Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-15
GIeanings from our EXCHANGES

sioners to accept So cents on the
dollar for road tax paid in cash, il
paid before July lst
Dubuque people seem to believe
that the G. & n. w. r. r. Co. has
decided to extend its road from Ga
lena ria Hazel Green to Dubuque.
A division of the Sons Of TEN
perance was instituted at Warren
last week.
-Janesville is to have boot fac
tory; a stock company has been
formed, directors have been elected,
and a 3oxlOo fit. building is to be
Immediately erected.
On Monday forenoon, of last
week, horrible railroad accident
occurred on a "siding" between Mus
coda and Boscobel. The Richlana
Co. Observer gives the particulars:
A gravel train which had been cut
| in two was being made up again
when the engineer backed the ca
boose down against the fiat cara,
which had been loaded with dirt,
with such violence as to make almost
a complete wreck Of it. The caboose
was telescoped by the flat cars near
est it. Five men who were in the
caboose were damned up by the TIM
bers and horribly injured. One Of
them died shortly after being taken
from the wreck and another has died
since. Some of the others, if not
all, will have to suffer arlputatioh
of their legs. The injured men
were laborers on the gravel train
and live in Prairie du CHEN. We
have not learned their names.
The Richland Center train which
was at Lone Rock at the time Of the
accident was ordered to the scene Of
the wreck, with the company's ply
sician, Ir. II. l.. Telfair, of Lone
Rock, on board. The injured men
were removed to Muscoda, where
they were properly cared for and
their wounds dressed.
-llickox and Levake, Wyoming,
are making 800 pounds of cheese
per day.
Mrs. Ole Arnison, of Barneveld,
was poisoned on the 9th inst, by
eating parsnips that had run wild
from tame seed sown year or twp
since.
About 100 old soldiers from
Plattevile and vicinity, accompanied
by the Hook and Ladder Band, went
by railroad to Boscobel's reunion ex.
ercises.
-Buttermilk is popular drink at
Platteville, so much so that one d.
Wilson has secured the exclusive
right to sell "Platteville Creamery
Buttermilk;" and he advertises the
beverage in both the city papers.
The other night, a farmer NAM
ed William Galloway, residing in
Beetown, started out with his gun
in the middle of the night, to drive
a number of dogs out of his sheep
pen. Reaching the enclosure, he
fired at the sheep stealers nhen the
gun exploded, blowing his arm off
just above the wrist, mutilating it
in q shocking manner.-Rotteuile
Times.
James Gum, Highland, was,
last week, seriously poisoned by Gil
ant powder, which he, in the dark,
mistook for brown sugar. AT last
account he was in critical condi-
ton.
The Arena Star says, "Two gal
Ions Of kerosene oil for ) cents at
Smith 81 Murphey's."
"A man by the name of Hagger-
ty was shot and killed, at McGregor,
Iowa, Sunday morning, by constable
Douglas. The particulars as we I'M
derstand them are that Haggerty was
selling cutlery at ruinous prices and
was arrested by constable Douglas
on suspicion of having stolen the
goods. Whereupon the prisoner
broke away from the officer and pre-
scented pistol and threatened the
officers life. The officer, as quick
as flash, drew his weapon and shot
the prisoner dead. - Prairie az CHEN
Union.
Edgar Wright, of Postoi, Wis,
a son of the merchant of that place,
was Knocked down and robbed last
Friday night by highwaymen, who