Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-12-08
GRATIOT GATHERINGS.

The facts IN the case of the man
Conyne, who was injured on the rail
road here on the night of Nov. Is. have
been somewhat miSrepresented in
some of the local papers. The facts
are however us follows: At 10 o'clock
y. M. Mr.. G. was comparatively sober
and started home bat was called back
and drank several glasses of liquor.
Between 10 and l he again started
home, this time alone. At , O'Clock on
the 10th your correspondent was hul-
riedly summoned To render Mr.. {. sur
gical assistance. 1t appears that he
got part way to Riverside (hiS home)
and becoming too drowsy to travel lay
down on the ties just outside the rails.
The locomotive "Avoca." Mr.. Cum
ningham engineer, started for Mineral
Point at about ii o'clock that night 1t
was this engine that struck him. Tue
wounded man lay by the side of the
track from IL until nearly o'clock the
next morning. BY that time he had
sufficiently regained his sensibilities to
get up and walk home. His right
shoulder was dislocated and the arm
broken about three inches from the
shoulder joint, his head severely cut
and bruised in three places and the left
foot badly crushed, so badly as to ne
cessitate amputation. At this date six
teen days after the accident) the patient
is doing very well and will recover.
West & Scott have closed out their
entire stock of goods, and John Collins,
of the firm of Collins Il Doyle has
bought the store building and removed
their stock of general merchandise into
it-a good location.
The Rev. Father Tucker is confined
to his bed by severe attack OF bron-
chitis.
Oats are worth SIC and corn SOC per
bushel.
Nelson Bower will soon 90 to OAR
lington and James Gallagher to Madi-
son.
C.E. belong, our popular hardware
man, will soon confine his efforts to the
business in Warren. If he fails in sell
ing his stock by the first of January
next, he will remove it. We need a
hardware here and would say anyone
desiring to begin III that line might
find it to his interest to call on or
write Mr.. belong of this place.
Len V. Doty, our harness man. says
he is bound for Nebraska.
John G. Dixon, proprietor of the Riy-
erside Touring mills, looks unusually
smiling this week. That 1112 pound
future president probably has some
thing to do with it.
Teachers seem to be scarce this year.
Professor McGregor, of the Platteyllle
Normal school, informed parties here
that he could not begin to supply the
demand for teachers. Let some of our
retired veterans again buckle on the
armor.
Last Saturday evening was the TWEEN
| ty-fifth anniversary of the marriage OF
MIR. and Mrs. Slothower. Their many
| friends and relatives were invited in
and were warmly received and we'll
treated. Everyone highly enjoyed the
occasion and will long remember it.
MANY presents were brought-Some
very handsome ones. Among the use
| full as well as ornamental presents We
| noticed a pile of bright silver dollars,
fresh from the mint. Mrs. S. Is u
daughter of Squire" Richardson, of
| Warren.
| The safe blowers haven't struck US
vet. but they got frightened away from
| the express Office in Warren Saturday
night, leaving a hatfull of powder IN
side the safe.
The N. Y. weekly World of Nov. 90
gives an infallible remedy for chicken
cholera. 1t is by the process of inocu-
lation. using the blood of strongly
diseased fowl for the virus. Only
eleven out of 1000 so treated died,
while nearly all those unprotected sue
cumbed to the scourge. SCRIBER.