Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-06-27

lightning rod men called upon
farmer in Albion short time age
and offered to rod his building fol-
SIS. "AIl right" said the farmer;
here's your money in advance.
The rod man declined to take the
LOB unless the farmer would sign
contract.
The Journal is the first Milwauee
daily paper that has ever attained a
circulation worth speaking of in
this city. 1t is a bright, spicy well
printed, two-cent sheet, and contains
all the news in a condensed form
We are glad to know that it is
meeting with the success which its
enterprise merits.
Albert K. Kimball, aged about Is
a railroad road brakeman was run
over and fatally injured, at Eagle
this state, on Saturday evening. He
was running along the top of the
train when he made a misstep and
fell between two cars. Both of his
legs were cut off. He died at z
o'clock on Sunday morning.
Charlie Snow, aged about six years
N. H. Snow, had the misfortune tc
have his right collar bone broken
while playing on the school grounds
on Friday. 1t was not discovered
that the bone was broken until two
days after the accident. DIR. Patter-
son, attended to the injury and re-
ports the little fellow recovering
rapidly.
The concentrated power and vir-
tues of Ayers Sarsaparilla render it
the most reliable and economical
medicine that can be used. 1t con-
tains no dangerous or harmful in
gradients, and may be safely admins
tered to patients of all ages. When
you are sick the best medicine that
can be obtained is none too good, and
is the cheapest whatever its cost.
Drs. Cutler and Perkins performed
very skillful and difficult surgical
operation, last Sunday, in the re-
moval of tumor from the back OF
John Blotz's neck. The operation
was more difficult than such opera
tons usually are from the fact that
the tumor had become attached to
the igaments of the neck. The
patient is now doing well.-Chron-
icle.
The Secretary of the Fair Asso-
citation received last week from
Messrs. Cornish, Curtis & Green, one
of their famous rectangular churns
and Eureka butter worker, which
are offered as premiums for butter
exhibited at the next fair. They are
certainly desirable premiums and
very fittingly intended to encourage
this important branch of industry.
They are now on exhibition at the
Post Office.
Orville Strong let ,he contract for
his new bank building on Monday
to r. D. Davies, and Whitford &
Kelley, at $4,640. The building is
to be 23x60 feet, two stories high,
and veneered with brick, with an
eight inch wall on the north side
as a protection against fire. The
veneering is to be of red brick orna-
mented with course of white and
yellow brick, which will make it a
very handsome edifice and an orna-
ment to the village.-Chronicle.
Two small boys of John Dobson's
who resides in the town of Ellen
boro, aged 4 and 6 year respectively
were attacked by a large male cat
belonging to J. b. Cannon, while
they were on their way to school
last Monday morning, June 18th,
in such a manner as would have
proven serious for the older one but
for the timely interference of a
daughter of Joseph Matthews, who
appeared on the grounds with a club
and a dog, just as the cat had the
boy down and was making furious
efforts to get at his face and throat.
The little fellow was badly scratched
and was undoubtedly saved from
death by the timely assistance of
Miss Mathews. The cat was afte-
wards kiled.-Lancaster Teller.
"Messrs Clark & Mills went to
Madison Monday to represent their
clients, Richard Williams, James
Black, J. NJ. Chandler, Wash. No
Ian and M. A. Harper of Hazel
Green, in a suit brought against
them by VIM. B. Jarvis, of Chicago,
in the U. S. circuit court at Madison.
The plaintiff claims damages for an
injury received by the overturning
of wagon driven by James Ed
wards, in front of the Congrega-
tional church in Lancaster, Sept,
1882, These gentlemen are asso-
ciates with Mr.. Jarvis in hiring
the rig to bring them to Lancaster
from Hazel Green. Mr.. Edwards
is defended by Carter & Cleary, OF
Paltteville. The suit is for $4,000
damages, which Jarvis is alleged to
have suffered by the overturning
of the wagon. Teller.
Mrs. Charles of this city, who
met with a very painful accident
about FIVE months ago, by falling
on an icy walk and breaking
one of her fore-arms, had the sad
misfortune on Sunday whilst going
to church, to be tripped by loose
plank in the sidewalk near VIM.
Teasdale's brick residence. She fell
heavily on the walk, striking on
her face and injured arm. 1t was
feared that the arm was again
broken, ard that she would be un-
able to survive the shock as she
was very feeble from the effects OF
the former accident; but upon ex-
animation it was found that the
bones were not broken but the
wrist and arm badly sprained and
bruised. She has suffered great
pain but appears to be slowly re-
covering. The plank in the side.
walk upon which she fell was loose
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