Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-26

WISCONSIN II STATE NEWS.

WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Brown County. r1 &. Is gst
During a recent storm little girl who
started from her home in West Depere to at
tend school on the East Side got lost and
wandered nearly mile out into the country,
where she was found frozen to death.
Dodge County. sigu 81
A child was born in Randolph few days
ago with no fore arms, the hands being at
tached to the elbows. The child is said to be
in perfect alth.-Enterprsse seis ssi
Fond du Lac County. -iN
TIE family of Mr. Wm Edwards, of FL
dorado. has been sadly afflicted. Every one
OF the members of the family, eleven in num-
ber. has lately been i'll of typhoid fever, and
three of Mr. Edwards, sons have died. Two
of them were grown men, and the third a
bright boy. ,Ea s'as
Grant County. 1s fa eE ssls ,soe sIu
The lead mining interest st Hazel Green
is looking up. Mr.. Chandler has struck
fine lead close to town, good for 100000
pounds. Matt Carroll and dohH RoiEe have
struck good sheet of mineral one mile west
of the Twelve-Mile House, on the farm OF
Thos. Edwards. sa5 aat 5yf
Jefferson County. fa ta
The wife of E. M. Kanouse, of Watertown,
recently gave birth to five boys. Three iof
them were alive when born but have since
died. They were perfectly formed, and the
whole weighed ten pounds. a
The Wisconsin State Dairymen's Associa-
tionrwas recently held at Fort Atkinson, the
sessions continuing two days. 1t was pro-
nounced success, the only regret being that
some of the best and most prominent dairy
men of the State were unavoidably detained
by the extreme cold and the snperabundant
snow Many of the late Improvements in
dairy utensils and implements were on eXhi-
bition. The following gentlemen were electea
officers for the ensuing year: President, Hi
ram Smith, of Sheboygan Falls; Vice-Presi-
dents, B. r. HinckleY and ii. L. Dousman;
Secretary, d. w. Curtis, of Fort Atkinson
Treasurer, H C. Drake, of Milford.
George King,@of Watertown, recently on
trial for the murder of one of the men en-
ployed by him, has been acquitted.
Mrs. Caroline Boechardt and her daughter
Wilhelmina Kreuger, who have been lately
on trial a. Watertown for the willful murder
of John Boechardt, have been found guilty Of
murder in the first degree and sentenced to
hard labor for life. -
Kenosha County.
o. s. Head, the senior partner of the law
firm of Head & Quarles, of Kenosha, died 9
few days ago after a lingering illness.
milwaukee, County. --s
/ While Henry Kaufman, of Milwaukee, was
walking on Reed street the other day ht
slipped and fell on his face, and pipe which
he had ia his mouth was forced down hi:
throat, the stem lacerating his throat terribly
Ocento County.
The County Board has purchased the Com
stock farm, four miles east of Oconto, for
poor farm, for S2,4OO.
Outa gamie County.
AS Christian Schildt was at work in the
furniture factory atAppleton, the other morn
ing, q piece of bed-slat which he was saving
was thrown by the saw, and struck him in thu
eve. penetrating two inches in upward di
| rection. The injuries were thought to bt
| fatal.
A millinery store in Appleton. occupied b.
..
| few mornings ago. Loss 81, 800.
J. Greenough, a lad eleven years old, acci
dentally shot himself while hunting few
DAYS ago, the wound proving immediatel,
| fatal.
! Racine County.
The Racine journal has passed out of th
hands of the Utleys and become the sol
property of Mr. F. w. Starbuck.
Rock County. =
/ An officer went to house in GAINESVILLE, tn
| other evening, to arrest man named jaime
| Mcdonald for inhumanly beating his blin
| father and aged mother. On arriving at tn
house the policeman was told by Mcdonald
| who had run into the pantry and caught up
| razor. that he would kill himself if an al
tempt was made to arrest him. The office
1 persisted, but before he could make the arres
| the Young man cut his throat from ear to ca
|! and died in five minutes.
| During the late cold snap man named q
Armstrong while partially intoxicated droy
! from Milton to his home, a few mics distant
/ freezing himself SO badly that he has sine
died. aaaw yaao1 oL
, Vernon County.
The Treasurer of the. county, John W
1 Greenman, while in Madison the other day t
Epay in his State taxes, was arrested upon tn
charge of passing counterfeit money. III
claimed to have paid out the money limo
Gently and denied all intention of fraud.
Washington County.
| A loving couple at West Bend had thei
wedding day set, but the snowstorm put
| veto on travel and the devoted lovers bein
several miles apart were unable to fulfill thei
| marriage VOWS until week after the sc
date. =