Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
LATEST WISCONSIN NEWS.

A special train of three coaches, bearing
officials of the st. Paul Railway company
arrived at Viroqua Monday morning, II
is limited that this visit has some signif-
canoe in bringing the Kickapoo Valley
railroad from Soldiers Grove to connect
with the branch to this city, forming a
through line from Wanzeka to Sparta.
The conviction of Eugene McNally, who
stole $4,000 from the Northern Pacific's
station at Abbottsford, was due to two
pieces Of marked coin. Besides the pack
ages containing the money he took some
small change from the safe, among which
was a silver 3 cent piece and a Canadian
50cent piece. These were found upon his
person and convicted him.
August Amend, who nearly stamped the
| life out Of hi8 wife at their home near
/ guilty of assault with intent to do great
bodily harm, and was sentenced to two
and One-balf years In Waupun. Amend S
14-year-old-son was sentenced to the re-
form school for threatening TO harm his
mother if she didn't have his father re-
leased from Jail.
The Bell City Street Car company at
| Racine will order new cars and award the
contracts for the putting in of an electric
plant on January l. 1t is expected that
the new road will be in and running by
June next. Seven more miles of track
will be added to the line.
An unknown man was skating on the
river at Green Bay, going towards Depere,
when he fell into an air hole and was
| drowned. A number of people witnessed
! the aCCident but were too late to render
any assistance. The police have failed to
find the body yet.
A l6-year-old lad named Peter Weide-
man, living near Columbus, attempted
to blow up stump with powder. The
| explosion occurred while he was stand
ing over the stump, and b s face was
badly burned. He will lose the sight Of
one eye.
A. M. Warden, who holds the fort at
the county treasurer's office at Bayfield,.
broke the vault open with sledge ham
mer, he not icing able TO obtain the keys
from County Treasurer A. Knight, whom
he shut out recently. A case to decide
which is the legal county treasurer is
pending before the supreme court.
John Maxwell, a prominent farmer of
Palmyra, i'll jumping from a burning
stack of corn-fodder, broke his leg and
was slightly burned. Only by the arrival
of timely assistance was his barn saved
from destruction. A large amount of hay
and fodder were burned, but the loss is
covered by insurance.
The boiler of Farming Brothers saw
mill, twelve miles from Nelllsville, ex-
pluded Saturday night. One man, Geo.
Mccormick, was killed, and several
others seriously injured by the flying
pieces and escaping steam.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railroad company is at work
building a telegraph line from Osseo to
Fairchild. The road has been in use four
years without a line.
Work on the Kickapoo Valley railroad
is still being vigorously pushed. The
workmen are within couple of miles OF
Soldiers Grove. On reaching this point
the contractors will abandon work for the
winter, and the company will put on a
slow train to run over the road already
completed.
An inventory of the estate of the late
Congressman c. B. Clark has been COM
pleted, The appraisers were Robert
Shields and F. R. w. Shuttuck, of
Neenah. The real estate, including the
homestead, is valued at Sc, 500; bank
stock, par value, $3.50, 900; cash. 81. 925. rs
| 1bc Jain >loSh anu paper mill STOCK Is
woIth considerably above par and will
bring the total value of the estate up to
at least 81, 100000
j. H. Rust, the well known Eau Claire
lumberman, is In a precarious condition a:
a result of complications from wound il
the leg, received some years ago while
hunting. Blood poisoning IS now feared
and leading surgeons of this city and st
Paul say that amputation is indicated, bu
they are afraid to perform the operation
lest an affection of the heart, from which
Mr.. Rust is also suffering, prove fatal IL
consequence of the shock.
Racine admirers of Robert Burns vii
elcbrate in his honor on Friday, Jan. 20
Considerable outside talent has been Sc
cured for the entertainment.
The Congregational church OF Rhine
lander is to lose Its pastor, the Rev Johl
Humphreys, who has just handed in hi
resignation. Diphtheria has been raging
in that city, and Mr.. Humphrey refusal t
visit IN family where the contagion ha,
resulted fatally created an opposition
movement, winch nas resulted In the rev
erend gentleman resignation.
Boscobei authorities have arrested Mar
Mckinley, a Young woman residing abou
eight miles from the city, as the motne
of the infant who VIZ, lett on a doorste,
last week. The woman has confessed t