Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

CARELESS Winneconnc nircd man
named Anderson, lately rolled down steep
embankment with team, wagon-rack,
mower, horse-rake and other farming uten-
sils into the ravine below, losing a leg in the
exploit
QUITE number Of the citizens of Omro,
mostly ladies, were swindled out of sums
ranging from fifty cents up to two dollars
nv lady tramp, who eanvassed that place
few days ago, selling tickets for grand
drawing to come off at Putnam's Hall. She
carried photograph of a house and lot To-
Gated at Fort Howard, Wis, a beautiful
horse and ph@ton, a 5000 piano, and many
other attractive articles were on her list.
She was in bad health, bleeding at the
lungs. and took this method of disposing of
her property to raise funds to carry her TO
California, where she expected to recover
her health Tickets sold readily at fifty
cents. and everything looked lovely until
some of the ticket-holders presented them
selves at the hall, which they found as black
as Egyptian darkness. The last seen OF the
lady she was travelling on a butchers cart
toward Berlin
JAMES NAISON, Cltlh iol tHC lNlWduhSC
firm of Mullen Brothers, has been arrested
upon the charge OF swindlng his employers
to the tune of 81, 600.
JOHN MCGwINN a wealthy citizen of Ben
ton, Lafayette County, died on the 9th,
from the effects Of an insect sting in his
hand week or ten days before. His arm
was amputated on the Goth, but too late to
save his life. He was well known in turf
circles, and was the owner Of the trotting
mare, Flora Miller.
Ir was announced in Oshkosh, on the 9th,
that the Locks on the Lower Fox River i'm
provement at Little Chute and Appleton
will be soon completed, and that the river
will be permanently opened for navigation
between that city and Green Bay early in
September. This will be good news to the
boatmen, who have waited long and patient
" for the work to be in condition to use
once more There is some work to be done
upon the dam, but the engineers give assur-
ance that there will be no occasion to close
navigation at any time on account of the
dam
THE Governor has appointed T. G. letters
Register of Deeds of Taylor County, vice w.
W. Jeffers, resigned; Charles A. Taylor,
District Attorney of Barron County, rice II.
Ives, resigned
On the 29th, Thomas Brennan, farmer
living at Nekimi, was engaged in cutting his
wheat with a reaper. boy about four
years of age was playing in the field, and
finally wandered into the standing grain,
laid down, and went TO sleep. The father,
not noticing the child, drove the machine
over him, the knives cutting one leg COM
pletey Off, and hurting the other badly.
The boy was still alive at last accounts, al
though there was but little hope of his re-
coyery.
JAKE NUNNEMAcHER, the boss whisky
thief, has been pardoned. Philip Weimar,
who has served six months OF his term of
seven, has also been pardoned.
JUDGE HOPKINS of the United States Dis
trict Court having had before him the ques-
ton as to the effect Of the action of the
State declaring the 25th of December a legal
holiday, holds that judgment dockctcd on
that day is Eatiity, and that no lien on real
estate results therelrom.
THE yacht Barlow, of Oshkosh, capsized
in Lake Wnneuago few days ago and the
four passengers were thrown into the water
They chung TO the boat all night, and next
morning Robert Bauer swan to shore,
distance of two miles. He was speeches.
and senselcss when found.
On the morning of the 30th, at Ra-
cine, young man named Fred Capoon at
tempted to stop spa1 of runaway horses
belonging to the orphan asylum by climb
Ing over the rear Of the wagon-boX and try
inc 10 secure the reins. In doing so he was
thrown violently on the sidewalk and died
instantly. The medical gentlemen who were
called gave it as their opinion that the
young man suffered death from heart-dis-
case superinduced by the violent exertions
necessary TO reach the wagon.
The Presidency of the Whitewater Normal
School has been rendered to Prof. w. f.
Phelps, Of the Winona (Minn.) Normal
School.
ABOUT two weeks ago Mr.. Connor, who
lived alone on a little farm in the town Of
Forrest was seen to enter field with his
rake, since which nothing has been seen Of
him by his neighbors. He was man of
morose and unpleasant disposition, aud no
interest was taken in his whereabouts. On
The LIST a son OF his visited the farm, to see
MS father. Not finding him in the house,
winch was deserted, he walked across the
Aeld 10 where a rake was standing, and was
mortified to find the disiointed remnants Of
his fathers skeleton, entirely free from flesh,
every particle of which had been destroyed
ny the action Of the sun and the work Of
'iFds and beasts. From the fact that money
Was found in the house, and there were no
'a9'sauons of robbery about the premises,
murder is not suspected. 1t is supposed
MAT the old man was victim of sunstroke.
a WARRANT has been issued for the arrest