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field near Mount Horeb. His brother Jacob and an agent named Charles Lange, who were assisting him, were knocked senseless. Four business buildings and two residences were burned at Altoona, a few days ago, causing a loss of $15,000. The explosion of a lamp caused the fire. Mrs. Anna Peterson, of Afton, Rock County, stepped in front of a moving train recently and was killed. An Evangelical camp meeting is in progress at Arena under the management of Rev. Wolfe, of York, Pa., and his Cherokee Indian bride. Many conversions have been announced. Lightning struck a barn near Monroe recently, ran through the hay and killed a cow in the first story, but a girl milking the cow was uninjured. Vestibuled cars for the Burlington have been built in La Crosse. Mrs. R. Keller, one of the oldest settlers of Honey Creek, Sauk County, died the other evening at the age of sixty-nine years The corner-stone of the new St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Madison was laid with imposing cerem onies a few af ternoons ago by Archbishop Heiss. Mrs. Bridget Dooley, of Mineral Point, is one hundred and seventeen years old. The post-office at Eikhart was robbed of thirty dollars worth of change and stamps a few nights ago. J. D. Dietrich, who settled in Milwaukee as early as 1838, died at Two Rivers recently, aged seventy eight years. John McCarty, an employe in the Chip pewa Falls gas works, fainted while adjusting a belt the other day, and fell in such a position that he was probably fatally injured by the machinery. John E. Wardell, a well-to-do citizen of Marinette, has been consigned to the Northern Asylum for the Insane. The personal property of La Crosse, exclusive of exemptions, foots up to $1,758,229. William Pollard, a hotel-keeper at Linden, was recently fined fifty dollars and costs for selling liquor without a license. The Bank of Edgerton has purchased the Tobacco Exchange Bank and all the equipments. Consideration, $9,000. The purchasers have removed their bank to the new quarters, and the Tobacco Exchange Bank has cease 1 to do business. Jacob Naerby, a Finlander employed at the Commercial dock at Ashland, was drowned the other day. He leaves a wife and two children in destitute circumstances. An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad train near Eau Claire a few nights ago. The foundry and machine-shops of John Duncan at Green Bay were destroyed the other morning by an incend ary fire. The loss on the building and equipments and a number of manufactured hoisting engines was between $40,000 to $50,000; insurance, $11,000. B. O. Olsen, a grocer of Ashland, assigned recently. Assets, $5,000: liabilities, unknown. James Herndell, a farmer living near Randolph, was badly mangled the other day by his horses taking fright and throw ing him in front of the mower. One shoulder was broken, one leg badly cut and three fingers were cut off. Sturgeon Bay has decided to hereafter tax all patent medicine shows and traveling fairs fifty dollars a day for the privilege of showing there. The chinch bugs have destroyed nearly all the grain in the vicinity of Plover, except winter wheat and rye, and are now attacking the corn. Rain fell there just in time to save the potato crop. The saw-mill of J. H. Weed at Halcomb, on the Lake Shore road, was destroyed by fire recently. Loss, $8,000; insurance,$4,500. Active work on the extension of the Wisconsin Central Railroad from Marshfield northwest to Chippewa Falls via Loyal and Greenwood, has been begun by the construction company to whom the general contract has been awarded. Charles F Glass of Janesville, has a dog that has come to understand that a ten-cent piece la d down in front of the counter means ice cream in liberal quantities. The dog that can stop him when he starts for the restaurant with a coin in his mouth is yet to be found. Some twenty conductors on the Milwau kee road were a few days ago ordered.from La Crosse to Milwaukee to explain charges of systematically defrauding the road, brought against them. Sturgeon Bay has decided to hereafter tax all patent medicine shows and traveling fairs fifty dollars a day for the privilege of showing there. Lu Parker, charged with shooting his brother-in-law, White, with intent to kill, has been held to trial at Hudson in $700 bail. Governor Rusk has appointed Peter P. Stolzman judge of Sawyer County. In connection with the arrest of the al leged mail robbers in Chicago, it was stated by Postmaster G. H. Paul, of Milwaukee, the other day that during last year inquiries had been received about 110 letters which had been mailed in Chiengo for Mil-
