Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-06

fered with him were right.
Because of depression In business the
Pennsylvania railroad decided 70 stop
all work ON It's line wherever possible,
in order to reduce expenses.
The Dennison Ohio Deposit bank
closed it's doors and assigned to g. NJ.
Bailey Of New Philadelphia, Ohio La
biIities will reach 100000, while the
assets will hardly cover 100000.
Rev. G. f. Scott Of Waterloo, Iowa,
who eloped with Daisy Dean, has been
sent to jail in default Of $4,000 bail. ~
is rumored that he will be examined
by the commissioners Of insanity
The national democratic club was or
canized in Kansas City by prominent
gold standard democrats. Francis NJ.
Black, ex-chief justice of the state su-
preme court, was elected president
Attorney General Ketcham Of lndi-
ana has sued the Adams and American
Express companies for unpaid state
taxes. and has asked for the appoint
ment Of receivers for the companies.
John Erstwiie, road foreman on the
Detroit and Milwaukee railroad, was
found dead on the track. y is sur
missed he was murdered and the body
placed on the rails to divert suspicion.
Al Fairbaut, MINI, the Schimmei-
Nelson piano factory has started up
again with six months work ahead,
under the management Of Receiver Ii.
G. Tbeopold who will close up the bus
mess.
The Northwestern Railway company
has been Incorporated The road VIII
he built from Cleveland to Hudson, and
viii give the Cleveland Akron & Co
lumbus road an entrance into CleVe-
land.
Nicholas Thoesen and stephen Cali
chuch, prominent farmers, got into an
alteration at Burdick, Ind, and the
latter stabbed Thoesen several times.
and he may die. Calchuch is sti!l at
large
There IA a welldehned rumor ailoat
that Nebraska will present another
candidate Tor president. j. Sterling
Morton. secretary of agriculture, Is
mentioned FOR the gold democratic can
dldate.
Frank Pierson, in a fit of insanity at
Iowa Falls, la, slashed the threats Of
his aged father and mother and then
opened his own neck, The father was
not seriously hurt. but the mother and
son will die.
s Worden, the railroad striker
charged with wrecking the railway
bridge near Sacramento two years ago
and thereby causing the deaths OF En-
gineer Clark and three United states
soldiers, must hang
The speeding trucks adapted to the
regular locomotive trucks invented by
WIN. +. Holman Of Minneapolis, We're
tested on the tracks OF the South Jersey
railroad and a speed OF "a ll-l2 miles
was attained in run Of IL Is miles.
Wages for Dakota harvest hands are
$50 and 81 a day, but in many Sec
lions farmers are unable TO get help. II
Is reported that 100 men could find la
Dor al once along the line OF the
Northwestern railway in Sphinx county
The saw mills of the Northwestern
Lumber company al Ear Claire and at
Portervlle and Stanly have closed, oW-
ing TO the dizziness OF business, The
other mills are expected to follow suit
The democrats Of Grand Forks coun-
IT, n. ~ nominated candidates for the
fusion ticket The candidates are;
Sheriff. Hans Anderson; auditor, G. D.
Iashell; clerk Of court G.. II. McManusi
superintendent of schools, Miss Anna
Kane
At Hurley, Wis, fire originated in
rag warehouse, which was destroyed
together with Uhtmans sale stable
Keilty's saloon, Harrigan's dyehouse,
Days boarding stable, Browns ware
house and a number OF other smaller
structures
Myrtle Peterson committed suicide
al the Windsor hotel, Des Moines. She
WAS the daughter Of Mrs Annie z.
scott proprietor OF the hotel The act
was the result Of quarrel with her
husband, William Peterson. She took
strychnine
senator Pettigrtw " South Dakota
VAS caller on Governor HoIcomb and
other populist leaders. He was warm
~ received. While awaiting an audi
ence with Governor Holcomb, senator
PettigreY said Things are looking
bright for Mr. Bryan
John Hallam, a wel-known Arkansas
attorney and author IL The Diary Of an
ola Lawyer, shot and fatally wounded
Rev. W \, Forbes, one of the most
prominent Baptist ministers IN the
state. who Is AT present pastor If Il
church IT New l.ewisville, Ark
Arlie Brown and Samuel Miller were
instantly killed in the Wood county.
ONO, oil field, and q. r. clark fatally
injured BY the explosion Of a boiler
used in pumping a we'll clark WAS
the engineer and Brown and Miller
happened u b passing NJ the time
BY the suspension OF the First Ma
tional bank at Mintot ~ d, S54 200 OF
deposits arc tied up OF this amount
$4,000 belongs * tile CITY, and county
Ii is said The toal assets Of the bank
amount 70 about 100000, of which a
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