Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-22

At Hurley, Charles L. Andersco
well-kaown character was found dead
in bed. He was thirty eight years old
and Swede. Anderson had been on
spree.
Frederick Morrow OF Star Prairie
pleaded guilty to the charge Of grain
stealing and breaking Jail He was
sentenced TO the penitentiary Tor nine
months.
The marriage of Miss Marie Oppeo
to DR.. w. ]. Whele of West Beai TOOK
place in Milwaukee "Wednesday. at the
residence of the brides parents. 27O
Twenty-fifth street.
Herman Bierman. a fisherman an
the tug Brooks, was drowned Is miles
east of Manitowoc where the tug had
gone to lift the nets. Bierman was
married and 80 years old.
#. ~ Hart, assistant passenger agent
of the Chicago q Northwestern rail-
road in Milwaukee since las March.
has been transferred to the position
Of passenger agent at Cleveland
Emery A. Odel, editor OF the Mon
roe Evening Times, and Miss Amelia
Burgy were married. Ths lere-
mony took place at the residence Of
the brides mother, Mrs. Jacob Burgy.
At Fond du Lac, the arguments in
the contest over the will OF Margaret
Somervaill in which an estate OF $20.-
600 is involved, were concluded and
the case Is now in Judge Gilson's
hands.
Gen John B. Gordon, the ex-con-
federate soldier who lectured in Beloit.
accepted the invitation of SUPP Con-
verse and addressed the pupils Of the
high school. He spoke on character
building.
A Milwaukee mass meeting was held
to protest against the payment Of PEN
sions to retired firemen and police
men, and to take action looking 10 The
repeal of the law under which the
pensions are paid.
Prominent Oconomowoe women who
are interesting themselves for a re-
form in cooking have issued call for
a meeting. 1t is proposed 10 nave a
stIItS vi lice ItSSOllS dflu tStlDNSLid-
tons in the culinary art.
William Church, aged ~ years,
broke into the Burns Bros. drug store
at Oakfeld a few weeks ago, and took
10 cents from the cash drawer. He
was arrested, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to two years in Waupun.
John Lips, a well-known German
resident of Milwaukee, is critically
i'll. ne has been sick several weeks
with a complication of diseases, and
his recovery is not probable Mr.. Lips
is so years old. He has lived IN Mil
waukee since 1853.
Wisconsin pensions granted Origi-
nal, Peter A. Cain, Onalaska Sc; in
crease, John Davies, Spring Green, Sc
to $12; Christian Goepfert, National
home, Milwaukee, SIS to $40; original
widows, ETC., minors of Peter W Hill
ton, Racine, $l4.
At Waupun the Fair Store, operated
by Louis Sapiro, failed to open its
doors, the proprietor having failed.
The liabilities of the Chicago Leader,
Mrs. Sarah Michel, proprietress, win
be $4,000, with assets less than one
quarter of this amount.
A warrant for arrest hos h"-o served
on DR.. Henry c. Berger, by
Dr.. j. w. Coon, registrar of vital sta
stistics in Milwaukee, charging him
with violating the city ordnance re-
quiring physicians to report the exist
ence of contagious disease.
1t has been decided by the represent
atives of the several Grand Army posts
of Milwaukee to hold reunion Of all
Wisconsin soldiers who fought in the
war of the rebellion in that city IN con.
nection with the anaual encampment
of the department of Wisconsin next
May.
A Wisconsin Central passenger train
on the Manitowoc division came near
plunging into Lake Butte des Morris.
The engine struck broken rail on
trestle and taking to the ties almost
went over the edge before the train
was stopped. Connections between
Neenah and Menasha were stopped for
ten hours.
The free lunch counter is SELL 10 De
a feature of Oshkosh city life, the ef-
fort to abolish it having failed. The
originated with the saloon
keepers themselves, who thought to
rid themselves of the expense which
they say was to some as high as 500
a month. But the cooperation OF all
could not be obtained.
City Clerk Gochnauer is being over
whelmed with applications for the Is
sue of $4,000 of 31a per cent. Appleton
bonds which are to be issued soon
He has received nineteen applications
mostly from Chicago, though there
were others from Cincinnati Cleye-
land, Toronto and New York.
A detective arrested seven young
Milwaukee boys on the charge Oh
They are accused OF steal
ing los pigeons, IS from the loft OF
O. II. Miller and 80 from the loft OF
Sehwaab & Sercomb, and their names
and ages follow: Louis Johnson, ii
years, Clarence Johnson, II years,
Raymond Dibble, 10 years, Arthur
Harry Mavnr III