Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-25


the company on the west end ot their
road.
bnll Bros, have been awarded the
contract for completing the PreShvte-
1tan church, at Hastings, for the sum
of &,l+0,
REN. j. w, Ray, who has recently re-
turned from y visit to the Holy Land,
Is lecturjng ON Palestine in the down
rsvcr towns.
Inn Hastings Union is informed that
\. Y. Gardner is gong to put in forty
acres OF amber cane on Gen. lenuc'S
farm, III the town OF Nininger.
\ GRANITE FANS telegram of April
18th says Granite Falls people are eN.
| cited over goid waShingS III the Mime.
sofa river here, Fifteen colors to tho
pan, valued NJ fifty cents, is the highest
yield reported. Claims are being stalk.
Cd out. There will hc i meeting 81 the
leading citizens tonight q organize Il
stock company.
CHARLES PRlMEAu was arrested 1T
Branerd for obtaining goods under
false protenccS, but before his eNami.
nation another complaint had been en-.
TERED against Primeau, charging him
with having committed rape short
time since upon two girls named
Shadeau, living N the town of haywood.
The minor complaint was dropped and
Primcau was committed 10 the Stevens
county Jail ON the charge of rape,
SAYS n Faribault telegram of April
l., the sugar-retinery committee here
have received \ formal proposition
from DIR. Wilhelm, which they are so.
lng 10 act upon The necessary capital
stock 10 begin with will 10 about
$1,000, Subscription papers will he
started tomorrow, and il is confidently
believed hy tho committee that the
amount necessary will soon hc sub.
scribed and Farihault insured a first,
class sugar-retinery. Many or our
leading citizens have Signiticd their vii.
liugness to take stock
GREAT interest is manifested in the
high school oratorical contest. which
will bo held nj Waterloo May 10,
\ DISPATCH of April 18th says the cx.
eeutive committee OF the Gland Lodge
of Good Templcrs, now in session NJ
Eldora, reported that Rev. Pearl L, In.
gals, the Grccnback candidate for gov.
ernor, will he supported by the Good
Templars and Prohhitionists.
4 kEoKrk special Of April l7th says
Aid. Iimberman, who died suddenly on
Tuesday, was buried to-day with the
highest honors ever paid to any men
by tins community. Stores and offices
We're closed during the eervices, and
business was entirely suspended. The
laboring men OF the city TO the number
of several hundred marched Mt the head
OF the procession.
SAYS Des Moincs special of April
Is. Prominent citizens of Ottumwa
have gone to Milwaukee to get the ull.
matum Of Manager Merrill M to extend
ing the Chicago, Milwaukee Il ST. Paul
from Cedar kapids to Ouumwa and
Kansas City. 1t is rumored the Chica.
go, Burlington 4 Quincy have purchas.
ed the right Of way for five miles this
way from lndanola, and will begin ex.
tending their Charlton branch to this
city, instead Of connecting with the Chi.
cago, Rock Island 4 Pacific at India
nola.
SAYS M Iowa dispatch Of April 10Th
the preliminary examination Of Ken
needy, Redfield, and Lyman, merchants
OF Oxford and Dayton, who were accus.
ed of burning their store and attempt
ing to defraud their Chicago creditors,
was concluded yesterday after II two.
weeks trial, and the parties held to 81,
500 bond for the action of the grand
jury Over 100 witnesses were exam.
med in the case, and it has already cost
the county about $1,000 and the end
not reached, ms, if the grand jury find n
true bill, the whole trial must he re.
peated in the district court.