Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


the following officers: President, Byron
Kingsbury, of Ripon; Vicc-President, Miss
L. Goodell, of GAINESVILLE; Secretary, X. d.
TORY, of Oshkosh; Treasurer, James F. At
kinson, Of Appleton; Executive Committee,
c. NJ. Blaekman Of Whitewater, Willard Mer-
| rill of Milwaukee, Z E. Clough of La Crosse,
George j. Rogers Of Milwaukee, and J. w.
Hall Of Oshkosh. The next Convention will
be held at Oshkosh some time during the
month of May, 1877.
AN impor ant decision as to holders OF
checks drawn by individuals on banks, has
been rendered by Judge J. G. Hopkins, in
the Western District. The decision is tothe
effect that the maker of a check is not re-
sponsible upon it, if the holder neglects for
an unreasonable time to present 1t for pay
ment at the bank on which it is drawn. As
to what constitutes an unreasonable delay
in presenting the check for payment, the de-
cision in the case Of Smith rs. Miller, 43 N.
| T., III, was referred to, in which 1t was held
| that check should be presented for pay
ment on the day on which it is drawn, and
that its presentation on the following day
was unreasonable delay, which released the
maker from liability. Probably the general
publicity which this decision will receive
will operate to abolish the lazy habit often
| INDUCED in by business men, of keeping
| checks an indefinite length of time before
| presenting them for the cash at the counter
Of the bank on which they are drawn.
| On the 18th, brakeman named Fred
Smith, working in the yard Of the Chicago,
| Milwaukee d st. Paul Railroad in La Crosse,
was run over by switch engine, losing his
left leg and one half of his right foot, He
died after few hours suffering.
THE thirty eighth volume of Reports of
Cases determined in the Supreme Court has
| just been published,
THERE being some question as to whether
certain dealers were subject to license as
"Hawkers and Peddlers" under the State
law, Mr.. II. Kleinpell, the State Treasury
Agent, addressed certain inquiries to Atty
| Gen. Sloan, and the following, being the es-
sental part of his reply, is published for
general information:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
MADISON, Wis, May IL. {
Hon. II. K'eiapeN, Treasury Agent:
| SIR: | am in receipt of yours Of Yesterday
| submitting certain inquiries in relation to
| chapter ~ of the laws of 1870, as amended
| by chapter 395 of the laws of 1876, and in re-
| ply would state:
|. That i'm my opinion said acts include
cattle dealers who travel from place to place
| selling cattle purchased from others, and
that such dealers must obtain license as
! hawkers and peddlers.
2. am of opinion that peddling meat
! comes within the provisions of the act re-
| ferred to, and license is required.
| 3. Section Of the act of 1876 is in nature
of an exception, and being in separate sec
| ton of the statue 1t is matter of defense
which the prosecution need not anticipate or
notice. Nid Byrne, v. State, IL Wis, p. $40.
| 4. | am OF opinion that a patent-right
dealer is required to take license in all cases,
| unless he is the inventor Of the article Of
fered for sale, or the article is manufactured
by him. Sale of territory purchased from
another is clearly within the provisions Of
the law. A. ScoTT SLOAN,
Attorney General.
THE Turner's of the Wisconsin District of
the National Bund have named the follow
ing delegates to the annual meeting of the
General Association, at New Ulm, Mimi,
| toward the close of the present month:
Emil Walker, George Brosins and II. Furll,
Milwaukee,; G. Zuchhard, Fond du Lac; r.
Guuthcr, Oshkosh; T. Rack, Watertown;C c.
chack, of Appleton
Mr.. GUIDO HANSEN, one of the Oldest hop
dealers in the State, has arranged fine va
riety of samples of the best Wisconsin hops,
put up nicely in cases with glass covers,
which have been sent bv Commissioner Mein-
ecke TO the Wiscon sin headquarters, Centen-
NAL grounds or the history of hop-grow-
ing in the State Mr., Hansen complies as fol-
lows:
Probably us early as 1852 experiments
were made in Wisconsin raising hops, but
for the first ten years with little pecuniary
success, and consequently the acreage dur
ing this period increased but very little.
Growers had To battle against prejudice in
selling their hops, and not until 1862 did
Wisconsin hops find favor with brewers ex-
cept in few instances. In 1862 and 1863
growers obtained from fifteen to twenty
cents, this stimulated this branch of farm
ing so that in 1864 Wisconsin exported some
10 bales, and from that year to 1865 the
hop Interest increased rapidly until the
enormous amount of 100000 bales were
raised in ls6s, the bulk of which had to be
sold alta loss from 100 TO POO per cent on cost
OF production, as growers would rot sell at
prices early in the fall ohtainable in New
York State, and the Old World had large
surplus. After this year 1859 and 20 followed
Win prices otte" cost OF production, and
many farmers plowed up their yards which re-
duced the production to from Is, 600 to &C, 900
bales for the several years up to 1875. In our
opinion the hop-culturc Is profitable and
certainly very important part of farm in.
dustry, as over sl,3on,U00 is being alone in
vested in hop-poles and lighthouses in our
State Below we give a statistical account
Of The amount raised and prices obtained by
growers who sold in the month of October
OF each year, for prime hops for the twelve
years, from 1854 to 1915, both inelus,,e:
Price
Amount raised 1874. 1900 bales ..- 35c
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