Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-23
Nei2hbOrhOod Gossip.


tempted to gain an entrance into DR.. Mar.
tins hoaSc, and making noise at the Doc.
! tors bedroom window, he was aroused, and
ordered them away; they refused to 30,
the DR.. then threatened to shoot them if
| they did not leave, and they still remained
and insisted upon his letting them in. The
! DR., being an uncommony cool and brave
man, was disposed to give them every fair
chance of lie, and not until after half
dozen far warnings of what they might ex.
! pect, did the DR.. raise the window. and
shot one of the rutlains through the heart.
Both fled, but the wounded man fell after
few steps and was then dragged by his
accomplice to one corner of the Prairie
House and left lying on his back Tho
| dead man is an lrishman, was well dressed,
and was about thirty years of age. Two
men, brothers, were drowned in the Wis.
consin river last Friday They were row.
ing up stream IN canoe loaded with NOR.
tar, and striking rock the canoe cupsizcd,
and both men found watery grave.
The Republicans of this county were never
more united than now, there are no sores
to heal, no rivalries or ealouses to breed
! dissatisfaction, but there is determine.
tion to rout the Democracy on the I'd day
of next November. e. There were about
fifty students at the College at the open.
ing of the present term
HIGHLAND CouNrY.-The hop crop
is much lighter THAI last year but of bet.
Ter quality. Not more than half as many
acres are picked this year as last. IA
woman in the town of Brush Creek gave
birth to three daughters at one birth last
week. Mother and trio are doing well
The Rpubi can is elated over the fact that
! a treshiDg machine has been introduced
INTO the county. A prisoner named Mar.
den escaped from the county jail on Wednes.
| day Of last week -. The residence of n
Mrs. karncS, of the town of DAYTON, was
destroyed by fire last Saturday. Insured
for $500.
SAUK COUNTY. - Patterson, who
was found one morning several days ago,
near his home in in Sauk city, lying upon
the ground severely injured, and reported
that he had been attacked by two men
the night prevlous, has since died of his
wounds. No efforts have yet been made to
apprehend his murderers. f. Gold dust has
been found in three PAGES near Baraboo :;
| in consequence of which there is consider
able excitement, and companies to explore
the ground, 10y mining, have been formed.
1.-The total assessed value of Sauk coun.
ty, is Sl,521O6Z5o
La FAYETTE COUNTY. Jim KNIGHT
gets off lots of good things in the Darling
! ton Democrat, which make that paper A
welcome visitor TO our table, notwtAstand.
ing we are often iratcd by its bitter cop.
pcrheadism. From its last weeks issue
we extract the following:
"Tbe iron horse attached TO the 6.4O
train of the N, 7. X. r., baikcd on an up
grade, south OF town, last Monday night,
and the utmost efforts Of the driver failed
to induce the contrary plug" to go on
with his load. Finally the passengers got
out Of the coaches and scratched gravep
to put on the rails, all hands lifted ut the
wheels, the engineer cOaxcd up his steed,
and the caravan moved and came thunder.
ing into town GA the down grade at its
usual break-ueck speed Of II miles IN
hour and owsy l3O minutes behind time
49,. Gen. Graut has bcca invited TO attend
our County Fair, aud many Of his personal
friends in This region confidently predict
his coming -..A yearlng bull attempted
to butt locomotive OF the Belmont H. H.
last Monday morning The locomotive be.
ing under good headway on down grade,
was rather too betty for the plucky lit.
tie bovine euss, who was knocked out Of
time on the first round. Ills ieelings were
50 badly hurt by his sudden and suomin.
ious discontinue, that he gently laid him
uuNH htu HcIu MS DItdlh tlIl lie WIS tA-
tinet,"
GRANT County AT the Renub
lican county convention last week Hon
Geo. G. lGazleton was re.nomnated for
State ecnator, receiving 95 votes of the 80
cast; aoa W. H. Holforl for County school
Superintendent, by about the same vote
....Mr. juo, G Pakhurst, Of the Park.
hurst 4 Thompson Concert Troupe, IS ma.
king arrangements for holding a Grand
Musical Convent Oh at she Court house in
Lancaster, commencing Oct. 18th aud con.
timing five days. Further particulars are
promised soon. The Wooien Mills at
Lancaster, are about completed, and the
machinery will soon be in motion . The
fall term Of the Circuit Court il nov ~
session. Major Rountsoe Of plattevHle
sow,l ten bushels of Norway Oats uDon
3tH.