Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-26

A woman claims to have been robbed on the
y 18th of 1852 at the Northwestern depot IN
4 Fort Howard
A Green Bay boarding house keeper named
+ Merchant while seated at his table in the
5 house counting his money the other afternoon,
r was robbed of $500 by man who entered,
and, coolly pointing revolver at Merchants
! head, grasped the'pile of money and immedi-
ately fed.
Chippewa County.
81 Joseph Booker was recently drowned AT
n pattits mill, on O'Neil's Creek. He was re-
n pairing the water-wheel when the headgates
81 Of the fune gave way.
n Clark County.
N fourteen year-old son of VIM. Mass, Of
IN Augusta, recently had his left thigh and leg
n broken by the rearing and falling of a colt he
u was riding.
q Dane County.
u The barn of Henry Bryant, of Madison,
n was burned few nights ago. Loss about
II 5000.
q Dodge County.
n A fine herd of cattle belonging to Barber
n Randall, of Hutisford, were maliciously poi
n soned lately.
n Door County.
n Seven dogs, which were taken to Door
n County for the purpose of running deer into
A the lake, have been poisoned by residents
a along the lake shore.
u Extensive deposits of kaolin have been dis
a covered on the Green Bay shore, north Of Me-
a nomonee.
n Fond du Lac County.
n The survey for a narrow gauge railroad be-
n tween Peoria, H., and Fond du Lac has been
u completed.
George Lyons and Charles Craig, confined
4 in the county Jail upon the charge of horse
q stealing, recently escaped. They broke up
4 their iron bedstead and with the pieces
4 punched a hole through eighteen inches Of
4 stone wall and then dropped out into the wide
i world.
n Green Lake County.
s. f. Page, one of the pioneer settlers Of the
county, was killed few days ago by his team
running away with him.
There is an Indian near Princeton that
needs killing. The other day he got drunk
4 and caught little girl by the leg, and, after
d swinging her around his head as he would
4 club, threw her upon the ground. The girls
father got after him with a shotgun, but he
escaped before he could open fire.
A weak attempt was recently made to in
augurate the CRUSADE business at Prince
ton
Jefferson County.
William Domains barn, in Pennington, was
burned the other night with five or six head
of cattle and several hogs.
Kenosha County.
Miss Minnie Erke, of Wheatland, while
taking care of family afflicted with typhoid
fever recently, drank concentrated I've, mis-
taking it for vinegar. She has since died from
the effects of her mistake.
About midnight on the night of the 18th the
double store on Main street, Kenosha, occu-
pied by S. c. johnson and II. Miller was en-
tered by burglars, by prying open the back
window. They blew open the safe and stole
the greater part Of Miller's stock of watches
and jewelry, and all of Johnsons new stock
Of gold pens which were in the safe. John
sons loss was about $500 and Miler's about
5000.
Marathon County.
Carl Messing, an old resident of Milwaukee,
was waylaid robbed and severely injured by
several rufiians near Wausau the other even
ing.
The Central Wisconsin says large lot OF
lumber is awaiting shipment by rail from
Wausau az soon as the Valley Road is CON-
pIeted-one mill having a pile Of 5000, 900
feet
Milwaukee County.
The other morning Patrick Brady, while
under the influence of liquor, walked off the
docks of the Western Transportation Com
psny at Milwaukee and was drowned.
The widowed mother of John Leppack, who
was recently killed by the Milwaukee " st.
raul cars, died on the nth. She took to her
I bed Immediately after her sons funeral, say
ing she wished to die, and literally mourned
herself to death.
Some vandals recently broke into Imman-
uel Church, Milwaukee, and damaged the
IIe'coes and carvings.
oeonto County.
There is suspicion that the skeleton OF
inc supposed murdered man found in the
WOODS near Oconto some weeks ago wa. that
VI Louis White, who lived in Oconto. He
was married to squaw. He left her about
Two years ago, saying that he was going to
h'Ahesota, but has never been heard from
shle.
onta gsmie County.
burglar entered the room of Michael
FlceSe, an Appleton brewer, the other night,
ana investigated the condition of his pocket
gusl then Freese awoke, saw what the scoun-
u'el was about, and went for him. He sue
'eeaed IN getting his pants, and the burglar
escaped