Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-12-25

lion.
The Milwaukee q Dubuque and
the Bureau & Northwestern Railway
companies filed articles of con,
solidation with the secretary of state
on Monday, the name of the con
solidated organization being the
Milwaukee, Peoria & St. Louis Rail.
way company, which proposes tc
construct a line between the cities
named. The capital stock is S6,OO0,'
600.
We give to our readers this week
"Christmas Supplement" contain,
ing considerable amount of Christ
mas matter, holiday advertisements
and a good installment of the serial
story "A Family Affair" Upon the
fourth page Of The Democrat will
also be found a short Christmas
poem, an interesting Christmas story,
and number Of articles upon Christ
mas.
Rev. w. Cape, Pastor of the vii
low Springs circuit of 2. NJ. church,
was married at Custer Park, H., on
on Dec. 18th, to Miss Alice Nj. Will
hanson, of above place. Rev. Mr..
Cape and bride arrived in this city
on the evening of the 18th, and were
rendered very kind reception, at
the Graysville parsonage, where a
large number of the membership
bad previously assembled.
A dispatch to the Evening Wis
conain, dated Clinton, Wis, Dec. p,
states that the house of William Ora
ham, laborer, who lives alone about
five miles south of Clinton, was, on
the previous night, entered by a
burglar, who, with q revolver, per
suaded Graham to hand over be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in money.
H,.ry Lawson is suspected OF the
crime. He was arrested at his home,
early this morning.
Notwithstanding the cold weather
the various railroad contractors in
the vicinity of Cassville are still at
work, and some of them are increas
their working force. The work of
grading is divided into sections, each
section containing about mile. In
order to work in such cold weather
the contractors keep one team pillow
ing most of the night If they do
not the ground becomes frozen SO
hard that it is difficult to break
through the frost III the morning. =
| Current.
The Development of sport in
America has been rapid and profit
able. Out door exercise is what is
needed to build up our frames and
make us nation of strong men.
An important and valuable adjunct
in this work is Mishler,s Herb
Bitters, which possesses ample tonic
properties, and is invaluable in all
nervous disorders, dyspepsia, liver
kidney, lung and heart troubles
1t strengthens and invigorates as
nothing else will.
On Friday morning last Mrs. J. Nj
Smith received q telegram from La
Crosse, bearing the sad and uneX.
pected news of the death of hel
cousin William Milton from pull.
monary affection The deceased
was So years Of age. He was born
in this city where he lived until his
removal with his fathers family to
/. Lacrosse, about Is years ago. Ht
was young man of high character
and the news of his early death will
bring sorrow to his former compan.
ions here, and the sympathy ofmany
hearts is extended to his bereaved
mother aud sister,
Frank Rowe, formerly Of this
city, who recently escaped from
the Milwaukee Insane asylum, was
found by +. Austin, marshal al
Brandon, Wis, who took him to the
county insane asylum at Fond DIT
Lac. On Monday of last week
Edward DevGn, of this city, who is
Mr. Rowe's guardian, went to Mil.
wauktc and on learning that Mr.
Rowe was at the Fon du Lac Asv
lum went there for the purpose o.
finding out his condition, and
whether he could be brought back
to the asylum near Milwaukee. Mr.
Davlin found that he had suffered
terribly from the cold and exposure
both his feet having been badly
frozen. He was brought back Il
the Milwaukee Asylum, where
under proper medical treatment it j:
thought he will recover the use o
both his feet.
On going to press we learn tn,
: following particulars in regard 70 th'
the death of Thomas I. Parmele
whose sad fate has drawn forth tn,
deepes: sympathy from his many
friends in this city and neighbor
hood. 1t appears that about clever
, o'clock on Monday night, the l4tt
+ inst, Mr.. Parmele tancied he hearC
poise as if made by a burglar d
the front door. Being rather nerv
Gus owing TO the recent Chinese anC
Indian troubles in that neighbor
hood he could not compose himsel
20 sleep again, as his brother Frank
. who was sleeping with him. advised
him to do. Feeling that he mus
learn the cause of the noise he pre-
pared to 90 to the door drawing hi
, revolver from under his pillow a
the same time. While doing so tn
revolver was discharged. As sool
: us his brother could strike a light b
found Nh. Parmele dead, the bal
having passed through his brail
e killing him instantly. The remain
4 were taken to Seattle on Wednesda,
: by members of the Masonic Lodg
: of that place, and at ten o'clock OF
!. Thursday morning, the funeral ser
lvices took place.