Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-06-11
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS,

WAUsHARA COUNTY is going into hop
raising on large scale.
PARTIES are setting nets in Lake Win
nebago, contrary to the statute.
TIE annual meeting of the Turnvereir
Society of the State will be held in July a
Appleton.
GRANVILLE, in Milwaukee County
ranks second in valuation among Wiscon
sin townships.
SINCE the Oshkosh fire the numbering
towns are requiring mill-men to furnish
their smoke-stacks with spark arresters.
THE bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Friend, of Milwaukee, who were drowned
in the steamer Schiller, have arrived il
that city.
THE members of the firm of Rindskop
Bros, Milwaukee distillers, have been ar.
rested upon the charge of violating the
Revenue laws.
THE following removals of Storekeepers
in The First Wisconsin District are an
nounced I'll. A. Valentine, Lewis Benlis
and ~. Ill. Griffith.
CALVIN GROSS was murdered at Osh.
kosh, a fewnights ago. by John Geletin
and his. son and one Seweike. They were
subsequently arrested.
A FEW days ago, at Bay Settlement,
near Green Bay, Mitchell St. Pier, who
arrived from Chicago the day before, was
4 i INoI 49,
WILLIAM You've was instantly killed the
other day while engaged in digging well
near West Salem. The bucket fell from
the top of the we'll, crushing his skull.
THE Berlin City Touring mill was bad
ly damaged by fire the other night. TWAS
only preserved from entire destruction
through the efforts of the firemen and citi-
Zens.
HORACE BANYoN, a son Of a noted Chi
cago ex-Justice, has been held to bail at
+ Milwaukee in the sum of $4,000 to an
swer to an Indictment for passing counter
felt money.
DURING the thunder storm on the even
ing of the list the opera-house at Fond du
Lac was struck by lightning, but the
flames were extinguished before great
damage was done.
THE war of Mitchell gs. Sage for the
control of the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul Road
will be decided on the 18th of June. In
the meantime it is generally conceded that
Mitchell is ahead, and sure to win.
THE first annual commencement of the
State Normal School in Oshkosh will take
place on Wednesday, June II. A class of
eight students will complete the four years.
course, and twelve will finish the shorter
course of two years.
Mrs. ROYAL BARNUM, of Durand, was
burned to death few nights ago. Her
clothes caught fire from a smudge" which
had been built to keep off mosquitoes,
and before help could reach her she was
wholly enveloped in flames.
FoRTy-N1NE members of the Winnebago
tribe of Indians, including their chiefs,
Black Hawk and Winneshiek, have made
homestead entries at La Crosse. The en-
AAS'sA
together Seven of the number were able
to sign their own names.
OSHKOSH barely escaped another de.
structiye fire on the 26th. Fires caught
in about dozen places and for time it
seemed as if, owing to the high wind, the
city was doomed again. Chapman's mill
and lumber yard were burned, involving a
loss of about $4,000.
THE badger, an animal from which
Wisconsin takes its nickname, has become
almost extinct in this State. One was
caught in the northern part of this county
about two weeks ago. twenty-five years
ago they were numerous, but they are Sc
dom found now.-OShk0sh Times.
THE arteslan well which has just beer
completed at the stock yards of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul Railroad
Company in Milwaukee is proving per.
feet success. The we'll is 1,0481a feet
deep, of which 40 feet were bored through
earth, 685 through magnetism lime rock
and 1887 through sandstone. The water
flows at the rate of 5000 gallons per day
AN old lady named Halsey met hel
death in burning bIilding north of Osh
kosh a few days since. The house of hel
son-in-law, Mr.. Wolcott, was on fire, ant
the old lady, in her anxiety to save what
she could from the burning building, en-
tered it, and, probably being overpowere6
by smoke and heat, could not get out, ant
went down in the ruins. After the fire he
remains were found.
THE suit of the Milwaukee & Northern
Railroad Company against the Wisconsin
Central Railway Company, for breach o
contract, was settled the other day. an(
the matter will be withdrawn from the
courts. This insures to the latter roac
permanent possession of the former, and
relieves both roads, which are now con
soldated under lease, from considerable
embarrassments.
The following postal changes were
made in Wisconsin during the week end
ing May 80, 1915: Postmasters appointed
-Centralia, Wood County, Jefferson B
Mitchell; Charlesburgh, Calumet Coun
ty, Anton Helm; Dacada, Sheboygal
County, John SCHNEIDER; Dupont, Wau
paca County, o. A. Quimby; Elk Creek
Trempealeau County, Hiram w. Rumze
Lamartine, Fond du Lac County, Clayton
Stevens; Stettin, Marathon County, Leo
pold Smith.
THE Supreme Court recently promul
gated decision which in effect declare