Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11

its contents was burned. with about
| ST. 200 damages.
AL Eau Claire, ia the case of Sar g.
some against DR.. James NJ. Mobile
pending for some time, Judge O'Nenl
granted motion for non-suit. The
plaintiff has sued for alleged neglect
or his wife by the physician who is a
well-known professional man and no.
litical leader.
AT Two Rivers Mrs. Valentine Rol.
Ter committed suicide by drowning.
taking with her her 2-year-old daugh-
ter. The bodies We're recovered. The
cause is ttributed to constant wor-
rying because her husband intended to
take up farming, to which she had
decided aversion.
The school house at Amherst June
ton was badly wrecked by lightning.
The front was almost demolished and
the windows were shattered. School
was in session at the time, and there
were about thirty-fve pupils in the
building. Two small boys were badly
stunned but not seriously injured.
a plan is on foot to build a fine
summer hotel to cost $4,000 in Esca-
naba. Mr., Forbes, representing a firm
of Detroit capitalists, offers to put $780,
GOO into the project if the business
men donate a site and raise bonus
of $4,000. The new hotel will have
220 rooms and all modern convent
ences.
At Kaukauna Game Warden Lucas
of Fond du Lac got on the track of a
fine haul OF fish, netted by Lake Win
nebago fishermen, and after a long and
exciting chase, succeeded in capturing
the whole shipment while in transit
from Oshkosh to Green Bay. The
whole consignment weighed 2,45O
pounds.
Lightning struck the Birnamwood
high school building and Principal NJ.
.Cady was knocked down and rem
dered unconscious, but not seriously
injured The roof and belfry were
badly splintered and a large amount
of plastering torn from the walls. This
is the second time the school house
has ben struck
At Durand the republican county
convention nominated for sheriff II. Il.
AUSTIN county clerk, John Dorwin:
treasurer, Albert Anderson; clerk of
court, II. A. Miles; register of deeds,
H. Anderson; superintendent of
schools, Mary Olson; county attorney,
w. e. Plummer; surveyor, G. A. Nc
Clifton; coroner, +. j. Gobar.
The anniversary Of the educational
and twentieth century movement Of
the Methodist church for the purpose
of raising $5,000,000 for Methodist
colleges and missionary schools was
celebrated. Bishop Mallalieu of Bos-
ton presided at the sessions of the con-
ference and conducted pentacostal
services, an innovation in Wisconsin
Methodism.
The Waucedah hotel at Waucedah
Mich, was burned and another build
ing near it partially destroyed. The
total loss was $4,000, with no insur-
ance. The fire was set by thieves
who stole 1920 from the saloon and
attempted to burglarize the store. The
hotel was one of the old landmarks of
the Menominee range, having been
built in 1870.
The republicans of Iron county nom
mated the following ticket: County
clerk, Willard D. Tyler; treasurer.
Charles II. Williams; sheriff, William
II. Lucia; coroner, DR., Andrew Wren;
clerk of court, Andrew r. Hill; dis
trict attorney, George C. Foster; reg.
lister of deeds, Richard Roberts, sur
yeyor, James Quest; superintendent of
schools, Alba l.. Ruggles.
Oshkosh was to a large extent sub
merged by the recent rain. The prop
erty damage is considerable. All the
cellars upon lower Main street were
flooded and the loss will reach thous-
ands of dollars. The normal school
and the Frcntz school were struck by
lightning The damage to the build
ings was slight. The sub-station on
the inter-urban road between the city
and Neenah was disabled and in many
parts of the city sidewalks ami out
houses were foated off.
HER VACATION FORTUNATE.