Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-06
BADGER BRIEFS.

the postoffice at Gagen, Oneida COUNTY
Mail will be sent to Monica.
The will OF Mrs. Bremm. killed nv
her son-in-law, Christoph Bosser a,
Appleton, leaves all her property. with
the exception of $40 in legacies, to her
husband rhe homestead is valued AZ
81 200
At Sheboygan, the members of the
council have made salary grab, voF.
ing to pay each alderman 800 a yea
1t was not accomplished until after
every parliamentary point was
brought up to stop it, and after an al
tempt was made to submit the uues.
ton to the people of Sheboygan.
Benjamin F. Wolf, merchant a,
Clamo, died as the result of injuries
received over a week ago by being
thrown from the platform of the ca
boose of an Illinois Central freight
train. He was 81 years of age. ne
has been in business at Eland for
fifteen years, and was postmaster
there for long term.
Charles Simonson, foreman of the
Reicheit Construction company, aged
"a, was fatally injured at the Kiln
kert brewery, Racine. He was on tor
of a building assisting in hosting
tanks when the support of the tackle
broke, the rope catching him around
the leg and throwing him off the root.
He fell 60 feet Physicians say he will
die. He has wife and several child
rem.
Joseph Haberle of Sevastopol has
agreed to carry the mail pouch be-
tween Marinette and the postoffice at
Graceport for 800 and will probably
be awarded the contract The con
tract is sub-let from parties in Iowa
who get s100.5S and at that rate they
will make but So cents on the deal
Eastbound car No liz on the Ma
tional avenue and Walnut street line
of the Milwaukee Electric Railway &
Light company ran down and de-
molished a buggy occupied by John
Gruber, his wife and 9-year-old daugh-
ter, and all three were seriously in
jured. There is some doubt as to
whether Mrs. Gruber can recover
ball will be given in the Chippewa
Falls Opera house tonight by the III
rectors of the public library for the
benefit of that institution. For some
time young society women and young
men have been practicing under pro
fessor of dancing for cake walk
which is to be a feature Of the ball
Well-known business men will act as
judges.
An incident characteristic of the
spring time in the northern pne re-
gion, occurred near Marinette A
drunken woodsman coming from camp
terrorized coach full of people on the
southbound Northwestern train. At
the point of a shotgun he made every
body get under the seats. But the
man of the hour was there. He was a
small, quiet man, and his arm was
seen to suddenly shoot out. 1t caught
the big bully on the point of the chin
and laid him prone on the floor The
gun was then taken away from him.
The fellow was put off at Peshtigo
Pensions: Original, John Dillon,
A. Wilcox, Madison, So; Especial,
March 26) Richard Cleary, national
home, Milwaukee, s6; Fred Matzke,
De Pere, s12; renewal Joseph Nutter
Excelsior, IS; increase, William S.
Briggs, Kilbourn City, SIG to sl7;
Bird Fields, Neillsville, sl2 to sl4;
George NJ Hoke, Ithaca, $40 to 81;
Henry Hener, Zittau, Sc to 49, Levi
Cox, Ontario, $40 to SIT; reissue and
increase, Levi NJ Leroy, Loyal, So to
SIS original widows-Sarah Grant
Elroy, s12 Otille Huber, North Mil
waukee sS original twar with SPAIN
Frank A. Hundertmark, Clinton
vile, $40.
DR.. A. w Hornbogen, the physician
who three weeks ago disappeared
from his home in Port Washington,
leaving behind a sorrowing wife and
cloud of mystery, has not only not
committed suicide in any of the half a
dozen ways which reports have sug-
gested as probable, but is enjoyng
the best of health Moreover, he has
been spending a portion of the time.
at least, in Milwaukee. After nearly
fortnight in Minnesota, Dr. Horn-
bogen went to Milwaukee and visited
at the home OF Fred Bjorkquist, leay-
ing Thursday for Marquette, Mich
which, it is said, will be his address
II was on the second Friday in March
that the doctor left home without the
slightest warning He left no word
with anyone as TO what were his in
wife goodbye. The latter fact, how
ever, is not difficult TO explain; for the
doctor has frankly acknowledged to
friends that it was because of failure
tc live happily at home, that he was
led to take the step that he did. For
more than nine years he had tried 70
agree with his wife. but the two were
unable to get along amicably together
The prospects of settlement OF the
strike at the J. l. Case Threshing Ma
chine company, Racine. are not prom
ising The company, or its representa-
tive. Assistant Supt PEBBLES, met the
men and said that all should resume