The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-24
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

A FARMER near Eau Claire exhibits an
| IS pound turnip.
| 4 son of Emery Nichols was killed
near Sparta by the accidental discharge
Of q gun.
TIE Hon. D. G. Fulton has been nom
mated for Congress in the Lacrosse
district by the Reformers.
| 4 GERMAN, whose name is not given,
| had one of his hands cut off in Buckstaff' s
mill. at Oshkosh, on Thursday.
The farmers Of Wyocena have formed
| a stock company, and are about to build
| a 81, 800 cheese factory.
! LARGE numbers of emigrants continue
to pass through Prairie du Chen on their
way to the prairies OF the West.
! A LITTLE son of Frank Hammer, of
| Westford, was run over by a wagon
! loaded with wheat, on Monday, and
crushed to death.
A PoCKET-BooK containing IS, coo in
money and Yaluables was lost by lady
at Columbus. It was found by little
! girl who promptly returned it.
Mr.. Fl. D. JAMES, a grocer at Colun-
bus, and city treasurer, has mysteriously
disappeared. His accounts are all right.
He was last seen at Watertown.
On Thursday year old son of H.V.
Forbes, of GAINESVILLE, was kicked by
horse which the lad fooIishly switched.
The right side Of the lower jaw was
! fractured.
A DRAYMAN named John Doyle while
hauling a load of furniture accidentally
fell from the wagon and was instantly
| killed III Fond du Lac Oh Friday.
T. P. Crosse, Of Sun Prairie,a member
of the Freshmen class in the State Uni
versity was severely stabbed by a
couple of rowdies i'll Madison Sunday
| evening.
The Mineral Point Democrat says a
man named Skews was smothered in
the Linden Mine on Wednesday. Foul
all in the shaft where he was working
caused his death.
| THERE were two stores broken into at
Trempealeu Sunday night, and the safe
| In each broken open. About 81 800 III
cash and between $500 and $400 in post
age stamps were stolen; also some in
surance notes. The thieves escaped with
their plumber.
THE Hudson Sta, and TIMES gives an
account of the highway robbery of a
thresher in the town OF Warren, who
had earned So for his services. The
outrage was perpetrated by two men, in
| broad daylight, while the man was on
! his way to the depot.
THE Black River Falls Banner says
| that it is q fact that all the farmers in
| Jackson county, vino have been engaged
( III the business Of making butter ald
/ cheese the past summer, have made
more than twice as much money as those
! engaged exclusively II RAISING grain.
The Oconomowoc Local records the
appearance IN the streets of that town,
OF a Lilliputian, from lxonia who thus
gives his Autobiography ''My name is
John NJ. Lewis. Am IS years old, u
inches in height, weigh, when in good
flesh, 49, pounds. Have been to school
and can read, spell Or play tricks with
| the best of my class"
The Geneva Lake Herald records this
painful accident to young son of the
editor of that paper: ''The mother had
oven and gone into the pantry with her
biscuit, when the little boy coming in
from out doors, stepped both feet upon
the hot iron and yielding to the pain
sank down to grarp his little feet with
| his left hand, burnt that to a blister
! Also"
GABRIEL BoUcK, distanced all compel
itors in the SIKH District Democratic
Convention on Tuesday, and carried off
the nomination for Congress without a
struggle. The informal ballot stood,
Bouck, %; G. D. Robinson, Is; George
Kreiss, 81 Myron Reed, 4; Z. r. Hudd,
3; Eli Stilson, L. Kreiss, Robinson and
Hudd were then withdrawn, and Gabriel
was nominated by acclamatiOn