Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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watrous, Fond du Lac; G. w. v. T., r. B.
Rice, Oconomowoc; G w. r., A. Lindow,
Fond du Lac; G. w. Treasurer, c. II. Pur-
pie, Watertown; G. W., Dr. J. g. Hendricks,
Ripon; 6. g., II. A. Sheldon; G. c., F. +.
Kellogg Representatives to the Supreme
Council. j. 4. Watrous, W. A. Gordon, f.
d. Henry. Trustees, E II. Drew, of Wau-
pun; Thomas Watson, of Brandon, and e.
W. Smith, of Geneva.
THE Secretary of the Wisconsin Dairy
mans Association has lately issued the fol-
lowing:
The resulting benefits of good display
of Wisconsin aairy-products at the Centen-
NAL, where dealers from all parts OF the
world are gathered, must be apparent to eve
ry dairyman In the Stale. IL is therefore
earnestly requested that each factory send
five cheese, and that butter dairymen send
from one to three tubs of butter, marking
the name of the proprietor, Postoitce, ana
ne weight on each checse-boX and tub.
Ship June IL 10 d. w. Curtis, Chicago, care
W. W. Chandler, Union Star Line tbutttr by
express only. preparing ffcights. From
Chicago, both butter and cheese VIII be Tor
warded in refrigera or-car to Philadelphia,
here it will be received by Messrs. Hiram
Smith and Chester Hazen, rliced on exhi-
bition for two weeks, ard then sold, and full
proceeds, less only freighis from Chic go,
RENTED 10 exhibitors For the Executive
Committee. ID. w. CURTIS, Sec'y.
THE Episcopal Convention of the Fond du
Lac Diocese met az Fond du Lac on the 9th.
Bishop Brown delivered the annual address.
WHEN Mrs. David Patterson, of Green
Bay, got up the other morning, she found
the dead body Of her husband lying in the
pantry, with his face to the hoor. He had
been suffering from disease of the throat,
and it is supposed that he had gone to find
something to relieve his hard breathing, but
/ finding nothing was choked to death.
| A FEW days ago.at Port Washington, Peter
| Kuhn, an Old resident, was 50 badly injured
| that he died, and was buried in the village
! cemetery. On the 9TH, parties visiting the
grave found that it had been disturbed, and
further examination showed that kuhns
body had been exhumed and carried off by
| body-snatchers There was great excite
ment at Port Washington, over the affair, at
| last accounts.
A NUMBER of men have been engaged for
some time in catching fish from Lake Win
nebago and tributaries by nets, contrary to
law which provides for the punishment of
any one catching by nets by fine not less
than 800 Hundreds of barrels of fish have
been shipped away that have been caught
| in this way, and on the Sth raid was made
on them and arrests made. 1t now looks
as though the fishermen will be compelled
to pay dearly for their pastime.
II. j. DAVIDSON, County Clerk Of Fond du
| Lac County, died few days ago, of con-
sumption.
! ONE Piper, all accomplished imitator OF
other peoples signatures, who, during the
! last seven years has been doing the State OF
Vermont some service as an inmate of her
State Prison, has lately made public through
! the Chicago Times a horrible charge against
/ the Chief of Police of Milwaukee, Mr. Beck.
| The substance OF the char is that Beck
was interested with Piper in his nefarious
pcrations-1hat is that Piper did the forg-
! ing, and Beck saw to it that he was not mo-
! Tested, or if he was, managed to secure his
release. The story created great excitement
4 in Milwaukee, where it was generally dis
! believed.
! NORWEGIAN farmer named Knude
Knudeson recently sold quantity of wood
| to his countryman, Ole Oleson, of Green
Bay. OlesOn was slow in speaking of the
payment of the cordwood and Knudeson
thought it best TO pay lawyer and get his
money, The disciple of Blackstone told
him he could put lien upon it. Knudeson
appeared satisfied with the answer, went to
| a grocery store at once, and purchased
I quantity of clothes line, returned and put
the line around and over the wood, telling
Mrs Oleson that she dare not touch single
stick, as it was protected by the laws Of
Wisconsin. The woman knew as much of
law as kuudcsun, and was really frightened
into making her husband pay the money.
knudeSon was so wei satisfied that he told
the lawyer the success of his plan He had
mistaken the word Ten for H,,e, which has a
similar ronunciationin the language of the
Morse
TAG Centennial Reunion of the Free Ma
sons Of the State, at Milwaukee, on the l4th,
WAS a grand success. over 10000 people
! .'"'l the surrounding country were in town,
and between 1000 and 5000 Masous Joined
in the procession. In the forenoon there
was speaking, in the afternoon an eXcur-
sion and in the evening summers night
!. .lNal.
Resi- EITHGE, who was playing in Mil
waukec at the Grand opera House, was
found in her room in the Newhall House,
on the 18th, iEsensibe from the effects of
an overdose of morphine, taken to relieve
insomnia.
AMONG the other inducements to make
the Northern State Fair, to be held in Osh.
kosh in September, attractive, the Executive
Committee have offered to the best drillel
military company in the State, who will at
tend aud contest therefor, a set of handsome
silk colors
Is the United States Circuit Court at Mad
ison, on the 10Th. an importaut ease ,vas no