Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-11

James Gates Perciyal at Hazel Green,
Wis
The factory of the Henry Taylor
Lumber company at Lafayette, Ind,
was burned Sunday, involving a loss
estimated at So, 0O0
Girnan & Doheima1ls' carriage fac
tory at Eau Claire, Wis, caught fire
in the paint and oil department yester-
day. Damage, $1,000; insured.
The 1S-months-old child Of AIr. and
Mrs. Elmer Snow, living near Harlem,
\. D., was instantly killed yesterday
by being run over by wagon.
After recent rain, at Beaver Falls,
Mimi, frogs swarmed in the road
everywhere. 1t is estimated that to
every mile Of road five feet wide there
were $500 frogs.
By duplicate grain warehouse re-
ceipts, seventy-three New England
banks have been robbed Of 100000.
Other institutions in the cast lost $780,
900.
Suit is brought at st. Paul by the
Metropolitan Trust company of New
York to foreclose a $3,22OOOO mortgage
on the Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific
toad.
Father Barabasz, of the Polish Cath
loic church Of the Holy Rosary, in Bal
timore, was attacked by female mem
bers of his congregation and in the
resulting riot many persons were in
jured.
Patrick McVilla, sexton of Catholic
cemetery at Paterson, n J., lighted
his pipe and threw the match into
the grass. The fire which ensued
swept the cemetery and marred the
headstones.
A lire, supposed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion, destroyed
the wholesale drug house of L. II.
Harris, Seventh avenue, Pittsburg, Pa,
Sunday. Loss, $4,000
The largest beet sugar factory in the
United States was started up, Monday,
AT Chino, in southern California, and
It's expected output for the season will
be 100000 pounds of refined sugar
Gov. Waite, of Colorado, and Report
er Castor had Il hand to hand fight
III Denver, the governor attempting to
eject CASTOR from the executive office.
Oscar Clute, president of the Michi-
gan Agricultural college, has accepted
the presidency of the Agricultural col
lege of Florida.
X. 3. Armour of the Armour Pack
ing company, Of Kansas City, has Sc
lected q site for Il cold storage ware
house at West Superior, which the
company will build Immediately.
The house Of Jerry Sullivan, II
miles south of LIE Mars, Ia, was struck
by lightning Thursday night. His
daughter and niece were badly in
jured, the former, it is thought, fatally.
The Fairbault Canning company has
enlarged it's plant extensively this sea-
son, and expects to increase it's out
put from 10000 cans to 10000 cans
per day. The factory gives employ
ment to so hands.
The house Of Joseph Longevin at
Olga, N. D., was burned recently and
his two children, aged 5 and Z years,
were burned to death. His wife had
Il narrow escape, being badly burned.
Colonel J. II. Coppinger, who was
president of the Illinois senate at the
late session, has declined to accept the
consulship at Toronto and is reported
as saying that he would not take dou-
bic the salary and live four years in
Canada.
Governor Boies of Iowa has removed
Warden Mcmillan Of the Fort Madison
penitentiary, and Deputy Warden
Beard Gepublican) will probably be ap-
pointed to fill out the term, which ex-
Tres April l, 1894. The office is elect
i've by the legislature.
In the San Francisco mint, which
was officially turned over July 81,
there is the vast sum Of sos,
of which $50, 116 336. 80 is in silver coin,
$9,707,76O in gold coin, $4,000 in
and the rest in bullion, prin-
cipally silver
A story is told in connection with
eAAS A'tiA'tAS VI tAS
bank, of Elmira, n Y After the fail
ure, three notes aggrega ting $4,000
Il med up among the assets. They
We're signed by three bank clerks with
out means ana are worthless.
Secretary Hok2 Smith was hanged in
etfigy 1T Rome, 0. Mr.. Smiths orders
to cut down pensions took from Grip
pied veteran named J. L. Reed his
only income, and he became insane. ;
A crowd of 1000 indignant people
hanged figure bearing card on
which was Secretary's Smiths name /
James L. Kilbreth has been appoint i
ad collector of customs at New York, I
the appointment being FASTENED be-
:sUSe the incumbent, Mr.. Hendricks. +
lad resigned and announced that he
would not serve after August /. Kill
oreth is 4 leader Of the county democ-
'acy, and for the last ten years has
been police justice in New York city. y
Three masked men stopped a buggy
III the 500 grade near Minot, \. D.,
TO rob paymaster Conkey,
Dut it instead was Contractor Shah 4
bets boollkeeper. He showed fight /
md Knocked one of the robbers down
With halter strap which had a heavy
buckle on the end. One of them stabbed
lim in the breast, but the knife struck