Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
WISCONSIN HAPPENINGS.

Ex-AIdernlan w. J. Donnelly is dead
in Milwaukee,, aged 48.
The Lake Shore road built So miles of
extensions in Wisconsin the past year,
beating all other companies.
There were SO deaths in Milwauk 4e
last week.
At Dan Bests logging camp near
Bayfield,, Pete Lamour, hatf-breed, was
instantly killed by falling log.
AriIse Johnson, the young girl who
was shot Saturday evening by her insane
step~father, Edward Fairchild, in a quar-
rel at SheboTgan, and who afterwards
committed suicide, is on a fair way to
recover.
Mrs. Amaia Sagnitz, wife of Adolph
Segnitz, the weil-known Milwaukee broker,
died Monday. II
The V ayland academy endowment fund
of S25 900 has been raised, thus securing
81, 800 additional from the American Bap-
list association. A gentleman from War
rem Mills gave the last contribution Of
$500. Wayland academy has now an en-
dowment of 100000. A new college
building is the next move.
Fire broke out in the bakery and res
taurant conducted by D. w. Larkin, at
Kaukauna, Sunday, and spread to the
furniture store of G. w. Fargo & Sons,
which was also totally destroyed. The
losses are as follows: Peter Kohler, build.
ing, 81 900, insurance $500; D. W. Lar
kin, stock and furniture, $3.50, partly Gov
vered; Anto Galmbacher. building,
50, 500. insurance, $1,000; 6 W. Fargo
& Sons, furniture, $780, insurance
$500.
Racine capitalists intend organizing
stock company, with capital OF $4,000
to manufacture sand brick.
Two desperate characters named Al
Hickey and Eber Smith, botn of Hixon,
got into shooting affray, in which Hick
ey received two serious wounds. Smith
was arrested and placed in jail in default
OF bail
Miss Ida Day and Egbert A. Goodrich,
both of Wausau, recently went to Merrill
and were married on the quiet. The bride
is daughter of Richard '. Day, a
wealthy lumberman of Wausau.
Miss Charlotte May Osborne was mar
ried to Rheinhart Bastian at Rhinclander.
The ceremony was performed at the home
of the brides parents.
Mrs. Ella Fisher is suing the Germania
Mining company at Ashland for 1000
who was killed in a shaft while In the en-
pl " of the defendant.
Miss Belle Smith, who has been super
intendent of schools at Waupaca foe a
number of years, has resi- 9ned her position
and will 60 to Chicago to complete her
musical education.
Kate Drexel. of Philadelphia, one of the
heiresses of the Drexel fortune, has given
S. 900 for the erection of school building
on the Odanali Indian reservation near
Ashland.
a telegram was received at Racine an
nouneing the death of Herbert Bull, aged
rs years, at Chicago. Deceased was a son
of Stephen Bull, of Racine.
James Simons, Sr., of Kaukauna, was
notified last week that the claim of the
New York Indians against the United
States known as the kansas claim. " for
which he has worked for over thirty years,
has at last been decided in favor of the
Indians TIE claim, with accrued inter-
est, amounts to over IS, 900 600. and will
be divided between nearly 5000 Stock
bridge, Muncie, Brotherton and Oneida
Indians.
Thirty-six new manufacturing plants
were established at Superior during the
past year, with capital Of $4,000, 600,
giving employment to over 1000 men,
and bringing the total capital invested in
industries at the close of the year up to
sl4 963, 600 and the total men employed to
1851, who received s22o,S0l monthly in
| wages.
A big Methodist revival will be held in
Milwaukee next fall.
At Eau Claire, H. G.. Scharfer, dealer
| in clothing. boots and shoes, made a vol
untary assignment HIS assets are St, 900
and liabilities SIS, 900.
| Albert Ansem, young man who with
his pal recently passed dozen forged
! checks upon La Crosse merchants, was
| sentenced 10 three years in Waupun