Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-12-14

relatives and friends in Mineral Point
! and vicinity. Being Stauneh repub-
lican protectiOnist, and therefore happy
over the election of Harrison and Nor
ton, he has thoroughly enjoped the fine
Wisconsin December weather.
Our townsman D. E. Jacobs, travel
ing salesman for the Mcneil 81 Hig-
gins company, had very serious run
away down in Illinois during the week,
and was quite badly bruised up. At
the present writing he is at home and
confined to his bed; but it is hoped
has sustained no serious internal in
juries.
The PIatteYille Witness says that
James Fitzpatrick, of Belmont, met
with serious accident on Monday of
of last week. He had been out fixing
a fence and had finished and started
home to dinner, when the check line
broke. The horse became unmanage-
able and ran, throwing the old gentle
man out, breaking several ribs and
bruising his shoulder badly.
The members of George H. Legate
Post, G. A. r., will give their fifth
annual entertainment and promenade
concert, for the benefit of the charity
funds Of the post. on the evening of
Jan. l, 1889 III their endeavors to
make this a grand success they will
have the powerful assistance of the
Woman's Relief Corps of the city, and
no doubt the affair will greatly sur
pass any of their previous efforts, Par
ticulars in next weeks issue.
The discovery of zinc ore in the
upper sandstone in the great mineral
range just north of the this city, re-
Gently made by Peter Adams and John
Opie, has created considerable excit-
ment among miners. This stone which
is just below the clay, has never been
thought to contain sufficient quantity
of ore to pay for working. Messrs
Adams and Opie have demonstrated
that it does pay and pay well, at least
in their particular locality, and if this
should prove to be generally the case,
it would cause great revival in min
! ing in the Mineral Point district.
Numerous other miners are engaged
in prospecting and have already found
considerable quantities of ore mixed
with sandstone
/ The heaviest transaction in mining
lands ever known in southwestern
/ Wisconsin, was concluded at Darling
ton last week by G. G. Willard and E.
G. Leszynsky, of Chicago, representing
the Wisconsin Lead and Zinc company
an organization of Chicago capital
lists. For some weeks they have been
quietly negotiating for all the princi-
pal mines and mining lands in I.aFay-
cite county, and the grantOrs have
| finally delivered deeds and received
their cash at the First National bank
Of Darlington. The purchases amount
| ed to many thousand of dollars. The
Wisconsin Lead and Zinc company
is very strong corporation, and
will undoubtedly infuse new life into
the mining industries of this part OF
the state.
Squire Merrick, of Fairplay Wis,
had been subject to epiIeptic fits for a
long time. On Thanksgiving day.
while seated in his house, he was
seized with fit which took a different
form from any with which he had
been attacked, andshe became violent
| ly insane. He ran out into the yard,
took up an axe, and running back into
the house, made desperate attempt
to kill his wife, who, fortunately, sue
ceeded in getting out of the house
before he could strike her. He was
taken in charge by the authorities.
| Squire Merrick is well known by al
most all the early settlers. He was
one of the first settlers in Grant county
where he has resided for the past
thirty five years.
The recent death at Galena, of Mrs
| HOrnung, mother of our townsman
Charles Hornung, is thus reported by
The Gazette: Mrs. Wilhelmina Hor-
hung died at the family residence on
Gear street at IL: 80 o'clock, Nov. 2Sth.
aged 81 years, l month and 26 days.
! The deceased had been i'll for several
years, and her death was not unexpect-
ed. About one year ago surgeons per-
formed an operation upon her for the
removal of cancerous breast. The
maiden name of the deceased was
Kimble, and she was married to Chris
tan Hornung, who preceded her to the
tomb. He was a native of Witten-
berg, Germany, where he was born
September Is, 1928. He came to this
county in 1849, and for many years he
was proprietor of the Hornung House,
near the post office. He was super
visor for one year, and served his ward
as alderman. Mrs. Hornung was born
in Saxony, October 2, 1887 They had
eight children, namely: Louis, Charles.
Adelia, Albert, Augusta, Edward,
Christian and Minnie. They are all
alive with the exception of Augusta.
Edward resides in Dubuque, and came
over to Galena, in response to tele-
gram announcing his mothers death.
Albert is barber. and is now a resi-
dent Of Chicago.
DIED.
MRS. DAVID STOSER-