Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-09

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| just the number in 1870
A genuine pelican from Dakota attracts all
the spare attention of Watertown people.
Some unknown seamps few evenings ago
| cut down thirty three maple trees surround
ing the residence of T. S. Hayhurst, of Wa
terloo.
! Hon. J. w. Ostrander, of Jefferson, has
been nominated for member of the Assembly,
Third District, Jefferson County, by the Re
publicans at Fort Atkinson.
The Jefferson County Reform Convention
convened at Jefferson on the I'd. The follow
ing nominations were made: For Senator,
DR.. w. w. Reed; Sheriff, Joseph Giles; Reg
lister of Deeds, R. Hass; County Treasurer,
F. Bulkholdz; County Clerk, H. Hake;
Clerk of the Court E. E. Baker; District At
torney, w. H. Rogers; County Surveyor, E. S.
Clark Coroner, P. Rogan.
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.
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| 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 Hath 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 of
| gaining livelihood.
| Charles Solberg, of La Crosse, recently gave
an old and trusty clerk a nice house and lot
on State street.
Sunday Chief" Winnebago Indian who
had just returned to La Crosse from Ne
braska, stole a tanned calf-skin from a shoe
maker, and now lies in prison.
Mrs. Theodore Wright, a Norwegian lady
of La Crosse, allowed her little boy to show
blind beggar the way to a neighboring town,
and as this was six weeks ago and the boy has
not yet returned she naturally begins to feel
anxious about him.
So far in 1874, 100 dwellings and forty-three
business blocks and public buildings have
been erected in La Crosse, at total cost of
$322600.
Lafayette County.
Joseph White, of Willow Springs, shot his
son the other day in an alteration arising out
of some old difficulty. Fortunately he did not
kill him. The father is about seventy years
old, and was three times a member of the
Assembly
Marquette County.
Two gentlemen from Newton got into an
argument about the number of grains Of
oot how oh Oln
plant, and the result was that William Curran
produced 1884 on one, and Williams San
ders 1859
| Milwaukee.
On the evening of the 2Sth the report of a
pistol was heard in the rooms occupied by
| DR.. j. Langdorf, on the corner of Division
and Market streets, Milwaukee. Immediately
after the discharge woman was seen to run
| downstairs and out on the sidewalk, when
she dropped fainting to the ground, scream
ing, 'I am shot!" The bystanders had
scarcely carried her into an adjoining resi-
dence when they heard another report, ac-
companied with the noise of falling body.
Going to DR.. Landlords room that person was
found lying on the floor with pistol-shot in
his head. DR.. Langdorf has since died. 1t
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The Second Ward National Bank of Mil
waukee is about to increase its capital to
$5O0,OO0.
Andrew G. Miller, late Judge of the United
| States Court for the Eastern District, died
very suddenly early on the morning OF the
1st. He had been out all day before, ap-
parentlv in excellent health.
A meeting of the Milwaukee bar was held
on the I'd and resolutions passed eulogizing
the memory of the late Judge Miller.
William Siefeld, milk -peddler, was thrown
from his wagon and killed on the I'd.
James Smith, of Hale's Corner, was thrown
from his wagon few days ago while return
ing from Milwaukee, and very seriously in
| jured.
| The Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway Com
pany are building new elevator on the south
side of the Menomonee. It will be 800 feet
| long, 1S0 feet wide, and 100 feet high. 1t
will have bin capacity of ,250,000 bushels of
| wheat
Mayor Ludington has decided to run for
Congress as an independent candidate against
Sam Rindskopf.
A. M. Thomson, formerly editor of the Sen
tirel, has come into possession of the Eoening
Times. 1t is said he proposes to support g.
G. Washburne for the Senate. The Sentinel
says William Mullen, of Greenfield, has been
arrested for stealing Texas cattle.
The September report Of Health-O Officer
johnson exhibits the fact that 239 deaths
were registered in this city during that period.
Of the number 1873 were classed as males and
1O6 as females; 4S as adults and 106 as infants.
Monroe County.
The Tomah Journal says that hundreds OF
bushels of cranberries in that vicinity were
ruined by the recent frost. On the Hitch
cock marsh nearly all the best berries were
destroyed, and in other localities the result
was nearly as ruinous.
Outagamie County.
A large quantity of slaves and lumber at
Shiocton, valued at $4,000, belonging to Will
liz & Bertschy, was burned on the night of
the 2Sth ult
Oconto County.
A disastrous fire broke out in Oconto on the
4th, which destroyed the Commercial House
and Links Hall. Loss about $4,000. The
person who set the fire was arrested by the
police.
Racine County.
During fair-time Joe Seibert, of Racine,
took a trip into the country with twenty
seven dollars in his pocket to buy heifer.
Joe got into the fairgrounds, and, seeing
French monte, he bought some of that to the
amount of twenty-seyen dollars, and con-
cluded not to report on the heifer business
until he has better luck.
Matters begin to wear a brighter look at
Bayview The rolling-miH has partially re-
sumed operations, and will probably soon be