Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Brown County,

bnc night OF the lGtn. Inc secLlOn-nen lei
their tools where they had been repairing the
track, and when they returned in the morning
they found the unfortunate man, his heaC
and body badly cut, and the spike-hammel
buried in his skull.
The mill and wagon shop of H. K. Cowles
& Bro, in Scott, about nine miles from Greer
Bay, were burned the other night. Loss
$1,000.
F. Van Straten, the County Treasurer
whose disappearance some time since caused
people to think he had absconded, returned
on the night of the 21st.
Buffalo County.
A young man in Alma recently stole a
pocket-book from a neighbor. He was fol
lowed to Black River Falls, captured, owned
ap, returned the money and paid all the costs
and then struck a bee line for home, the
neighbor declining to prosecute him on &C
count of the responsibility of his parents
Chippewa County.
A few evenings ago the stable of Mr..
Gould, on Catholic Hill, Chippewa Falls,
caught fire, and before they could be got out
a horse and cow were burned
Clark County.
A fourteen year-old son of VIM. Mass, of
Augusta, recently had his left thigh and leg
broken by the rearing and falling of a colt he
was riding.
Columbia County.
A boy named Michael KaVaney recently
killed an eagle near Mud Lake. The bird had
lit on large goose and was about to carry it
away when the boy and his dog attacked him.
The eagle drove the dog and was aFout to
carry off the goose when the plucky little fell
low hit him over the head and killed him.
Eau Claire County.
Eau Claire has cut about 275, 10000 feet of
lumber this year.
Fond du Lac County.
Martin J. Veneer, a Waterman for c. j. l..
Myer, OF Fond du Lac, dropped dead recently
just as ne entered his house.
Fond du Lac was visited on the 21st by an
$4,000 fire The new self-propelling steam
lire engine made her first appearance and
more than met the expectations Of the people.
The fire was on Main street, between First
and Second.
jackson County.
Mr.. Newland, of Melrose, recently had one
of his legs broken by being thrown from his
buggy by pair of runaway horses.
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evening Of the 18th at point on the Green
Bay & Minnesota Railroad about mile and
half from Black River Station. The victim
was a man of medium size, of some thirty-five
years of age, and, although not perfectly
identified, is supposed to have been James
Sears, lumberman.
Jefferson County.
Chris. johnson, Jas. Flynn and Robert
johnson, Of Jefferson, got into a miscella-
neOus scrimmage the other day over a horse
trade. In the course of the melee Chris.
Johnson's thumb found its way into Robert
Johnsons mouth. Robert shut down on it
and nearly severed that useful member.
KenOsha County.
Messrs. Griffin IL Fowler, proprietors of
the Locust Saloon, and Henry Walker, chief
of the Kenosha police, were arrested on the
Esd, upon the charge of being concerned in
the recent robbery of Miller's jewelry store.
Lafayette County.
James Robbins, a grain dealer at Belmont
shot and killed George Prentice on the 23d.
It seems they had had some difficulty former
", and on that morning Prentice entered the
warehouse of Robbins, and proceeded to as
sault him with knife, when Robbins drew
revolver and shot him dead upon the spot
only one shot being fired, the ball entering
the heart.
Ia Crosse County.
NJ. Anderson, leading dry goods dealer in
La Crosse, suspended payment on the 23d.
few nights ago some scoundrel visited the
stable of J. d. IIscox, of La Crosse, and cut
cash about six inches long and over two
inches deep between the forelegs of one of
Mr.. Hiscox's best horses.
milwaukee County.
Reuben Debarre, keeper of clothing store
on East Water street, Milwaukee, has been
arrested for receiving $3.50 worth of the post
age stamps recently stolen from the Union
town (Mo.) Postoffice
The family of Mrs. Rilke, of Milwaukee,
consisting of five persons, were nearly sutfo-
Gated by the escaping gas Of coal stove the
other night A nephew visiting them early
in the morning found them all insensibie.
Hon. VIM. Pitt Lynde Member of Congress
elect from the Milwaukee district, has sued
the Sentinel for libel, laying his damages at
$4,000. The Sentinel had charged that Lynde
had paid Sam Rindskopf $4,000 to withdraw
During the month of October 1,757, 115 ci-
gars were manufactured in Milwaukee.
The shipments of grain from Milwaukee
from Jan to Nov. IA, inclusive, show !, AGO.
ia bushels less than at the corresponding
period last year.
The revenue from the Milwaukee water
works last year was $4,000 The new en-
gines pump 100000 gallons every twenty
four hours.
The Health Officer of Milwaukee reports
That infant mortality is largely out of proper
ton to other deaths and the death rate in
other cities. He attributes much of the NOR
tality to defective sewerage.
On the night of the I'D, during the storm,
a man named Roach fell in a tit on Spring
street, Milwaukee, and, being unable to move,
laid there all night. In the morning he was
found badly frozen and died soon after being
taken to the hospital.
William Dreher, an old man, attempted to
commit suicide by jumping into the Milwau-
kee River the other morning. Some unsym-
pathizing policeman ffshed him out.
Polish military company paraded in the
streets of Milwaukee the other day At tho