Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-29
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

| Oshkosh and her recent whisky complica-
tons 8 The whisky cases at Oshkosh are
said TO be distinguished even above other
whisky cases by their convoluted true in
wardness and diabolica eccentricities. Osh-
kosh is comet with tail as big as sperm
whale
DURING 1875, 17,779 half barrels of fish
were inspected, against ,55s in 1874
RICE CLIFFoRD was arrested in the town
! of Wrightstown, on the 18th. upon the
charge of firing a neighbours barn in July
1874 He was committed to the County Jai
! In default of bail.
THE fifty sixth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the order of Odd Fellows will
be celebrated in grand style at Green Bay on
the Goth Of April.
AS freight train on the Northwestern
Railroad was moving north, on the morning
of the 18th, near Milwaukee, the .rcstle
work on the lake front which supported the
track gave way, throwing the engine into the
lake, and drowning Berry, the engineer, and
Lynch, the fireman. From early morning
| until about three in the afternoon PORTIONS
Of their bodies were visible, but no human
the high sea running. The damage to the
property Of the company is estimated at
$4,000
At Oshkosh, on the nth, a man named
Keyerhausen, accidentally slipped and fell
on the sidewalk, breaking his neck
A FELLOW named Louis Bleyer was arrest
ed at Milwaukee the other afternoon for
making an assault on Gov. Ludington. In
the fight that ensued Bleyer was knocked
down by bystander and severely punished.
| AT Milwaukee there are now but one or
| two vessels that are not loaded, about ,0o0,-
! coo bushels of grain being afoat, and the
amount of grain now in store therei 81 800.
! 600 bushels, while at this time last year there
| were but 2,436, 554 bushels in store.
| THE appropriations made by the last Leg
| islature were as follows: "For publication
of the Geological Survey, S25 600; Governors
contingent fund, 5000; the State Historical
Society, 81 800; rebuilding the Institute for
the Blind, $4,000; to Milwaukee and other
charitable institutions, 5000; for the pur-
chase of the Lapham cabinet, $4,000; to
purchase stationery for the State, 81 500; for
enforcing the Potter Law, 1886; for fish
culture and State Matching house, t10,0 600;
State Hospital for the Insane, SS4 ,692 North
ern Hospital for the Insane, 1926, 700;
contested seats, $2,766; State Library,
$1,000; Centennial Exposition, $4,000;
Wisconsin Agricultural Society, $1,000;
Industrial School for Boys, for shoe-shop,
$4,000; Industrial School for Boys, current
expenses, etc, S3l, 600; Institute for the
NJ. In f,t. f,r
100000 soldiers orphans pensions, 81, 600
State Prison current expenses, $27,S70.
THE report prevailed in Milwaukee, on the
10TH of the failure of the hardware firm OF
John Nazro d CO. 1t has not yet been de.
termned to force the firm into bankruptcy,
and the hope is expressed that matters will
SO shape themselves as to prevent such
contingency The liabilities al e stated to be
between $3.50, 900 and $500 600, and the assets
about the same.
Nor long ago. Mr.. John Bachler and Al.
bert Hauert, OF Waumandee, left Alma for
home, and when crossing the Little Wau-
mandee Creek, near the fair grounds, were
drowned They did not know that the
bridge had been swept away and drove into
the rushing waters, and persisted, At last
accounts their bodies had not been recov-
cred.
Ar Green Bay. few mornings ago, the
store ard dwelling house occupied by l..
Cohen burned to the ground. The fire orig
inatedfrom chimney in the lower part, and
the entire building was in flames before the
inmates, who were asleep upstairs, discov-
cred It. The grown persons jumped through
the window to the sidewalk and two year
old boy was thrown out Two infants were
carried through the flames. All were hurt
in the escape, two quite severely. The
building and contents were total loss. The
loss aggregated about $500.
THE project of the Wisconsin Midland
Road from Oshkosh to Dubuque is begin
ming To assume definite shape.
REV. c. f. FISHER, pastor Of the First
Congregational Church of Appleton died on
the morning of the 18th. Mr.. Fisher came
to Wisconsin from Rhode Island about nine
years ago.
JOHN SCuSEcK, the juror in the Milwau-
kee Steinert arson case, whose act in visit
| ing the premises without authority rendered
a second trial necessary has been tined thirty
| dollars for his misdemeanor.
THERE is talk Of building a new railroad
| depot in Milwaukee, to cost in the neighbor-
hood Of 100000, al point near the corner
| of Fourth and Spring streets.
THE State Prohibition Convention met at
| Oshkosh, on the 2lst, and elected the follow
| ing delegates to the National Convention at
| Cleveland: S. b. Boynton, Il. W Brown,
F. S Lew and the Rev ! W Carhart of
! Oshkosh; the Rev. j. q. Maison of sun
/ Prairie; II. II. Rugg, of Broadhead; J y.
/ Woodruff, of Eldorado; J. II. Powell Of
| Berlin, f. W Stevens, Of Portage; the Rev
/ W. Goodell, of GAINESVILLE the Rev j. W.