Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-11-26
News Items from Our Exchanges.

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street, numerous hydrants have been
put in and lateral bitches have been
dug all along the line.
On Wednesday night, as the late pas
senger train was coming through the
street two figures might have been seer
huddled together on the blind baggage
When the train stopped they alighted
They were alive and could move, but
that was about all. AS they We're go
ing up the back ally we met them anG
recognized in those famished features
two former Darlington boys on theil
way home from the wild and dizzy west
Their story was soon told the substance
of which was that two weeks before
they had started from the west anC
they had had but two Handouts" and
one shutdown" since they had started
The Darlington Democrat.
Died, at Omaha, Neb., on the lii
inst. at 9 o'clock a. H., of malaria
typhoid fever, J. W. Clary, son of Mr.
and Mrs. }. II. Clary of this city, in the
twenty ninth year of this age.
WILL or "JOe," as he was generally
known among printers, was born al
Mineral Point, Wis, Feb. %, 1858. He
came with his parents to this city il
the autumn of 1868, and made it his
home until 1879.
With the solemn services OF the
Episcopal church he was buried on the
18th inst. in the Printers Block,
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha. Ninety
printers in the uniform of the Union,
followed his remains to the grave.
No young man ever had more warm
friends in Des Moines, Omaha, or any
where else, than Twill Clary," He
died in perfect peace.
The Darlington Republican.
Some of our political exchanges look
ed pretty thin around the gills last
week.
The petition for the new town OF
Lamont has been laid over until the
January session of the county board.
The Coltman mining company
whose mines are located one mile east
of Benton, sold IS tons of drybone
during the month of October. The
ore was purchased by the Minera
Point zinc company and is used by
them in the manufacture Of zinc
paint
The Shullsburg Local
We are informed that eastern capi-
talists have about perfected arrange
ments for the purchase of about l00t
acres of valuable mining and farming
lands in this vicinity.
The Lancaster Teller.
Hon. G. G. Rodolph, OF Muscoda
started on Tuesday for Wichita, Kansas
where he will remain this winter, and
may remain there permanently. Men
like Mr. Rodolph are the salt of the
Earth" His going is a loss to Grant
county. We hope he may yet find ii
more desirable to remain. but 90 ~
stay he holds the esteem of the best
people wherever known.
The Plattevile Democrat.
Prof. Nye attended a Masonic meet
ing 1T Mineral Point last Thursday
night and took severe cold and was
dangerously sick for two days in con
The City tax this year will be four
mills on the dollar last wear il was
ten.
The Dodgeville Chronicle.
\ note from Hon. NJ. j. Briggs in
fromS us that he we'll return to this
village next week to resume the prac-
tic of law While this is a rather bad
indication for the prospects of our
Freeport railroad, Mr.. Briggs will be
warmly welcomed home again and
through his already well established
reputation will doubtless receive a good
share of the legal business of the
county.
VIM. Dale, father OF our townsman
John NJ. Dale, died at his home at st.
Augustine, Florida, on the Sth inst.
after an Illness of but three days. Mr.
Dale is we'll and favorably remember
ed by many of our older citizens. hay
ing lived at Dodgeviile and Mineral
Point from rs 10 to Since removing
to Florida he has been engaged in the
business of a tloriculturist and nursery
man and at the time of his death was
regarded as the leading florist of the
state. His age was II years.
Died. at Dodgeville, on Tuesday Nov
10th, of disease of the kidneys, Mr.
Johr W. Williams, aged Il wears and
three months.
He died leaving testimony to the
truth Of the gospel of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, with a firm faith
that his will be the reward of the RICH
teouS.
The Monroe Sentinel.
Generally, to say mans neck is
broken, is equivalent to say the man
was killed outright But there is case
here in our midst which is certainly an
exception to the rule and is considered
a very remarkable one. On the 10th
of July, last, VIM. F. Hartwig. young
married man, farmer living y miles
east of this city, fell from load of hay
in his barn, to the floor and struck in
such position and manner as to break
his neck, at what the physicians call.
the sixth cervial vertehra. The acct
dent occurred in the forenoon. if We
remember rightly. Physicians were sum
uloNttl, an examination WAS nlaut, ana
il was found that the body below the
injured part WAS paralyZed completely
including the inner side of both arms,
also the hands and fingers, This has
been the condition of the patient from
that date to this-the man still lives:
His digestion and appetite most of the
time has been fairly good. and his
mind clear and sane. He has not SUI.
fered much pain, except the fatigue OF
his long continent begins TO tell on
him. His physicians, DR.. Confer and
Loofbourrow have made him rs com
Portable as possible. Large sores have
formed upon the back, caused by lach
of vitality of the tissues and from lying
in bed SO long. Poor Hartwick's pa.
thence and endurance are the wonder
of his physicians and all who know OF
his sad condition. We believe such 3
case was never known before. The
young mans habits We're temperate and