Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-10
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
RarrOn County.


and only five against.
Brown County.
boarding house in Green Bay, owned and
occupied by Mrs. Kcmptic, was destroyed by
fire the other morning. Loss about 81 800.
Buffalo County.
The people of Alma are rejoicing over tel
eeraphic connection with Winona, Mimi,
and the rest OF the world.
Columbia County.
Charles Roth, of Watertown, recently mar
ried Miss Louisa Mack, in Columbus. During
the marriage festivities the bride was taken
sick and died in less than a week.
H. s. Haskell has been appointed Postmas-
ter at Portage City in place Of c. 7. Austin,
whose commission has expired.
Clark County.
fourteen .ycar.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.
Dane County.
The Wisconsin Central Poultry Association
will hold poultry show at Madison on the
Ist Of February next.
The state Grange meets at Madison Jan. >.
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 raitlng-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.
A 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 10 supposed to be insane
About two years ago he attempted to murder
his wife in tit Of insanity, and then fled and
his wife procured divorce. He aftcrward
married an estimablc 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
On the 30th ult at Oakield, three young
men who were intoxicated went TO the house
of a respectable woman whose husband is in
the State Prison and demanded admittancc.
She warned them away but they would not
leave They pushed the door open, and ~
one of them, named Peeler, stepped into the
house the woman shot him, .nicting what
is considered fatal wound.
Jefferson County.
A barn belonging to Christian Muck, of
Jefferson, was locally destroyed by fire on the
night of the 25th Loss 81 900
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.
John Borchert, n German farmer living
near Watcrtown, was murdered on the night
of the 30th nit by blow upon the head
with a hammer His wife and step -daugh-
ter have been arrested on suspicion of being
the perpetrators
Kew sanoe County.
Dplcy's dance house, at Kewaunce, was re-
Gently burned. Loss 81 200.
Marathon County.
Gottlletf Tanks was recently thrown from
his wagon near stcttin, and died almost i'm
mcdmtcly from his injuries.
milwaukee County.
The dstillery 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
idcut Of the German Exchange Bank at Mil
waukec.
The other afternoon DR.. J. f. Mulick, Of
Milwaukee, administered a severe horse
whipping 20 young man named Edmunds
for Slandcrng his daughter
VIM. Hocrnkc, of Milwaukee, aft ter a recent
nights dcbauCh went into the street and fell
dead probably from apopleXy,
On thcmcrning of the 2Sth Sam Rindsliopf
late Reform candidate for Congress, began
libel suit against the EscriinQ Wisconsin and
the See Rote, because they copied the Seti-
rerS charge that Lyndc bought Rindskopf OF
for $4,000 1t is understood that the Sentinel,
having withdrawn the charge, the suit for
libel brought by Iynde against that paper is
abandoned.
The school statement for Milwaukee for the
month OF November shows the whole number
Of scholars to be S, TSl--an increase, compared
with last year, of 1869, Average attendance,
1,695-an increase of 1887. Studying Ger
man, t,5i4-au increase of $50.
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