Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-01-16
Points of Wisconsin News.

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Jesse Schsfeldt died at Berlin from
injuries caused by the bursting of a
wooden spring gun.
Last years improvements in the
town of Hayward. Sawyer county,
amounted to S121, 7S7. "a
The Tomah Journal has again
changed hands. Messrs. Button 6
Squires now own the paper.
Mayor Pratt, of Oshkosh, refuses
to stand as a candidate for re-elsc
ton.
-Watertswn shippers and farmers
oppose any change In rates that shall
discriminate in favor of Milwaukee.
The town of Eagle Point, Chip
pewa county, has been divided so as ts
form a new town to be known SIS
Birch"
The Sturgeon Bay Advocate says
that as soon as the ice is firm enough
about $50 men will engage in ishing
at the Door.
Ole MattisoD, of Clinton, Barron
county, fell into a we'll over 50 feet
deep and received Injuries that may
prove fatal.
The city of Fond du Lac will ap-
peal from the verdict in the Bridget
Cuff case. Mrs. Cuff would have
accepted the g, 500.
The Chippewa Logging company
paid taxes in Hayward that amounted
to nearly sl4, 900, or more than one
fourth of the entire levy in Sawyer
county.
The Wagg sawmill, IN the town
of Pound, was burned by an incendl-
airy. The loss is not stated, but it is
said that the insurance will no cover
one-haf the cost of the establishment
-Chas. Converse. of Fort Atkin.
son, has been paid S., 100 by the Chi
cago and Northwestern railway com
pany in settlement of his claim for
personal injuries bya collision on the
road.
The Glidden Pioneer says party
of men from Marshfeld went into
the woods from Buttornut with the
intention of going out upon Turtle
river, over three weeks ago, and they
have not been heard of since.
News received from the Northern
Bell silver NINE, near Ashland, is to
the effect that the shaft is down sixty
feet, and that heavy body of galena
ore, high silver, has been struck.
Capt. ellis was in from the mines a
few days ago, and gives very encour-
aging reports of the new finds. Some
fine specimens of the ore are now on
exhibition in the company's office in
Ashland.
twenty-five milkmen of Milwaukee
have been summoned to appear before
the health commissioner to answer a
charge of permitting nuisances to ex-
ist on their respective premises. These
summonses were issued in accordance
with the recommendation of two
health inspectors who have just com
pleted an examination of all the sta
bles of milkmen in the city.
Isabella Morrow, of Grand Chute,
aged II, proved herself heroine the
other day. She was alone in the house
when burglars entered and ordered
her to direct them to the valuables.
She endeavored TO persuade them to
quit the premises, bur they would not.
She then told them to follow her. She
led them to an adjoining room, where
she took from bureau drawer Q re
volver which she leyeled at the would
be robbers, at the same time ordering
them out of the house. They beat a
hasty retreat.
Acting Mayor Jos. W. Losey, of
La Crosse, vetoes a resolution to per
nit the extension of the saloon limits
of one ward into a remote aud quiet
part of the city. He says in his mes
ment on the saloon business and its
influence, that there is no spot or pre-
cinct in the whole city where a police
man is required except in the imme-
date locality of saloons. Locate a
saloon on a remote block and a police
man must follow to protect women
and children from those who 60 to
such out of-the-way places to create
rows and indulge in drunken frolics.
Is it worth while to give the Fifth
ward another policeman do not
propose to juggle with this question.
My position is known to you all.
Economy and the welfare of the com
munity demand that there be a limit
within which the sale of liquor by re-
tail shall be confined. It demands a
high license and its rigid enforcement
in order that the public may get some
remuneration for the evil the use of
liquor entails. Intoxication is the
epitome of every crime Il is in most
instances the father of poverty. Our
police records show that quarrels are
ninety nine In one hundred cases the
result of drunkenH ess."
The bonds of the banker Mead,
who was murdered at Waupaca in
October, 1882, have in part been found
Part of the above bonds have been
traced through several different banks
to the Jackson county bank in Mich
gan. They received them there from
the First National bank Of Chicago
but the latter, on account of the vast
number of bonds bought and sold
daily, never keep any record of the
numbers, especially bonds of the
smaller denominations. There were
two bonds of 81, 900 each stolen at the
time of the murder, that have been
traced 10 the First National bank in
New York city, and they claim they
received them from Vermilye & Co,
bankers and brokers in New York
The latter parties claim they never
held the bonds. Here the matter rests
at present, at least until Mr.. Lake goes
east and makes an investigation This
clue as to the perpetrators of the Mead
murder and robbery, is, of course,
very slight, but it is the ouly positive
one ever had. Citizens and people in
the vicinity where the murder was
committed have all the time insisted
that the crime was committed by par
ties close at home, but now begin to
think it was the work Of profession
ais.