Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


THE residence Of Leonard Lee. Mt Keno
sha, was entered by burglars on the night Of
the 2lst and robbed of property valued at
$3.50.
AT the ensuing election beside Presiden-
tial electors and members of Congress, there
will be elected State Senator for each of
the odd numbered Senatorial Districts, a
State Senator for the Twentv-fourth District
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Il. d. Barron, member of Assembly in
each Assembly District in the State, and
such county officers as are by law required
to be elected at such election. An act Of the
Legislature of 1915, for the organ cation
ofsayings Banks and Savings Societies. is at
the same time to be submitted to a vote of
the electors, pursuant to the provisions of
section 5, article XI OF he Constitution.
A MEETING of the creditors Of I. 2. Alls
4 Co.. of Milwaukee, was held on the 21st,
at which facts were developed showing that
the failure is more serious than has hitherto
been reported. The unsecured debts amount
to $275, 900.
A THIRTEEy-YEAR-oLD boy named Haw-
kinson was accidentally shot at Neenah, on
hands of another boy of the same age. He
was MORALLY wounded.
On the night Of the Goth, at Green Bay,
John Lafranck's house was burned to the
ground. On the morning Of the 21st the
furniture store Of George Oldenburg at Fort
Howard was also burned Loss by both fires
about $1,000
THE Chicago & Northwestern depot at
Kaukanna, was set on fire on the night Of
the Goth and destroyed. Loss about 81 COO.
A LITTLE son of Peter Jensen, of Racine,
fell into a large reservoir, on the 2lst, and
was drowned before assistance could reach
him. ftt
On the night of the 21st, at Milwaukee,
three notorious house-of correction inmates
made dash for liberty, and made good
their escape, by cutting away the sill of one
Of the windows in the lower workshop, then
| prying the iron bar ont of place. One hum
dred dollars reward is offered for their cap
ture. At last account, no clue of them had
been gained.
Ar Milwaukee, on the morning Of the
2Sd, the body of man apparently about
thirty-five years Old was Gshed out Of the
ton. In dress he resembled tramp, and
probably was one. He accidentally fell into
the river.
A BOY named Constantine Kretzinger,
fourteen years old, was sufIocated few
days ago, in a grain-bin, in Chambers ele-
vator, at Fond du Lac. He had got into the
bin without the knowledge of the workmen
and, as the grain was drawn off, was sucked
in and smothered.
The German Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, recently in session in Chicago, made
the following Wisconsin appointments.
Milwaukee District-G L. Mulfnger, Presiding
Elder: Milwaukee First Church. +. Hinners Sec
ond Church. }. j. Keller; Third Church and Wan
watosa, {. lwcrt: Wa!ertown, r. Cots halk,
Lowell, A. Meixner; Columbus, +. KlGckholm;
Beaver Dam. w. r. Klueckmann Oconomowoc
+ Schaefer Rock River, G. Steinel aud Rach,
Madison, Philip WaiKer; Windsor and sun
Prairie, 5. Weckcrleia; Fort Atkinson and Water
ton and Whe tlGad, j. Wenz; kenosha, j.
Braeuer; Baraboo, G. W. Heller.
Fond du Lac District Charles Schuler, Presie.
ing Elder; Fond du Lac, +. FithLer; Forest, U.
Elder Friendship, \. kopplin; Sheboygan, j. L..
Llmper; Oshkosh, W. Hackle; Clayton and Flu
reka, +. Klenski: Manitowoc, b. Becker; Manito-
woe Circuit W. Karaopf; Charl ston and Brill n,
A karnopp; Green Bay and Depere c. +. ALERT;
Pitt, field aud Pensaukee, +. harnopp; Ahnapee,
{, RGkeaW; Almond and Stevens Point. w. Wilke;
Wausan, q. Dlilng; Menomomee, g. Llnsen-
meyer
A SHOCKING accident occurred in Mlwau.
zee on the morning Of the 18th. l.. NJ. Cur
is General Freight Agent of the St. Paul
Railroad, was run over by some frcight-cars
aud had both legs broken, the bones of one
being mashed. Mr. c. was not aware when
be started to cross the track that the cars
/ l,1 -, l.
him and threw him across the track.
THE Baptists of Wisconsin are to meet at
Beaver Dam, in annual convention, on the
10th of October and will continue in ses-
sion until the 18th. There will also be
meeting of the Ministerial Union, the State
Convention, and the State Woman's Mis-
| siOnary Society.
JosEpH BRocKER and Gustav Lyser, pub
fishers of the Milwaukee Socialist, have been
arrested for an alleged libel upon W. w
Coleman, publisher of the Herald
Ar Milwaukee, on the 26th, Joseph Lift
had both his legs crushed below the knees
under the whe Is of train of hat-cars on
the st. Paul Railway. The accident was
caused 10y the sudden start of the engine,
which caused Lift to fall between Che cars
with the result above stated.
THE total appraised value of all the real
estate improvements and personal property
Of the entire City of Milwaukee for 1876, as
returned to the City Clerk, is S53,6,6, 100,
against $52,5 AGA for 1875, an increases val.
uation of 5 900 500
THE workmen in the machine shop and
pipe-wor ks Of +. ?. AIlis 4 Co, Milwaukee,
struck, the other day, on receiving notice
that their wages would be reduced twenty
Eve per cent
THE Democrats Of the Sixth District met
at Oshkosh on the 21th and nominated Hon.