Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

and girls than men and boys.
THE Milwaukee Turner'S won eight
nrizes at the late Appleton funniest.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY is making collec-
tion of her mineral treasures to send to the
Centennial.
BARRON COUNTY is to be visited by the
State Geologist some time during the sum-
mer and fall.
A LITTLE more than a quarter OF the
census returns had been received In due
form at the office of the Secretary OF State
up to the 22d.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee s. ST. Paul
Railroad carried, from various points in
the State, sixteen and a quarter tons of
blueberries on the 10Th.
Rev. J. S. SHIpMAN, Blshop-elect Of the
Northern Wisconsin Episcopal Bishopric,
has formally declined the appointment. A
special convention is to be called to fill
the vacancy.
THE rectifying establishment Of Louis
Feuldner, on Reed street, Milwaukee, was
seized, on the 22d, on orders received from
Washington, for collision to defraud the
Government.
THE consolidation of the Milwaukee
Ne,cs and EUening Times is talked about,
the consolidated sheet to be under the edi-
torial control of DR.. o. w. Wight, the
State Geologist.
A FoUR-oARED shell race is to take
r Oh Of Ma6i IL
25, between the crews of the Mitchell
Rowing Club, of Milwaukee, and Madi-
son Boat Club.
Col. RICHARD Ell. MACON, a Captain in
the Black Hawk war and afterward an
army Paymaster, died at Darlington few
days ago. He was the father of Hon. Ell.
S. Magoon, M. G.
MR.. HI. r. FARNUM has disposed of
his interest in the Fond du Lac Reporter
to DR.. G. D. Pillsbury, for long time
its interests, who has been both an editor
and preacher, and for several years a
Methodist presiding elder.
AT recent meeting in Milwaukee of
the Wisconsin State Poultry Association
it was decided to hold the next exhibition
in that city commencing on the 10th of
December and to last one week. 1t is
said the premium list will exceed that of
last year by a liberal amount
MR.. FRED BERTsCHY is a prominent
Milwaukee grain operator who has been
unfortunate enough to lose about $780,
600 in the recent ups and downs of the
wheat-dealing business. The other day
he went crazy over it, and attempted to
shoot two of his employees. A warningto
"bulls and bears''
SAM, ELIAS AND JACOB RINDsKoPF.
comprising the Milwaukee distillery firm
of Rindskopf Brothers, have been indicted
the first for emitting to make entries in
the book, making false entries and de-
stroying books; the second for felony in
removing and failing to destroy stamps;
the third for conspiracy in revenue frauds.
A Mrs. RUSH, an Iowa woman who had
been boarding at the Mendel House, in
Prairie du Chen, was boldly kidnapped
from her boarding place, the other day,
and carried across the river into Iowa.
The affair was witnessed by several per-
sons, who were so astOunded or frightened
that they made no attempt to interfere.
Officers soon started in pursuit. but were
too late, as the parties had escaped with
their victim.
THE Executive Committee of the North
ern Wisconsin Fair met at Oshkosh on
the 22d to consider the Improvements on
the fair grounds for the coming fair. After
looking the grounds and buildings over
it was decided to enlarge two of the build
ings to nearly double their present capac-
ity; to build another expressly for poul-
try; to make rs to 100 more stables for
stock and double the seating on the grand
stand facing the race-track. The fair will
be held Sept. 81 to Oct. 1, inclusive, and
the prospect is there will be a larger show
than ever.
WHILE Edward Church was engaged in
elevating a tramway at Oshkosh a few days
ago, so as to let the Northwestern train
pass over a side-track, he fell under the
wheels and the entire train passed over his
body, which was frightfully mangled. His
head was crushed all out of shape, his
body torn to pieces in some places, his leg
cut off and his hands also run over. The
flesh was torn off in great chunks, the
largest of which was plastered back to the
mangled body, when it was lifted into a
cart Small pieces of flesh were scattered
along the track and could not be gathered
up.
THE State Journal says: "The work
on the new building at the university, for
which an appropriation was made last
winter, is progressing finely. 1t is to &C.
cupy position near the lake, at the end
of Angel street, corresponding to Ladies'
Hail. on the corner of the grounds. Its
dimensions will be TIA by 1877 feet, and
four stories high, including the basement.
Workmen are engaged at present in dress
ing the stone and excavating. All the
lumber is to be upon the ground and ex-
cavating completed and the foundation
built this summer. The contract does
not make its completion compulsory be-
fore the month of October, 1876. The
stone are to be taken from the Madison
stone-quarry, and the entire expense of
the building will be $69,975."
THE father OF Joseph Deuster, ex-
Sheriff of Milwaukee County, is under ar
rest in the Grand Traverse, Mich, region
for killing man in the early part of July.
1t appears that an intoxicated Norwegian