Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

| The annual convention of Congrega-
tionalSts is being held at Sparta. Rev.
A. l.. Robinson, of Elroy is moderator.
The first cargo of ore of the season was
| cleared at Ashland on Tuesday.
Measles is raging terribly at Mauston.
! The health officer reports Us cases, some
| of whom are seriously ill.
Dates for examinations at the normal
| schools OF the state have been arranged as
follows: Platteville, June | and 2; Osh-
| kosh June and ;; River Falls, June 3
and 9; Milwaukee, june II and l6; White
water. June II and Is.
Miss GiltOc, of Fifth avenue, Milwau-
kee, was thrown from moving wagon
Monday evening and sustained compound
fractures of both legs She is 56 years of
age.
Frederick Wilson and family, of Alma,
were nearly poisoned to death 10y eating
meat which the servant girl had sprinkled
| with poison for rats, unknown to the fam
lily. Prompt medical attention saved the
lives OF all.
A large hotel and several cottages will
be erected on Madeline Island by an
Omaha man, who believes that the place
| can be made summer resort.
a new lUU-iOOJ VEIN Ol ore Has DttD
struck at the Anvil mine, on the Gogebic
range. About year ago the ore gave
out and new shaft was sunk, resulting
in this find
r. Barnum, living near StephenvilIe,
claims to be divinely inspired.
Oscar Schl9rb, prominent German
citizen, Of Appleton, was severely injured
in a runaway accident Tuesday. and will
probably die.
Burglars broke into the stores of the
Mcintosh & Schlosser company. and
Everson & Hendricks, at Lodi, Monday
night, taking a gold watch and revolver
and few small articles of merchandise.
VIM. Lanphear died at Appleton Tues
day morning, aged 95. He was one of the
oldest settlers here
Agust Klingbell was thrown from
snlXy 10y a runaway horse at Fall Creek.
Kingbell got no, said laughingly he was
all right, sat down on a doorstep, and fell
backward dead.
Miss Leonard Thompson was seriously,
if not fatally, burt in "a runaway accident
at BaraboO Yesterday afternoon.
saloonkeeper named Bernard Kaiser
narrowly escaped being killed in a drunken
row at Milwaukee yesterday.
The Grand Temple of Wisconsin, Patri
archal Circle, will hold its annual meeting
in Milwaukee, May 20.
The dwelling house of Mrs. Simon
Casey burned at EIkhorn. Loss 5000, with
no insurance.
black River Falls wants the Indian
training school provided for by the last
congress.
Waukesha has appropriated $1,000 for
new schoohouse.
Mrs. Bertha Derbtt went insane near
Sparta as the result of domestic trouble.
0shko,h business men have subscribed
Sc 700 toward the $4,000 required for the
exposition in that city.
The oil house aud blacksmith shop of
the island Mill lumber company burned
at La Crosse.
Archbishop Kazr blessed a new set
of chimes at Menasha last Sunday.
A full grown braver was killed in the
Milwaukee river yesterday.
Oscar Schloerb, we'll known resident
of Oshkosh, was thrown from his buggy
| Sunday afternoon and received injuries
which will prob tbly prove fatal.
| The Rev. John KoeIncr, Of Helenvilie,
brother of Chris. Koerner, Of Milwaukee,
has accepted call to st. Paul's Lutheran
church at Jauesville.
Mark Straifsrd. watchman of a lumber
| yard. was found dead at Milwaukee under
| suspicious ire instances.
PRESENCE or MIND