Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

! The Riddeway Lodge S. 0. T, have
F, challenged the Barneyeld Division to
| debate the question Resolved that
Protection is Beneficial to the Country"
and NJ. Torphy, in behalf of the lodge,
accepted the challenge. Accordingly
A. Cretney. VIM. Todd and J. Stephens
/ of Ridgeway, on the affirmative, and
NJ. 4. Torphy, d. I. Davis and James
Laughlin, of Barneveld, on the neg
ative, are expected to debate the ques-
/ ton next Saturday evening at Bar
neveld.-The Barueveld Register.
The council at its meeting on We'd
nesday evening passed an ordinance
relating to buildings which shall be or
become nuisances by being so out of
repair as to endanger public health, or
life or property. Section t provides
that whenever any person shall be con-
victed Of causing, permitting or main
| tanning a nuisance under the pro-
visions of any ordinance, rule, regu-
lation or bylaw of this city, it shall
be the duty of the street commits
sioner, or any constable of the city to
abate or cause such nuisances to be
abated.
At the annual meeting of the Cath
Ole Total Abstinence Union for Wis
cOnsin, held at ShulIsburg last week,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Rev. j.
| O'Maley, Oshkosh; secretary, NJ. Muir
| phv, GAINESVILLE; treasurer, J. d. Hogan.
Whitewater; presidents, Rev. J.
Fitzmorris. Appleton; Rev. Father
Blackwell, Milwaukee; Rev. Father
Bowe, Edgerton; Chickeny, an Indian
from a mission in the northern part of
the state. Rev. j. O'Maley and Rev.
p. w. Conden were appointed dele
gates to the national convention of
c. 7. A. L., to be held in Cleveland in
August. The next annual convention
will be held at Appleton.
One day last week the Darlington
base ball club, known as the windy
nine from Jersey, in answer to a chal-
lenge from Kendall Corn Huskers, went
to Kendall and played match game
of ball for the championship of south
ern Wisconsin. On account of dark
ness the game was called in the fifth
inning, the score standing 30 to in
favor of Darlington. Capt. Hughes
" carbolic" curves were evidently too
much for the Kendall boys. This is
the third victory this season for Oar
lington, and the boys are longing for
more scalps, Mineral Point will prob
ably send a few school boys before
long and take some of the wind out of
their SaiIs.-The Darlington Repub-
lican.
\ recent dispatch from Monroe says:
% People here are indulging in the
broadcast kind Of a grin over the ex-
IRENE gullibility of four prominent
citizens who permitted themselves to
be victimized by one of the most art
full of ''artful dodgers" one Ben Miller,
now lying in the county jail awaiting
trial for the crime of forgery. BY rep
resenting that he had S12,5OO buried
in the g,ound at Woodstock, H.,
Miller persuaded them, in considera-
ton of his giving them $1,000 of the
hidden treasure, to give bonds for his
safe return to the sheriff and 90 with
him to Woodstock, to dig up the money.
The party went to the place deSig-
mated, and after digging about two
hours it suddenly daWned upon them
that they were the victims of mis-
placed confidence, and that the object
Miller had was to get a chance to give
them the slip.
The noted case of William Nichol-
son, of Streator, Ill, against Julius
Moses, of the same city, was tried
before Judge Blanchard of the circuit
court at Ottawa, recently. Mr.. Moses
was member of the Merchants Re
tail Commercial Agency, which has
its general offices at No. 53, Dearborn
street, Chicago Nicholson owed
Moses a bill and refused to pay it
after repeated Cummings, and then Mr..
Moses caused Mr.. Nicholson's name
to be placed in the Reference Book
published by the Agency. Nicholson
sued Moses for conspiracy and defa-
nation of character. Judge Blanchard
held, in his decision, that the agency
was on an equal footing with Brad
streets and Dunn's, and differed only
in that the latter protected the whole
sale while the former protected the
retail merchants against dishonest
customers; and when a debtor would
not pay his debts to one merchant,
there was no reason why he should
be permitted to obtain credit from an
other by compelling the first merchant
to keep silent as to his loss.