Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
STATE NEWS.

organized turnvereir. with @. Feios
as president. Fred Walteredorf vics
president; August Carl, secretarv.
M. Hinrichs, treasurer. The ebar,ss
roll bears thirty names.
The Hon. Elihu Colman. Of F,ra
du Lac, has started for Boston as ona
OF a committee of the supreme counc;I
Of the Royal Arcanum TO examine tba
accounts Of the order.
At Fon du Lac Benjamin MentirL
of Taycheedah got into row ia Pc
Bros. saloon and during the progress
OF a scuffl9 with Frank Bechaud had
three ribs broken.
Harry McMaster, of Eau Claire. viii
report at West Point, June 10, for adj
mission as cadet, j. 0. Thomas of
Trempeleau, having failed to meet the
requirements of the academy.
The Hudson prairie grange has or.
gsnized board Of tradS for he haul.
ing Of their produce and other pur.
poses. They are also negotiating with
the Knights of Labor with view Of
running tneir cooperative store n
unison win LheM.
The Wisconsin industrial assoc;s.
ton, of Racine, has resolved to hold
its annual exposition from August 3
to September 3 r B. Bates was elect.
ed chairman of the board and Messrs
Gorton, Bates, Dutton. Durant, and
Bolton were named u board of con.
troll.
For some time past money boxes at.
tached TO cars belonging to the Cream
City railway line at Milwaukee, have
been broken into at intervals and the
contents stolen by unknown persons
The police now think they have the
robber in the person of a teamster
named j. @. Oswald.
On the south bank of the Wiscop.
sin river near Prairie du Chen, an
italian quarryman at work for the
Chicago, Burlington 81 Northern rail
way, had one of his hands torn off
and several ribs broken by the explo,
sion Of dynamite cartridge which he
was carrying in his coat pocket
The Hayward News says the ques-
ton of dividing Douglass county INTO
three towns is being agitated, and
that the plan will probably be adopt
ed at the next town meeting. The
settlers in the eastern part OF the
county demand control Of their own
local affairs, and the prevailing
opinion is that they are numerous
enough now to govern themselves.
At the meeting OF the exposition d.
rectors, at Milwaukee, John Plankin-
ton was reelected President. A deficit
Of 5000 was reported for last years
work, aRd it is more than probable
that no exposition Will be held this
year. The office of manager was
abolished in order to cut down expen.
ses. Mr.. PlankiHgton will hereafter
act as general manager, and Dire etor
Cottrill as secretary. a final collapse
for the exposition is predicted.
An engine and four cars were ditch
ed near Marshfeld. Cause, broken
rail. The engineer and fireman es-
capped unhurt, but the brakeman was
very badly injured Loss, about 81
600.
4 brilliant event is to take place in
Milwaukee on March 4 At that time
the First Light Battery will give the
first annual mask ball at the exposl
ton building.
The state university Y. NJ. @. A.,
have organized Sunday school in the
Norwegian seminary building in East
Madison.
AT Fond du Lac. Schwbke had an
exceedingly narrow escape with MS
life, and lost span of horses by an
accident. As he was crossing the
Chicago & Northwestern railway
track at Johnson street, on his way to
his home at Lsmartine, a freight
train ran into his rig, demolishing
his sleigh cutting off the fore foot Of
one of the horses and breaking leg
of the other, 1t was necessary to kill
both horses.
At Wausau, a suit has been com
menced by Ed Meyer against Henry
Paulus, superintendent of the poor
farm, TO recover damages for negli-
gent attendance while Meyer was an
inmate Of the county poor house. The
story related by Meyer is that he was
taken to the county poor house while
he was sick and out of his head
that the county physician was called
and informed Paulus that the man
was delirious; that ne was left with
out attendance; that in his delinum
he wandered from the house bare
foot, ON cold winter night, and that
in consequence of the exposure his
feet were so frozen that it became
necessary to amputate his toes de
fixes the damages at SO, 900,