Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-01-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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| Columbia County.
Mr.. Waterhouse, Of Columbus, nearly a
century old, died while at supper on New
Years Eve.
Dame County.
| The Chief of Police of Madison is prosecut-
ing saloon-keepers for selling liquor to mi
| nors.
Fond du Lac County.
j, j. Smith & Sons, of Ripon, will establish
butter factory at Fond du Lac next season.
John Sewell & Co., dry-goods dealers, and
G. A. Trowbridge 81 Bros, jewelers., of Fond
du Lac, failed lately. H 9a a8e
The Methodist Church in Ripon seems to
be having serious time over the minister
business. Upon the withdrawal of Rev. Mr..
Craig the. Bishop sent another man to fill the
vacancy, bat the church. has sent him back
with the Endorsement that he wouldn't
answer. ~
Frank Eckert, a Ripon boy, lately playfully
pointed loaded gun at his little brother and
shot him dead.
Grant County.
There were $40 marriages in the county
during 1874.
Green County.
During 1874 there were made in the county
1000 pounds of Swiss and Limberger
cheese and $4,000 pounds of American
cheese, amounting in all to 1,699,00O pounds,
valued at $211 ,625.
Jefferson county.
Howard r. Manning, of Hebron, was in
stantly killed the other day by the acci-
dental discharge of gun. He had been out
hunting with companion. They separated
and started for home. Manning came to a
fence, and in getting over his gun caught
the hammer of which was struck with such
force as to discharge it.
Marquette County.
The dwelling of B. McDougal, situated
about one-half mile south of Montello, was
burned on New Years Day.
milwaukee, County. 95
The second story of CaswelPs new build
ing, Nos 1872 and 124 Spring street, Milwau-
kee, was burned out the other night. Loss
about 1000.
Ed Woods, a colored Milwaukee barber,
recently got into friendly scut1e with a
visitor, and during the circus revolver in
the possession of the latter was discharged,
accidentally, the ball striking Woods in the
leg.
A couple of Milwaukee policemen tshed
Young girl out of Spring street cistern
early on the morning of the Sd. She ap-
peared to be insane, and could give no ex-
PLANTATION how she got there.
The new Sheriff invaded the National Sol
diers' Home the other afternoon and arrested
two inmates of the asylum, without opposi-
fion for offenses committed off the national
ground.
Carl Boeck, an eInploye of Heller's Mil
waukee distillery, was instantly killed the
| other evening by being caught in a revolving
shaft
Edward Nugent fell over the banister of the
stairway in the hall of Perele's Block, Mil
waukee, the other morning and struck the
floor thirty feet below His skull was frac-
tured and he died six hours later.
OcontO County.
At Pensaukee the other night tenement
house belonging to F. B. Gardner d co. was
DESTROYED by fire. One thousand dollars will
| cover the loss.
| st. CfO1X county.
VIM. Grove, Hudson jeweler, has been
in the habit of taking his valuables home
in a basket at night, 10 protect them from
thieves. The basket and contents, valued at
| S., 1000, were stolen the other night.
Waupaca County.
The foundry and machine shop Of Walsh d
Ogden. at Waupaca, was burned to the
/ inht
about $4,000 with about 1000 insurance.
| xvinnebagO County.
The other afternoon as George Jacobs, OF
Menasha, was returning from a funeral his
horses became frightened at the cars and
| backed off bridge into the canal, near the
wooden factory. The damage consisted of a
broken sleigh and cold bath to the occu-
pants.
The other day as Mrs. Bailey Reed, of
Omro, was walking across the floor of her
residence her foot aught against The project
ing head of nail which gave her limb a
twist, and, in the effort to save herself from
falling, the action of the muscles fractured
the neck of the thigh bone within the capsu
| lar ligament or close to the round head, and
she instantly fell to the floor. She is now
helpless, and probably will be cripple the
remainder of her life
A report reached Oshkosh on the 9Th that
horse and cutter had been found near Lake
Winnebago that had evidently come from the
Calumet shore. In the cutter, frozen stiff,
was the driver. He sat bolt upright, and
had evidently been dead for several hours.
| His name has not been learned The man
must have started during the night for Osh-
kosh, and, getting lost on the ice, was frozen.