Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

come into the probate court, his entire DOS
session, II now appears, having been con-
| veyed to his son, Rudolph, at the time of the
whisky trials, and never reconveyed
Catherine Nunnemacher, the widow, has
been appointed guardian of Mary hume
macher, daughter of deceased, a minor,
whose property is stated at 5000 a year.
| On the 10th, Jacob Sander. farmer in the
town OF Wauwatosa, while drawing pail
OF water from an uncurbed WE'LL fell in and
drowned. The well was SO shallow that the
drowned mans feet projected above the sur.
face.
AN estimate OF the attendance at the pub
lie schools, on the Sth, placed the number at
l,oUo below the average, being the result of
the smallpox and scarlet fever.
The annual meeting OF the Northern Wis
consin Agricultural and Mechanical Society,
! under whose auspices the Northern Wis
| consin fairs are held, took place in Oshkosh
| on the 9th. Fourteen local societies were rep
resented. After adopting a new constitution
and bylaws, the annual election of officers
took place, resulting in the election of All
the old officers, with j. NJ. Smith of Green
Bay, as President; K. ID. Torrey, of Oshkosh,
Secretary, and Chester Hazen, of Fond du
Las, Treasurer
THE dead body of a laboring man was
found on the 10th, at Milwaukee, under the
following singular circumstances. Some
iccmen who had been cutting ice were pass
ing near piece where quantity of crystal
had been taken out of the river, and the spot
left unprotected, saw shovel lying on the
ice, near the edge of the water, and one OF
them ran to secure the prize but on pro-
ceeding to take it up found it frozen, and,
Juggling at it, to his horror found the end in
the water held by human hand. The hand
was that of the drowned man, who was thus
dragged out.
Z. IL. SMITH, n Lacrosse grocer, sue
cumbed to the financial stringency Of the
times on the 18th Liabilities, "a, 900.
THE Lumber Inspector of the Second Dis
trict of Wisconsin, comprising the Counties
of Clark, Jackson, Trempeeau and La
Crosse, makes the following report of the re.
suit of operations during the season of
1876: Amount OF logs scaled at mouth of
Black River, 1917, 1903, $40 feet; lumber manu-
featured on upper Black River, 13,O01,O00
feet; total product BIO 103, $40 feet; amount
OF lumber manufactured ut Lacrosse and
vicinity 60,OO0,000 feet; amount of shingles
manufactured in the district, 10000 900;
amount of lath, 10000 900 feet. The pros
pective cut Of Black River for the current
season of lSi6-,is l54 900 900 feet
FROM 800 to 81 900 per day is expended
in Green Bay for fish, all of which comes
from other places.
OTTO WIssINGER, of Lacrosse, the MUIR
derer of DR.. Chamberlain, has recovered
sufficiently to cause the officials to go to
work to arrange for his trial
PROCEEDINGS arc about to he commonwealth
the United States District Courts attacking
the Beef slough Company AT present, it is
proposed to file q bill in the nature Of quo
'caTonto in the United States Court, for the
purpose Of inquring into and limiting the
operations of the company under their cher
ter. IT is alleged that the booming and
rafting oflogs in Beef Slough has become so
extensive as to destroy the navigation Of
Chippewa River, nayigablc branch of the
Mississippi, which is protected by the ordl-
nance of 1857, and by the Constitution of
Wisconsin from such legislation and from
such acts Of any corporation MS may obstruct
navigation, or create a I" tax, impost or duty |
therefor" Judge Dixon is one of the coun.
sci for compliments
EX-Gov. TAYLOR called at the State Treas
urer's office on the 9th OF the present month |
and desired to pay into the Treasury the sum |
of 1923. He was asked for particulars as to |
what account 1t was to be credited, and for |
what it was paid. He then gave the items
upon which it was paid as follows:
stamps .,.........,....,...,...S D 90
Stationery. ....s....... ..............,. 50 90 |
Fox and Wis Imp. Fund, ............. 800 90
contingent fnnd ...................,. 81. $40 20
Total Observation-Disclosures. s925 90
Madison Journal.
The dairymen Of Wisconsin met at Apple
ton, on the 18th. The attendance was re
spectacle and the gathering profitable.
THE beer brcwage of Milwaukee during
1876, reached the respectable total Of 3l3,5 |
barrels valued at 1916, $50 One establish. |
ment turned out 49, 27 barrels.
The best authorities estimate that about !
l60,000,000 feet of logs win be cut on the .
Black River this season.
THE school property of Milwaukee Is
valued at s4SG500, and 1t cost the city
sl64 ,2l0.l5 to carry on the schools during
the year 1875 OF this sum, sl35, 1876 70 was
paid for teachers salaries,
THE latest reports from Milwaukee give
the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples; Flour-Choicc Winter Extra,
S.. 7501I25; Choice Spring, s6.00G6.50;
w heat--No. /, sl.3S{ul 3sk4; No. 2, sL31x |
al. 3lM Corn-No. 2, 44(a441sc; Oats-No.
;, 34$4ta35c; Barley--No. 2, s3ms34c; Rye
41s(07494c; Pork, Siz371@l7.50.
FROM MADISON,