Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-01
SOME BADGER BITS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
A Dog and a Bicycle Tangled up With
Serious observation-disclosures
give Themselves up.

Alexander Wall "a IU-year-old son II
b. Z. WalD viii start Aug. 8, on n
900-mile bicycle trip through Wiscon-
sins hills and dales. Yhe itinerary OF
the "trip includes these towns and
cities: WATERFOWL, Columbus, Lodi,
Devirs Lake Baraboo, Reedsburg,
Mansion, New Lisbon, Camp Douglas,
| Sparta, WinJna, La Crosse, Nhoqua,
Prairie du Chien, Lancaster, cialena,
Monroe, GAINESVILLE, Elkhorn, Lake
Geneva, Freeport, Rockford, Geneva,
I H., Elgin, Chicago Evanston. Mauke-
sha, KenoSha ana Racine, TO Milwau-
kee, which they will reach about
Aug. n.
/ DIR. Carl Freidel of Jefferson has
been elected TO the chair Of physics i'll
the state university at Eugene, ore.
DR.. freidel was born Oh IL farm near
this city forty years ago and at the
age of l. he had the misfortune to lose
his right arm. He is a graduate of the
Wisconsin state university, and after
having been principal of the Manito-
woe and River Falls higL schools, ne
attended the university at Leipsic for
four years. He graduated last summer
with honors.
Jacob Maui, % years Of age, a men,
Der of the Racine Bicycle club, met
with what will undoubtedly result in
a fatal accident while riding tan
dem bicycle, in company with COM
panion. They were proceeding along
the street at a furious pace when the
vehicle struck a dog and threw the &C.
cupant DO the ground. Maui was
picked up in an unconscious condition.
He was injured internally and re-
ceived conclusion of the brain. His
companion was unhuit.
Herman Hartmann OF the town of
Sheboygan Falls, gave himself up,
stating that he had killed accidentally
man named William jesse, who
worked on his fathers farm. Rant
mann was out hunting and shot a
partridge in hedge behind which
jesse was working. The charge Of
shot entered The left eye, causing In
slant deaUh.
The Stevens Point Lighting com
pany, Gas company, Water company
and the Clark Water Power company
have consolidated and the motive
power If all the Interested concerns
will be derived from the Owen Clark
dam Oh the Wisconsin river in this
city
g'he Humboldt turnverein OF Mil
waukee IS 50 deeply in debt that it Is
believed il will soon disband. The
members say If such action is taken Il
new organization will at once be
formed
Jacobson and Robinson, who are
charged with inccndialism and con-
spiracy to defraud at Kenosha came
up Of their own accord. They were
taken from Justice Slater and adj
mitted to bail in bonds of $1,000 each.
Mrs p. +. Donahue of Palmyra was
seriously burned through nistaking
kerosene for gasoline which she
poured from 4 can into n wash-boileF
over gasoline stove.
The census of De Pere has just been
completed and has been found to be
1903, an increase of G6S, OF about
is 1-3 per cent. since 1890.
Mrs. Rosa Frank, wife Of Louis
Frank, of the l.. Frank & Son Pack
ing company, Milwaukee, died.
Agent IIhardt of the Milwaukee
German Aid society has received a
letter from 4 man in New York stat
ing that Hugo Miesel, young immi-
grant confined by the efforts Of the 50
ciety in an insane asylum in this
country, Is the heir to a million-dollar
| fortune in Russia.
Raymond Marquette of 1872 st. Paul
avenue, Milwaukee, was killed at Ash
land. lie was first mate ON the steam
barge Frank L. Vance. and the re-
mains were taken 70 Sheboygan for
burial.
Mrs. Getten, an old lady from Mil
waukee who is visiting her niece. Mrs.
Anna White in Eagle, fell down Stairs
and struck her head in such a way rs
to tear the scalp from the skull, leay
ing only a small portion intact at the
back of the head. She also broke a
tendon of her left shoulder
Residents of the township of Elba,
Columbia county, are involved in
will contest that is likely to occasion
not a little litigation. ]. W. Hartley.
a wealthy farmer owning extensive
and valuable tracts of land in Elba
and elsewhere, died at New Orleans
In March, 1894, after signing win, il
I Is alleged, the provisions Of which con-
veyed to his second wife aud her Two
/ sons, whose names are McNutt and
\ who now reside In Philadelphia, all
his property except 81 to each OF mis-
own three children. The latter have
instituted proceedings to contest the
/ will.
Charles Meyers farmer, was in
gtantly killed three miles southeast Of
/ Beloit by an engine Of passenger
train on the Chicago 4 Northwestern
rad, as lie was crossing the track
/ with a load Of furniture. Engineer