Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-08-24

Plymouth - L NE ily ulOull HOSPITAL
and Training school has been founded
for the sick and needy of Sheboygan
county.
Ia Crosse--A new street car barn.
costing $4,000. will be erected here
this summer. Sixteen tracks will lead
into the building.
New nd--Congressman Frear
has given notice that another cadet Is
10 be appointed to the West Point
Military academy from the Tenth dis
trict
La Crosse - Neglect to attend to
supp9sedly minor bruise on her arm
received when she fell in her door
ward, caused the death of Mrs. John
sreeter of lockjow.
Fond du Lac--The state convention
nj the Master Steam and Hot Water
Heaters association of Wisconsin will
be held in this city commencing Sept.
2. instead of Aug. IS, as previously an
uounCed.
stoughton The Stoughton Wagon
company has filed an amendment to
its article of incorporation in the Of
fee of the secretary of state, increas-
ing its capital stock from S250,000 to
100000.
Fond du Lac-Karl K Borsack, for
three years head of the history de-
partment in the high school here, will
leave for Madison in September where
he will enter as medical student at
the university.
De Soto Just as he replaced a
clock which he had been repairing
most of the afternoon, Arthur A.
James, aged so, a farmer residing near
Retreat. succumbed to an acute attack
OF heart disease.
La Crosse-A carefully planned Jail
delivery was frustrated when one of
the nine inmates informed Sheriff Rit
ter of the intended escape. The bars
had been sawed with saw made from
a piece of steel taken from a shoe.
La Crosse-When Mrs. Walter Da-
vies McGregor. went into her poultry
house TO gather eggs, she also found a
big black snake curled up in the nest
The reptile was killed and its stom-
ach was found white China nest egg
Stevens Point-Stevens Point bust
ness men will raise $1,000 by subscrip-
ton, the town OF Carson $1,000 and
the county and state other sums to-
ward fund of $4,000 for the i'm
proyement of the Yellowstone trail
road, between this city and Milladore.
Marinette - Six thousand people
We're in attendance at the fifth annual
Marinette County New Settlers picnic
az Wausaukee With the picnic, which
has taken on the proportions of coun-
ty fair is combined the first annual
Maruette County Cattle congress.
-Four hundred dollars were awarded in
Oshkosh Racine was chosen as the
1917 meeting place of the League OF
Wisconsin Municipalities, which ad-
journed after a three-day session here
with an attendance of about 225 having
been registered. The following officers
were elected at the concluding bust
ness session. President, Mayor c. B.
Clark Neenah vice-president, Mayor
u. W. Adam, Beloit; secretary-treas-
urer Ferd H. McGregor, Madison IRE
elected.
Chippewa Falls-A 500 freight en-
CINE boiler exploded FIVE miles west of
'h, city, badly scalding Engineer Ar
thur Giese, Minneapolis; Fireman
William Gonyea, owen, Wis, and
Claude Merrill, Chippewa Falls The
crown sheet of the boiler blew off and
CAUGHT the victims in the cab, blowing
uem out and scalding them from head
To loot They managed to get to a
.a.A house quarter of mile away,
ana We're brought here to a hospital on
special train sent out Gonyea is
dead and Merrill is not expected to
h.
anosha-Milwaukee grocers finally
Won heir fight against a change in the
Name of the Wisconsin Retail Grocers
a+a General Merchants association,
q. ..e annual convention here, when
ITO proposal to change the name to
zoe Wisconsin Retailers association
~ led down by narrow margin
..ae votes. Federal legislation was
ASKED oy The association to curb fraud
-H. adyertising Bankruptcy for
owing less than $500 was de-
-.ta Unfair and congress was asked
a national statute making it
~N n.e for such men TO find relief
e. .nted States court r. w RE
Racine. was elected president
- .atsau was elected as the place
Lsl7 convention.