Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14
WISCONSIN SHORT NOTES.
kilograms Of Interest from Many
Quarters Boiled Down.

Simon Knaggs, a farmer OF the town
OF Brockway, Jackson county, who
was bitten in the little finger by a rat
tlesnake, is dead.
Fifty persons, customers of a lead
ing grocery store of Beloit, were mys-
t~eriously made sick, presumably from
eating a brand Of cheese.
The coal handlers strike at Ashland
was settled. The companies agreed to
increase the pay from 40 TO so cents an
hour, and the men all went back to
work.
John Kessler, an 11-year-old boy,
was shot and killed at Black Creek,
near Appleton, by George Sager, a lad
of IA, while the two were shooting at
a mark.
Frederick A. Chadbouln, president
of the First National Dank of Column
bus, and Miss Bessie Cornwell, daugh-
ter OF the late o. E. Cornwell, were
married.
Mrs. Helen J.. Hesler of Evanston,
H., and Rev. Henry J.. Kilbourn, pas
tor of the First Congregational church
of Alburg. Vt, were united in mar
riage at Racine.
Dr.. F.. r. Garlock, a leading physi-
clan of Racine, was married at Chip
pewa Falls to Mrs. Ella Halbert,
widow of a former wealthy lumber
man of Chippewa Falls.
The contract for building the rail-
road for the n. c. Foster Lumber COM
pany into Greenwood has been let to
Winston Bros, of Minneapolis, The
road is to be completed in so days.
c. d. Dick has been appointed post
master at Manawa, Waupaca county,
to succeed A. Lindsay, removed, and
Charles j. Ellis, at the Wisconsin vet
Grams home, Waupaca county, vice G.
Coldwell, resigned.
The United Danish Evangelical
churches Of America have selected
Racine as the place for locating a DAN
ish-American college. A site has been
selected on West Sixth street. The
structure will cost $4,000.
R. C. Roberts Of Racine attempted
suicide at a Green Bay hotel. He fired
TIN ee shots, one of which struck him
il the forehead directly between the
ey ebrows. The bullet Aattened on his
skull, but did not enter the brain.
Capt. A. S. Ludlow has been welded
to Miss Margaret De Ruche of Ala
bama. The bride is a niece of Capt.
Ludlow's former wife, and spent part
of the summer at Waukesha. They
will make their home in Waukesha.
Oshkosh carriage manufacturers
will begin operations one month earli-
er than usual this year. When trade
was at its best the busy season did not
open until December. This year Nov.
| will see all the factories in full blast.
The marriage of Miss Mary Lottie
Wheeler to Herbert O Hamilton took
place in Whitewater. The bride is the
only daughter of l.. N. Wheeler, a
banker. The groom is a young lawyer,
a former student at the Northwestern
university and a graduate of The law
department of the University of Wis
consin.
Charles e. Smith of Oshkosh has
lived As hours with a broken neck and
his condition appears to be improved.
Monday afternoon he visited a couple
of friends at work upon the house Of
DR.. Harvey Dale. Less than five min
which the three stood fell. Smiths
friends escaped with trivial bruises,
but he was picked up paralyzed and un-
conscious, with his neck broken.
The Watertown Business Mems as
ISOLATION was organized and the fol-
lowing officers elected: President, f.
A. Hoffman; vice president, W. A..
Beurhaus; recording secretary, Eu-
gene Meyer; financial secretary, Max
Wagemann; treasurer, II. CRUDE; di-
rectors. Emil Seibel, w. A. Beurhaus,
H. j.. Strauss, G.. A. Stallman, Will
liam Sproesser, \. Q~uentmeyer and
William Gorder The object is mutual
protection and the furtherance of the
city's interests.
The /. o. G.. r. grand lodge of
Wisconsin, began its session in Ste.
vens Point with a public reception. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. j. II. Tiff
fits, d. b. Hull, r. B. Pray, Mrs. G..
E. McDill and Rev. A. s. Badger OF
Stevens Point, The chief templar's
report showed a gain OF 1881 members
in the past year, making a total of
1850 templars in the state There
is still a deficiency in the finances of
the grand lodge. It is probable that
the training school will be moved
from WaukeshG to Stevens Point,