Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-18
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
BROWN County.

morning not long ago.
Columbia County.
F.W. Neu was found in the hatchway OF
Wells & Co.'S store in Portage the other morn
inr, dead and frozen stiff He had been
drinking freely, and about one o'clock in the
morning his wife war seen trying to prevail
upon him to 20 home. He told her TO 20
home and attend to her own business and he
would attend to his He was shoemaker
carrying on shop in Portage
Dane County.
The County Agricultural Society has sur
plus Of $425. l8 on hand.
Dodge County.
Mrs Thomas Hoy, living near Beaver Dam,
a few afternoons ago put her bread In the
oven, built rousing fire, sent the children to
a neighbor aud then set OIL with her husband
for an evening visit with friends. The visit
over the couple started for home. Arriving,
the brick of the walls and fire flashing up
now and then in what had been the cellar were
all that testified that fine brick house, well
furnished, had stood there few hours be-
fore.
Door County.
pine log twelve feet long and scaling
10 feet was recently delivered at Forest
vile saw mill.
Eau Claire County.
Joseph Laundry was killed by falling tree
In CuIbertson's camp, on the Eau Claire,
few days since. He had relatives in Canada,
but no one knows where.
Fond du Lac County.
Summers Block, at Ripon, was destroyed
by fire few nights ago. Losses $50, 900; in
surance $4,000.
Blanchard Il lie Clair, Fond du Lac grocers,
made an assignment the other day. Liabili.
ties $1,000: assets 5000
A. Walcott, cx Mayor OF Ripon, was as.
saulted on the public street Us he was return
Ing 10 his home the other evening and terribly
cut above the right eye with club
Juneau County.
Mansion has received an installrnent of bows
from New York to grow them up with the
country.
In Crosse County.
freight train was recently thrown from
the Milwaukee " st. Paul track, near La
Crosse, IN Consequence Of the switch being
left open. No person was hurt, but the loco.
motive aud Two freight cars were badly dam
aged
nanttow0c County.
lew mornings ago Mrs. NJ. Teweles. OF
Manitowoc, in n 1T Of insanity committed sui.
eide by jumping into well. She was much
respected and left large family.
Milwaukee County.
The Sentinel Of u recent date records prov.
idcntial escape from death In church: dur.
Ing the services In st. Johns Cathedral yester.
day forenoos large stucco ornament fell
from the ceiling, distance of forty feet, and
crashed through one Of the seats 1t happened
that the occupants OF the slip, five in number,
were knecl'ng Mt the time and thus escaped
the terrible results that would have entailed
had the piece fallen at a time when the family
were of their hassocks. The ornament
weighed about ten pounds and was solid
enough TO cut through the seat and indent
The noor, The crash startled the worshipers,
but the cause was not ascertaned until after
the service, when the family pointed out their
proyidential escape from injury and death"
ss~onso County.
John 8ott was seriously injured ut stiles,
he other day, by falling unon the boiling
saw in single mill. A cash over n foot
long was cut in his arm and he was other.
wise badly hurt
The numbering firm OF Hunter Orr & Co,
oi oconto, have failed, and all their effects,
including store mill, lumber, etc, are in the
hands OF the sheriff, George Sommers, OF
Green Bay is said to be the heaviest cred
itor.
Outngasnse County.
man who lately came TO visit his sister
who lived about ten miles north of Appleton,
has recently eloped with her daughter, his
neice, young creature In her teens. lie
elopcd with his brother in laws horse and
cutter at the same time,
A short time ago highly interesting and
novel marriage was consummatcd and cele
GRATED AT kaukauua between two children
aged, respectively, groom sixteen aud bride
thirteen. Their parents looked upon IN,
affair as childs play bat nevertheless con
scented to it,
Rock County.
Thomas II. Little, Superintendent of tn,
Wisconsin State Institution Tor the Blind
died oityphod pneumonia At GAINESVILLE OF
the ith
The new cotton mill at Janesyillc is abou
ready 20 commence operations, aud seyera
operatives from Massa chusetts have alread,
arrived
Mrs. Thomas II, Little, widow OF the lat,
superintendent has been appointed Superin
tendent Of the Blind Asylum, At Japesy lille. b,
the BOARD OF Trustees
Waukeshs County.
There Is distressing scarcity Of water fo
stock purposes all through the county, the,
say.