Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-17
ca pITAL NOTES.


1esterday there appeared every
prospect of January thaw" such
az the old settlers tell of, but which
for some years past has not come
to regularly vary the monotony of
our writer's, but the northwest wind
of this evening dispels the hope.
The business failure of II. b.
Ogilvie, who conducted in this city
one of the largest dry-goods and
millinery establishments, is a sur
prise to the community. The house
was closed on an attachment by a
local bank about p. m. Wednesday
for claim Of some seven thous-
and dollars; followed immediately
by another attachment 10 secure a
claim of Mrs. Ogilyie for about
$4,000. Other liabilities it is said
will increase the total to sixty-fye
or seventy thousand. Nominal assets,
forty to fifty thousand, available
assets, thirty to forty thousand-so
says madame rumor. s. j. Farwell
q Co., Of Chicago, are the heaviest
creditors, being in for about s 1000
They have begun an action of re-
pleviG, and, it is said will contend
that they as legal owners of so much
of the goods as they can identify
as having been obtained from them
and not paid for, have a right to the
possession thereof. As usual in
such cases a multitude Of lawyers
and law officers are employed, and
though the property be worth all
the debtor owes, it would not near
pay his debts.
The forthcoming census of the
insane Of the state for the fiscial
year ending September 30, will show
an increase Of $50 over the proceed
ing year. This increase is much
out of proportion to the growth Of
population in the state Professor
Wright, secretary of the State Board
of Charities and Reform, and com
piler of the census explains it thus:
Wisconsin is fast becoming an old
settled state, and has Iost tlat
youth and vigor which charac erizes
its population in the earlier stages
of it's settlement. The people who
originally came to the state were
young and healthy, to great ex-
tent, as is usually the case with
PIONEERS. Statistics show that the
greatest proportion of insanity ex
lists in older settled states, and that
therefore, as the population of Wis
consin increases in age, there will
be q proportionate increase in the
development of insanity. The proof
of this lies in the fact that the south
ern counties Of the state-which are
the old settled sections-to-day have
a far greater amount of insanity in
proportion to their population than
have the northern and more newly
settled ones.
The lighting Of the city by cleo
tricity seems to have got a setback
1t was advertised that "a plant
would be in operation here by Jan.
LIST, but its Illuminating rays are not
visible TO the naked eye up to date.
A committee appointed by the
Dane county Board Of Supervisors
to procure plans for new court
house has agreed to report in favor
Of q plain substantial brick struo-
mrc e0xlI2 feet, . ! stories and base
ment, the cost of which win be
from so to IS thousand dollars. As
soon IS weather permits IN the
spring work will begin.
m Of the injured in the capitol
collapse are recovered save one, who
is still in = critical condition, and if
he survives will be permanently
crippled The expense Of caring
for the wounded and burying the
dead, has been borne by the State,
under direction Of Governor Rusk,
who says he knows the people Of
Wisconsin too well 70 fear any con
domination from them for this eX-
penditure.