Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

A pioneer club of Langlade county has
been organized at Amigo. Jesse Arm
strong is its president, S. f. Leslie is its
vice president and w. H. DawIey and A. .
7. Menting secretary and treasurer.
1t Is reported that young Hottenstine,
one of the trio of boys who started out from
Shawano some three weeks ago, was cap
tured near Oconomowoc the other day by
the United States marshal, The boys are
wanted for stealing Indian ponies.
A medicine dance was in progress at
Keshena Wednesday and of course there
were lots of visitors from away. A Dr.
Hoffman, from Washington, in the EN-
ploy of the Smithsonian institution, is said
to have taken part in the dance.
The Platteville powder mills were estab
Iished fifty years ago, since which time
there have been seven explosions in them,
and total OF four operatives killed.
John Ronkin Gamble, congressman-elect
from Sonth Dakota, who died suddenly of
paraly sis of the heart was graduate of
Lawrence university, class 70.
The Rev /. II. Northrop, BeIoit mis-
sionery at Agra, India, is dead. Apo
pIoxy was the cause. He recently married
Miss Nina AIcan, of Beloit.
S. M Berg, of Tigertown, killed a bear
that wighed 200 pounds.
lgnatius Donneliy is to deliver an add
dr. IS on the last day of the Pepin county
fair
Grasshoppers are dong considerable
damage to late oats, pastures and
meadows in parts of Trempealeau
county,
The annual meeting Of the Wisconsin
Women's Missionary union will be held
in 4 on3 du Lac in September.
Secretary Rusk told Superior reporter
it cost 81 600 for one of his automatic
showers of rain.
The residence of Mrs. A. f. Mauthy of
Ashland, was robbed of $500.
Crop are a failure in Barron county,
owing to the drouth.
Frank King, a grocer and saloonkeeper
at Harrison, is reported to have been
killed by one John Hnsh, who claims
King is responsible for Mrs. Hlrsch de-
serting her husband. Hirsch cannot be
found.
Fire at Oshkosh last night did about
$4,000 damage to the clothing store of A.
G. Ehrmann. Horns drug store and
Hull & Hawthorne novelty store were also
badly damaged by fire and water.
An lSmonths-oId chiIdo Station Agent
Tower, at Van Dyke, found package of
concentrated I've aud ate some of it, The
little one is now in frightful condition.
A waitress at the Portage house, Ash
land, went to sleep while smoking a cigar
cite and awoke to fud her bed in flames.
She is badly burned and may die.
The examination of Frank Johnson,
the Florence man charged with having
killed Gus Charlestrom IN May last has
been postponed to Aug "A
David Latta, the Niroqua man charg-
ed with shooting Con Favor, has been
bound over for trial, Favor will re
cover.
So much was left over from Mari
nette's Fourth of July money dividend
of 25 per cent has been declared for sub.
scribers to it,
John Heinz, young man of Apple
ton aged ~ years, shot and killed him.
self while crazed over financial troubles.
Aug. Tierner, workman of Herman,
was killed by being struck with piece of
emery wheel, which had burst
James Carley, u l4.year old Eureka boy,
was drowned while swimming in the
river.
The store of D. ]. Miller, at Stock
bridge, was entered by burglars and
81 GOO taken.