Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-11
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

AHL property cAclupt from taXdtlOn IN
Milwaukee County is valued at SIS, 257 ,555
MORE logs will be put in on Black River
and its tributaries this winter than for
several years past.
l. N. MORTON, one Of Milwaukee's lead
ing druggists, has failed and disappeared
Liabilities $4,000
j. A. NORTON. the Milwaukee bank
rupt druggist, was reported on the 1st, to
be in Alabama, lying very i'll.
A VEIN of excellent iron ore eight feet
thick has recently been discovered at
Reedstown, Vernon County.
The first snow-storm of the season Mt
Oshkosh occurred on the Goth 1t fell
thick and fast for about two hours.
The Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue at Milwaukee has recently been
making raid on the banks for unstamped
checks
FRED. HAuscH, of Milwaukee, trusted
himself in a leaky boat on the river the
other day. The boat foundered and Fred
was drowned
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
has indefinitely postponed a resolution to
establish new grade of wheat to be
known as "extra No. t."
PROCEEDINGS have been commenced in
the Supreme Court against the West Wis
consin Railway Company to enforce the
provisions Of the Potter law.
FRED BAUMAN, of Racine, died recently
from the effects of fall from the roof of a
building, by which three ribs were broken
and internal injuries inflicted
THE house of II. Boardman, Station
Agent at Neenah, was entered by burg
lars few nights ago and 1920 in cur
rency and $50 worth of silver stolen.
THE thieves who recently broke into the
fur store OF Paul Lutz, at La Crosse, and
stole 81, 200 worth of goods, were caught
on the Goth, and most of the property
stolen recovered.
j. w. JONES, mason employed on
Pierce's building on West Water street,
Milwaukee, fell from scafolding the
other day, distance of forty-fve feet
and was instantly killed
AN evening train on the Wisconsin Cen
trail Railroad was recently attacked by
mob armed with stones near Green Bay
and badly battered No cause for the at
tack could be assigned.
u, IL,
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT by Timothy
Bore, at his trial the other day exhibited pa
pers showing co partnership, as claimed
by him, and was discharged
WISCONSIN has voted as follows during
past years:
,0., Dem Rep. Total. Maj.
1872. President. Al 104o97 191 ,474 is, so r.
1873. Governor. .Sl,635 66,223 ,s5S 15,4l2 d.
S. N. SMALL, once prominent Mil
waukee lawyer, committed suicide the
other day by shooting himself through
the head at his Office. Ill-health and
financial embarrassments were the cause.
The other evening, as Joseph Kuehstedt
was accompanying young lady to her
residence in Fond du Lac, he was assault
ed by an unknown party and had two
teeth knocked out with billy" 1t was
supposed to be the work of some rival.
A MAN named Paulsen was instantly
killed at Oshkosh on the 1st He was in
the bottom of well and another man
was engaged In drawing up a bucket OF
dirt, when the rope broke, and the buck
ct fell to the bottom, striking Paulsen on
the head.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has
recently decided that the whipping Of d
child by a public school teacher is an as.
sault and battery, and that an offending
teacher may be mulcted in damages as
well as held answerable for violating the
dignity of the law.
JACOB FUCHs, the Milwaukee man re-
Gently sentenced to the Penitentiary for
three years for obtaining money under
false pretenses, cut his throat from ear to
ear at indianapolis few days ago. He
had rather die he said than betaken to the
State Prison. Hopes were entertained of
his recovery.
THERE has been a general disturbance
in Milwaukee insurance rates for some
time past, and the excitement was largely
increased on the 30th by the withdrawal
of a prominent agency from the Board of
Underwriters. This action takes nearly
one-halt of the insurance capital out of
the board.