Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30

| Anderson's jewelry store ON Eighth street.
Manitowoc, near the bridge, was entered the
| other evening by cutting hole in the back
door and turning the key, and robbed of six
teen watches and S190 in money.
Marathon County.
| new freight depot has been commenced
at Wausau which is to cost $4,000.
milwaukee,.
| The other day William Riley fell from the
| propeller Roanoke into the river and was
drowned 6H1@
| Farmer Christian Brown allowed his horse
to run away from him, and get away from
| him forever. The spirited animal shied at ID
bit of flying paper near the corner of Erie
street and Broadway, and ran down the lat
| ter thoroughfare. The draw of the bridge
| happened to be open and the horse and
wagon splashed down into the river, dis
tance of fifteen feet. The horse was drowned,
and the wagon was recovered in a wrecked
| condition.
| s. P. Williams one of the engineers in the
establishment of John Nazro & Co., was ar
| rested on the 25th for stealing from his en-
ployers.
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has just purchased horse from Pittsburgh,
Pa, for $4,000 The animal has made mile
in 2:19%, although he has never been on the
| track.
Monroe County.
| G. Blakeslee, of Sparta, has lately sunk an
| artesian we'll. Abundance of water was
reached at depth of 260 feet.
OcOntO County.
The October term of the Oconto County
Court was postponed on account of the illness
of Judge Ellis.
The establishment of w. B. Mitchell un-
dertaker, of Oconto, was burned to the ground
on the morning of the 22d. Loss $4,000.
| The skeleton of man with rope around
| his neck and crack in his skull was recently
found in the woods near Oconto.
| An incendiary fire broke out in an ice-house
at Oconto on the Oath. Before it was extin-
| guished that and an adjoining building were
consumed. The property belonged to Mrs. A.
Leulz, and was worth about $4,000.
Outagamfe County.
Appleton is to have a sewing machine
manufactory. The new dam is 700 feet long
and will cost $4,000.
| While driving near Seymour the other
night stranger was attacked by foot-pads
and robbed of $190, a watch and chain, revol-
yer and other valuables.
A few evenings ago Mr.. johnson, of Apple
| ton, went out to milk his cow, apparently as
well as usual, but upon returning to the
house he dropped dead.
Pepin County.
| Levi B. Hanan, of Durand, was sitting in
chair the other day in apparent good health,
when he suddenly fell to the floor dead.
Charles Stewart started for Oshkosh to do
some plastering, when little stroke oflight-
ming came along, struck the trowel and par
alyzed his arm and body. This occurred
several weeks ago, and he has but just been
| able to return to Durond
Pierce County.
At Esdale, the other day, a fire started in
| Hegna Il Paulsons store. Hegna entered
the building to save the books, but was driven
| back by the rapid spread of the flames.
moment after keg of gunpowder exploded,
| spreading the fire all over the building. Over
the store resided family named Patch The
Younger Mr. Patch rescued all the family eX-
cept his own daughter, four years old, who
was consumed with the building. Loss
SIS 600
| Polk County.
| The Osceola Press felicitates it's readers
| upon the advent of the North Wisconsin Rail-
| way. ~.
Chris. Frederickson, the murderer, who
lately escaped from the county JAIL was re-
| captured at Prescott the other day, and rein
| carcerated.
Portage County.
| A lad named Taylor, five years old, was re-
Gently drowned in the slough near the Cen
| ter street crossing, Stevens Point,
Racine County.
| The following letter was recently sent to a
| Racine merchant by Chicago firm: "DEAR
SIR Since our last there has been an i'm
| portant change in the membership of our firm,
caused by that summons which we'must
| sooner or later all receive; and may it be with
| us as with him-a call to go UP higher The
name and the business which he so largely
| aided in establishing will continue on as be-
| fore, and in his name. Alcohol has been
| higher, but is again easier-$202 to-day in
! brls."
| Richland County.
| During the services at the Presbyterian
| IL
| morning, while the clergyman was in the
midst of his morning prayer, an old man
named g. W. Pickard was stricken with paral-
ysis and died before he could be removed.
Rock County.
| Henry Sutliff, a shoemaker, has been ar
rested at Bradford upon the Charge of steal
ing honey from the hives belonging to.the cit
izens of the town.
A Milton correspondent of the Janesville
! Gazette says: " There is a man in this village
who is guilty of murder"
A little son of E. B. Harvey, of Evansville,
fell from a wagon the other day in such
manner that one of the wheels passed over
him, breaking his right leg between the hip
| and knee.
Sank County.
Young Williams, who was recently beaten
and robbed by highwaymen near Bar
aboo, has disappeared from his home, and his
friends fear that insanity has resulted from
| the blows he received.
Conductor Halisey, in attempting to come
/ down from the top of car while the train
was crossing the bridge near Bloom, the other
day, was struck on the head by one of the
cross beams and fell upon the track Fortu-
| natelv he fell in the rear of the last car and
had presence of mind enough to cling to the
timbers of the bridge to avoid falling into the
river.
Robert Hunter, of Winfield, was lately
thrown from his wagon by runaway team,
! his skull fractured, and otherwise injured.
| Sheboygan County.
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