Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-07-26
BADGER BRIEFS.

NOIi Bros OF waterford VIII aoOA
erect $1s,G00 building and establish a
bank.
County Clerk Andrew Stensaas wac
has been Ill for months, was adiudgea
insane at Eau Claire, and was taken 20
Mendoza
Che old settlers of Waupaca county
are making arrangements for their an
nual reunion to be held at Ogdensburg
in August
John Keepers Of the town OF Scott
Brown County, dropped dead in the
field while haying with some Of his
men. He was 81 years Of age.
Rev. j. Bourgmeyer will take charge
OF the parish at Stiles. He has been
located for some time at Nrischicor
Rev. p. St Louis viii take charge Of
the parish at Mischicot
At Menomonie, Edward Skeel and
Miss Nora Fedderly were married.
The groom served in the third regi-
ment during the Spanish war as
second lieutenant
At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs, p.
Shay, at Armstrong Creek Ference z,
Carlin of Oconto and Miss Mary Loder
berg of Armstrong Creek were
July "a, 25 and 26
The Northwestern Railway company
has appointed a Waterman TO look
after its property at the Appleton
Junction. The company has lately
been much annoyed by the depreda
ton of tramps,
At Weyauwega, the following
teachers are engaged by the school
board for the coming year: j. j.
Enright, principal; Miss A. Gochnauer,
assistant; L. j. Munnell Nina Lottie
zastrow, Miss j Tibbetts, Miss Fanny
Jenney.
At Two Rivers the Chicago parties
awarded the contract for installing an
electric light and waterworks plaut
have been experiencing difficulty in To-
eating a we'll According to the con-
tract the water supply was to be over
100000 gallons per day.
The Waupaea county teachers
institute, conducted by Profs. J. l. Jegi
OF Milwaukee, w. IL. Hickok of Bur
lington Taylor Frey of New London,
C. b. Stanley of Manawa, and Supt. d.
f Burnham is in session. There are
100 teachers in attendance The in
stitute will continue until Aug. 8.
Crawford county farmers have
organized a telephone stock company
TEN, in the western part Of the county.
by Aug. /. The officers are: President,
James Fisher, Jr of Elactman; vice
president Or. c. T. Cole Prairie du
Chen; treasurer, A. n. Scoville
Seneca; superintendent and secretary.
c, Fl. Speck
The people of Lynn are searching
for two highwaymen who held up Mrs
William Schroeder. me act was com
mitted at 9 o'clock in the morning in
an unfrequented locality She was
chloroformed and, after being searched
for a large sum of money she was
thought to have on her person, left IN
the woods.
The team Of NJ. s. Bachelor 0f
Byron ran away in injured two
persons. rhe team ran away down a
street and at that moment Henry
Wentworth drove by and the runaway
team dashed into his rig. His ll-year-
old daughter, Louise, was in the buggy
and was terrible hurt Mr.. Kient-
worth, who is 90 years OLD, sustained
several wounds.
At Viroqua MIR. and Mrs Marvin
Henry celebrated the fiftieth anniyer-
sary of their marriage. There were
POO guests present, including eight
children, fifteen grandchildren and six
among the pioneer settlers of Vernon
county, having settled there in 1852.
Fifteen delegates from the Miss
isslpp Valley and Wisconsin Valley
Lumbermen associations conferred In
Minneapolis on the state Of the trade
It was agreed to maintain the present
scale Of prices indefinitely. since the
conditions justified high prices There
is shortage Of important dimensions
and a sustained demand in the terri
tory supplied by the associations.
Henry l.. stout, millionaire lumber
man is dead at Dubuque, aged Sc lie
was a pioneer Of the northwest; mayor
of Dubuque IN 1860, one Of the incor-
porators Of the Dubuque & Dakota
railroad, one Of the originators and
heaviest stockholders In many Dubuque
manufacturing concerns and has given
literally to public charities. He was
the father Of State Senator Stout of
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin pension granted: -Origi
nal. Henry c. Smith. national home, Nil
waukee. Sc, Elias Johnson, lola, So
Friedrich Mockler Prairie Du Sac
Sl2; additional Thomas Mould. White
water, Sl2; David II Pattern. national
home, Milwaukee IS; increase, Peter
Fassan Racine, S12, Henry Mount
gomery, Camy Douglas IS; Loren ".
Bennett, Ashland. IS. Re. issued,
Michael Drummer, fBrunnerl, Plum
city. $751; widows Eliza A. Rowland
Osseo. S12
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