Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-10-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

about 1000.
PETER MUMM, farmer in the town of
Schlesing, drowned himself in barrel of
water lately.
WISCONSIN has $50 graded schools, three
normal schools and a fourth in process of
organization.
D. w. BALL, the nominee of the Pro
hibitionists for State Treasurer, has de-
clined the nomination.
VoLNEY FRENCH has been appointed
Judge of Kenosha County, in place of
Judge Webster, deceased.
THE remains of another victim of the
great fire of October, 1871, have been re-
Gently discovered near Peshtigo.
COUNTERFEIT ten-dollar bills are in cir
culation in various portions of the State
on the Marine National Bank of New
York.
The failure of Tyler's Bank, at Wauke-
sha, will occasion loss to the Agricultural
and Carroll Colleges both institutions be-
ing depositors.
The Northern State Fair opened at
Oshkosh ON the 27th The entries large
ly exceeded last years list, and the fair
was largely attended.
MR.. Tony SCHNEIDER, an old resident
Of New Berlin, Waukesha County, re-
Gently accidentally shot and killed him.
self while out hunting.
Four MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND NINE
LYNNE THOUSAND AND FIFTY-FIvE DOL
LARS is the value of real estate and per-
sonal property in the city of Racine.
THE body of man named Dockery
was recently found in the millrace near
the Winnebago paper-mills at Neenah.
When last seen on the preceding night he
was drunk.
A PAIR of horses attached to an omni-
bus at Fort Howard ran away the other
evening and were not heard Of until next
day, when they were discovered about fif
teen miles away-neither horses nor stage
being injured. HaGa
In the Circuit Court at Milwaukee, in
the suit of George Reed against the Wis
consin Central Railroad and Trustees, the
injunction against the sale of the balance
of the bonds in the hands of the company
has been dissolved.
THE assignee of the suspended banking
house of o. M. Tyler & Co., Of Wau-
kesha states that the entire liabilities of
the concern are $4,000 and that the cred
itors will not receive more than twenty
cents on the dollar.
The most successful county fair ever
held in Northern Wisconsin closed at
Fond du Lac ON the 25th. Over 10000
people were present There were more
blooded stock, carriages, ETC., exhibited
than at the State Fair.
JOSEPH BEMIRCH, an insane man,
drowned himself in the marsh between
the tracks of the Chicago s. Northwestern
and st. Paul Roads near Milwaukee the
other evening. He stripped himself OF
all clothing and plunged around in the
mud in the marsh until he found sufficient
water to drown himself in.
A TEN-MoNTHs- OLD child of William
Finnegan, living at Duck Creek, was IA
tally burned few days ago. 1t was tied
in high-chair near the cooking-stove
and, while its mother was out of the room
for few minutes, fell upon the hot stove,
where it roasted until she returned, its face
and hands being burned to a crisp.
BY close observation for nineteen years
past Squire Patton, of Hudson, has no.
ticed that during that time it has rained
each day on the 18th of September, with
only two exceptions. Once about eight
or nine years ago, and again on Friday
last, the 18th. On both occasions when
it did not rain on the 18th it rained on the
10th and 18th.
J. G. WHITE, employed in the Winneba
go paper-mill at Neenah, met with terri
bic accident the other morning. He was
at work on rag-cutting machine, and
while attempting to remove the belt was
caught by the arm, and instantly whirled
around the pulley, breaking his arm and
cutting and bruising his head and face in
terrible manner. He lay unconscious
until the time of his death, which occurred
about six hours afterward.
A TELEGRAM was received in hlilwau
kee the other afternoon from Washington,
announcing that the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue had given orders that the
whisky cases, the trial Of which will be
gin before the United States Circuit
Court, in that city, on Monday, Oct 8, be
prosecuted on their merits, which means
that no mercy will be granted to parties
under indictment who are shown by evi
dence to have violated the Internal Rev
enue laws
SEVENTEEN years ago q man named
James Ford settled down in the town Of
Franklin, near Milwaukee, and began to
run farm. Having about $1,000 in gold
which he was afraid to trust to the banks,
he buried it on the farm. Some years
later, wishing to use his buried cash, he
searched for it but could not find it. Nc
amount of digging was sufficient to pro.
duce the lost treasure, and finally James
Ford died, leaving his farm to his brother
John. Recently twenty-dollar gold
piece was found on the farm and fur
Their search resulted in the discovery Of
five more double eagles. The whole fam
lily are now busily engaged in digging fol
the remainder.
How Tar Is Made.