Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-06-18
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

at Madison from Tie OH W tHc Iltll Vi Dep-
TENDER.
LA CROSSE hasn't had big celebration
on the Fourth of July in seven years. Now
she wants one.
MIR. HENRY d. INeALLsBEE, of Men
EOmonee, came to his death recently by a
+, runaway accident.
THE rains have done much good to the
ecrops all over the State. In some places it
was rather too plenty.
2 DURING the recent Catholic demonstra-
ton in Milwaukee Mrs. John Heller had
cher pocket picked of the sum Of 1926.
THE reports from the Wisconsin cram
berry beds give highly encouraging ac-
counts of the condition of the cranberry
crop this year. ! 4 "a II
- THE County Board of Chippewa County
have just sold $4,000 of county bonds,
issued for Jail and Court House purposes,
at niney-six cents.
Two HUNDRED AND, TEN barrels Of
crooked whisky were captured in an old
malt house on Chestnut street, Milwaukee,
few afternoons ago.
A BOY named Wolfnton, aged fourteen,
while bathing in Kneeland's slip, North
Menomonee, at Milwaukee, the other even
ing, got into the deep water and was
drowned.
a 1T is rumored that the Rev. DR.. Steele,
President of Lawrence University, at APP
pleton, has been rendered the Presidency
of the Bloomington College, ILL.,, recently
vacated by Rev. Samuel Fallows. 4zH
MAYOR LUDINGToN of Milwaukee, was
married on the evening of the 18th inst. to
Mrs. e. M. Tobey, late of New York.
Presentations were made by the city off,
GERS, police and the Fire Department.
SEVERAL of the officers of one of the lit
erary societies of the State University, at
Madison, have been suspended by the
President because of holding meeting
of the society at unreasonable hours.
THE store and stock of goods belonging
to Cook 81 Ghoca, of Spencer, were de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago. The
only thing saved was ledger which Mr..
Cook took home with him. Loss about
$3,5OO.
sk FARMER on Duck Creek, Brown
County, is having curious experience
with his cattle. During the past three or
four months he has lost nine head of
cattle from some cause that has operated
to rot off their hind feet He is inclined
to leave it to witchery, and nobody has
offered solution of the difficulty that is
any more satisfactory to him.
Thar a man should be lost on the Flam
beau River, of all places, is queer. But
such is the fact. The missing man is
named Ira Graves. He is mill-owner,
and was on prospecting tour, with two
half breeds, when he disappeared. 1t is
said that he left his companions to make
a circuit of some rapids, and has never
been seen since. Foul play is suspected.
THE Fish Commissioners of Wisconsin,
in their first annual report, say: "There
are 225 lakes in the following sixteen
counties: Kenosha, Racine, Walworth,
Dodge, Columbia, Sheboygan, Fond du
Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara,
Waupaca and Winnebago These lakes
cover 398 square miles, or 238, 800 acres of
water"
The Sheriff of Winnebago County was
afraid the mob would hang John Colt.
stein, the murderer, in Oshkosh SO he
gathered In the American Cornet Band of
that place and locked them up in the jail
toprotect his prisoner. They didn't shoot
or anything of that sort; they simply re-
hearsed few of their pieces, 1t is need
less 70, say that the mob did not break into
the jail that night: III
The postal changes in the State for the
week ending June s. 1876, were: Estab-
lished-Big River, Pierce County, Mat
thias Seivart, Postmaster; Lorettoburgh,
ulSCounty; Lorenzo Spitzlberger, Post
master Postmasters appointed Fitch
burgh, Dane County, D. f. Salisbury;
Waucosta, Fond du Lac County, John H.
Treaaage; Weelaunee, Winnebago Coun-
ty, James S. Kibby. m Ae
THE ceremony of investing the Most
Rev. John M. Henni, of Milwaukee, with
the insignia of an Archbishop took place
at that city on the 3d. Over 800 clergy
and 800 theological students of St. Francis
Seminary assembled to take part in the
ceremony, The following Bishops, were
present: Foleys of Chicago; Ryan, of St.
TOuSc Sa;danb ,,cb Of O. C1o,,J Ay.,>,.
Uraek, of Marquette; Heiss, of La Crosse.
A BRIDGE across the La Crosse River in
the town of Campbell gave way on the
evening of the 9th, just as Henry Fritze
and William Murphy were in the middle
of it, and both, together with the horses
and carriage they were in, were precipi-
tated into the stream, twenty feet below,
The horses were drowned and the car
riageAsroken to pieces, but the young men
managed to swim ashore, badly battered
and bruised, and have gone into dry-dock
for repairs.
A FEw days ago, at Green Bay, a little
boy, son of Geo. Thompson, five years of
age, was drowned in Fox River. The faith.
er came to that place from Ishpeming
about two weeks before in very destitute
circumstances. Not being, able to obtain
work, he had nothing in the house to eat.
The little fellow became hungry and cried
for bread, and when his mother told him
she had nothing in the house he said he
was starving, and would try to catch some
fish. He proceeded TO the river alone,
where he was drowned Being stran rars