Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1916-12-21

OconomowQc-The men of ST Jer-
ONES church have organized the Or
der of the Holy Name for the purpose
of eliminating profanity.
Oconto--Fire starting from an over
heated furnace caused damage of
Lumber company.
Neenah-H Henry Bando, police Off
Ger has been suspended by Chief
Charles Watts, pending investigation
of charges filed against him.
Green Bay - At a meeting of the
Salon Mems association of Chiffon an
agreement was reached to do away
with all slot machines. punchboards
and other gambling devices.
Monroe-Otto Rudi, residing at the
Five Corners, sold two hogs which
tipped the scales at $50 and $50
pounds respectively. He received
1926 for the two animals.
- 1udi SSu Will assault
with intent to KILL Louis Guder, al
legged to have stabbed John Jewell,
Niagara hotel keeper, was bound over
TO the circuit court
Oshkosh - Harold Wesenberg, son
of a local mail carrier, when leaving
the dale Ward school for his home
was run down by motor truck and
killed
Marinette-John LaBelle, sc years
old, for fifty years a resident of Mari
nette, was found dead in his bed here.
He lived alone. Pneumania was given
as the cause of death.
Superior-Contracts for the con-
struction of four ocean freighters, all
for Norwegian companies, have been
received by the Superior Shipbuilding
company. branch of the American
Shipbuilding company.
Brentwood Cedar Lake farm,
owned by F. d. Stout of Mikana, was
awarded first honors at a corn con-
test conducted by a Barron county
bank. Many of the exhibits were sent
to the Minneapolis corn show
La Crosse House thieves made
their third annual haul in less than a
week when they invaded the home of
c. N. Lagenbach, vice-president of the
Heileman Brewing company, taking
$1,000 in jewelry.
Deerfield- While blasting stumps on
his Farm near here, Robert Eggnew of
Marshall dropped some explosive
caps and was instantly killed, his right
arm being blown off and his head bad
ly cut.
Madison-The board of education of
the city of Eau Claire has insured the
new Second ward school house in that
city insthe state fire insurance fund for
$4,000, This represents 40 per cent
of the value.
Stevens Point--William LutZ, 40
years old, living near Almond was in
stantly killed when he fell eighteen
feet from beam in the top of his barn
and struck on the cement floor His
skull was crushed. a
Neenah--C. c. Fem. local attor-
ney, finds himself in a peculiar situa-
ton. He was retained by Jules DEM
hardt, arrested on a charge OF speed
ing. Recently Fem was appointed act
ing city attorney and will now have to
prosecute the case.
Ashland Besides a boat connection
with the mainland, the Apostle islands
in Lake Superior will be in the future
connected with each other and Bay
field by means of telephones, State
Senator c. A. Lamoreaux announced
upon his return from Washington.
Madison-Former Chief Of Police
w. H. Appleby of Beloit has rendered
his resignation as deputy United
States marshal TO take up the life of
farmer in Georgia. Appleby was also
chief of police at GAINESVILLE at one
time
Wausau ~ Residents along the line
Of the Wisconsin valley division Of the
Milwaukee road are preparing petit
tons for better mail service. They
claim that the valley train frequently
does not wait for the main line train
at New Lisbon and that mails are de-
layed twenty-four hours.
Jefferson ilburn Turnipseed, 10
wears old, who claims his home is at
Richland Center. and who recently
broke into the Offices of the Vaughn
Manufacturing company and the Union
Upholstering company. was sentenced
to the Green Bay reformatory for three
years by Judge Grimm.
Ashland-The tug Ashland, owned