Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-12

about pile Of timber on the dock near the
st. Paul elevator, recently one OF the sections
fell and covered three Of the workmen. One
Of the unfortunates died in twenty minutes
after he was rescued; another suffered an am
putation Of one Of his legs below the knee,
and the other escaped without serious injury.
Monroe County.
Casper Smith, Of farmers Valley, was car
rying back-load Of corn up into thegranary,
when the steps tumbled down and he fell,
breaking one Of his legs.
OcontO County.
An employe of Fl. Witbeck's Logging Com
pany named Finn was caught between two
logs and crushed TO death, the other day, at
one Of the camps up the river.
Polk County.
Mr.. McAdams, OF Osceola, has found large
quantity of rock which he claims contains 80
per cent. Of silver ore.
Capt. Kimball, of Pennington Center, on
four and a half acres Of ground raised 465
bushels of corn this year.
Racine County.
About noon on the 30th the schooner Will
lam Grandy, bound for Chicago with a load
of coal, ran hard on to the reef opposite
Racine harbor.
Rock County.
The farmers of this county have been lately
swndlcd by some peddlers claiming to be
connected with the National Grange. They
some instances for two or three times their
actual worth--and then left for parts un
known. So says the GAINESVILLE Recorder.
Sank County.
The first SHOWS storm at Baraboo of the sea
son began on the morning Of the Both ult. and
lasted all day.
Sank County.
More dwelling houses is what troubles
Reedsburg,
ShaWano County.
j. NJ. Schwears, Of Shawano, is the las]
man heard from who kept pet bear. The
little cub got hold Of his little girl few days
ago and bit her terribly.
Bears and wolves are becoming plenty in
the county.
ShebOygan County.
While ON his way from Sheboygan to Hay
ton, where he intended to visit his brother,
Lorenzo Hazelbauers stopped at Kel Station
to see some friends, and in attempting to
board the train while 1t was in motion was
thrown under the rear car, run over and in
stantly killed
The butter trade Of the county is assuming
huge proportions, and prices ought to be sat
isfactory. At a recent sale held at Sheboy-
gan, under the auspices of the Changers
Board of Trade, an average of thirty three
cents per pound was paid.
Trcmpealcau County.
A Galesvlle incident: A scene that called
for sympathy was exhibited the other day in
the woman vino passed through town driving
an equine attached to a rumbling shay In
her arms she held a pair of twins, while two
sucking colts and four dogs followed in pro-
cession.
WalWOrth County.
The Delavan Republican says there is pros
pect that the old Milwaukee Il Beloit Railroad
enterprise will be speedily revived. 1t is pro-
posed to make it narrow gauge road The
from Milwaukee to Beloit.
Washington County.
Distractions have frequently been placed
upon the track of the Air Line Railway, in
the town of jackson, OF late.
Waupaca County.
German wedding procession headed by a
band and a funeral cortege got SO mixed in
the streets of New London, recently, that
some Of the people are swearing they saw a
funeral procession accompanied by brass
band, and others that a wedding procession
passed headed by a hearse.
WInncbago County.
A barn in the rear Of Brown Il Lloyds meat
market, Menasha, was set on fire on the night
of the 10Th by some rascal who evidently de
sired big blaze. Fortunately the fire was
discovered in season and no great damage
resulted.
There is an old man in Mcnasha ninety.six
years old, who is as hale and hearty as a man
of fifty, and saws wood from morning until
night
Thirty-hve dwelling houses and five bust
ness blocks have been erected in Wnneconnc
during the past summer.
Miss Lizzie Robinson, of Neenah, was re.
turning from the GAINESVILLE Asylum for the
Blind, the other evening, in charge of a
friend. When near Neenah she was taken in
fit, and died in five minutes.
A HIGHLY successful wedding in mid
air took place in Cincinnati the other
day. The arrangement was made for the