Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-08-31

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this valuable W. wk. Ii Is oook
of ready instructic a FOR evefyo9ay !,
The thirty-seventh adaigoh ~ll.IL
is now ready is revise4 ana gfeaIl cs
improved. 1t is suite ! 70 ah ages
and classes. The book is 900 Only
by subscription, and can be oo'ai'ieu
of John NJ. Dale agent f, " Iowa
county. To any one who wiz mes 10
examine the work he will take 'ieas-
ure in explaining its many merit ;.
The Silver Plume Coloradoan OF
August %, gives the following PAL :
ticulars of the death of former
we'll known resident of this place:
6 1t is with sadness we chronicle the.
death of Josiah hampshire, which
occurred here yesterday, August
"a, 1888, at about twelve O'Clock
"Uncle ST." as he was familiarity
called, was one of the old settlers OF
this place, having come west IN
early times, and was highly respect
ed and esteemed by all. He had
always been unusually strong and
hearty, never being sick day
in his life until about three months
ago, when he seemed to decline and
gradually grew weaker until his
death put an end to all. He was
60 wears, five months and 10 days
old. The funeral seryises will be
held in the NJ. E. Church tomorrow
Sunday at eleven o'clock a. m.
!, "Struck a Lead; An Historical
Tale of the Upper Lead Region; by
Jane Goodhue, founder of the ST.
Paul Pioneer Press, :. is the title of a
book recently published by Mr..
Joseph Cover, Jr. The tale is an
DER true one wherein are wildly
depicted many of the scenes and
occurrences Of pioneer days in the
lead region of Wisconsin. The author
was for a time a resident of the
locality wherein the scenes of the
story are located and partook of the
pioneer life of the west as it then
existed" To old settlers of this and
adjoining counties the book is spc-
cially interesting, as it takes them
back in fancy to the days Of long
ago, when the characters represent
ed, as the author says, had their
living prototypes in the mines "
The book is substantially bound in
cloth, and is sold for the low price
of so cents. For sale at J. j. Hans
come Il Co.'S book store.
Our young friend, James Thur
Der, of Clyde. called on Tuesday to
give us the particulars of very sad
accident which happened in that
town that morning, as follows: Mrs.
James Anderson, who lives near
Otter Creek, started out with her
little son Eddie, aged six years, to
bring the COWS home from across the
creek, but when they got to the
bridge the little fellow sat down
and said he would wait there till
she came back. On returning, in
about five minutes, Mrs. Anderson
discovered that Eddie was gone, and
on looking around she could find
no trace of him except his hat,
which was floating on the water
below the bridge, which greatly
aroused her fears and she at once
started for help, for which she had
to go some distance, Mr.. Anderson
being away from home at the time,
assisting a neighbor. A short search
in the stream proved that the moth
cr's fears were only to well founded,
the little fellows lifeless body being
found in the water near where his
hat was first seen. Mr.. Thurber, at
the request Of the afflicted parents,
came to town for the purpose of
trying to find an older brother Of
the little boy, who had come up
On the prairie last week in search of
work, but up too the time of his call
ing on us his inquiries as to the
young mans whereabouts were
fruitless. Chronicle
A number of instances have been
reported to us where graves i'll
Graceland cemetery have been rob-
bed of flowers placed upon them.
One can hardly believe that We have
amongst Us persons who would
ruthlessly lay hands upon the to-
kens of love placed by mourning
friends upon the resting place Of
the departed; but it is nevertheless
true that depredations have been
committed upon graves in Grace
land cemetery which call for the
severest punishment of those who
have been guilty of committing
them. We hope that proper steps
will be taken to prevent a repe-
tition of the acts complained of.
Section 4443 of the Revised Statutes
of Wisconsin provides that any
person who shall willfully or
wantonly destroy, mutilate, injure.
or remove any tomb, monument,
grave-stone, building or other
structure, fence, wall, railing, tree,
shrub, plant or flower, within the
limits of any burying ground or
cemetery, or other things intended
" for ornament or protection thereof
shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the county Jail not more
than three months or by a fine
p" not to exeed>one hundred dollars"
This law should be strictly enforced.
If the persons who have commit
ted the offences above referred to,
and of which there is Just complaint,
could be Terrified out and given a
term of three months in the county
Jail it would in all probability be a
long time before any one would
enter Graceland or any other GEM
etery in this vicinity, and wantonly
rob or desecrate the graves of those
who rest there.
State University.
The University Christian Associa-
ton, OF the State University, will be
glad to aid all new students in Sc
curing rooms and boarding-places.
Members of the association will be
present in Room 2, University Hall,
on and after Monday September Sd,
to ui va oil IN fNrr,notiop Jac;raJ ra