Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-12-14

muth, aged 55 years, wife of Jacob
Schackmuth, was stricken with apop-
lexy on the street here and died within
few minutes.
Stevens Point-The Rev. John A.
Stemen, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, who recently resigned, is sup
plying the Congregational church at
Red Granite for an indefinite period.
Green Bay = Mrs Mamie Kohn, sS,
while returning from church. was at
tackled by man, dragged into an al.
ley. and beaten. The woman sounded
an alarm and her assailant ran away.
brentwood Book Week" was
observed throughout this section.
Parents visit the Libraries and select
desirable reading material for their
children.
Kewaskum = With a candy pistol,
aided by the village marshal, A. Ro-
senheimer, a banker, captured bur.
glar who had secured $500 worth of
jewelry.
Manitowoc-The Chamber of Com
merce has suggested to the board OF
education that milk be served in half
pint portions to school children The
chamber says that many school chill
dren are under lourished.
Ashland-George .aines, who has
resided at Ashland Tor many years,
was found frozen in the vicinity of
Mellen. He was on his way to lum-
Der camp and lost his way, it is
thought.
Neenah-The Menasha lodge of Elks
is arranging for distribution of Christ
mas baskets to deserving families. A
community Christmas tree is to be
placed on the public square at Mena-
sha.
Stevens Point-The perjury cases
started by Mayor Walters against
Frank Knippel and Fred Holthusen
have been continued until Jan and
the gambling case against Henry Syl-
vester, to Jan. 10.
Madison-John II. Bowen of Madi-
son, has been appointed assistant chief
examiner for the industrial commits
sion. Mr. Bowen is a lawyer and has
had considerable experience in this
work.
Necedah-Percy Jameson, while on
rabbit hunt, southwest of the vii
lage, met large wolf chasing a rab-
bit The young man fired several
shots at the wolf and finally killed
him. He will receive bounty of SEQ.
Washington - The treasury depart
ment has asked for appropriations for
the following projects, among others:
Wisconsin-Antigo, for completion of
postofice, 10000; Beaver Dam, for
continuation OF postofiice, $4,000.
La Crosse Edward Black, a farm
er residing at Eastman, suffered
heavy loss when the gasoline tank on
his automobile exploded setting fire to
the car and to the barn. Forty tons
of hay and the entire crops for the
year, besides the car were destroyed.
Manitowoc-After an investigation
Of cities in Wisconsin, c. j. Primm,
uf he ha hnr nf
merce here, in report TO the city
council says the prices of foodstuffs in
Manitowoc are lower than in most
places. The council recently asked for
probe into the high cost of living.
Manitowoc- Eugene S. Sherman. IA
years old, who, with his father, estab
lished the first tannery in Manitowoc
and who, coming here in the 40's, was
one of the oldest settlers in the coun-
| ty, is dead During the last thirty
years he was engaged in the tobacco
| business.
Wausau-The Rev W d. Bancroft
has resigned as pastor of the Wausau
First Baptist church and will engage
in prison reform and prisoners relief
work with the Central Howard asso-
citation of Chicago, continuing his resi-
dence in Wausau but travelling
through Wisconsin, Michigan. Ohio.
Indiana, Illinois. and Iowa.
Racine-A search is being conducted
in this city to locate missing relatives
of Horace S. Griggs, a wealthy South
Dakota rancher, who died at his home