Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWy.

li.of cApicso talH, near the mdtcH factory
The mule became frightened and attempted
to cross the track. The train struck the con.
veyance, whiriing Mr.. Higgins in the air and
landing him on his head in the ditch, some
thirty feet distant. The train was stopped,
the wounded man taken to the depot and
medical aid summoned.
A BOAT is being built to run on the ice Of
the st. Croix River this winter which will
be propelled by steam, motion being com
municated by spur wheel working on the
ice.
THERE are now $50 convcts in the State
Prison at Waupun, which is the largest mum.
Der that has ever been there ut one time
There is every prospect that the number will
be incrcas ed to 800 or over before Jan. /.
THERE are 7,42S horses in Washington
County, Of which the town of Jackson has
$50. There are l25 pianos and melodeons
The number of acres in the county is given
at 272,0lS tF
CHARLES DUMoNT, a sailor, has sued Mil.
waukee, to recover $1,000 for personal in
city.
SCARLET FEVER prevails to an alarming
extent in Milwaukee
THE Mayor Of Milwaukee has refused per-
mission to the proprietor of the Living
Statues" to exhibit in that city.
ARCHIBALD MCDONALD fell from train
near Fond du Lac, the other night, and was
instantly killed. a
A STATE Musical Convention is to be
held in Fond du Lac from November Il
to II.
JOHN MULLER, who lives in the town of
Scott in Brown County, was fatally injured
on the Sd by the accidental discharge Of lis
gun while hunting. The charge took effect
in lis neck and jaw, and came out over his
left eye.
BURGLARS are abundant in Green Bay G.
L. Crossly's auction store was broken into
on the night of the I'd, and valuable goods
stolen.
DR.. McBRICE, First Assistant Physician at
the Northern Insane Hospital, has resigned
and will move to Salt Lake
"PHILLps,n the new town Just started on
the Wisconsin Central, at Elk Lake, is grow
ny very rapidly.
ASHLAND fishermen have had rough time
of it lately The bad weather has destroyed
and injured many Of their nets.
OVER seventy cases of scarlet fever have
occurred in Shulsburs lately, twenty deaths
resulting there from.
AT Fond du Lac, about eight o'clock on
the evening OF the Sd, John Gill was fatally
shot by J. j. Schorr in the saloon of the lat.
ter. The difficulty seems first to have arisen
from Gilps going into the kitchen to see
girl, servant in Schorr's family. As near
ly as can be learned, Mrs Schorr ordered
him out, when he went into the saloon,
where Schorr refused to give him beer, and
ordered him out of the place. After some
words the shooting occurred. Gill lived
about ten minutes Schorr claims, among
other things, that he thought Gill was about
to draw pistol ON him.
WHILE Presscr, Milwaukee jewelcr was
exhibiting three gold watches to stranger
patrons, on the evening of the I'd, the latter
threw suuH in his eyes, snatched the tickers
and escaped.
The Fairplay Coal Mining Company use
nitro-g lycerine for blasting in their mines,
instead of powder, and stored the danger.
Gus substance In cellar of awork-shor
near the mine. The other evening the men
quit work as usual. About ten o'clock the
hlacksmith-shop took fire from the careless.
ness of the men, and spread to the adjoining
structure, under which the forty-pound can
of glycerine wss stored when the explosion
took place with terrific effect Every YES.
tigc Of the two shops was wiped out, even
to the foundations Of the buildings The
surrounding locality was stripped of every.
thing; trees were pulled up by the roots,
rocks carried away, and large cavity made
in the ground. The loss is light, only the
value of the buildings and the glycerine,
worth about $3.50. No families living in tie
immediate vicinity received injury, but they
were terribly frightened and thought the
Judgment Day had come
THE revival at Kcnosha is still in progress,
and meetings are held every afternoon and
evening. Large numbers atten' the inquiry
meetings, and much good has apparently re-
suited.
Al kenosha, on recent evening, three
saloons were entered by thieves, aud every
thing eatable, drinkable, smokabie and
spendable taken.
CARLOADS of barrel slaves and hoop-po'es
are brought To La Crosse over the &. u
Bay Railroad. About half are used in that
city and the remainder distributed among
the touring mills Of Southern Minnesota,
II is estimated that not exceeding half the
usual quantity of logs viii be cut on the
Black River this winter
4 WATCH factory at Oshkosh gives employ
ment To 2NO girls.
AT Milwaukee, on the 9TH, as Hon Matt
II. Carpenter was getting into carriage, he
slipped and fell backward, his head striking
i sharp curbstone An artery was rupnred
and he BLEED profuscly. At last account, his
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