Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16

| Az oHtbOy gan Nelson wheeler and
Joseph Olenuski were overcome by the
heat. Work in all the foundries in the
city was temporarily suspended.
The kewaunee Grain company. with
a branch elevator at Casco, has dis
solved partnership. The business in
the future viii be conducted by Joseph
| Duyall & Son.
At Green Bay Philip Van der Lin
den, aged so years, hung himself
! Mrs. Mary Duffy Of Ottawa, aged IS
years, a resident of Waukesha county
for fifty-two years, is dead.
At Kaukauna the first death from
sunstroke occurred Alex. Moldberg.
| aged 80 years, succumbed to the in
tense heat dying Friday. A wife and
two small children survive.
The Wisconsin Carriage company
will erect a new plant presented by
the citiz rs Of Evansville The new
building will cost $4,000. The
plant was burned a month ago.
Rural free delivery is to he estab-
isled at Fox Lake August 10. The
service viii embrace an area of SO
square miles with a population of 535.
Emmer l. Houston was appointed car
rier.
The Sheboygan fire department was
called out in the intense heat to ex-
tinguish a not blaze at the barn of
Mrs. Ulenn, which caught fire by spon-
taneous nbustion, The damage to
the barn End neighboring buildings
was aboU $500.
Knapp, Stout & Co. of Menomonie,
recently sent the largest raft of lum-
Der down The Mississippi that was ever
fioated upon that stream. 1t contained
100000 feet of lumber and sixty car
loads of lath and shingles, The raft
was made up at Saltwater, and the
lumber was consigned to st. Louis.
At Fond du Lac word was received
of the death of Theodore Zentgraf, a
member of Troop B, Fifth cavalry, Z.
S. A., stationed at Jefferson barracks,
st. Louis. The young mans parents
reside at Mount Calvary. He left
home three years ago to serve with the
fifth cavalry in Cuba and his time of
service was nearly ended.
At Combined Locks l.. S. Packard
received a letter from Stockbridge
telling OF the 6eath there of Laura b
Packard, ana asking if she was his
daughter. He had no relatives there
and does not know who Laura Packard
was. The writer said she died July y
and was buried the next day at Parish.
She left some property.
Wisconsin PENSIONS Original, Chas.
A. Starkweather, Milwaukee, Sc; Je-
rome j. Curtis. Black Creek, Sc; addi-
tional, Anthony Lashua, Reams So;
George w Thompson, Berlin, S12;
Charles Stier, Oshkosh, IS; increase,
Wallace r. Thurston, National Home,
Milwaukee, SIP; Charles f. Weed, Sha-
wano, SIP; reissue, VIM. II. Edmins
ter, Blaine. 49, original widows, Mary
5. Bernier Germantown, $12; war with
Spain original, James w. McEathron,
Milwaukee. S17,
Thousands of dollars worth Of dam
age was done by lightning in the farm
ing districts at Cumberland during last
week. Lightning-rod swndlers have
taken advantage of the heavy storms
and have swindled the farmers out of
thousands of dollars the past week,
They tell the farmers that they wish
to put up a rod for advertising pur-
poses and ask them to sign permission
for them to do so, which permission
afterwards Jurns up at the bank in the
form of an agreement to pay anywhere
from $3.50 to $3.50.
The death from cancer Of John J.
Clarke occurred at Waukesha. He
was GO years of age and had been a
resident there 45 years, having emf
grated from his native home in Ire
land after the death of both father and
mother. He made his home with his
aunt, Mrs Elizabeth Carney, who was
pioneer resident and who bequeathed
to him the bulk of a large estate. He
! is survived by a wife and four daugh-
ters. Mrs. i. p. Miller of Racine, and
Misses Katherine, Camille and Estelle
/ Clarke of Waukesha
Martin, the 1O-year-old son Of John
Huntinger of Stevens Point was
| knocked of the side of a moving Wis
oonsin Central freight car and one leg
was cut off. The boy managed 70 hold
on $50 feet further. when the other leg
was cut Off. No one witnessed the
accident He dragged himself TO the
shade under a box car on the next
track, and when he was found five
minutes later was examining his
wounded limbs He called TO another
/ boy who happened TO be passing and
asked him to bring his feet from the
other track where they had been
throwa By the wheels. His nerve was
wonderful but during the afternoon
he collapsed from the loss Of blood
At La Crosse it was discovered that
party Of % men from La Crosse
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