 1819 and consequently was in her sixty sixth year at the time of her death. She was married to her husband in Germany and both arrived in this country in the year 1839 and settled at (unreadable section) the 6th day of August of that year. Mrs. Z. was the daughter of that old pioneer Johann Gottlob OPITZ who with his son, the late Wm. F. OPITZ were the first German settlers in the then Washington county. Mrs. ZIMMERMANN and Wm. F. were the only children of Johann G. OPITZ and all three rest now in the Mequon cemetery, close to each other. The deceased was an excellent wife and mother of several children, some of whom have preceded her into eternity; among them her first born, a boy who died when about 19 or 20 years old. One young daughter still resides with her parents, so that our old friend, the now widower, has some one for the present at least, to take care of him at his homestead to which he retired after giving up his brewery to his son and son-in-law, hoping that he would enjoy the company of his wife in his old age for many more years, when grim death has snatched her away from his side much too soon. The burial took place yesterday from the family residence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

To the husband and the family as one of the very few remaining old friends, we tender our sympathies amidst our own sorrow, for we shall miss her pleasant face sadly when calling at our friend's house hereafter. May she rest in peace.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
July 16, 1884

LOCAL NEWS

Mr. Wm. SCHROEDER and family of Milwaukee were in town on a visit last Sunday.

The Cedarburg band has been engaged by H. HERZIGER of Mequon, to furnish music for the ball at that place next Sunday, July 20th.

Quite a number of our young folks attended the concert at Harmony Park in Port Washington last Sunday.

Mr. Herman SCHELLENBERG intends to have a picnic and ball at his place in Horn's Corners in a short time.

We learn that some of our citizen are organizing a Cleveland and Hendricks club.

Mrs. E. ALTEN of Thiensville visited her numerous friends in this village last Friday.

Mr. Chas. LAU is attending the National Educational Association's meeting at Madison.

DIED--At his home in the city of Port Washington, Wis., on Monday, July 7, 1884 at 4:50 o'clock A.M., of hemorrhage of the lungs, John, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Nic. KEMP, aged 18 years, 6 months and 10 days.

We had the pleasure of a visit from Mrs. RUNGE, widow of the late Dr. Aug. RUNGE of this place now residing at Sauk City, whence she removed soon after the death of her husband.

A refrigerator car was loaded with cheese at the Cedarburg Depot last Friday, bought by Mr. Jas. SLYFIELD of Waldo, for Davis Bros. of Chicago. The cheese was brought in here from the Germantown, Jackson, Horn's Corners and Thienville factories. The cheese was mostly purchased for $7.25 per 100 lbs.
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The excursion of the Milwaukee Sunday school to the Hilgen's Springs last Thursday consisted of five coaches containing over 325 passengers, to all appearances they had a good time, and no wonder as no pleasanter place can be found in the state for such a purpose. We understand another party will be out this week.
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A young man of seventeen, but the name of Albert KRAMER, who a few weeks ago came with his parents from Germany, while amusing himself last Sunday morning with a younger brother of about 14 years of age by trying to cross the Columbia Mill Pond on a couple of logs with some pickets or boards thrown over them, fell from this self-improvisioned raft into the water and was drowned. The younger brother was paralyzed with terror and could give no account at first, but said afterwards that his brother never appeared on the surface of the water again after he fell in, so that he had no chance of helping him on the raft again. The water was quite shallow all around except on the small place where the accident happened.
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By an oversight, no mention was made in last week's NEWS of the result of our yearly school meeting held on the 7th inst.

Mr. Arthur BOERNER was elected clerk for the next three years.

The sum of three thousand dollars was raised for teachers wages, repairs in and around the school house and for a reserve fund so that the school orders to teachers and others can be promptly cashed hereafter, while the fund was generally exhausted with the end of the school year and there was no cash on hand from the beginning of the new school year until December and until the taxes were paid. The benefit of the arrangement will commence with next year from this year's taxes.

On another place will be found a notice for letting the work necessary for repairs, etc.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the school board of District No. 2 of Cedarburg village will let to the lowest bidder the following:

CARPENTER & JOINER WORK--The laying of one floor in one of the rooms and part of one in the hall. The building of a water closet. The laying of a platform over the well. All the material will be furnished.

PAINTER WORK--The paining with best white lead, two coats, of the two lower ceilings of school rooms and the doors and windows, casings, etc. in the lower rooms.

WHITEWASHING & PLASTERING--Whitewashing of some rooms and repairing of the plastering.

Sealed proposals for doing said work will be received until seven o'clock P.M. Monday the 21st day of July at the Clerk's office, where upon application further information will be given.--A.R. BOERNER, Clerk

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
July 23, 1884

LOCAL NEWS

Hon. A. ZIMMERMANN of Mequon was in town last Friday.

Mr. E. TURNER of Port Washington was in town last Thursday on business.

Dr. A.W. KRAATSCH of Plymouth was in Cedarburg last week on a visit.

Mr. E. HERZIGER lost one of his horses last week through sickness.

The picnic at H. SCHELLENBERG at Horn's Corners will be held on August 10th. All are welcome.

Mr. L.C. LARSEN of Port Washington was in town last Monday.

Last Sunday the Cedarburg Band gave an extra concert at the Park from 2 o'clock until half past 4 o'clock. Quite a number of folks attended.

A number of our village folks attended the ball at H. HERZIGER in the town of Mequon, and report having had a good time.

Next Sunday, July 27th, Hilgen Bros. will have a grand concert in their Park, commencing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon; in the evening there will be a ball in their large and beautiful hall to which they invite everybody to come and enjoy themselves.
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SAD ACCIDENT--We learn that while reaping yesterday, Mr. John KLUG living on the south town line, on the Milwaukee river, was run over by his team and reaper, and had his back-bone and several ribs broken, and otherwise badly mangled. At this writing, Tuesday P.M., he was alive, but is not expected to survive many hours.
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Michael COLLINS, a resident of this town, about one mile west of this village, committed suicide by hanging himself last Sunday on his porch. He was mentally unbalanced for some time and the jury's verdict was in accordance with that opinion.
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Last Wednesday morning, a machine in the Cedarburg Planing Mills ran hot and ignited the shavings around it carrying the fire through the blower. The fire spread rapidly and if it had not been for the quick and able employees around the building, it would have been all ablaze in a short time.
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ATTENTION
The citizens of the town of Mequon favorable to the election of Cleveland and Hendricks are requested to meet on Saturday afternoon at four o'clock on the second day of August at the house of F. ENGELHARDT of Thienville for the purpose of organizing a Cleveland Club.

The object of this club is to promote the success of reform in the federal and state governments, and, by sound statesmanship, honesty and economy, reduce the taxes and lighten the burdens of the people. Upon this paramount and practical issue we cordially invite the co-operation of every democrat, reform republican, and all of our fellow citizens of whatever party organization, who are earnest and willing, in this crisis of our country's affair, to joining with us in the work of regeration and reform. -- A. ZIMMERMANN, Wm. F. JAHN, F.F. TOENIESSEN, F. ENGELHARDT, F. MEMMLER and many others
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The following superintendents were appointed for the coming fair:

Class 1 - Louis PIERRON, of Belgium, on horses
Class 2 - H. MEYER, of Mequon, on cattle
Class 3 - F. BURROP, of Grafton, on sheep, swine and poultry
Class 4 - F.C. RACE of Saukville, on grain
Class 5 - F. KOHLWAY of Grafton, on vegetables
Class 6 - Wm. GRINNELL, of Fredonia, on fruit
Class 7 - James NOLAN, of Cedarburg, on mechanical and manufactures.
Class 8 - Geo. B. INGERSOLL, of Port Washington, on household articles.
Class 9 - John R. BOHAN, of Port Washington, ladies department embracing all kinds of fancy work.

As superintendent of races, John REYNOLDS of Mequon, and James McCARTHY of Fredonia, were appointed.

Messrs. SEIBELICH of Saukville and BOHAN of Port Washington were appointed a committee to solicit contributions for purse for a trotting race.

It was decided to offer the same premiums for running, foot and bag races as were offered last year. The meeting was adjourned.--L.C. LARSON, Sec.
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Mequon, the first settled port of old Washington County is the first out (unreadable line) formation of a Cleveland Club. We trust that each town will follow by forming one or more such organizations. Ozaukee County will give not less than two thousand majority this fall for Cleveland and Reform. The town of Mequon, which for years back has been quite uncertain as to which party would get a majority, will be solid for Cleveland.

Read the call and attend the meeting. it is high time indeed, that there should be a change of administration, no matter by what party that change is effected.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
July 30, 1884

LOCAL NEWS

Mr. R.F. COLLINS of Grand Rapids, Mich. was in town visiting his friends.

Col. CLEARY, a noted Democratic politician of Chicago, is staying with his family at the Hilgen Spring Summer Resort.

Mr. M.G. BOHAN of the Advertiser and Frank DELLES of Port Washington were in town Monday.

Miss Jennie CRAIG of Milwaukee is in town visiting. The guest of Miss Martha GANNON.

The monthly fair last Monday was but slightly attended.

A party of Port Washington ladies were picnicking at the Hilgen's Spring Park last Friday.

Mr. F. BENDER and family left for Kansas last Monday.

The Sunday school excursion last Friday was a happy day for all who participated. It should have taken place the day before but was postponed on account of the unfavorable weather.

Next Sunday the original Schwaben Verein of Milwaukee will have an excursion to the Hilgen's Spring Park. In the afternoon there will be a concert and close with a grand ball in the evening. Everybody is invited to participate.

On the 10th day of August the Cedarburg Band has been engaged to give a concert at H. SCHELLNBERG's at Horn's Corners. The picnic will be held at the usual place, Mr. D. BARELMANN's woods. Mr. S. invites his numerous friends and patrons to attend.
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I wish to inform my friends of Ozaukee County that I am a candidate for the above named office at the coming fall election, and if elected will perform the duties of said office to the best of my ability. -- John P. WEYKER, Port Washington, July 30, 1884
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A new dwelling house and 5 acres of land situation 1 1/2 miles west of the village of Cedarburg will be sold cheap for cash. For further particulars inquire at the premises.--Mrs. M. COLLINS
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Bro. John R. BOHAN of the Port Washington Advertiser looked into our office while on a visit to this place. He was elected president of one of the Cleveland clubs in the city.
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CLEVELAND CLUB IN CEDARBURG
We learn that a Cleveland club will soon be formed in this town after arranging preliminaries as to location etc. We ought not to be behind Port Washington, who have already formed two, but Cedarburg is not a city and one such organization will do for us here.
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The Concordia Mills of Mr. BODENDOERFER at Hamilton have been undergoing a thorough repair for the last month or so and will be in operation again in about eight days. The flour from these mills ranks with the best in the state and the capacity is not enough to supply the demand for it. Mr. BODENDOEFER will probably introduce steam when further enlarging the mills next year.
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Mr. John FITZGERALD, brother of Hon. W.H. FITZGERALD of this place has been appointed by Judge SLOAN Clerk of the Circuit Court until a successor is chosen by the people. The new clerk has appointed Mr. George KUHL as his deputy and the Port Washington Advertiser says that this is a very judicious and popular appointment.
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On Monday last we had the pleasure of a call from one of Cedarburg's former old settlers, Mr. F.W. NOELTING, so well and favorably known in Washington county, whence he removed years ago from this place. We recollect that Mr. NOELTING and another young Nimrod, whose name we do not recollect, built a comfortable seat in the branches of a large tree that stood at or near the elbow of our river, north of the old HILGEN homestead for shooting wolves who were prowling about in early days.
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Geo. D. PLANT Esq. of Chicago has taken up his summer vacation with us here in Cedarburg again and stops with his family at the Washington House where he will remain a few weeks. Old settlers of this town will remember the PLANT family living in the northern part of this town, where Mr. P. was raised and became afterwards a successful teacher in our schools. He is now one of the well to do Chicago men, who has rendered the city valuable services as an educator, and as such has occupied the highest positions in the city of his adoption.
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The Grafton Flouring Mills in this county on the Milwaukee river, were consumed by fire on the night of Thursday of last week. Origin of the fire unknown. The loss is in great part covered by insurance although we have not learned the value of stock on hand on which there was only an insurance of $2,000.

Messrs. SCHMIDT & Co., the owners, had furnished their mills with the latest improvements and it is doubly unfortunate to have the loss occur just at this time when milling in the country will pay best. They will probably hurry up with the rebuilding before cold weather sets in so as to have the mills running again before New Year.
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At a meeting of the Cedar Creek Hydraulic Comp., held at the house of F. JAUCKE in Cedarburg, on the 28th day of July 1884, meeting was called to order by Pres. BODENDOERFER at 2 o'clock P.M. W.P. RIX was chosen Sec. pro tem, Sec. JOHANN being absent. The company was unable to do any business of any account for the reason of Sec. JOHANN failing to produce the books of said association after being notified by the President. Therefore the following resolutions as passed: That the Pres. be authorized to demand of Sec. JOHANN a report of his Secretaryship of said company and the books and charter of said comp. and if Sec. JOHANN fails or refuses to make the report or produce said books and charter of the company, for the time of two weeks, the President is to proceed by due course of law to procure the same. Meeting adjourned subject to call by President.-- W.P. RIX, Sec.
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The Summer Resort at Hilgen's Spring here is well patronized and many people come up Sundays with the regular excursion train from Milwaukee. Among the visitors last Sunday, we noticed Mr. Fred MILBRATH of Milwaukee, a town of Mequon boy, who is now doing a prosperous business as agent for near a dozen flouring mills in the state. Time passes very rapidly it seems by yesterday that the writer of these lines, as a Justice of Peace, solemnized the marriage of the father of Fred, at the old log school house on the Greenbay road near his grandfather's farm, and yet it must have been over forty years ago.
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On the night of the 22nd inst., the Catholic Church in Belgium, known as the Lake Church, was struck by lightning and entirely consumed by fire. This is a very serious loss to the congregation in as much as the church must have cost at least $20,000. The Advertiser says the Town is rich and amply able to rebuild. There are many curious things in and about Belgium, one of the richest towns in the county, such for instances as having no Justice of the Peace hardly since its organization, nor had any body ever paid any license for selling liquor or beer, as we have been told, but that the Town should be liable to rebuild the church is not so apparent to us, although it might be carried unanimously at a town meeting, and why not?
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FREDONIA, WIS. JULY 27, 1884
On Tuesday, the 22nd of July, the deranged son of M. DRUEBENBACH, living two miles north of this village, left home and has not been seen since. This young man's case is another of the great number which go to prove, that demented persons should be placed in an asylum.

One of our village blacksmiths is at present suffering with insanity. Mich. URBAN, the one in question, first showed symptoms on the twentieth of April, and on the next day his disorder was fully developed. Notwithstanding the urging and advice of the physician in charge, URBAN was not sent to an asylum; and now presents a hopeless case of so-called stuperous melancholia.

At Random Lake the lightning struck Mr. MURPHY's house, and did quite a little damage. The electric fluid became intimately acquainted with the artificial leg of MURPHY's son; much to the disgust of the owner thereof. A man near Silver Creek, so I am told, was struck dumb.
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PORT WASHINGTON ITEMS FROM THE ADVERTISER
One of the saddest dispensations of divine providence ever known in this city occurred here within a few days. On Saturday last, Mr. James FURLONG died of consumption, his age was about 60 years, the funeral took place on Monday last. His son Patrick, who has also been suffering from consumption and disease of the heart, was so affected by the shock of the father's death that he expired on Monday morning about 6 o'clock, a few hours before his father's remains were taken to their last resting place, he was interred on Tuesday morning.

Dr. F.J. SMITH has purchased Mr. N. POULL's residence, opposite the court house. We understand that Mr. POULL will move to Chicago.

Prof. ZIMMERMANN, leader of ZIMMERMANN's Cornet Band of this city, is spending this week in Manistee, Mich. He was engaged to play at that place during the turn fest.

On Tuesday morning last while Mr. Chas. KUHN of the Union Meat Market was delivering meat, and when hear WITTMANN's brewery, the king bolt of the wagon came out, separating the front wheels from the remainder of the wagon and throwing Charlie to the ground, the heavy meat box falling on one foot, no bones were broken but Charlie will be laid up for a while. The horses were captured before going far.

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