Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08

was married to the woman. His
motive for the crime was fear that his
uncle would disinherit him should he
discover tne marriage. He has gone to
prison for life.
Two masked men visited the house
|oe j. \. Bolles, d farmer, near Pulaski
Tern, at night and, after subjecting
him and his wife to torture, sum of
81 900, which had been withdrawn
form the bank and concealed under
the carpet, was given UP.
Five men held up a Northern Pacific
train near Livingston, Mont, Saturday
night and robbed the passengers of
their cash and jewelry. They were I'M
able to get into the express safe, as
the messenger did not have the com
bination of the lock.
The Hungarian minister of agricul-
ture estimates the wheat crop of the
world at 2,279,OOO,OOO bushels, against
the official average for the last ten
years of 2,2SO,OOO,OOO bushels. The
product of the United States is es-
! timated at 397 100000 bushels, a sur
plus of 69,51S,OOO bushels.
Mrs. Belle II. Hassctt, of Chicago,
has begun suit for divorce. The bill
Of particulars alleges some startling
facts. 1t is asserted that Hassett is in
fatuated with Mrs. Nellie Stone, OF
Nashua, Iowa, and she with him, and
furthermore that the two cOnspired
e ~ I'LL
w. y. French, Of Chicago, adjuster
of the AIillers' Mutual Insurance com
pany, has been arrested at Denver
charged with violating the insurance
claimed, has been doing business in
Colorado without paying the state tax
| NJ B. Curtis (''Saml of Posen'O has
! been acquitted of the murder Of Police
man Grant at San Francisco. This
was the third time the case has been
| tried. On the first trial the jury dis
agreed and the second was ended by
| the death of Il juror. Curtis is said
! to have spent $4,000 in his defense.
William Eckenrode assaulted a little
! girl at Noble, H., and it took the com
bined efforts Of all the special police
and deputy sheriffs who could be gath
| cred to save him from being lynched
He is in Jail at Olney and it is un
| derStood that a mob is being organized
! to take him from the officers and hang
, him.
| 1t is now believed that at least 1Ot
lives were lost in the hurricane on the
Atlantic coast Thursday, and the list
may possibly reach 200, as many YES
sells are missing. The Reading collier
Panther and barge Lykens Valley
which foundered off Long Island, car
ried twenty men, officers and crews
Of whom only three were saved.
Gustav TRIUMPH is in Bremen, Ger
many. A Milwaukee woman saw hin
in hotel there two weeks ago. lie has
! fled farther than his bank partner, JOIN
| w. Koetting, who was arrested in Den
yer and who has returned to Milwaukee
in the custody of a police officer. Mr.
/ Trumpff'S return from his foreign place
of refuge, it is believed, will not bt
accomplished SO easily as that of his
old associate.
Obituary: At Pawnee, ILL.,, George
Il. Weber, formerly publisher of thu
State Register, aged eighty-tive.-A
Duluth, Colonel +. A. McNair-At Vir
/ ginia, H., Jonas Fox, aged lightweight
At Red Bank, n. j., Angelo Torriani
the opera conductor, aged sixty-four.-
At Lansing. Mich, eX-United State:
Marshal William Van Buren,, aged fifty
one-At Burlington, Iowa, Jane:
Findley, of Monmouth, 1ll.-At Jackson
vile, ILL.,, Mrs. Silas Terry.