Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-22
WISCONSIN In BRIEF.
Short Notes From All Parts of the
STATE.


Robert Hartshorn was fined SO for
drawing a seine in Turtle creek.
The damage by the second Little
Chute earthquake was about $1,000.
The First National bank Of Appleton
has loaned the city government $2O,-
900.
| Henry Eichhodt of MenaSha has Il
Martin Luther Bible that was printed
at Augsburg in 1870.
Some one at Hudson entered the VIII
! low river cemetery and knocked down
twenty-five monuments.
| Miss Fern Steele Of Delton walked
two miles away at dead of night while
in state Of somnambuliSm.
Hoppe and Dockry have retired from
/ The Green Bay Advocate, leaving Ed
ward Decker sole owner.
Ava F. Russell and Charles f. Jen-
kins Of GAINESVILLE will spend three
! months in the big woods north of Fl
field.
| John Perkins, homesteader near
Cable, was killed by his gun while
he was in the act Of jumping from
Il log.
As Il consequence Of the constant
labor troubles ut Chicago the McCor-
mick reaper works may be moved to
Two Rivers
The fall meeting Of the Milwaukee
~, oh In
will be held at Oconomowoc Sept. 26-
u Bishop Nicholson will preside.
Several agents for Milwaukee capital
lists have been at Athens, Marathon
county, to locate II tannery. The sup
ply of hcmlock is almost ineXhausti-
bic.
The mining interests of ShullSburg
and its vicinity are i'll Il very anguish
ing condition. Nearly All the large
producers are only doing enough work
to hold their leases
The Port Washington Furniture com
pany will soon commence the construc
ton Of Il saw mill On Chambers island,
in Green bay, and begin stripping the
island Of its hard wood timber.
4 banker ut Sturgeon Bay says that
ut least $4,000 will be contributed by
the people Of Door to the worlds fail
from first to last This is ut the rate
Of about Scvcnty-fiyc cents per capita
Edward koehn, one Of the leading
business men Of Racine, died at his
home on Grand avenue Of malignant
diphthcria. He leaves Il wife and sew.
er;iI children. He was an old resident
An agent Of the treasury department
having gathered marine statistics al
kcWallner, it is SurmiScd that the
place will be made Il port of entry
and had Il deputy collector Of customs
appointed.
4 negro ut West Salem has not beeI
seen since he was sentenced to jail sly
months ago He so politely begged per
mission ito go out and get drink
that Justice Daniels had not the hear
to refuse him
Jerry Mccarthy, Northwestern rail
way yard foreman ut Marinettc, is
charged with having turned the switch
|
on the 18th of last month. He has
been under surveillance for some time
\ two-year-old daughter of Herman
. konell of PittSville was crushed Il
death 10y the collapse Of Il granary il
which the funlily was temporarily
housed The child'S cradle was buriet
under three feet of grain and wood
: The brass bands of Waupaca, Weyau
: vega, Rcadticld, HOrtonville and New
: London joined in Il concert at New Lon
don The Grand Army post, camp o
/ Sons of Veterans and fire department
took part in the street parade.
Elmer Pope Of Kaukauna. who ha
charge of the mechanical department
of the worlds fair paper mill, has in
vented Il new style paper Sitter to b,
used on paper machines. Mr.. Pop
: also invented the endless paper rec
now in use i'll many mills.
Sunday Il special train left Superio
for Deer Lake, Mimi, to carry tn
=, remains of Deputy Sheriff Henri,
Berthalmc. Mr. Berthaume wa
drowned while fishing Friday. H
leaves 4 family and carried a 5000
life insurance.
: A telegram was received at Racin
from Minneapolis stating that Georg
| RunSom, an engineer on the st. Pau
road had been killed in L wreck nea
that place Runsom was IA Racine MAJ
and lived there about twenty years
He leaves a wife and two children.