Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-01-26
BADGER BRIEFS,

AZ > PAL I'd III :. ~ ID. .AiAi Atht an Old
resident, died aged a.
At Manitowoc Mrs. Martha Rehh, an
early settler, died, aged So years.
Mrs elizabeth WauraschtJz, pio-
neer OF Maple Grove, Is dead, aged so
at GAINESVILLE John g. Smith, grocer
mas been arrested on the charge Of
selling colored oleomaqgarine.
At Chiffon Joseph Gruettner, repre-
sentative OF the Pabst Brewing com
pany, resolved a broken hip ID a run
away
An investigation into the causes that
led TO the drowning of Chief of Police
GaTyey OF Mrnasha proved that it was
accidental
what is known as the Hill store at
Oshkosh was sold to Rudd & Co., house
uCnishers The consideration was
aboLL $4,000.
The marriage of Miss Eta Crum-
nett, daughter of j. K. Crummett OF
Berlin, to Eugene Van Houteu of the
town of Aurora is announced.
Irving NJ. Harrington, secretary OF
the Rock River Cotton company, died,
aged 81. He came to GAINESVILLE from
Minneapolis. a wife and two daugb-
ters survive.
On the farm OF Truman Atwatep
near Bangor, Evan Morgan get hi
hand caught in corn husker 1t wat
necessary to amputate the arm at ths
elbow
Thomas Rooney, a pioneer farmer of
Rock county, died in GAINESVILLE, also
Mrs Annabella Milne. aged IS, at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs Mary c.
Henderson.
~ Janesyille Edward Carmody
pleaded guilty to receiving stolen
goods at Beloit and was sentenced 70
two years and a half at Waupun. Ben
jamin f. Harding was arrested on the
charge of robbery.
An 1l-year- old-b boy was picked up by
the Fond du Lac police. He gave his
name as Israel Cohen and admitted
having run away from his parents IN
| Chicago His father. Conrad Cohen,
has been telegraphed for.
The Union Telephone company will
| extend its line to Stevens Point
twenty-three miles north OF PlaiuGeld
/ The owners OF the line are b. b. Bor-
/ den and f. Il. Borden of Plainfield and
| M. Plank and Frank Wood OF Hancock.
| 5. G. Simmons appeared before the
/ Keuosha council and offered to under
| AXE the work Of retunding the city
! debt OF $4,000 This debt, Mr. Sim
mons thinks, can be refunded in 20
year bonds at S1a per cent interest, In
/ stead OF the 5 per cent. that is now
paid
Mrs. Jackson, widow Of Joseph Jack
son, one Of the first settlers OF Osh-
! kosh, is dead at the age Of 81. Mrs,
/ Jackson was married at Green Bay In
/ 1888. Mrs Gordon wife OF Supt
Gordon of the nonhern state hospital
is a daughter, and Robert Jackson OF
( Shawano son.
At New Lisbon the building owned
by Henry Spears and occupied by Far
ley Bros as meat market, was
burned with It's contents. The loss 10
Spears is 1,500; insurance, $1,000; loss
to Farley Bros on sock, $3.50; no in
! surance; loss to v NJ. Sarrunier on
tools, 1926; insurance. 5000,
At che March term Of the circuit
court in the case of Hauser
against Whitley Peter Haus@
was given $4,000 damages 10
INJURIES received from Bull OF
the Whitley farm, near Kenosha
where Hauser had worked Now
Judge Fish has granted new trial.
Al Fond du Lac Mrs. Lydia Plat.
aged 40, who has been suffering for
twenty years With what physicians
agreed was an organic and incurable
/, disease of the spine and who has Seen
confined to her bed the last four years,
arose Friday and walked. She has
been walking ever since and claims
she is absolutely free from pain She
attributes the cure to prayer
At Neenah Mrs John r. Williams is
dead, aged r. In 1919 she vas mar
rIed to John r. Williams at Waukesha
, and the couple moved to Neenah the
p same year Mr.. Williams was post
. master a. Necuah under Grant. Mrs
, williams leaves an estate OF about
= SIS goo She is survived by a sister
; Mrs John Vaughn. of the town Of
3 Utica, and two brothers ia Wales.
At Evansville Deacon Norman w
. Dennis died Of heart failure He was
born Ia Oswego county New York
June 1924 and removed to Wisconsin
In 1877 A widow and several children
survive. Isaac c. Porler is also dead
at Evansville lie was born a Chart
ton. Mass, In 1927. and came to Green
county iu 1850. He removed to Rock
In 1866
The 10-months-old baby boy oi J.
r. Mdrkofski at Berlin was given q
small quantity OK kerosene by a 3-year-
: old sister while the two We're playing
. ,oges her. with the result that the lit