Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-10

The first annual renort NJ the Sun
Prairie Canning company is very
gratifying to the stockholders, as IL
shows good profit } + bolt was
elected president
An attempt was made TO rob tina
Farmers & Merchants bank at CheteS
The outer door Of the big safe was
blown open and the operators were
then evidently scared away
An additional rural free delivery
service will be established at Marshall
Dane county, Jan. Is, 1t viii cover
an area of tweuty-seyen square miles,
Walker Johnson will be carrier,
William Ruddick's general store, Nj,
c. Gunnis blacksmith shop, the *. 0
r. NJ. hall and John Holmes storI
building were burned at Bruce. The
loss is $4,000. covered by insurance,
Because The price of beer has been
Increased from 70 cents to 81 a keg .
number OF Appleton residents have
dubbed TO boycott the saloons, Any
member found guilty OF patronIzns
saloons win be fined.
George Johnson, n Racine farmer
lies at hospital In a critical oondi
tion, the result of being assaulted in o
saloon fight at Western Union juno
ton John Zander, another farmer, is
in Jail on charge of having made thu
assault
The four Montfort bank robbers
waiting trial tried to break jail at
Montfort. They succeeded In saving
fourteen pinch steel bars aud would
have made their escape had not Sheriff
FaNcett discovered the work Several
small saws were found.
Mrs. A, j. Sherman. who was de.
serted in Chicago by her husband two
years ago and came to live with her
mother at stevens Point. will appear
against him in court After trying
1.-TWO years detectives trapped sherman
| by means of decoy letter
! William Shields. the lighthouse
keeper Of Squaw island off Manitowoc,
who has been confined at hospital
since his rescue from his overturned
boat, has suffered the amputation OF
his right foot Ills condition Is critt
cal but 1t is hoped he viii recover,
Christopher Fredericks died at the
Beloit hospital from appendicitis, an
operation failing TO save him, He was
member of the Fredericks Hardware
co. pany and a prominent German res.
ident 4 widow and several children
survive A son died a month ago,
At Waukesha. Judge Grswold viii
appoint William Swan as register in
| probate to fll the vacancy caused by
| the expiration OF the term of clerk u
the court, John G.. Girth, who has per
| formed the service for two years in
connection with the circuit court
work The salary is $500
At Waukesha the jury before whom
was tried the question as to pr Irving
| j, Eales unlawfully assuming the
title of M. u. returned verdict find
ing the doctor guilty In his testi-
mony the doctor gave the time re.
CURED to secure all his diplomas as
about seven months.
The steam barges Susie Chapman
and William Rudolph are transferring
,oa! from the burning dock Of the G
Reiss Coal company at Sheboygan and
it is thought that before "a hours the
! fire will be totally extinguished. The
loss Is largely in excess OF the In.
surance. The company will rebuild.
Wisconsin pensions granted -Origi
] al q
Atkinson, Jr., Markosan, IS; Henry
| Schuldenberg, Menomonee Falls, SC;
original widows, Catherine G.. Ryan
Milwaukee, SIS; Ann owens, Wild Rose
IS. War with Spain, original, Albert
Il. Erickson West Superior, sl2.
At La Crosse Charles Klein, janitor
at one of the citys branch school
houses, was arrested on a grave
charge preferred in behalf of his 10
year-old daughter. He pleaded guilty
Waupun. Klein's two-year.old daughter
was scalded to death last week, and
Mrs. Klein is nearly heartbroken.
Robert Mckenzie, Y years old, was
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| Washington. u. c., to his friends. His
father died year ago and left him
property worth $4,000. There was
! litigation over the estate and the boy
became Disguised and left the city
without notice TO anybody. He went
back willingly though he said he was
perfectly contented where he was.
The Diamond Match company has
! purchased Of the Jacob Mortenson
company OF Wausau 10000 900 feet Of
lumber, the seasons cut OF the Wausau
company during 1901. The entire cut
is 20 be converted into match plank
and will be used for stock at the differ.
ent factories OF the match company In
! the United States 1t a. the largest
purchase OF lumber exclusively for
match stock ever made in this country
The consideration was over 100000.
| At Kenosha Is. j Arnold, owner OF
! the Haynes-C lausen franchise, has fled
bond OF $50, 600 &c Q guarantee o. his