Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-03-04
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Last November William Steinhoffel
and Ollie Olson, Of Racine, were killed
by a Northwestern train while on their
way home from dance ut Union Grove.
The administrators Of SteinhOncrs IS,
tate have begun action against the com
pany for 5000 damages and the par.
ents of the Olson girl will also bring
suit, There was one other person in
the carriage, but he could not tell how
the accident happened
The establishment of f. G. Hartwig,
dealer in boots and shoes at Appleton,
has been closed on foreclosure proceed
ingS by the Mauitowoc savings bank
Bad business and unfortunate real es-
tate SpcculationS are assigned as tho
causes of the failure Liabilities about
$4,000; assets not yet figured.
Mrs, Louis Warrington, woman Of
the Stocllbridge tribe, was found dead
In the road near Gresham, Shawano
county, sunday, and an investigation
showed that she had been criminally
assaulted and aftcrwar1 numbered. Two
men are suspected Of the crime,
court being n candidate for reelection,
James c. Miller, who had been an
nouuced rs candidate, has withdrawn
and win stand for municipal Judge
lie is a lawyer Of much experience and
speaks several languages tluently.
The family of \. NJ Johnson, Of Cedar
Falls seven persons, are all sick from
the effectS of eating beans which are
supposed 60 have contained some dele
FERROUS matter on were Improperly
cooked
At special election ON Monday thu
electors of Fox Lake decided to separ-
ate the town and village and the latter
win probably reorganIze under city
charter
4 syndicate of young men OF Racine
offers $4,000 for the Belle City Oper3
house which has proved poor invest
ment, but the company asks $4,000,
A. Nj Gilbert, OF the Gilbert Paper
company of Ncenah, win be married
March -, at Port Gibson Miss, TO
Anna Kcllcdy, of that place.
Hrmlock timber lands in Taylor coun-
ty that were offered at ST per acre
year ago and could not find purchasers,
are now held ut 81,
Thomas rosclund Of Bailey's Harbor,
received bounty last week on eighteen
fox scalps from the county clerk ut
Sturgeon Bay,
Ruggles Hubbard an Oalheld pioneer
died suddenly at his home Monday of
heart failure, agcn IS years
Mrs. Hugh Kerr, of Watertown, died
suddenly Monday evening OF heart fail
urc, aged 20 years
Peter Atpetcr 4 Sons win erect a
$4,000 brewery at Superior,
Arthur Gibbs, brakeman on the
Chicago Burlington ~ Northwestern
railway, got caught between the ears
while making a coupling at FeuyVille
breaking his collar bone
Three complaints have been served at
Ashland upon Scrgt Dormody and
Officer Welsh Of the police force, asking
for damage 10 the amount OF $4,000.
The suits grew out of the arrests made
in a Polish row last summer. The ties
timony at that time showed that Welsh
was called 10 quiet n row; that the
crowd set upon him and but for the
assistance Of Domody, who fortunately
arrived upon the scene, he would have
been badly punished. Dormody and
Welsh with their rcvolyers and clubs
laid ont several of the crowd and sue
cecded in making four arrests Two OF
those arrested, Mr. Rink and Albert
Piclawa. now allcge that the officers
assaulted them without proyocation and
they sue u rm dy FOR S2U,0U ana W elsh
for $4,000
John kaempf. a Shawauo county vet
eran, had an exciting experience which
aroused in him the lighting spirit Of his
younger days He discovered a large
wildcat in his hen coop which was in
dustuously engaged In killing off the
fowl The only weapon he had with
which 10 wage war against the mex-
pectcd intruder was pitchfork. This,
however, did not discourage him In the
least ana he attacked the ferocious ami
NAL with 1t and soon succeeded in run
ming it through It's body. When he had
It thus secured his daughter, Mrs. Ju-
lius Kregcl, resolutely came TO his as
slstance with n spade and the fate Of
the animal was quickly sealed