Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

The Omaha road Is surveying n new
line from Cumberland northeast Ia
miles. to zap the rich timber belt and
iron ore fields Of upper Michigan.
Cumberland will be the western termi-
nus of the road, which will he ready
for business next spring
Mrs C. S. Reebo. one OF the COM
missioners OF the Racine Library AS
ISOLATION. received q letter from II A.
Frank, secretary to Andrew Carnegie.
stating that Mr. Carnegie had con-
scented to give $50 900 to Racine for Il
public library
Mrs. Elizabeth Askew. a Milwau-
Ike pioneer, and now 50 years Of age.
has sailed for England where she will
pass the remainder OF her days with
daughter and granddaughter. the
latter the Baroness De Bush OF Lon
don
Baraboo Is undergoing n terrible
siege of the typhoid fever nv the result
OF impure water furnished by the wa
ter company Several deaths have al
ready occurred and over 100 have been
or are at the present time afflicted
with the disease.
The wreck Of the Eastern Minnesota
ore train AT stony Brook was the Sec
ond one Of the kind that the same road
has had within the past two years.
The 1rst occurred at the Belt Line
bridge. few miles below West Supe-
rior. two years ago.
Two persons were drowned In tho
Nemadji river. Sever Field 81 years
old was bathing with a companion in
the treacherous stream He was un-
able to swim and was drowned In
hole in the river Carl Lacey was in
with a number Of companions He was
drowned after being taken with "a
cramp He was 10 years of age.
Roy Pride. the 17-year-old son Of
Captain f. w Pride. Amigo. was Sc
riously injured while out hunting Sat
urday. He was standing In wood
and pulled the gun towards him, when
in some manner the weapon was dis
charged. entering the arm above the
wrist toward the shoulder. tearing
away all the muscles on the Inside OF
his arm, dlsfiguring him permanently
An association has been organized
by the business men OF Belle Fourche
for the purpose Of having fairs and race
meets each fall The committee APP
pointed has found suitable place
across the Belle Fourche river for
hall mile track, and IL IL being put into
shape for meet that VIII occur some
time In September.
Some unusually fine beds OF kaolin
have been discovered few miles north
81 GienwoCd, along the line OF the
Glenwood and Northeastern railway.
Parties from the East were recently ne
gotiating with the owners OF the prop
erty on which the kaolin Is located.
aud should II he decided to mine II on
an extensive scale the short line rail-
road will no doubt be reoperated. and
headquarters for the industry estab-
lisbed In this city.
Green Is barred from all window
sades In Malwaukee's public schools.
The public Bchoo; directors say the
color II harmful 10 the eyes Of pupils
and that light gray or a cream color
must be used
Mrs Thomas La'imer. residing near
Genoa had thrilling experience few
days ago killing large bull snake IN
her house She had been In the kitchen
and upon entering her sitting room
discovered a snake in the room The
door had been left open and the snake
lelsurely crawled in. With rare pres
ence OF mind she picked UP chair and
put the reptile out o. the way Ths
snake was three feet In length.