Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-21
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
WISCONSIN.


REV. FATHER o'MALLEY's three tenn.
perance lectures IN Portage, resulted in
over three hundred taking the pledge.
lSwlS j. HIaBY formerly one OF the
most prominent business men ot Mill
waukee died IN New Orleans on the LIST
inst. His remains will be forwarded to
Milwaukee for intermont. He was the
first president OF the Milwaukee cham
Der Of commercc,
Aim, MlTHHIL is about TO erect
new building for the Milwaukee, Cham
Der OF Commerce.
Picks san, predicts that y. NJ. Kelly
will be the next REPUBLICAN, candidate
for GOVERNOR and that VIM. Il, Villas
Mlll be the democratic nominee.
JupGE IL. ID. BARRON has been very
sick Mt Stevens Point, bat has So far re-
covered as to be able to return To his
home at 81, CroiX Falls.
n.rlNOlS
BELVipIRE has y glove factory.
pnoRIA is to have sugar refinery.
\ GENOA honey.miscr has over 6,00o
hives of bees.
RANTovI has elected temperance
board of trustees.
SRELBY county contains the wldo vs.
Of six soldiers OF the war OF 1872.
Tiin contracting parties toa late we'd
ding III Winnehago county were over 20
years OF age.
TIM State Medical Association will
hold its next annual meeting III Free
port, commencing May 20.
MCLEAN claims to 10 the largest
county in the state. She exceeds La
Sale county by two square miles.
The city council of Bloomington has
passed an ordinance fixing SO fine
for usinga wooden or sawdust spittoon.
Ono of the finest blocks in that city
came near being destroyed last week by
fire, the cause being wooden spittoon.
The prisoners i'll the Springfield Jail
made IN unsuccessful attempt to over
power the turkeys and escape. The
sheriff ordered three of the ringleadors
to be taken to the court house and lock-
ed 10 in tue solitary there. While en-
route, one of them broke away from
the deputy aud ran lie was shot in
the wrist and stopped. When supper
was served to the prisoners another at
tempt was made to ovorpowcr the turn
keys They were FINELY locked up Sc
cmely.
A BILL TO prevent treating has been
introduced ia the house Mt Springfield
1t is proposed to attach II penalty of
from 50 to Sl5 To the perniclous prac-
tice of "setting up the drinks nil aroand,"
the proceeds of the fines TO so to the
school fund; while candidates for office
may be fined $50 or imprisoned twenty
days for offering to treat their constitu.
ents.
THE Spirit Lake Beacon calls Charles
City the handsomest town in Town.
THREE thousand cattle have died IN
Guthrie county from smut i'll corn.
II. l.. LOWE, an editors of the Bloom
field Republican, has severed his con-
nection with that paper.
GEORGE CRoY, nm old resident of Mar.
ion county, while entering store mt
Knoxville, fell dead from heart disease.
TIE Sioux City Journal says that the
current Of the Missouri river il stronger
on the Iowa side, this spring, than ever
before.
THE child fMrs. Reuben Griffin, OF
Whitebrcast township, at the time Of its
birth last week, weighed seventeen and
one-Ealf pounds.
JUDGE GRANT, Of Davenport, has do
mated his private law library to Scott
county. 1t is said to be the largest,
most carefully selected and valuable
private law library in the state.
Mr.. p. G. WRIGllr, Il farmer, living
in Clinton county, is going into the sugar
business. He intends to put in II large
crop of sweet corn and proposes TO
manufacture il into sugar.
A SHOEMAKER named Sullivan, % res
ident of Dubuque twenty years ago, has
spent his years since then tracking a
runaway wife and son. He found them
in Oregon few days since. His son
was N the pententiary, convicted OF
crime.
MINNESOTA,
S. 5. GILMoREs mill at Indian Lake,
Wauseca county, was lately burned.
TIE Glenwood Press protests against
oyer-running Pope county with rail-
roads, and wants canal or two by way
Of variety.
Nix. HuGn THOMPSON, Of Fishers
Landing, has men and teams employed
getting out ties on the Grand Forks ex-
tension of the ST. Paul and Pacific rail
road.
The telephone exchange Of Minneap'
oils have one hundred telephones in
use, and are putting in new ones NJ the
rate Of three per day.
Col. Gro. CULVER, proprietor Of the
Metropolitan Hotel Of st. Paul, died on
the evening Of the 18th inst. He was
one Of the most prominent and respect
cd citizens 81 the place, and his death
a. A