Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-12-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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Brown County.
F. Van straten, the County Treasurer,
whose disappearance some time since caused
people to think he had absconded, returned
on the night of the 21st
boarding house in Green Bay, owned and
occupied by Mrs. Kemptic, was destroyed by
fire the other morning. Loss about 81 500
Columbia County.
Charles Roth, of WATERFOWL, recently mar
ried Miss Louisa Mack, in Columbus. During
the marriage festivities the bride was taken
sick and died in less than week.
Clark County.
A fourteen year-old son of VIM. Mass, OF
Augusta, recently had his left thigh and leg
broken by the rearing and falling of colt he
was riding.
Dunn County.
Charles Golden, a young man twenty years
old, was recently drowned near Knapp, Stout
& Co.'s mill, at townsville. He attempted to
walk along one of the timbers on which the
cribs of lumber slide from the rafting shed
into the water, when his foot slipped and he
fell into the water. The strong current swept
him under some cribs of lumber which were
RATED together, and he could not be rescued
in time to save him.
Fond du Lac County.
Fond du Lac was visited on the 21st by an
$4,000 fire. The new self-propelling steam
fire engine made her first appearance and
more than met the expectations Of the people.
The fire was on Main street, between First
and Second.
fearful murder was committed in Spring
vale, eleven miles west of Fond du Lac, on the
morning of the 27th. Mrs. Russell Brown
was found dead in her bed, having been killed
by blow on the temple with the head of an
ak. The deed was doubtless done by her hus-
band, who fed. He is supposed to be insane.
About two years ago he attempted to murder
his wife in fit of insanity, and then fled and
his wife procured divorce. He afterward
married an estimable widow named Rosetta,
and the two families lived happily together
until the Goth, when the children noticed that
he was cross to them, a thing foreign to his
habits. Mr.. Brown is fifty years old, one of
the largest farmers in the town, and very
highly respected
jackson County.
A brutal murder was committed on the
evening of the 18th at point on the Green
Bay q Minnesota Railroad about mile and
half from Black River Station. The victim
was a man of medium size, of some thirty five
years of age, and, although not perfectly
identified is supposed to have been James
Sears, a lumberman.
Jefferson County.
A barn belonging to Christian Muck, of
Jefferson, was totally destroyed by fire On the
night of the 25th. Loss $1,000
An aged German living in Ixonia, while re-
turning from OconOmowoc, lately, managed
to drive his team into the gutter, causing his
wife to pitch headlong from her seat and
break both her arms.
Kenosha County.
Messrs. Griffin 81 Fowler, proprietors of
the Locust Saloon, and Henry Walker, chief
of the Kenosha police, were arrested on the
23d, upon the charge of being concerned in
the recent robbery of Miller's jewelry store.
Lafayette County.
James Robbins, grandmother at Belmont,
shot and killed George Prentice on the 23d.
1t seems they had had some difficulty former
ly and on that morning Prentice entered the
warehouse of Robbins, and proceeded to as
sault him with knife, when Robbins drew a
revolver and shot him dead upon the spot,
only one shot being fired, the ball entering
the heart.
La Crosse County.
M. Anderson, a leading dry goods dealer in
La Crosse, suspended payment on the 23d.
A few nights ago some seoundrel visited the
stable of J. d. Hiscox, of La Crosse, and cut
cash about six inches long and over two
inches deep between the forelegs of one of
Mr.. Hiscox's best horses.
Milwaukee County.
On the night of the 22d, during the storm,
man named Roach fell in fit on Spring
street, Milwaukee, and, being unable to move,
laid there all night. In the morning he was
found badly frozen and died soon after being
taken to the hospital
William Dreher, an old man, attempted to
commit suicide by jumping into the Milwau-
kee River the other morning. Some unsym-
pathizing policeman fished him out
A Polish military company paraded in the
streets of Milwaukee the other day. At the
corner of Clinton and Railroad streets boy
on the sidewalk remarked, loud enough to be
heard by those in the ranks, cob! what
hats" This enraged the Polacks, and, wheel
ing about, an attack was made upon the
crowd that was assembled on the sidewalk.
Muskets were dubbed and bayonets used in
discriminatory for a few moments. Six or
eight men were stabbed with bayonets and
otherwise injured. After clearing the streets
the barbarians fell into line and marched off.
The distillery of Bergman Bros, in the town
of Milwaukee, has been seized by the United
States revenue officials on account of irregu-
lar practices.
Guido Pfister has been recently made Pres
ident of the German Exchange Bank at Mil
waukee.
The other afternoon Dr. j. F. Mulick, OF
Milwaukee, administered a severe horse
whipping to a young man named Edmunds
for slandering his daughter.
VIM. Hoernke, of Milwaukee, after recent
nights debauch went into the street and fell
dead, probably from apoplexy.
Monroe County.
The trial of Mrs. Ingersoll for the murder of
her husband, which had been in progress at
Sparta for nearly two weeks before, came to
conclusion on the 23d by verdict of "not
guilty"
OcOntO County.
A man named Doe was recently accidentally
shot near Peshtigo. He had gun set for
DEER and went to look after it, when he fell
across the string, discharging the gun, the
entire contents lodging in his breast
Ozaukee County.
The fish-boat of p. Driscoll, of Port Wash.
ing, recently capsized with four men OF
board, off the harbor. The men were rescued
after being i'm the watar an bour b,,t tbo loo,