The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
WISCONSIN,.

A mail route will be established on Deem
Der 16, between Keif and Flambeau, to run
once week.
The hours of work in the Wisconsin Gen.
trails shops at Stevens Point have been re-
duced from ten to nine per day.
The Montreal River Lumber Company in
creased it's capital stock from 800, 900 to
100000.
In the Unitd States court, at Madison,
'Jack" Livingston, of Sawyer County, was
found guilty of selling liquor to Indians.
Elmer Peak, of Merrill, expects a 5000
clerkship in the census bureau at Washing
ton.
The body of John Riorden, of Boscobel,
about whose death there was some doubt,
and whose funeral was delayed one day, has
been inferred. ~r
The election at Ashland on the plan to is
sue 100000 bonds for advancement pnr-
poses resulted in majority of $40 votes in
favor of the project.
John ]. Sutton sues the Portage Register
for $25, 900 damages for alleged libel. The
paper charged that a certain suit brought by
Mr.. Sutton was owing to personal spite.
An Ashland man named Goard was shot
on the 10th inst, under peculiar circum-
stances. He claims that he tried to commit
suicide, while his wife says he attempted to
shoot her but accidentally shot himself.
William Erickson, who burglarized Ingalls,
jewelry store at Arcadia, few days since,
was arrested at Mcmillan by Marshall
Spargue and delivered to the sheriff of Trem-
pealeau County.
A passenger and freight train collided at
Hilbert Junction, the pilot on the passenger
locomotive being broken, and a few minor
damages done. No one was hurt, and trains
were not delayed.
Michael Cardigan ended protracted spree
at GAINESVILLE by jumping into Rock River.
The body was recovered. Cardigan was 80
years old, unmarried, and a shoemaker by
trade.
Agent Leahy of Ashland, received the sum
of 81 900 from the department to be used in
the purchase of supplies for the destitute In
dams of the Grand Portage reservation in
Minnesota.
Minnie Schmodlock the girl recently &C
quilted OF grand larceny at Fond du Lac, has
been arrested on charge of stealing articles
from the sheriff while in his custody. She
goes to jail for ten days.
While Wisconsin Central through passen-
ger going north was between Fond du Lac
and Van Dyne, it was saluted with volley
of rocks, which did some damage, but which
fortunately injured no one. Four of the
coaches were hit with stones, and one win
dow was broken.
The following petition is being circulated
at Lake Geneva: eve, the undersign ed, Ger
tify that we would prefer to bond the city of
Lake Geneva to the amount of SIS, 900,
rather than not have the new railroad built
on the old Wisconsin Central roadbed during
the coming year."
The will of the late Gen. David Atwood, of
Madison, bequeaths the entire property of
the deceased to his widow. NJ rs. Mary Atwood
According to this disposition of the proper
ty, no change in the management of the
State Journal is contemplated
In the United States court at Madison the
Jury in the case of the United States against
A. B. Palmeter, formerly postmaster at
Middleton, brought in verdict declaring
the defendent indebted to the government
81 900. The case will be appealed to the
supreme court of the United States 1t is
claimed by Palmeter through an error, but
not criminally, he took certain comm ission
on the sale Of stamps to which he was not
entitled.