Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-03

amounting TO about $4,000.
Miss Lillian White. of Eau Claire. re
ceived a prize at the worlds fair for
needlework on chamios skin.
Michael Durkin is in jail at Dodge
vile, on charge of shooting Robert
Day, intiicting serious wounds.
II. X. Weight died very suddenly at
Sheboygan Thursday. John Flynn, a
veteran of the same city, is dead
The Pine river forest fire sufferers
are all rebuilding their houses, and
some of them are already completed.
Merrill lumbermen are busy getting
ready for winter operate in the
woods. The cut will fall considerably
short of last season
1t is stated that the board of normal
school regents will not choose site for
the new school at West Superior until
sometime in February
After 80 years separation Hiram JEFF
ferson and his son Thomas are reunited
in GAINESVILLE. The father was Seperat-
ed from his family just after the cap
ture of Fort Donaldson, he being Il
slave on Il plantation near the fort.
Thomas was then only two years old,
| and this week saw their first meeting
since the stampede of slaves caused by
the victorious advance of Iincoln'S
army i'll Tennessee
! George Holmes, a farmer living in
| Davis stole some goods at fire, and
now has been obliged to pay for his
speech by giving Mrs. Davis 5000.
| Henry Miller, telegraph opera tor
from Spooner, is under arrest at BoSco-
! bel, chaged with stealing, for which he
offers the excuse that he was out of
work and would rather steal than beg.
w. W. Warren, young banker OF
Tomah, was married at Minneapolis tC
Miss Grace Mcmillan, daughter of VIII
liam Mcmillan, we'll known lumber
man, who formerly lived at MckenRa
The mayor OF Oshkosh has ordered
! that all pasteboard milk tickets now
in use be destroyed for fear Of the
spread OF diphtheria germs by this
means. Metal checks will be subSti
tuted.
Mayor Charles HI. Badeau's new
paper The Weekly investigator, made
its appearance Wednesday at Merrill
1T will advocate the principles of Tho
peoples party and starts out with ;
good patronage.
The breach of promise case Of Miss
Florence Byrne, OF Chicago, against
w. V. Noad, of West Superior. viii
some up for trial Nov. 6. Noad has
filed his answer, i'll which he denies al
Miss Byrne's allegations.
The mother of 4 woman who callct
herself Madam Il. !. Thomas and wh(
claimed TO be Il music teacher, his bCeI
in Eau Claire recently looking for hel
daughter, who however, had disap
peared ten days before her mother'>
arrival. Her home is in EScanaha
Micl..
Three Wisconsin men We're badly in
iured i'll Chicago Thursday by the
giving way of Il gate on 4 State stree
cable car trailer. They are: +. ii
Taylor, OF Stevens Point. left arm
broken and badly bruised; p. ID. Atten
| bury, of ploVCr, face cut and bruised
and @. w Bell, Of the same place, alSt
cut and bruised.
Mrs. AdOlph JaergenS. wife of Il far
mer living near Phillips, took half Al
ounce of nitric acid because her hus
band refused to buy her sewing ma
chine. .AntidoteS were used, but with
out avail. and she died half an hou
after taking the poison. She leaves ;
family of five chndren, one being ;
babe in arms.
Mayor Atkinson, Of Eau Claire, wa!
assaulted Oh the street by eX-MayOr ID
w. Day, physician. The trouble
grew out Of the publication in The
Leader, Mayor AtkinsOn's paper, O.
an article taken from a Chippewa Fails
paper referring to a scandal about {
prominent citizen of Eau Claire. DR.
Day met Mayor Atkinson on the stree
and asked him what he meant by pub
fishing the article in question, but the
editor said that he did not want to be
interviewed on the street. In order
to detain him the doctor took hold OF
the editors lapel, whereupon Mr.. At
kinson objected and the doctor slapped
| his face.