Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-20
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

| observed at Superior. Over the Wisconsin
shore TIE wild has blown warm and strong
from the south and southwest, while from
point about two miles south of Duluth me
wind at tbs same time has blown cold and
equally s'rong from the north and northeast.
As consequence Superior people have been
oppressed in a temperature Of s. degrees, and
Duluth people have been shiyering in So de-
grees at the same time.
AMELANCuoLY case was tried at Manito-
voc few days ago. little eleven year-old
boy, Fred Weber by name, son OF Adolph
Weber, an old offender, was arrested for
| stealing rope from the pile-driver Of H. S.
Camp. He stated to the Court that he did
| not want to steal, but was driven to it by his
| father on pain Of eondign punishment; tina
he bad made regular practice for some
| time past OF robbing vessels, clothe lines,
etc, ard that his father took the stolen arti-
| cles ard sold them.
| THE gap on the Wisconsin Central Railroad
| has been closed and cars now run to Aeh-
land. The company now operates 455 miles
! Of road.
THE Kenosha Telegraph has closed its thir.
| seventh volume, and is the oldest paper in
the State.
| ROBERT CHAPPELL, Treasurer of Fort How
ard, died on the 9TH.
F. II. CoBURN was robbed of $500 by three
| foot pads, while crossing from one railroad
| to another in Madison, a few days ago.
! SwEETLAND's tobacco store and D. d.
| French's clothing house, adjoining the New
| hall House, in Milwaukee, were damaged by
fire, the other night, to the extent of IS, 900
A LAD, fourteen years old recently swan
! from a vessel on Lake Superior mile to the
shore, the water being icy cold, and clam
bered up on the shore ice, at Laughing
| Whitehsh Point, benumbed and exhausted.
On being questioned, he said that he was
| going to Marquette, and gave as "A reason,
| that Father said he would throw me over
| board"
THE water is so low on the Upper Fox that
boats can no longer run on that river, and
there is no water communication between
| Oshkosh and Omro.
JUDGE DRuMMoND, acting for Judge Hop
kins, OF the United States Supreme Court,
! who is confined to his bed by sickness, has
| appointed W. II. Ferry, OF Chicago, Receiver
| of the West Wisconsin Railroad, under a
bond OF 100000, which vas promptly fur
nished and approved.
AT Menasha, a few days ago, two carpen-
ters--Gcorgc Jarvis and J. Ryner--at work
on Webster IL LawsOn's new warehouse,
were prccipitated to the ground by the break
| ing of the scaffold Jarvis died in one hour.
Ryner escaped without serious injury.
AN Ashland paper publishes a map show
| ing the isoth-rmal line, which indicates a
similarity of temperature at New Haven,
Poughkcepsie, Oswego, Rochester, Cleve.
land, Detroit, Milwaukee, Oshkosh andAsh-
! land.
YOUNG Indian girl, who had curiously
watched the process OF marking barrel heads
in a Neenah Touring mill, stole the stencils.
the other day, and ornamcnted her blanket
with the words kimberly's Choice" and
then paraded the streets, to the infinite dis.
gust Of Mr.. Kimberly, who is a bachelor and
! had made no such choice.
AN important case, relating to insurance
companies, is being tested in the Supreme
Court of the State, /, arose from q recent
fire in Oshkosh, and viii determine whether,
in case where property is totally destroyed
by fire, the owner can recover the fun amount
OF insurance, or the value of the property
when it is insured for more than il is worth.
PARTY Of Appleton hunters, the other
day, shot at flock OF wooden decoy ducks
for some time before their owners popped
their heads out of the grass and mad. fuss
about it.
FIVE HUNDRED Of the laborers on the
Fond du Lac Narrow Gauge Railroad recent
ly struck for higher wages. They were paid
81 per day and they wanted $50.
THE recently-interred body Of one of Oar
! lington's daughters has been robbed from
the grave and shipped to some Chicago sur
geon. The town is greatly excited over the
deed and steps are being taken TO discover
and punish the resurrecdonist
AN Oneida Indian has lately discovered
iron on the Oneida Reservation. He brought
quantity Of it TO Depere, and it has been
pronounced by the iron men Of that place to
be an excellent quality of hcrmattc ore.
THE Fond du Lac & Lake Superior Rail
way has been organized by the election of
Chas J. L. Meyer, as President and Senator
Hiner, as Secretary.
ALEXANDER FoRTUMsKI, q Pole, sixteen
years old, was recently druwuedat Lacrosse
by falling from canoe while catching logs
for fuel.
\ WISCONSIN RIVER lumbermau offers
$50 for "a rafting good wisc"-ouc who is
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TIE Masonic Grand Lodge Of Wisconsin
concluded its session, at Milwaukee, on the
evening of the 18th, by the installation Of
the following officers: J. ?, {. Cot,rill, Grand
Master; D. c. Fulton, Deputy Graod Mas.
ter; II, 5. Goss, Senior Grand Warden; J
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