Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
WISCONSIN

IORlAGE, W Is, Is excited over the
elopement Of the daughter Of the sher-
iii of Columbia county with prisoner
from the county Jail, on the night Of
May 2nd. The curious part of the
affair is the fact that the prisoner was
under six months sentence for resist
Ing arrest by the sheriff.
The Niroqua railway will be COM
pleted July4
The diphtheria has been making ter
rible ravages il Gilmanton, Buffalo,
county.
RPoN and MarkeSan are elated over
the prospect of having narrow gauge
railway connection. The estimated cost
of grading the same is $4,000.
THE Winchester & Partridge manu-.
featuring company of Whitewater, are
negotiating for the transfer of their
works to Milwaukee. They will occupy
the old North Milwaukee shops of the
St. Paul railway company, and are rails
ing the capital stock from $3.50 900 to
100000, and giving employment to
four hundred men.
A CHILDot Franz Holzinger, a Clinton
street, Milwaukee, saloon.keeper, fell
into tub of boiling water tonight and
was fatally scalded.
MINNESOTA.
DAKOTA has just paid Minnesota
81 o05 for the maintenance of her in.
sane patients ut the Minnesota state
asylum.
AN Oswego n. Y, man is talking
about establishing starch factory in
Minneapolis.
THE people of Mower county will
vote, May 13th,o proposition to issue
bonds for new courthouse.
The state treasurer has just purchased
$4,000 worth of Missouri bonds for the
school fund, and $4,000 worth of United
States government bonds for the inter-
national improvement fund.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul
will hereafter run nine trains day be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis, the in
creasing travel rendering additional
trips necessary.
THE Lake City Sentinel says that Q.
Gibbs, Jr., has eight acres of strawberry
plants now iii bearing condition, ana is
planting an additional five acres ,hs
season, which will take about 10000
plants. lie is one of the most success
full fruit culturists in the northwest.
AUSTIN Register A shaft is being
sunk or Dave Pickles farm, near
Otranto. They have three-feet and
one-half vein to work on. Pretty good
for the commencement. We feel con-
tl,,T Va r,,t,, ~
able to supply the geat demand for coal
in this section of country.
IOWA.
CoRS-PLANTING is in progress in some
parts OF the state.
DAVE HOLLAND, a farmer living near
De Sofa, WAS driving a cow out of his
barn the other day, when the animal
turned and ran against hlm, one of her
horns entering his cheek, coming out
under tine eve, and inflicting serious
wound.
The Oldest man in eastern Iowa died
at Center Point on the 22nd inst His
name was Miner, and he was born in
l779, and lacked just few months to
complete his Tooth year
A MAN has been arrested at Cedar
Mines, charged with the murder of
Frank Allen, who was found dead on
the railroad track near Tyrone.
JUSTICE brennan, Of Sioux City, says
he will not jail any more tramps. He
expresses the opinion that the mere
facts of q man being out of work and
destitute of money do not constitute "a
crime" for which, under the constitu-
ton of Iowa and the United States,
man can be subjected to involuntary
servitude.'
An Ouumwa man named Ferguson
was sentenced to twenty days in Jail
last week for brutality to his horses
A day or two ago he undertook 10 haul
~ load of straw, and one of the horses
got down and could not or would not
get up. The man took some straw oil
the wagon and built fire between the
horses hind legs, and it is said that
from the knee 10 the hip on one leg
great pieces of skin were burned of, |
leaving the half roasted flesh bare.
The other day an engineer on freight |
train running between Winterset and
Des Moines was Mortified mt crossing
about n mile and half this side OF
Winterset to see little child on the |
track as he rounded curve, running
with full head of steam on. He
could not stop his train, and as it dash
cd upon the little thing he hid his face.
The whole train passed over the Child
before it could be stopped, but curiously
enough the little one was found to be
unhurt,