Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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Barron County.
Another county seat contest is expected this
fall. The proposition to be voted on is to re-
move it from Rice Lake, where it was put last
yearly nineteen majority, and to locate it at
the old place.
bayfield, County.
Business at the Lane. Office at Bayfield, has
picked up trife during September, though,
taken altogether, it has been the dullest sea-
son known for many years
Brown County.
Elvira Squet, charged with poisoning her
former husband, August Mainsart, was dis
charged from custody at Green Bay on the
2Sth, the District Attorney having entered u
noile prosequi.
All the saloon-keepers in the city of Green
Bay Were complained of on the Seth for sell
ing liquor on the preceding Sunday. The
complaint was entered by Mrs. Pague, Bel
gian woman. She walked to town, distance
of nine miles, with little barefooted child in
her arms, to make the complaint.
Buffalo County.
Henry Hunter, of Mondoyi, has a stalk of
corn measuring fifteen feet and two inches.
a triple wedding in one family is the latest
sensation in Dover.
Chippewa County.
MERGERS jewelry store at Chippewa Falls
was burglarized on the morning of the 2Sth.
The thieves gained an entrance through n
trap-door in the cellar and got away with
nearly 5000 worth ofjewelry.
Columbia County.
On the evening Of the Goth ult. Brazla
Ormsbee, aged nineteen, living three miles
west of Doylestown Station, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of gun.
He took the gun by the muzzle, and the en-
tire charge struck him in the neck, sevcrng
the jugular vein
Dane County.
Official information has been received at
Madison that Col. John W. Bashford, lumber
agent for district in the st. Croix Valley, has
seized and caused to be sold $4,000 900 feet of
logs, realizing S53,7o0, During last year there
was but 1l,000,0o0 feet seized in the whole
valley, and the entire sum realized was
$4,000
A Wisconsin Central Poultry Association
has been organized at Madison, with the fol-
lowing officers: President Col w. ii. Ham
ilton, of Sun Prairie; Secretary, +. s. Mcbride,
of Madison; Treasurer s. II. Hall, of Burke.
Dodge County.
-Four thousand pounds of grapes from one
fourth of an acre is the yield reported by a
grape culturist near Beaver Dam.
The whole number Of school children In
Fox Lake to draw public money is 402, an In.
crease Of thirty-four over last year.
Douglas County.
The weather was extremely warm for this
locality during September. There had beer
no frost up to the 26th ut., and cucumbers
beans and tomatoes were as green and fruit
full as in July and August.
Fond du Lac County.
The papers in the vicinity Of the State
Prison say that attempted escapes of the pris-
oners are becoming alarming frequent.
The city Of Fond du Lac claims popula.
ton of II, 500
Grant County.
A family living near Muscoda were recently
poisoned by eating toadstools under the mis-.
taken impression that they were mushrooms.
a harvest home festival on the fair grounds
at La Crosse on the 30th. Three hundred
teams were in the procession and over 5000
people participated in the exercises.
Green County.
On the 26th Senator Carpenter discussed
the railroad question before 5000 people AS
sembled at the county fair grounds.
Jefferson County.
A census of Fort Atkinson has recently been
taken, and the population found to be 2,Ol0--
just the number in 1870.
genuine pelican from Dakota attracts all
the spare attention of Watertown people.
Some unknown scamps few evenings ago
cut down thirty-three maple trees surround
ing the residence of T. S. Hayhurst, OF Wa
terloo.
kenOsha County.
William Quail, OF kenosha, was switching
cars on the side track the other day, when his
foot was caught in the brake and he was
thrown face foremost In front OF the cars. He
lived fifteen minutes.
La Crosse County.
Nebauger, Chief of the Winnebago tribe Of
Indians, arrived at La Crosse on the 9th
from Nebraska, accompanied by the balance
Of his tribe, the whole band being now In
this State. Nebauger is In his l14th year,
and is apparently as lively and cheerful as he
was twenty-five years ago. He says they
were compelled to leave the reservation on
account of the scarcity OF game and means o.
gaining livelihood.
Charles Solhprp of In Crosse recently Oayp
an old and trusty clerk nice house and lot
on State street.
Milwaukee.
On the evening Of the 2sth the report Of
pistol was heard in the rooms occupied by