Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-03-25
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Events of General Interest occurring in
and around our Neighhoring Towns.
nopGEyILLE CHRONICLE.

house, at Lone Rock, to a Mr.. Hill, OF
Spring Green. who will assume Its
management III short time.
The March term of the circuit court
fer Iowa county will convene at Dodge
vile next Tuesday. The calendar EN-.
braces 53 eases, of which IS are civil
and 10 criminal. The general impress
sion is that the term will not occupy
more than FIVE or six days.
Josiah Williams butcher J. who
moved to western Kansas, some two
wears since, returned to Dodgeyille on
last Friday and talks Of again locating
here in the butcher business. Mr..
Williams met with hard luck in Kan
sas. owing to the drought and for some
time past has been following his trade
at Allerton, Iowa, where his family are
at present residing.
DARLINGTON DEMOCRAT.
Thepeople who are so unfortunate as
to reside on South Main street are
preparing for sail down the Pecatu-
nlca in a few DAYS.
! We understand Robert Michigan
has made good strike on his farm in
Kendall. He has promised us the
particulars for our next issue.
The Mineral Point division OF the
/ c., N. 81 st. =. r. r., paid out three
/ hundred dollars to laborerS for services
rendered in the Rock cut on Sunday
/ last.
A young man in attempting to board
a trail, while it WAS passing through
/ Main street made slip and was
] thrown viuiently to the ground, Lucky
/ he received no serious injuries. but
nevertheless it is dangerous business,
and train men Ough' - discourage the
practice as much as possible.
Several car loads of hogs were COM
/ pletely showed under aboGt three miles
east Of Nora, during the iata blockade,
/ One load of the unfortunateS was ship
ned from this city and was the proper
| ty of L. 81. Barlow We understand
! the road was cleared and The porkers
rescued before any very serious dam
age was done
/ We are informed that Capt. Wad
dington, has received the appointment
of. and accepted lucrative Govern
ment position, and will start for
Washington in a few days. We are
glad that Our George" is passing the
"pork" this way. and we are convinced
that among ali the leaders of the re-
publican party of this county, he could
have selected none who the masses
would rather see thus honored than
the Captain.
DARLINGTON REPUBLICAN.
Died. near Cottage Inn, Wis.,, March
18th, 1881, Stephen Sornberger, aged
about 81 years.
The snow train passed through our
city Sunday morning. Many OF our
Young men boarded the coach, think
| ing they would have 4 free ride, and
when the train had gone about mile,
| Conductor Snow went around calling
| for tickets" The scarcity of tickets
or their equivalent was 50 great that
several OF them deserted the train and
walked back TO the city.
The decay of wood imbeded in the
earth is difficult To guard against: but
simple precaution, costing neither
money nor labor, will increase the
durability Of posts put III the ground
by fifty per cent; This IS by simply
taking care that the wood is inverted
that is. placed in the opposite direct
| ion to that in which it grew. Expert
ments have proved that oak posts put
in the ground III the same position as
that in which they grew, top upwards,
were rotten in twelve years; while
their neighbors, cut from the same tree
and placed top doWnwardS in the soil,
showed no signs Of decay for several
wears afterwards, 1t is supposed that
the capillary tubes in the tree are SO
adjusted as to oppose the rising OF
moisture when the wood is inverted.
Whatever the cause, the fact is Of i'm
portance,
HICHLAND COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
Look cut for chap travelling around
the country with an article to prevent
kerosene lamps from exploding. 1t IS
simply fine salt, colored, for which he
asks /. dollar a pound.
The MuScoda News says that Col.
Moore Gontemplates putting III Il new
bridge the coming season III place OF
the one now spanning the Wisconsin
river at that place.
Michael Hough. of Ash Greek, re-
turned from two months trip III
Indiana last week. He reports the
winter an open and a very disagleeable
one, the mud averaging a foot deep all
the time lie says they have been
gathering their corn in row-boatS. His
son, whom lie went TO visit, will re-
turn to Richland county ere many
months.
Brief mention was made in the Repub-
lican and Observer last week, OF the
suicide of woman named White, re-
appears she went to the barn, laid aside
her shawl and gloves, took a rope and
hanged herself in the most deliberate
manner When found she was quite
dead. She was about 60 years OF age.
| We have heard no cause assigned for
the rash deed.
On Wednesday evening last there
WAS considerable excitement on our
streets occasioned by report that a
man had been stabbed. Tracing the
matter to its source it appears that c.
| +. Luhm and a man named Antoine
/ had fight and while the latter had
| Luhm down, and was pounding him,
/ he drew knife and inflicted several
severe gashes on his legs and shoulder.
| The Wounded man succeeded IN getting
away a block or so, when he tainted
from loss of blood. He was picked up
and taken to J. l.. Fogo's shoe shop
where his wounds were dressed by DR..
Bickford. He was conveyed to his
home few miles in the country the
next morning. Luhm was arrested
! and held on his own recogniZance
until the first of April to await the
result of the mans wounds, or until
he is able to appear in court.
News have been received here or a
terrible accident which occurred at
Cushmans Saw Mill in Viola, on Fri
day last, which resulted in the instant
Geath of p d. Wilder, the head sawyer.
1t appears. according to our informa-
ton, that Mr. Wilder was holding the
| last cut of a log against the saw, when
| the saw cut his left thumb and follow
ing his arm up 20 near the middle of
the forearm. when it left it. catching it
again above the elbow completely sever
ing the arm. The saw then went into
his side cutting clear into the back
bone taking off the shoulder, left side
of the head, and laying him open from
the hip upwards, exposing heart and
entire inwards. The mill was stopped
as soon as possible but too late to rem
any assistance The deceased leaves a
wife and FIVE children in destitute
circumstances.
This is one of the worst and most
heart-rending accidents that it has
eyer hean our DrOyiuPa m chronicle