Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-06

district convention 10 nominate sue
cessor TO the late Congressman George
b. Shaw viii probably be held about
Sept. 10 There is one independent
candidate in the field. w. Il. Button
or Eau Claire Col Woodward Of La
Crosse, and +. II. Fawley, OF Eau
Claire, are mentioned in connection
with the democratic nomination. As
far as the republican nomination Is
concerned 1t is safe to predict that II
VIII 50 70 Gen, Michael Griffin OF Eau
Claire. The understandings 1T Eau
oiaire in reference to other repub.
leans mentioned is that as to Bryant,
Copeland and Eseh of La Crosse; Jones
of sparta and Perry OF Black River
Falls.
Marshall Mcdonald arrested w. Ro.
lon, Adolph Elkey aud John Defoy
at Seymour for robbing the Seymour
bank on Aug, Is, Roloff and Elkey
pleaded guilty but Defoy denied all
knowledge OF II, but admits having
some OF the money. Roloff is tin.
smith, about 20 years old He had sev.
eral keys OF his own make. He could
unlock four different stores. and he
and Elkey admitted several thefts that
they had committed. They are now In
jail The bank vault was dug into
from the outside and 500 In small
change stolen.
{. w. Thompson, an agent for DR..
Wards N adicine company Of Winona,
Mimi, was arrested at Augusta at the
instance Of John y. Clarke OF Thorpe,
whose wife eloped with Thompson last
winter He was arrested at Nelllsyille
last winter on the same charge aud Is
now under bonds to appcnr before the
Clark county court Thompson Is GG
years old and has 4 wife, 63 years old,
and Il family OF fourteen children liy.
Ing at Nelson Wis. Clarke gil in
stltute suit for damages for all.nat.
ing the affections Of his wife.
Populist delegates were elected in
the different wards of Ashland to at
tend the county convention Sept. s.
The nominees for county offices will
be made irrespective of the old parties
Several republican and democratic can
didates We're IN hopes that popullsts
would delay holding their convention
until after the republican and demo
cratic conventions had been held, o.
that they might endorse Ger ain nomi.
nees. The decision of the populIsts 10
nominate first has put several as.
plrants in a furry.
The republicans at Washburn got In
a tapgle at the caucus for choosing
delegates TO the county convention, and
two sets of delegates were chosen.
A. q, Probcrt, DR., Leonard, John Han
son, u. Bergmann, w. A. Simmons and
Gilbert Oleson claim to be regularly
elected The dissenters elected ID.
Owens, II. III. Hartshorn, NJ. A. Oisted
Gilbert Oleson, John Halloran and
Hans fIegg. These delegates complain
that the call for the caucus was made
when number Of the prominent re-
publcans were absent.
w. F. Goodell, jeweller OF Elroy,
who was found lying near the mill
bridge at Elroy insensibIc Sunday
morning, was brought 10 Recdsburg
to be cared for. When found his shoes
had been removed and his body partly
buried In the sand. He had no money
when found The only injury on his
body was q sharp cash in his head.
lie has revived d little, but cannot
speak. Foul play Is feared. His
mother, who lives at Lime Ridge, Is
with him.
II. X. Johnson, station agent for the
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. panl rail
raa. I'll FaaHgsiIln Hted Frid II tvy
phod fever Mr. Johnson had been i
the employ OF the st Paul upward
Of thlrty-fye years. first as conductor
station agent at Boscobel, and for III
past seven years agent In GAINESVILLE
lie was one Of the most popular mel
in the city He was about 10 years old
and leaves q willow and two soIs
On complaint OF Thomas Luschlnger
dairy and food commissioner, ily
farmers, OF Kewaunee, were arreste'
BY Sheriff Stangel yesterday an
brought before justice to answe
criminal charge for selling unmel
charitable and SKINNED milk to
rrantlin c6 r,.as9 afeggesI,%y The farmer
have employed Attorney John Wat
tawa To defend them and the cases
were continued until Sept. Is.
The GAINESVILLE tobacco leaf dealers
are completely at sea since the com
missioner of internal revenue tele-
graphed TINT retail leaf tobacco deal.
ers under the new law cannot SOL %
consumers" Since, under the old laws,
retail leaf tobacco dealers were pfac-
tlcally restrained to consumers ii would
seem that this construction Of the new
law must drive them out Of business
Appleton papers announce that work
at the pulp wood docks at Long Tail
Point has been practically suspended
for tie season, and that no more ship
ments will be made from there by rail.
Another raft II yet to BE landed there,
but all the wood will be stored In
booms for the winter. Howard MUIR
ply is cutting 1000 cords at Rudyard,