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

Reaching home, his wife, their g.
months-old babe and 3-year-old girl got
upon the load, intending to yisit.Sa
neighbor Before going far the team
ran away, overturning the wagon. The
bHbc was instantly killed, the elder
child picked up insensible and Mr.. and
Mrs. Holt We're severely cut and
bruised about the head and limbs.
The explosion of a lamp IN the mil
linery store Of Stokes 4 Co., at La
Crosse, caused loss Of $4,000, with
$1,000 insurance. Stokes Il Co, were
completely burned out, as were Ma
honey \ Morris, attorneys. Thomas
Dodd, toys, suffered heavy loss by
water. Thomas Layake lost $500 by
removal of his household goods. In
snranee is IN the Hanover Of New
York, Norwich Union and Lancashire.
The police of Superior have clue
that may lead to the identification of
the woman who was murdered on Min
nesota Point, They found her hat and
may by means OF Il microscope read
the tame OF the maker, A woman has
also recognized the clothing us part
Of the apparel of a friend. She has
also given the police the names OF tho
woman's relatives.
There Is quite a little excitement
ut the veterans hUme on account of
50 many leaving. About twenty have
gone thus far, and they are mostly
unmarried men who are receiving ST.
per month pension. The new rule al
lowing only SIS a month to unmarried
men evidently does not suit all, and 1t
Is said many more will leave after
pension day.
Wisconsin pensions: Orlginal-'Sid.
ney 4. Chase, Stoughton. Increase
Warren Cowing, West Depere. REX
sue--Charles IL. Derry, La Crosse.
Original, widows, etc--Mary Kelly.
Milwaukee; Rachel ]. Underhlll, Med
ford; minors OF William Grimes, Win
neconne; Amalia Radomsky Tomah.
Reissue -AlInna Ultrich, Milwaukee.
The Halstead Furniture company OF
Sheboygan has assigned It's business to
Joseph q. Mailman. The nominal as
sets are $4,000, the liabilities $1,000.
The Halstedd Furniture company was
evolved from the Halstcad Manufact-
uring company. whose plant was to-
tally destroyed by fire last winter.
Travellers from Spooner report that
the woods are still ON fire, and that
the flames seem 10 be getting into tho
heart of the pine forests Of that dis
trlct. Near Cameron Junction the fires
are quite close to the railroad track.
Caleb Conant died at Belot aged 81
years. He was Belolt's oldest resident
lie came from New York 10 Walworth
county in 1914, and lived In Beloit for
the past twenty years. He leaves two
sons and four daughters
st. Miehael's priest fund of the arch.
diocese OF Milwaukee has been incor-
porated. 1t IL without capital stock.
Ii was established for the purpose OF
assisting financially the indecent priests
OF the diocese.
George NJ. Brooke, of Harrisburg,
Pa, has written to Superior that be Is
! preparing to raise the wrecke steamer
| pewabic from the bed of Lake Huron.
She lies about 12S feet deep.
A. X. Shaw, who was one of the
leading business men of Chippewa
Falls twenty years ago, was accident
ally killed D II mill he was superln-
tending at Dunsmuir, Cal.
Two children OF Or. Barnes Of 0sh-
kosh hitch a large Brahma rooster to
a little two-wheeled cart and drive
him with lines attached TO his bill.
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Buck ccle-
bratcd their golden wedding Sept. |
at Amherst They have been residents
Of that place for thirty-nlne years.
Deputy Game Warden John A.
Meyer arrested Charles Preizel, Sr,
and his son at Muskego, on charge
or unlawful use Of nets In fishing
II Is believed that the little schooner
Nina, in which Capt Freitsch. the Nor
wegian adyenturer from Milwaukee
sailed on Aug. 3, has been lost