Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-12-18
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Brown County.


Gently totally destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000.
A defective fue caused the trouble.
The large saw-mill of a. Weed & Co., at Su-
AMIGO, was recently burned. Loss $4,000
Insurance $4,000.
G. r. Rolf, of Depere, recently fell and broke
his leg while at work on the tramway con-
Meeting Reid & Co.'s factory and warehouse
Clark County.
s. Formal notice has been given that an appli-
cation will be made to the Legislature, at its
next session, to organize new county out of
portions of this, Marathon and Lincoln Coun-
ties.
Calumet County.
The assessed valuation of the county is
81, 1885, and the tax levy $15,37S.
Columbia County.
The widow of VIM. III. Spain, of Portage
City, who was lynched few years ago, has
gone crazy.
Dane County.
John Sullivan, an employe at the depot at
Madison, recently caught his toe on arail and
fell with his face on the opposite rail, driving
several teeth of the upper jaw through the
face near the nose The teeth were extracted
and the mans countenance patched up.
John Rodemond, Madison brewer, has
bankrupted for $4,000.
A reaper factory is about to be established
at Mazomanie, to manufacture the Appleby
reaper, by the State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry.
Dodge County.
A boy named John Morrison, eight years
old, was playing on the ice below the mill at
Fox Lake. the other day, when he accident
ally fell into the hole between the waste gates
and was drowned ..
A little daughter of Henry Myers, of Wood
land, was recently fatally scalded by the acct
dental tipping of kettle of hot water upon
her.
Door County.
The stage en- route for Green Bay, while
crossing Sturgeon Bay the other morning,
broke through the ice. All the passengers,
the driver and mail were saved, but the horses
were drowned.
Eau Claire County.
The equalzed valuation of Eau Claire city
and county is SIS, 100000. The taxes for the
county aggregate $32,538.95.
Fond du Lac County.
The residence of Hon. Lyman H. Phillips,
near Fond du Lac, was lately destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000.
Grant County.
Four miles south of Lancaster two young
men have struck "big lode," and are hoist
ing out the mineral in paying quantities.
Muscoda has new and attractive hotel
structure. 1t is to be opened on Christmas
Day.
Miss Abbott, of Boscobel recently sued
Samuel Cole, of the firm of Hamilton & Cole,
for breach of promise The lady is music
teacher, and claims she has been injured
$4,000 worth.
jackson County.
In Black River Falls, the State, county
municipal and school taxes foot up twenty
seven mills on the dollar valuation.
Jefferson County.
The depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st
Paul Railroad at Watertown was lately burned
to the ground. The total loss was about
$4,000, including quantity of hops and some
other freight and baggage. The fire origi
mated from a defective tiue.
The old settlers will meet at Fort Atkinson
on the 18th of January.
Lafayette County.
james Copeland, man seventy years old
recently committed suicide at Shullsburg.
Milwaukee County.
Two drunken tailors recently assaulted W
c. Carlton, formerly city editor of the Milwau
kee Evening Times, and very seriously GU
him about the face and head.
.4oI
er, was recently confdenced out of $310 by
two adroit rascals.
A petition in bankruptcy has been flee
against Edward Ehlers the defaulting County
Treasurer.
In the Colby divorce suit, brought by the
woman whom Colby was instructed by thu
spirits to marry and whom after marriage hi
deserted, the court has granted to Mrs. Colby
ST. 700 alimony.
r. F. Debar, the alleged receiver of stoler
postage stamps, has been held to bail in the
sum of $500.
1t is now said that the old man Notten, who
was found dying on the streets of milwaukee,
the other day, came to his death by violence
and the county authorities are investigating
the affair."
John McGraw, an expressman, was rul
over at the Prairie du CHEN depot, Milwau
kee, recently, and fatally injured.
A Milwaukee widow named Parks recently
chastised young man named Adam with
raw-hide. She says he was engaged to marry
her, and when she broke the engagement HI
circulated slanderous stories about her.
Harris f. Iadd a youno man amp1oyed a
clerk in the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Company's office, was recently takel
insane and locked up for safe-keeping.
Monroe County.
At a meeting of poultry fanciers recent,
held in Sparta the Northwestern Wisconsin
Poultry Association" was formed 1t is in
tended to hold grand poultry exhibition
some time in January.
Ozaukee County.
~, Wellers brewery, at Port Washington, was
burned to the ground the othcr day. Los
$4,000. Insured for $4,000.
Portage County.
The German citizens of Stevens Point ar,
erecting school building in which the Ger
man language shall be exclusively used
Racine County.
During the year ending Nov 1, 2Sl prison
ers had been confined in the county Jail a
Racine, of whom six were females.
Rock County.
James Caldwell, of GAINESVILLE, recently los
sixteen fat hogs. For some reason he gave
them a quantity of salt, and, shortly after
the whole were dead.
Elmer G. Palmer and w. A. Conrad were