Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-01
WISCONSIN, STATE NEWS.

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EVERY town OF any size in the State is
preparing in some degree for Fourth Of
July celebration.
AN old man named Matz, living at Mil
waukec, recently shot himself on account
Of family difficulties.
! DIR. STEPHENS, of Madison, has Sc
cured the contract for the erection of the
new University Science Hall for 500, 975.
The crops of the State are not being
damaged materially by the heavy rains,
but the cool weather has quite impeded
the growth
The Appleton Crescent states that four
| Of the new cribs in the Cedars dam went
out few days ago. This break will pre-
vent dozen steamers from making trips
already contracted. Work on the new
dam will probably commence next month.
TIKI Regents of the university have es-
tablished the Chair of Scandinavian Lam
guages and elected Prof. K. r. Anderson
totlll it. The professor studied in Luther
| College, Iowa, took his degree at Alfred
| University, New York, and taught three
| years at Albion Academy. He was APP
| pointed instructor in the university by
President Chadbourne, and has held the
| position ever since.
TIVE late disaster to the Schiller, with
its Calamity to Milwaukee, il supple
mented by the loss Of the Vicksburg, the
steamship crushed by the ice off New
foundland June t. Mr.. S. Meyer and Mr..
and Mrs. S. Hirschstein, of this city, were
on board the steamer, and are among the
| lost. Mr.. Meyer was a distiller, formerly
doing business at 206 West Water street
| When the revenue troubles came down on
the distillers he left for Europe Mr..
Hirschstein managed Nunncmacher 81
Worth's distllery. He also left for Eu-
rope when the trouble came Wisconsin.
NINETEEN years ago number Of the
farmers of this county and the business
men of this city executed notes, secured by
mortgages upon real estate, to aid in the
extension of the Milwaukee & Horizon
Railroad to this place. The instruments
were deposited in the safe of Hon.
T. B. Scott for delivery to the company
when the road should be completed &c
ording to contract. Upon the preteXt of
wanting to examine the title to the lands
mortgaged, one Ewing, as agent of the
railroad company, sought and obtained
possession Of the parchments, and immc-
diatelv lit out for Milwaukee and soon
after disposed Of them to innocent (g)
purchasers. Not a rod of the road was
ever built and no other equivalent rem
dered Suits at law were commenced by
different parties to enforce the payment of
these notes thus fraudulently obtained
and have been carried through the differ
ent courts to that of final resort. The Su-
preme Court last week decided in the case
of w. G.. Roberts Us. James McGrath and
of Roberts rs O. W. Norton and others
that the notes and mortgages were invalid
for want Of proper delivery to the railroad
company. Thus, after nineteen years of
anxiety and litigation, justice is accorded
our citizens. The rejoicing here over the
verdict is universal and heartfelt 1t lifts
q big load from the shoulders Of many
who have been restrained from branching
out into business from fear of disastrous
results that might have been pronounced
by the courts. HddiS0n J0uradl
The following degrees were conferred
at the recent university Commencement:
Bachelor Of Arts-W, G. Clough, Port
age; Kate d. Dewey, Cassvlle; Alfred S.
Frank, Madison; Charles f. Harding,
Springtield; Fred. S. Luhman, Howard's
Grove, Jared W. Mills, Lancaster; 10.
seph NJ. Mills, Lancaster; William S.
Noland, Madison; Charles f. Packard,
Madison; Percy F. Stone, Oconomowoc;
Joseph E. Wildish, Sussex; f. w. Win.
chester, Whitewater. Bachelor of Letters
Hiram Allen Odell McGregor. Iowa.
Bachelor Of Science-Hattie +. Bacon,
Manitowoc; Carrie A. Barber, Lancaster;
Isaac s Bradley, Madison, Alice 4.
Crawford, Baraboo; Mary c. Draper,
Baraboo; Thomas f. Frawley. Black
Earth; Fred, 5. Huntington, Marshall;
George S. Martin, Springfield; Julie, d,
Meyer, Lancaster; Clara Moore Ian
caster; William II, Rogers, Portland;
George c. Synon, Fitchburg; Caleb G.
Thomas, Darlington Fannie West, Mil
waukee; Clinton II, Lewis, Madison.
Bachelor of Engineering-James Mel
vile, Oregon; Bernard c. Wolter, Wake.
field; Adolph G.. Schulz, Tomah. Bach
elor of Law-Lemuel j Arthur, Walter
H. Butler, Thomas Coleman, Charles 5.
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