Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-03-13
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS

Thomas I. Reeve, president of the Com
merclal bank and an old resident of Osb
koSh. died Tuesday, aged 50
Robert Bunk, Il religious lecturer. bs.
brought suit at Superior against Polir>.
man GuS Erickson in the sum of * O00
Tor breaking up one of his street-corne,
meetings.
Mrs. solomon Dewitt wants - O0l
from the village of MERRIAM for fall on
a defective sidewalk
Ed; Bodendorfer, 2S years old, wa,
Killed by a Milwaukee 4 Northern train
at Schwart2burg Tuesday.
flre IN the storage houses of the f
hhnkert Brewery company in Racine
tuesday gutted the building and dam,
aged 5000 barrels of beer. The loss will
be altogether about $50. 900.
The st. Paul company will erect A new
depot at Fond du Lac.
Iarrant X Son ara building large
creamery eight miles southeast of nurand
III the town of Lima, They will buy milk
ana use the Eigin process of separating
the bu ter from the milk.
Louis kyerrd is on trial at Green Ray
| on charge of setting ire to house at
bePere recently. and endeavoring to ere
mate the occupants-an entire family.
Gunder BerkenStad, of West Salem. has
reached l02 years.
Curtis Reed has been nominated for
mayor of Mepasha.
lott ,,''''' ~ "e
pelagan is $4,000 in debt
| owen Bradley, aged 81 is dead IN Ere
| donia.
fred Hanlon. the victim of Super
lor mghwayman, will probably re-
| cover.
The 0utagamie County Agricultural
society decided to hold the fair at Horton
vile, September 80 and October |.
Charles Wood was held fer trial in
binds OF Sl,OC0 for criminal assault
upon S'Eer-oId Gertrude jerks, at Osh-
kOSh.
While Henry Sheer, Of jackson county.
was at work III his pototo field last fall he
/ was III some way poisoned iii the end OF
one OF his fingers, on which he had a run
around. This followed up his arm.
winch Swelled to three times its usual size
and 1t has Just terminated his life by
SWeluag the muscles nf the neck until he
Ghoked to death His sutferings were in
deScrIbahle, ana attending physicians
claim they never knew of IA similar case
I. 5. Davidson, of La Crosse, has 200
men busy at work in the woods, $50 on the
Black, and the remainder on the Chippewa
river. Last year the cut amounted to
l4,UOO,Wp feet on the first named river,
and 1000, GO on the latter, total of 49,
OOOOOO. Inls year S cut is expected to be
about the same especially if the weather
remains MANS favorable. \. D; HoIway EN-
pIoys % men, all ON the Black river. Last
year 2l,OOO, 600 feet of logs were hauled.
but this season output will be below that
figure
Diphtheria is epidemic in Milwaukee.
There are now l25 cases.
John Fem, an old resident of Rock
county, died at Stockton, Cal. Monday.
His remains are ON their way to James
vile for interment.
Fred Will, of Milwaukee, has sued the
West Side railroad company tor $4,000
d images. He was run over some time
ago by the electric cars on Wells street
and seriously injured.
The grist mill and feed mill situated on
the creek about six miles In H. country
from Dodge, was totally consumed by fire
sunday, together with large supply of
gram that was In stock for feed grinding.
Ihe mil was owned by parties in Milwau-
kee, took 1t under a mortgage The loss
Is estimated to be not less than Sc. 800.
There is strong probability of gen
eral strike and lockout of pIastererS in
Milwaukee. The union some time ago
took action to demand an increase In |
wages of from 81 to 40 cents. the new
scale to go into effect on march, The |
demand was laid before the bosses and |
they declined to grant it and at the same |
time passed resolutions by which each firm |
furnished a bond of $500, to be forfeited |
IN case the arm gave in to the men. Eight |
firms and bosses have signed the agree
ment, and it is probable that before the
end of the week all plasterers will be lock-
ed out.
Mrs. Adaline NJ. Butler, widow of the
ta'e Dewitt Butler and mother of Mrs.
George Harper, died in Milwaukee Mon |
day, aged SO years. Grandma" Peck |
ham. widow of the late Geo. w. Peckham
and mother OF Prof. Peckham, principal
of the Milwaukee high school, also died |
Monday.
The Scandinavians at Spring Lake
are divided into two factions, each of
which Is erecting a church, but an effort
Is being made to effect a combination
Annie Collins sues the Evening Tele-
gram, OF Superior, for s., 900 for damages
for alleged defamation of character. Mrs.
Collins husband is in Waupun for at.
tempting to kill her and at the time of the
trial The Telegram charged Mrs Collins
with having been at enc time an inmate
Of Minnesota resort.
Charles Matsdorf, of La Crosse. has a
tame fox that follows him about like dog
and wears dog collar and check
Six hundred out of the 700 Indians on
the FIambeau reservation are logging in
the woods.
Mrs. Patrick Harrington, a Mauston
woman, aged 98 Years, was badly hurt by
a fall.
George Palmear, once Wisconsin min
lster, was killed at a mine in California |
oy falling $50 feet down a shaft. His
daughter, Miss Edith Palmear, makes her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps. of Berlin. |
Ogden h. Fethers, the GAINESVILLE law |
yer, mas gone to Pittsburg where he is
IN law suit involving upwards |
Of 100000, The case grows out Of the |
Wilkins estate, suit being first com
menced In the Waukesha county probate |
court. Mr.. Fethers appears for the heirs
-four minor children,
Timothy j. Long, for years a clerk in
the othce of John A, Hinsey, and now To- |
Gated IN Chicago. was quietly married in |
Milwaukee March l, to Mis-, Lizzie
WORD received in Milwaukee announces
the death at Phenix, Ariz., of Henry W
kuehlo'- Of the first named city. Mr.. Kuehle
Aent TO Arizona some months ago for the
benefit Of his health. but continued to
grow worse.
Oshkosh bas again been called upon to
supply girls. for the northern dens. 1t
transpires that woman who was In the
elty Sunday procured two inmates for
house at Marinstts supposed to be run by
Dune BeTeridge
Charles Woods, ,Gthe man charged with
1riminallY assaultsng little girl, has
been bound over forStrial at Oshkosh.
SENSATION IN TARKASsAs.
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