Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

On the morning OF the 2Sth Theodore
Hasse presented check for $50 at the Wis
consin Fire and Marine Insurance Companys
bank for the cash 1t was signed Leopold &
Austrian, but the teller noticed that it was
forgery, and, informing the cashier, John
johnson, they attempted to capture the fellow.
block before being secured. He says he
found the check, and pretends to know moth
ing about it being forgery.
Marathon County.
Between 7,OOO,000 and 100000 feet of lum-
Der in the log are laid up above Grandfather
Bull Falls, with no possible means Of remov-
ing them without danger to life, and the Wis
consin River Improvement Company are pros
pecting around to see what they can do about
it.
Monroe County.
c. Blakeslee, of Sparta, has lately sunk an
artesian well. Abundance of water was
reached at depth of 800 feet.
The youth of Sparta drive prize package
swindlers out of the town with stale eggs.
Oconto County.
The skeleton of a man with a rope around
his neck and a crack in his skull was recently
found in the woods near Oconto.
An incendiary fire broke out in an ice-house
at Oconto on the oath. Before it was eXtin-
guished that and an adjoining building were
consumed. The property belonged to Mrs. A.
Leuk, and was worth about s., 900.
Pierce County.
At Esdaile, the other day, fire started in
Hegna & Paulson's store. Hegna entered
the building to save the books, but was driven
back by the rapid spread of the flames. A
moment after key of gunpowder exploded,
spreading the fire all over the building. Over
the store resided a family named Patch. The
younger Mr.. Patch rescued all the family ex-
was consumed with the building. Loss
$1,000
Polk County.
Chris Frederickson, the murderer, who
lately escaped from the county Jail, was re-
captured at Prescott the other day, and rein
carcerated.
Racine County.
A rabd dog has been running around in
Racine. Only quadrupeds have been bitten at
last accounts.
little son of John Welke, of Racine, fell
into well without curbing or covering, the
other day, and drowned.
Joseph Mackerman, of Burlington, was re-
Gently badly injured by the bursting OF fly
wheel.
A daughter Of Mathew Blackburn was terri
u i,,i,1 Of linz fly yvh
playing with matches, her clothing having
caught fire.
Richland County.
During the services at the Presbyterian
Church at Richland Center the other Sunday
morning, while the clergyman was in the
midst of his morning prayer, an old man
named g. w. Pickard was stricken with paral-
ysis and died before he could be removed
Many old citizens of the county, tired of
Kansas, Nebraska and grasshoppers, are re-
turning.
Il ck County.
A little son of E. B. Harvey, of Evansville,
fell from a wagon the other day in such a
manner that one of the wheels passed over
him, breaking his right leg between the hip
and knee.
Sank County.
Young Williams, who was recently beaten
and robbed by highwaymen near Bar
aboo, has disappeared from his home, and his
friends fear that insanity has resulted from
the blows he received.
Conductor Haliscy,i in attempting to come
down from the top of a car while the train
was crossing the bridge near Bloom, the other
day, was struck on the head by one of the
cross beams and fell upon the track. Fortu-
nately he fell in the rear of the last car, and
had presence of mind enough to cling to the
timbers of the bridge to avoid falling into the
river
Robert Hunter, of Winfield, was lately
thrown from his wagon by runaway team
his skull fractured, and otherwise injured.
WaIworth County.
charivari party lately called upon man
named Tobin, living at La Grange, who, hay
ing lived nearly half century in single bless.
cdness, had at last taken a wife, He received
the serenaders with apparent cordially, but
administered to them the following dose: Two
gallons of good strong whisky infused with
powerful decoction Of snuff and tobacco. The
effects can well be imagined
Waukesha County.
Some unmitigated scoundrel recently set
fire to the hay -ricks Of John Jones, of Genesee,
burning forty tons of hay, his stables and har
ness and all his straw
The other day, Mr. John dwell, of Ocono-
mowoc, in attempting to oil the cylinder gear
ing of threshing machine, caught his sleeve
in the pinions, and was Immediately drawn
into and upon them. They were revolving
very fast and while drawing him into the ma
chine tore and lacerated his flesh badly. A
large cash six inches in length, extending
from the throat across the breast, was cut to