Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-05-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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the death of Mr.. and Mrs, Thomas Casey's
5 year.old daughter at GAINESVILLE. Mrs.
Casey sent her year-old son up stairs to
put away an old garment. In some way
the boy got hold of his fathers revolver.
He innocently pointed it at his little sis
ter's head and pulled the trigger, the ball
entering her head on the left side. 1t is
thought the child will recover.
1t is certain from recent developments
that gigantic deal is being made by a
syndicate to get control of all the pine
lands in northeastern Minnesota and
northern Wisconsin. Weyerhauser, the
lumber king OF Chippewa Falls and Rock
Island, is known to be one of the syndi-
cate.
The first of the committee appointed to
raise $50 900 in Milwaukee for state fair
buildings to eport is that which consists
of John Johnston. Mr.. Johnston was select
ed to raise 81, $50 among the bankers, and
he went to work without delay He has
reported that he had secured the amount.
City Clerk Fitch, OF Ashland, had a
fracas with Prof Williams, circus man
ager. The latter refused t. pay q license
and started his show without license
but the police stopped him. He finally
put up the necessary cash and the exhibit
ton was given.
Hiram Murdoch. of Troy Center, a
former resident of Little Prairie, has been
adjudged insane and taken to the Men
dota hospital for treatment.
The log jam on the upper st. Croix was
moved, only to jam again at Kettle River
rapids. forming a jam harder than be-
ore. There are over 100 600, 900 feet of
logs in the jam. They are piled in all
shapes. The lumbermen are hiring all
the men they can get and will make a
haul on it Sunday. 1t is a grand sight
and there will oe large number of on
lockers when the dangerous feat of NOV
ing is made.
Peter Groegan, au engineer ON Sherry,
Cannon q Co.'s logging engine at Vesper,
met with a fatal accident near Babcock.
He stepped off the engine, which was run.
ming slowly, to adjust a switch, and get
ting aboard again, missed his footing and
was caught in the gearing His leg was
torn from the ankle to the hip. He died
shortly afrerward.
1t has been settled that depot will be
built at West Superior for the accommo-
dation of all passenger traffic for years.
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All tho roads except the Omaha have
joined the movement. The depot will
cost 100000.
While Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Allison, of
Spring Brook. near Jauesyille. were out
ri ling, they discovered that the carriage
cushion had in some way caught fire and
the flames had been communicated to
their baby's clothing. The little one was
quite badly burned.
Joseph Dread walked all the way from
Chicago to Stevens Point in search of his
wife, who he claimed mad eloped with an
other man He left town later with a
badly bruised head and nothing more has
been heard of the affair.
A suit comes up in the circuit court at
Oshkosh in which George Wooden claims
damages of SIS 900 for alleged malprac-
tice from d.. z. A. Wheeler, who treated
the plaintiffs leg. Wheeler is a promi
nent physician.
Gov. Peck has commissioner Willard R.
Norton first lieutenant and Charles c..
| Townsend second lieutenant of Company
/ X, First infantry, located at Darlington;
| also Leo A. Reiter, FIRST lieutenant and
| John L. Gates, second lieutenant of Com
pany +, First infantry, located at Beloit.
Mayor Dichman, Of Oshkosh, has in-
structed salyationists not to unfurl
| banners in parade hereafter. owing to a
runaway accident caused Sunday.
| In the family of Mr. Maurer, at 735
Second street, Milwaukee, there are at
| present seven children down with diphthe-
ria, and it is thought that the ,lsease Is
! the result Of some very unSAnits'y condi.
| tons of the house in its sewer connections
A singular incident happened at She
! boygan James Hennessey, who lost his
speech and hearing two years ago, as a
result Of scarlet fever, recovered the same
! by little boy exploding a paper Dag, the
noise Of which brought back bis hearing
and speech. Hennessy is painter about
Is years Of age.
| The criminal calendar Of the circuit
court of Wausau was concluded with the
trial of Nelson Myer, OF Colby, for setting
gun producing tue death OF Henry
| Gray, last fall The defendant was &C :
quilted. 1t came out on the trial that
Gray helped set the gun himself, and this
fact seemed to have great weight in favor
Of the defendant.