Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-09-10
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The republican convention TO uOm-
nate officers for Grant county met %
Lancaster ana chose the following:
Sheriff, Joseph Miller of Fennimore;
treasurer, j. Harshberger, of Mount
Hope; county clerk, John Epplett, Of
Georgetown; register of deeds, Louis
Beidlcr; district attorney, Ed Lowry,
of Lancaster; clerk of court, Walter
Brennan, Of Platteville; superintendent
Of schools, Charles Nye, Of Platteville:
county surveyor, William Simpson, Of
jamestown
1t is reported from Hayward that r.
Weyerhaeuser, the well known lumber
man, has bought eight miles of old rails
Of the Omaha company near that place,
and that he viii Use the same in build.
Z. < an addition to his road in the north
en- part Of Chippewa county to Deer
Lake, In the southern pare Of the coun.
~. Work will be commenced next sea
son.
1t is reported from Depere that the
raft Of 5000 cords Of pulp wood for
an Appleton firm, which Frank Perry.
Of Sault Ste. Marie, was successful in
bringing down the bay, is drifting 81.
Parts of it are scattered over the bay
Efforts are being made to make the
raft secure
The Rev. Elias S. Peck, who died in
Waupun recently, was a graduate Of
Union College, Schenectady He set
tied in Wisconsin as early as 1915 aud
ministered successfully at Horton May
vile, Waupun, Clason Prairie, Beaver
Dan, Fox Lake and other points.
Admiral Melancthon Smith is visit
ing readves in Marinette. Mr. Smith
Peter Egcuom, of Ashland has com
menced suit against the Ashland Iron
~ Steel Company for $4,000 damages.
He alleges that he recei~ed serious III
Juries from a defective flooring while
in the company's employ.
TIL G. T. Roenitz Leather company,
Of Sheboygan has commenced the CON
suuction of a new addition to their
plant 1t viii be Pa by 10 feet ana viii
be tour stories high
Suit has been brought against the
Ohio Coal company, at Ashland, for
Sl.SOo damages for injuries alleged to
have been received while in the COM
pany's employ.
The Freeman Milling company Of
West Superior, intend t. bring suit
against the city for damages for delay
In building a dock alongside of the com
pany's mill.
The Catholic knights Of Sheboygan are
arranging TO give their new pastor, the
Rev. Father Thill a reception upon his
arrival in that city from Jefferson.
Mrs. Chris Grail of the town Of Cen
ter Rock county, had her shoulder
blade broken and received serious In
telnal injuries ia n runaway accident
The roller Touring mill owned 10y NJ
+. Pease 4 Son at Lowell, Dodge
county, was destroyed by fire. The
loss win reach $4,000 partly insured
Mrs Holmes, an old resident Of RAJ
cine county, was run over by farmer
wagon. She had an arm broken ana
several ribs fractured.
The GAINESVILLE Street hallway Co.
intend to extend their line to Spring
Brook. a suburb south of that city.
I. T. Wick has been appointed post
master Mt FusSville, Waukesha county
vice A. Lott. resigned.
Miss Maggie Hitmer was married %
j. r ZCttleman at the home Of her pa
rents in Two Rivers
A teachers institute is in session az
Westtield. Marquette county The AZ
tendance is large.
Allen @. Packard, a wen known resi-
dent Of Stevens Point, died at the age
Of Is Years
Mrs Martha Gould, a pioneer resl-
dent ~ West Superior, died at the ase
IF Is years
The indications at presee. are thas
the strike situation at Eau Cln-e VIII
remain unsettled this fall. as nearly az
the mill hands have left for the harvest
fields in the western part Of Mime
sots and Dakota.