Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-29
NUMBER 13.

supposed he must have been run over
by the engine of the night freight.
He succeeded in arousing him, how
ever, and got him into the depot,
where he soon "came tor under the
influence of warm fire. He was
nearly frozen to death, and but for
his timely discovery 10y Mr.. Prior,
might have been frozen to death in
fact before morning. The man
proved to be q well-to.do farmer Gv
ing not a great distance from Lam
caster, who came in on the evening
passenger train from Bosco e, where
he had been on big drunk Teller.
A FAMILY IN TRouBt f On sun
day, he nth inst, man ncn 6 feet
in height, spare, with chin whiskers
IA liule apparently about
30 years oC age, driving a brown
team and cutter, met the daughter of
Frederick Herman, q German farmer,
residing near fuckers bridge, iu the
town Of Greenfield Sauk Co., Wis,
on the street, as she was returning
from nrighboring house, with
pail of milk
He stopped aud asked her If she
would ii6e to work out, telling her
he was in want of a work.girl, aud
would give her a dollar week in
the Winter and dollar and a half
in the summer that he had nice
place, about mile and a-half from
Portage
She answered that she would like
to work for him, if her parents were
willing. He turned about aud took
/ her ia his sleigh to her home when
after some Is minutes talk, in which
he praised his ife, who he said was
a German woman, and would be
klud TO the girl, he gained the par
ents' consent, that their said daugh.
ter should go with him at once, and
wi hin 90 minutes after his arrival,
departed with her, a perfect stranger
To al parties, no one knowing any
thing more Of him than is above re-
lated; not having made known oven
his name to them, During the same
week, a neighbor who has seen more
of the world than Mr. Herman, or
his family on hearing the facts, sug
gested that there might be something
wrong about the matter, but All in
ycstlgatl0n since has developed moth
| ing reliable, and Mr. Hcrman's fam.
| lly are consequently in great distress.
1t has been learned that the stranger
appeared in Baaboo on he day be-
fore and inquired for working cattle,
which, be said he wished to purchase.
When he left with the girl they
came towards Portage, and we're last
seen near the Welsh church, in the
neighborhood Of David Owen, since
which, no reliable information has
been obtained Of man or girl.
She is Is years Of age, Of medium
height, spare face but rather solid
figure, blue eyes, having q mole on
one side of her nose near one eye,
aud heavy scar ON her breast -
caused by an accident with boiling
speaks English tolerably, is
/ quite supplemented, though some
what pert in her manner. Who can
give any information? Let him ad-
dress Jonas Conkliu, Portage, or
Geo w. Tucker Baraboo, Wis.
Neighborlng papers please copy
Portage Register.
On the second day of March,
Mr. A. L Rogers, living over the
river while passing along the road,
heard his dog barking over in one
Of the fields On going to the dog
% discover what was the trouble, be
found large rattlesnake lying on
the snow, apparently as well aud act
i've as he would be in June. Mr..
Rogers killed the rattler as trophy.
II il seldom chat this class of snakes
appear barefooted on the snowbanks;
but the CraN ford county snakes are
Of a strange disposition BoscobeL
Diat
Henry Gilbert, a shoemaker Of
Fairplay, went down to the Missis-
hlppi 70 bnuOt DUCK. NDL returning
search was made. At an open place
in the ice near McCollin's his gun
and three ducks he had shot we're
found. II body was dragged for
and recovered Itis supposed be
had shot another duck and going out
too near the water b d slipped or
broken in.-IdncdSter IeieY.
We learn from the Galena "a
cette that the saloon keepers Of the
city Of Galena TO the number of
thirtyGse held a meeting on Sunday
afternoon last to form au organizI-
tion fol The purpose of combating
the citizens league They appoint
ed committees and another meeting
was to be held on Tuesday evening
for permanent organization. one Of
the special features OF the organiza-
is 70 boycott, by withholding their
patronage from those untriendly to
their interest The saloon keepers