Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

ON Inc 2oti, OH Racine, the schooner Eva
line was struck by lightning, and the Mate
seriously injured.
The Lafayette County Fair will be held at
Darlington, on the 18th, 18th and 14th of
Sept mber next.
TIE white bass have commenced to bite at
Winneconne, and the spoon-hooks are called
into requisition.
EVERYTHING in the shape Of crops is grow
ing with wonderful rapidity. Farmers feel
sure of an ample harvest.
Or the seventy-six graduates at West Point
this year, only one is from Wisconsin, Ed
ward Chynoweth, of Madison.
The title Of the Chair of the State Univer-
sity occupied by Prof Parkinson has been
changed to that of Professor of Civil Polity
and Political Economy"
Tie following have been elected officers
of the Board of Regents Of the State Uniyer-
sity for the cnsuring year: President, George
II. Paul, of Milwaukee,; Secretary, John S.
Dean, of Madison.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the festive fellow who
manag to gain the confidence of The Madi-
son widow and then jumped the premises
with her watches and other articles Of value
has been arrested by Sheriff Charcton, and
the property recovered.
THE Pension Agency is to remain at Mil
waukee, after all" This was the utterance
published, on the morning of the 22d, with
the added statement thai Secretary Schurz
had set his heart upon that disposition of
the question, and that the President was
disincliued to interfere.
GEo. GRUBER, Lacrosse vinegar manu-
facturer, committed suicide by hanging, on
the afternoon of the 22d. His wife had gone
to a camp-meeting, and did not return at the
time She promised.
AT Milwaukee, on the afternoon of the
22d, Miss Kynoston, daughter of Light
Keeper kynoston, took dose of strychninc
at her brothers residence, on the West Side.
This attempt at suicide was induced it is al
legged, 10y the ill-ueatment of her parents.
\ MAN named Engelbrcsch, keeper of a
Milwaukee grocery store, hung himself on
the evening of the 2lst.
A SERIOUS runaway occurred at Ncenah,
on the 23d, in consequence of which Mrs
William Maxwell had her leg and arm
broken, and was also seriously, and prcsum-
aViS, LdtAlAJ ihJulCu iultIUdHS
Hon. S. u. HASTINGS, an apostle of TEN
pcrance in Wisconsin, recently delivered an
address at Madison on "thc general use of
cheap pure wine rs a temperance measure"
THE Madison State Jouyum says eighty
per cent Of the people of Wisconsin favor
Madison as location for the consolidated
Pension Agency.
Mr. III. EFT y 4, I,-,,a Ito ~ ,,r1,A
on the afternoon of the 23d, deposited an
explosive of some sort at the Postoflice. Sew
eral hours after its delivery, while lying in u
mail basket until it should be forwarded to
its address, the thing burst with cannon
like report, and set fire to several large pack.
ages of mail matter lying in the basket with
it. a number of the packages W re de-
stroycd, and for n little time confederation
was imminent, but by the prompt action of
office employees, the blaze was extinguished
with but triilinS damage 1t is not known
by the office employees who delivered the
package at the Office, nor is the purpose of
its delivery known. The suppo,i ion is that
the explosive was mailed innoccntly by some
one who was thoughtess as to ihc possible
results.
Bay, went with Il companion for ihc purpose
of shooting ducks or pigeons, and in some
way discharged his gun, receiving its con
tents of shot in his breast and right lung.
His companion brought him home in
wagon, arriving there before his DEATH but
the unfortunate boy expired soon afterward.
IN Wheatlaud, Kenosha County, on the
24th five teams, filed with worshipers, were
returning from church, when the after team
attempted to pass the Others On a narrow
roadway. \ general runaway resulted, and
Mrs. Brofelt had leg broken in two
places. She died subsequently. Another
Mrs. Brofelt had leg broken, and the whole
party was more or less mangled and bruised
WATER on the Fox River was so low, on
the 24th, that boats had ceased to run.
Mrs. MCCAIN, living Mt North Hudson,
attempted suicide, a few days ago, 10y throw
ing herself in front Of a railway train. Her
husband, who was working near, saw her
run, and, surmi>ing her designs, started after
her, and overlook her just ~ she was about
to throw herself in front Of the cn.inc. In
SAM is the reason assigned for her rash act.
THERE were thirty.tbrcc deaths in Milwau.
kec during the week ending June %.
THE interest in Temperance and Temper.
ancc organizations is greatly increasing in
Lafayette County.
TnE next annual session of the supreme
Council oflhe Order of Mendotas will be held
at La 'roSsc.
They are selling maple wood at So per
cord in Milwaukee.
A son of Mr.. Fordham, Of Green Bay, while
sailing on Il raft in the river, the other day,
fell into the river and was drowned.