Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28


The death of Frank Noble, Il
sterling young man of Monroe, was
brought about in singular manner.
The atfliction which terminated SO
disastrously was caused by an abra-
sion on the right foot, resulting from
the wearing of tight shoe, and on
which was worn colored stocking,
which poisoned the blood. He suf-
fered intensely for three weeks.
Dane county is pestered with an
epidemic of burglary. Within the
past few weeks seven or eight stores
in as many different towns have
been burglarized. 1t would be well
for merchants and all Others in this
section to prepare warm reception
for vagabonds and thieves They
are liable to swoop down upon us at
any time.
The railroad companies in the
northwest have ordered station
agents to economiZe in the use of
freight cars as famine is imminent
The rapid movement of wheat is re-
sponsible for the threatened famine
and every empty car at every station
must'hereafter be loaded at once or
returned to division ceiters. Cars
l.mnst also be Loaded. to their full ca.
pacity. There has been a great in
crease in the movement of other than
farm produce.
The postmaster general has or
dered that every postofiice in the
United States shall note the number
of pieces and character of the mail
handled by it between October and
November 3. The execution of this
order involves an immense amount
of labor and is to be done in order
that an accurate table of statistics
may be prepared. This is the first
time in twenty years that such an
order has been issued.
ger, of Burlington, Wis, served in
the army from 1861 to 1865. He lost
his hearing because of getting his
head too close to "A Southern shell
and the government awarded him Il
pension of $50 and a back pension Of
~, 800, with which he bought a farm
His hearing recently began to inn
prove and now he can hear quite
well. The government has stopped
his pension and will sue him for the
amount which was PAID him, which
will leave him a pauper.
Hicks weather forecast for Oct
ober is as follows: From about the
2nd to 4th look for warm wave to
pass eastwardly over the country,
ending in rain. wind and thunder,
followed by a sudden change to cold
er. The second storm is from the
eighth to twelfth. A decided
change to warmer will set in on or
about the 18th, with probable sleet
and snow following up closely.
From Goth to 23d a change to warmer
Much colder about 25th, higher tenn
perature in the rear and thunder
storms at the close of the month.
Darlington Republican: Mr.
Frank Wuuderle, bother of carbo-
mated waters, of this city, narrowly
escaped being killed near Mineral
Point last Wednesday. Mr.. Wun-
derle had been to Mineral Point with
"A load Of bottled goods and was re-
turning home. When about one
mile south of that city he drove his
team into a creek near the road for
the purpose of watering the horses.
When i'm the middle of the stream
he discov cred that he had forgotten
To uncheck the animals and climbed
out on the wagon tongue to do so,
when the horses took fright and ran
away. Mr.. Wunderle fell between
the horses and was frightfully bruis-
ed about the head and face, but
otherwise escaped uninjured. His
escape from a horrible death appears
miraculous. Mr.. Wunderle return
ed TO his home in this city the next
day, and although slightly disfigured
is still in the ring.