Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-26
WISCONSIN HASH.


Marinette has five newspapers.
Nineteen deaths in Racine in July
Hurley is to be lighted by electricity.
The village OF De Sofa has been incor-
porated.
Janesville's street railway is about
completed.
A turtle weighidg 10 pounds was re.
Gently caught at Harrisville, near Mon.
tello.
A carload of finished boots and shoes
is being shipped from Waupun every
day.
One hundred Eau Claire Knights
Templar will attend the st. Louis con
clave
The Wausau Light guard will enter for
the prize drill at the state fair at Mil
waukee.
Mrs. Michael Heron, of Brady, Rich
land county, was tossed to death by a
vicious bull.
1t is estimated that $4,000 will be
needed for the fire sufferers in the Green
Bay region.
Burglars stole $500 worth of watches
and iewelry from Van Dresser's store al
Fond du Lac.
Eighteen sheep and two COWS belong
ing to julius Lang living near Montello
were killed by lightning.
The proposed fair of the Ripon horti-
cultural society has been postponed in.
definitely on account of the drouth.
The Wisconsin Central railway com.
pany is building branch from its main
line to Bessemer, in the Geobrec range
The managers of the cheese factory al
Argyle, Lafayette county, sold 100 cheese
at 81 cents pound delivered at the
railway station.
l.. z. Knowlton has a field of beans
ninety acres in extent i'll the town OF
Portland, Dodge county, that promises
an abundant yield.
The crop of winter wheat in Door
county is said to be the best ever gather
ed there. The average per acre will be
about thirty bushels.
A 14-year-old daughter of John Kriont.
sky, of Two Rivers, attempted to light a
fire with kerosene. The can exploded
and she was terribly burned.
Chas. LAWN was assaulted at Racine
by three unknown men and seriously cut
with knife. Two men named Grogan
and one Patton have been arrested
While coupling cars at Eau Clair,
Martin Peterson fell beneath the cars ant
was terribly crushed. He may recover
He has wife and three children at Me
nominee.
Partridge and quail are plenty in tn,
! Wisconsin woods and thickets this year
for the first time in 10 years. This is at
tributed to the dry season, which has
been favorable to bird Matching.
1t is estimated that there is a popula
ton of at least 10000 people on the
| range between Hurley and Wakefield
Eighteen months ago there was not owe
one hundred people in the territory.
A special grand jury was drawn at Mil
waukee Monday to consider the rive
nuisance. 1t is stated that all persons
who have contributed to the presen
filthy condition of the stream will be in
dicted.
boiler burst in Periner Webster
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Z. Periner, Alex. Periner, Joseph Nc
Laugnlin, o. V. johnson and Angus
Olson. Nelson Pero and b. +. Bailey
were seriously injured.
| A Mrs. Gilbrunson of Mukwonago, wa
struck by a Wisconsin Central railroad
train near Wauhesha, Monday night, ant
instantly killed, her body being terribl,
cut and mangled. The woman is report
ed to have been under the influence OF
liquor.
Several of the leading lumbermen. in
terested in pine land on the Black river
are taking measures for the constructor
of important substantial flooding dami
of large capacity on that stream, for tn,
purpose of facilitating log driving in tn,
future.
Connecticut firm engaged in tn,
manufacture of sheet brass is to remov,
its works to Kenosha. About 300 mer
will be employed at the works, and it il
expected that l,050 persons will be added
TO the population of Kenosha.
GAINESVILLE Gazette: The proposed line
Ct the Evansville cut off has been looked
over by Chief Engineer Johnson, of the
Chicago d. Northwestern road, prelimi
nary to the commencement of work. Sew
eral GAINESVILLE gentlemen are in Chicago
comforting with officers of the road, and
the belief is that before another year the
line will be completed.