Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Ashland County.


of value were taken.
Brown County.
| Mrs Hart, wife of Depere butcher, on the
Goth gave birth to five well-developed chill
dren-four boys and one girl. One of the
| boys was born dead, and another died shortly
after. Mother and remaining children doing
| well.
| James Martin, of Rockland, is the cham
| pion potato grower of the county. Out of a
| load recently sold at De Pere there could not
be sorted half peck which would not weigh
! half pound each while most OF. them would
weigh from one to one and a half pounds
and frequently one could be sorted out which
weighed three and a half pounds They
were of the Chill variety, and on two acres OF
| land he grew the enormous amount of 637
bushels-all of them as sound as nut, and
| fully as large as above stated.
Columbia County.
John Sutton, of Columbus, has horse
whose ways, like those of the Heather Chinee
| are peculiar. He can be driven perfectly freely
anywhere within the more closely populated
part of the city, but the moment he finds
himself on road leading into the country he
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make him 60 into the rural districts.
| Crawford County.
| They are about starting a daily paper at
Prairie du Chen.
Dane County.
Martin OConnel, of Madison, had an eye
put out recently by stone from sling in
| the hands of careless boy.
prof n uoruov of Mo1o,oop;o ea,,4 n
gentleman in Milton, lately, a rare curiosity
found in hop-yard near Black Earth. 1t is
the product of rose bush, but, instead o1
being rose, it is a very Incorporating hop,
with the odor of rose. Mr.. Harvey says
there are several rose bushes in the above
mentioned hop-yard, and that all of them
bear this peculiar formation instead of roses.
j. B. Stickney, station agent at Mazomanie,
| had his horse stolen the other night.
Dodge County.
]. G. Brown has been appointed Postmas
ter at Juneau, vice Mrs. Parmalee, resigned.
Door County.
Typhoid fever has been raging with fatal
effect at Bailey's Harbor. The dredging Of
the harbor has been commenced under the
direction of the United States Engineers De.
| partment.
Douglas County.
Burglars have recently made their ap.
pearance at Superior. Several stores have
been visited.
Dunn County.
A new Episcopal Church is building in
Menomonee.
Eau Claire County.
The Eau Claire Lumber Company have sent
their last raft down the river for the season
All lumber cut this season after this will be
tied up at Eau Claire.
William Shepherd, an old resident of Otter
Creek, was recently found dead in the road
| way. He is supposed to have fallen out of his
wagon while intoxicated.
Self johnson, prominent Norwegian, re.
Gently died of injuries received in the Eau
Claire Lumber Company's saw-mill.
Fond du Lac County.
The Republican County Convention met at
Fond du Lac on the Goth and nominated the
following ticket. Register of Deeds, G. L.
Pierce; Treasurer, o. U. Akin; County Clerk
H. j. Davidson; District Attorney, s. L.
Breasted; Circuit Court Clerk P. A. Maloney;
Surveyor, E. D. Radford; Coroner, t. d.
Steele.
John I'll. n Smith, the Warden of the State
Prison, has invented means of ascertaining
whether the wall guards sleep on duty or not,
which none of his predecessors seem to have
thought of. Every thirty minutes each guard
must ring his bell by pulling a wire which
connects his beat with the back office, where
the bells are. Any guard failing to ring is
reported and must account for his neglect OF
duty.
Grant County.
The postoffice at Liberty Ridge has been
discontinued and another established near
the Rock Church, with Louis Heberliue as
Postmaster.
Green Lake County.
The following ticket was placed in nomina-
ton by the Republican Convention recently
held at hartford: Assembly, w. III. Dakin, of
Green Lake; Sheriff, Samuel Sherman, OF
Dartford; Clerk of the Court, Scott z. Rog-
ers, of Markesan District-Attorney, E. S.
Knight, of Markesan; County Clerk, o. F.
| Silver, of Berlin; Register of Deeds Henry B.
| Lowe, of Princeton; Treasurer, A. G. Hop
| kins, of Princeton; Surveyor, d. 2. Black
stone, of Berlin; Coroner, Ell. ?. Merriam, OF
Berlin.
Jefferson County.
| G.. w Rounds, of Palmyra, recently gath
cred 2,276 pounds of hops from ITO hills.
The horse Rob Roy, owned by Henry Whip.
| pie, of Waterloo, recently died from infam-
nation of the bowels. He was valued at
| 81, ZOO.
Guy Hayden, of Jefferson, accidentally shot
himself on the oath while out looking for the
cows The whole charge entered the groin
and he was instantly killed.
Jacob Brietung, of Jefferson, was thrown
from a load of straw the other day and Sc.
riously injured.
Juneau County.
| A lad sourteen years old was recently
kicked to DEATH at Wonewoc, by horse in
| the Wonewoe House stables.
Kenosha County.
The store of Nc. Granny & Son, dry goods
dealers, was burglarized on the night OF the
10Th. Goods to the value of 5000 were car
ried away.
La Crosse County.
/ keeper of La Crosse, was fined S400 the other
/ day and bonded m $1,000 to keep the peace
| for beating his wife.
On the evening of the oath, as DR.. Nicolett
was driving to North La Crosse, he was ac
costed hi stranger, who asked for a ride
and relieved the doctor of $1,000. He hai
been arrested and identified as New Yorl
thief named Bill Wing.
Lafayette County.
The boot and shoe establishment OF j.
Leland, of Darlington, was burgiarised the
other night to the extent OF S7OO.
i ManiIogoc County.