Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-22
BADGER BRIEFS.
Short News Notes From Various Parts
of Wisconsin.

Henry Degner, of West Bend, has
been granted patent on new thil
coupler.
Congressman Barnes will put in bills
to construct public buildings at Green
Bay, Stevens Point and Appleton.
Miss Sarah A Haight was married
to George W. Hull 1T the home OF her
parents III YOUNGSTOWN, Rock county.
Fred Boice was assaulted by striking
boom men at Merrill and SO badly
bruised that he is confined to his bed.
The pioneer settlers Of Lake Geneva
aud vicinity have organized an associs,-
ton which will meet annually at Lake
Geneva hereafter.
The Climax Medicine company has
/ been formed at Viola. 1t is the inten-
! ton OF the parties interested in the en-
/ terpriSe to manufacture patent medi-
cines.
Fred Lindsay, IL chimney sweep, fell
from the top Of Il brick block, at Anti
ago,s IL distance of about fifty feet. He
is probably fatally injured. He lives
at Merrill.
! Among the cranberry marshes burn
cd over in Wood county was that Of
J.. $. Coin, Of WauSau. His cranberry
houses We're also destroyed as wei as
| the houses of other growers.
Fires are doing much damage along
the south shore of Lake Superior i'll
northern Wisconsin i'll the pineres
The loss cannot be estimated ut pres
/ emit
! The soldiers monument st Green
! leaf, Brown county, was ded Gated i'll
the presence Of about 1000 people
The monument is single granite
shaft, fourteen feet high, an cost
$500
George J.. I,idsdale of Marinette, is
now attending the worlds fair ut Chi
c;tt5o with his father. They together
1 were also present 1T the Crystal Palace
world fair i'll London, Eng, fifty
years ago.
Jerry Met 'lrthy, yard foreman Of the
Chicago 4 Northwestern railway in
Marin"tte, has been arrested on Il
charge of turning Il switch near the
round house III that city, which wreck
cd Il passenger train August 10, 1892.
! Robbers attempted to hold up Peter
/ Doctor and Max Kocning, of Saukville,
While they We're driving through a
| lonely woods Il few evenings ago. The
horses became frightened and ran
away, but 10 serious damage was done.
The Would-be highwaymen fired sever
III shots after the young man.
William Levy, proprietor Of the Ath-
earn house barber shop at Oshkosh,
was arrested at the instigation of the
Trades and Labor Assembly for refus-
Ing to close his place on Sunday. 1t is
the development of Il movement TO
close all barber shops on Sunday, He
will have Il hearing on September %.
/ jacob began, while enroute from
! kaukauna to Fond du Lac, fell off the
! train at Smells Station, near Oshkosh,
and was horribly mangled. He was
about % years of age. He had $500 ia
notes OH Il haukauIa bank on his
person
Amable Desaultels, who lives alone
ed i'll his cabin 10y three men few
days ago and beaten into inSenSibility.
The men then ransacked the place and
secured 500 in cash which Mr.. DeSaul-
tells had procured from the bank the
day previous. The robbers evidently
intended to kill their victim as his
skull was fractured and his shoulder
blade was broken in several places.
Desaultels lay for 4 day and 4 half in
his cabin unable to move from his
couch and most of the time i'll an I'M
conscious condition. He undoubtedly
would have persisted in his cabin We're
it not for the fact that a neighbor who
had remarked the absence of smoke
from DeSaultelS' abode, went over TO
see what happened the man. A doctor
was summoned who dressed his
wounds The following day he was
able to talk, but could give no descrip-
ton of the men as he was rendered
unconscious after the first blow. 1T is
feared he will die. He is GO years OF
age. The police have little hope of cap
turing the robbers as they have had
two days in which to make their es-
cape