Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Rarron County.


route is being located preparatory to a com
mencement of the work next season.
Brown County.
The Brown County Republican Convention
met at Green Bay on the Sd and nominated G.
". Watson, Register of Deeds; j. s. Feath-
erlv, Sheriff; &. r. Cook, County Treasurer;
A. A. Warren, Clerk of Court; j. d. Williams,
County Clerk J. J. Tracy, District Attorney;
J. Harp, Coroner; Z. Baldwin, County Sur
veyor.
The warehouse and dock in Fort Howard
which were occupied by Warren u Brown,
agents for the Goodrich Steamboat Line, were
DESTROYED by fire on the night of the I'd, to-
pether with 10000 slaves belonging to L. j.
Dav; 1000 barrels of salt, belonging to John
Day d Brother; 100000 shingles, belonging to
NC. Foster; valuable machinery, merchan-
disc, etc. belonging to L. j. Day and others.
Loss about $4,000; insurance about $1,000.
II is supposed to have been the work Of an
incendiary.
Two railway thieves at Green Bay were on
the I'd convicted and sentenced to Waupun
for the larceny OF $3.50 worth of sundry arti-
cles of freight from the cars of the Green Bay
Il Minnesota Railroad Company.
While Joseph Easterly was chopping in the
woods a few miles north of Green Bay, on the
4th, his AK caught on a limb, causing it to cut
terrible cash in his leg, above the knee,
from which he bled to death on the afternoon
of the 18th.
NJ Harteau, an old man seventy years old,
living several miles east of Green Bay, was
arrested on the It'll and charged with COM
;,,fo, ,tror {ha
of little girl twelve years old The defend
ant claims that it is a Matchmaking opera
ton. He was held to bail for future appear
ance
Green Bay is organizing society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals.
Buffalo County.
A number of Alma sportsmen recently
chartered a steamboat and went hunting
They brought back a lame snipe.
Column ia County.
The Reformers of Columbia have placed
the following ticket in the field: State Sena-
tor, W. H. Proctor, of Fountain Prairie;
Sheriff. Alex. Mcdonald, Of Portage City;
Treasurer, Valentine aiclman, of Portage
City; County Clerk, J. A. Sweeney, of Fort
Wnnebago; Register of Deeds, Charles J.
Pardee, of Wyoccna; Clerk of the Court, f.
Bowen, of Columbus; District Attorney, E.
E. Chaplin of Columbus; School Supcrin-
tendent, A. j. Stearns, of Lodi.
The Valley Ne1cs says Mr.. L. p. Hindes, of
Lodi, has raised the past season, from one
acre $3.50 hills, 1857 pounds of hops, for
which he received 3214 cents per pound
yielding him Ss49,S4.
Dane County.
The Black Earth advertiser has lengthy
notice of the celebration of the golden we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. yelling in that
village on the afternoon of the LIST.
Dodge County.
O. H. Jones was nominated for the Assem-
bly, on the 18th by the Republicans at Beaver
Dam.
Door County.
A Belgian woman was caught by the tumb-
ling-rod of threshing machine in Brussels,
the other day, and killed.
Dunn County.
1t has been decided in suit in the Circuit
Court ut Nenomonee that the lager beer"
sold there does not intoXicate. In consc-
Quence OF this decision all the other suits
against parties by whom liquor was sold with
out license have been discontinued
Eau Claire County.
Capt Downs barn and stable were burned
on the 9Th. Loss, $4,000,
At the Republican County Convention held
at Eau Claire on the Sth the following ticket
was placed in nomination; Assemblyman, j.
G. Callahan; Treasurer, J. c. Churchill; Clerk
of the Court, Harris Scarf; Clerk of the
Board, Conway Daniels; sheriff, D. c. Whip
pie, Register of Deeds, Hans Simonson; Sur
reyor, Russell Hacket.
Fond du Lac County.
The most extensive temperance demonstra-
ton ever witnessed in Northern Wisconsin
occurred at Fond du Lac on the afternoon
and evening of the 9Th. The afternoon pro-
ccs,ion was over mile long In the evening
there was grand toreh-light procession and
a mass meeting at Neocosmian Hall.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth saws:
Grandpa Fargo, as he is called, is one of
the Oldest men in the city, being past ninety
wears 1t is seldom we find in the same city
i've generations. Such is the case with the
Fargo family
few Fond au Lac boys recently serenaded
ncwly-maried couple with horns and tin
pans, and now the doctors are picking the
brd-shot out Of their legs.
Grant County.
The old settlers of this county held their
annual meeting in the Court House at Lam
caster on the LIST Nearly 200 members were
present, some of whom claimed residence
since 1888, and related the trials and tribula-
tons they experienced in those early times.
picnic dinner was eaten, speeches made,
tho daatl, Al. a