Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-08-02

EDGAR rEN\OlEk PASSES
AWAY IN kENNSllA
NJ. \. RauSSEau, 4 rr>mnCut Citizen
az Stevens Point, Is Also Called
Wjuurhago ropul,StS Name n
County Ticket Matters OF Interest
from Many Quarters,

Charles Matthews, Patrick Barry,
Charles Robertson aud Vincent Muir
ray. four boys from Chicago. were
brought to Raciur on charge Of rob
bling Richard CuShmau, an old soldier
OF Milwaukee,, CmShman was sleeping
IN an Npru field when the boys went
through his pockets and Got n dollar,
Robertson was sent To Jail for SIXTY |
days and the others were discharged,
there being no evidence against them.
Shrr,N. Charles White Oshkosh; |
treasurer, Claude II, Wadktus, Me
uaSha, rlrrk rhcNdor e. Nelson, /
Neeuah; clerk OF courts, Charles /
Srhrcl. Oshkosh; register W deeds, |
John Miller. oshkosh; register ot pro-
bate. rGorgr W. Bradley Mcuasha; |
district attorney, John Harrington,
Oshkosh; coroner, David Rlakrly, !
town OF NrCnah: state senator. lCnS |
L. JaSprrsou, Nrrnah; member ot the |
assembly first district John t. Roth, /
Oshkosh
Edgar rrnnoycr died Monday at the
PcuuoNrr sauitarium, krnosha, At the |
tS' w ~ NNblNs Nv ii'tNl ''Nh a. lNFh
dent of Wisconsin for fnrty-tivc years !
and had hrcu In charge ot the water |
cure for over thirty years. being at !
the old one until II was burned few
years ago and then going to the new
Pcnnoycr sanitarium, Ills death was
sudden, rs he had not been III for
any lNngth of time, MIR. rCnnoN"r
..tr, tNts., ~, a Il IL
ter
NJ A. Rousseau, aged - years, one
of the early settlers Of Portage county
| is dead. Previous To his sickness he
had served six years rs county treas
urer and was obliged To resign on ne !
count of i'll health. He had also
served rs shcrif and under sheriff
Mr. Rousseau was a democrat, BE
sides his widow he leaves one dnugh
ter, Mrs j. T.. lNary of Merrill, and
four sons, Louis \. and ONill" NJ
of Merrill. Albert NJ of La Cross" and
! Frank H. of stevens Points.
The large barn OF Samuel Hays, u
/ farmer near hartford. was set on fire
| hy lightning and consumed with the
seasons crop of hay OnlA the horses
were saved. Mr., Hays was by the
| barn door and unaffected Ivy the
shock. Ills son. at the opposite door
WAS Knocked over,
Mayor Jackson l. Case, who has been
! through the Michigan circuit with his
string Of truttrrs, Is home lie says
! that his horses have been sick ever
since he started out. and he was OBJ
ligrd 10 leave them AT Detroit Until
they get better they will not he
started again this year.
The clock factory promoter at chip
pcwa Falls purposes 10 buy 100 acres
near the city limits and 10 dispose Of
them in building lots NJ Il nominal
price, keeping twenty acres for th"
factory site, If purchasers can b"
found for the lots he says he viii
establish the plant there.
The authorities of Jancsvill" are
somewhat surprised to find that the
Illinois Trust & Savings bank OF
Chicago Is advertising the So Of
GAINESVILLE school bonds as one of It's
safe investments" after declining to
receive them on the ground that they
were not legally issued.
An infant daughter Of Mr. and Mrs,
| W, r. Dudley died at their home In
! Evanston, H., on the 18th inst, and
was taken 10 Columbus for intcrmcnt
Gle following day. Mr.. Dudley Is
| freight auditor OF the Chicago a 81.
Paul railway, and Mrs. Dudley Is a
daughter OF ex-Gov. ]. II. Lewis
WAconsln pensions Original De
sire Pollard, Green Bay Rcissuc-P.
/ Swansby, Chctek Original, widows
Bertha Jacobson, Alban. A. 6. Duten-
hoefer FAN Greek.
The crop OF grain and hay, together
with q barn belonging to A. Christ
man at Mansion, was burned, spark
from a threshisg machine lgniting the
straw pile.
At stevens Point while working on
the normal school building Park VAIN
fell distance OF thirty feet from a
scaifold and was badly hurt He will
recover.
Two old homing pigeons that Mr..
Shelper OF Baraboo had get free at
Wlnona reached home In three hours.
The distance IL about 122 miles.
Winnebago populists nominated a
fun tiGket sava superintendent Of
,LhooIs IN Oshkosh The following
ticket was placed IN nominations:
Mrs. Benjamin Avery OF Truax
Prairie was fatally burned while fight
ing farm fire that had been kindled
by a passing locomotive.
l.. +. Macomber, general secretary
Of the Y. ~ G. A. at Ashland, has
been called 10 the same position In
the Marnettn y. NJ. q, A.
Ex-PoIlceman Jacob Smith, who was
recently fined 81 for resisting an Of
ficer. at Kcnosha. Is again under ar
rest ON the same charge.
This seasons berry shipments at
Laral.oo aggregated 300 cases or /