Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

Col. THEODORE DARLINGTON, Of Bay
field, died recently from congestion Of the
lungs.
SEVERAL insurance companies have
Withdrawn from Oshkosh, and others
threaten to follow
THE stagnation in the vessel business at
Racine is described by the Adcocate as un-
preccdented.
PRAIRIE CHICKENS are reported more
numerous in all parts of the State than
ever before
Mrs. JOAN REARDoN recently died at
Montelo, at the remarkable age of 1903
years.
A LITTLE girl named Augusta Nurn-
berg was found drowned in an old well on
North Point, Milwaukee, the other day.
THE Badger State Rectifying Company's
establishment at Milwaukee has been
closed and seized on orders from Wash
ingtOn
The Racine Adrocate mentions report
that parties have purchased one Of the
printing Offices in that city with the view
of publishing daily paper.
THE Shawano Journal states that's large
number of sturgeon are being caught in
the river by the Indians and others, some
of them weighing 1913 pounds.
THE Milwaukee Board of Trade has
passed resolutions Of respect to the memo
ry of Joseph Schlitz and II. Zinkcisen,
who were lost on the steamer Schiller.
UNDER the direction of the Park Com
missioncrs some 700 young trees have
been set out in the Capitol Park to re-
place those which have died or been re-
moved in improving the park of late
years.
A BRAKEMAN was recently fatally in
jured at Appleton by being thrown under
the car between the rails, the brake catch
ing him and dragging him along between
it and the rough ties underneath. He was
fearfully bruised.
NEARLY all the leading mines in the
Marquette iron range that ship ore by way
of Escanaba have resumed or are about
to resume operations. Prices rule very
low yet, but there is prospect of a slight
revival before the season is ended.
INFORMATION from the hop growing re-
gion of this State indicates a favorable
prospect for the coming crop. Notwith-
standing the backwardness Of the season
the plants have made good start and are
growing vigorously.
DURING recent Sunday the burning
rays of mirror set fire to paper in II Mil
waukee show-window and came near in
volving serious consequences. A passer
fortunately saw the blaze and called for
help, and thus prevented what might have
been large conhagration.
AT Shawano girl named Paaena Kast
was rescued from watery grave by
young man named Hiram Wcscou, after
having been under the water full five min
utes, Shewas apparently dead when taken
out, but by prompt and energetic treat
ment was slowly brought to life.
THE Dunn County Necs says that Susan
B. Anthony failed to lecture in Menomo-
ME, as advertised, because of a lamenta-
bic lack of geographical information on
the part of her agent. He mistook Me-
nomonee, Mich, for Menomonie, Wis,
and the blunder was discovered too late for
Susan to make connections.
THE following postal changes occurred
in the State during the week ending May
Is, 1875: Postmasters pponted--North.
port, Waupaca County, Daniel B. An
drews Spring Dale, Dane County, p.
Mcpherson; Springfield, Walworth Coun.
ty, Edward Moorhouse; Sun Prairie Dane
County, John Gibbons.
lr is understood that George Q. Erskine,
Collector of Internal Revenue at Mil.
waukce, and Levi Hubbell, United States
District Attorney, have been removed, and
that Capt. j. NJ. Bean, of the Milwaukee
Iron Company, and Gen F. c. Winkler,
respectively, have been appointed 10 all
their places .ChiefJustice l.. F.
Dixon has been retained by the Govern
ment to assist in the prosecution of the
Milwaukee whisky cases.
AN Oshkosh letter of the 18th says; THE
insurance ON property destroyed in
the late contiagration has nearly all been
paid. and arrangements are being made
for the erection of large number of brick
blocks Probably the entire burned dis
tyict will, by October next, be covered
with new buldings-all of them of bet
ter class, by far, than those destroyed,
Stone masons, hrick-layers, carpenters