Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-15
BRlBF ITEMS or NEWS FROM
WISCONSIN TOWNS.
HOW CARL EBERT MET DEATH
Pulled the Trigger with 4 Willow
Wand and Ended His Life
Neenah and Menasha business
laen Organize to Protect Fish and
Game.

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caused in the village Of Dundee dur.
ing the last week by the disappear
ance of Carl Ebert, who lived near
Round lake, seine eight miles from
Fond du Lac, A week ago Ebert
took his gun and started for the woods
for the purpose of hunting. He did
not return that day, and his friends.
becoming alarmed, instituted search,
| His lifeless body was found iii the
woods only quarter of mile from
his home. lie was sitting with his
back against tree, the muzzle al the
| gun pointing toward him l.le wea.
pom had been fred by means of vii
low switch which was run through
the trigger guard; his foot was
pressed against this ncemcnt.
AT meeting Of tn ! lsineSs men
of Necnah and Menasha an assoeia.
ton was formed to assist i'll the bet
ter preservation Of fish and game and
to help the deputy fish aud game
wardels in the enforcement Of the
laws. The following officers were
elected: President, p u, Kraby. see
rotary, William Gilbert treasurer, J..
T.. Shields,
Two prisoners, with number or
aliases, We're brought from Lynxvh'e
and put in Jail at Prairie du Chen
charged with rohblng King 4 Hag-
erty's store at Gays mills. Consider
able cutlery and small sum of
money were taken, The officers are
confident they have sufficient evidence
TO convict the men. Another prisoner
got away by jumping of the train
while under way The men are sus-
pected Of robblng the postofilce at
Gays Mills.
| Misleading reports have been sent
cut that the Iilotson street eur peo-
j pie had abandoned their electric line
! projects at Oshkosh and had begun
to haul away the ties and rails dis
tributed along the route. These re-
ports are false IN every respect. AS
matter Of fact, ITO material has been
or will be, moved away. On the con-
trary, the company Is now prepared
and will within few days 20 ahead
with the complete construction aud
! equipment Of the entire electric rail
way system as proposed,
The official returns Of the state cen.
sus for Dodge county shows the fol.
lowing: Whole number Of inhabi-
tants, 1851; males, 2I,s63; females,
22,932; colored, males, 80; colored, To-
males. %; gain since 1890, 2,St7. The
nativlties are: United States, 35,6l0:
Germany, 1924; Great Britain, 5i5;
Ireland, 740; France, AZ; British
America, rs; Scandinavians. 1888; Ho'
land, ZIG; all other countries, $50
The company headed by MeGann Of
Chicago has assumed the aggressive
and will attempt to secure a fran
0hise for d street railway on the east
side In Milwaukee. II originally
asked a franchise to South Milwau-
kee, but the fight made against this
by the local company brought out the
fact that there was a good chance OF
obtaining a general city franchise
Pensions have been l'anted resi-
dents OF Wisconsin as follows: Orig
inal Edward X. Hicks, East Troy.
Walworth county; AshabeI Morris,
Racine, Racine county. Additional
Joel ROSS, Eau Claire, Eau Claire
county. Increase Andrew r. Moore
1'rimbelle, Pierce county; Daniel ~
Meyer, National Soldiers home, Mil
waukee. Reissue dennis i. Turkey
Gresham. Shawano county; Edgar
Cobb, Colby Clark county; Stephen
ii. Wilbur, GAINESVILLE, Rock county,
Samuel 9. Weaver, Martlntown,
Green county; James A. Graves, Eau
Gale, Dunn county
Fire at Sturgeon Bay destroyed the
brick veneered structure known as
Massle's block, which includes the
Central hotel, owned by T. w. McCuI-
Tough Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000. The Bank Of Sturgeon Bay,
which was located In this block. Will
have temporary quarters In the Saller
block.
Albert Kellerman Of Wausau lie
serted his intended wife, Miss Bertha
Grade, Whereupon she secured judy
nent for breach of promise, levied on
the house that Kellerman had dc.
signed to live In, and married young
! man named Reinhard.
a dispatch from Savanna, Ill, an
nOunces the death Of Eva Mcdonald,
daughter Of the Burlington road
master at Ia Crosse She started to
ride with a party and wasdhrown
from the carriage by the team rum
ming away.
As Leonard Salisbury Of Otsego was
driving into rio his team became
frightened by steam thresher and
ran away, throwing him into barbed
wire fence, cutting his hands, face,
head and arms severely.
An order has been issued al the post
office department establishing post
office at Sims, Crawford county, and
William Graul Is appointed post
master.
The remains of Samuel Westbrook
were brought to Plainfleld for burial.
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