Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-19

open at Tower Hill near Spring
Green, Aug. q and remain in Se%
sion until Aug. IL. The program
is as follows: Aug. 6, Longfellow' $
Michael Angelo, by Jenkiu Lloyd
Jones, Chicago; Aug. I, The
Growth OF Authority in Christianity,
John Faville, Appleton; Aug. $, Viii
lage Life in Old England, X. G..
Thwaites, Madison; Aug. 8, An Ameri-
can Consul Abroad Gen Lucius Fair
child, Madison; Aug. 10. dramatic
and humorous readings by Minna
Gordon Gould, Chicago; Aug. Is, The
Stars, Prof. A. s. Flint, Madison; Aug,
II, Demonology and Disease, Prof. ID.
b. Frankenburger, Madison; Aug. II,
Christianity and the Human Family,
Florence G. BuckStLif, Oshkosh: Aug.
IL, Noltairp, Celia Parker Wuollcy,
Geneva, H.; Aug. II, vocal and inStru
mental concert, conducted by Prof.
William Apmadoc, Chicago.
DR.. and Mrs. jenkins OF kilbourn
what exciting trip in the south and
west For two weeks they were side.
tracked ut Ration, Il railroad and min
ing town in the mountains of New
Mexico The town is the end of a
division and principally composed of
railroad people, hundreds of strikers
being lined up along the track every
day. A line was constantly posted up
the mountain side to signal to Il large
body of miners in case they were
needed by the strikers. For the first
week they Jared we'll at the railway
ties came there to board the walters
and cooks poured coal oil over all of
the yitluals and left the house. Meals
were obtained at Il Chinese restaurant.
Finally their train was released by
regular soldiers and came to Chicago
under escort.
Pensions have been granted the fol
lowing Wisconsin persons: Original
John W. Johnson, West De pcre. Ad
GitioDal Benjamin +. Wiley, Ma
tional Milwaukee, home; Benjamin w.
Place, Hartford. Supplemental-Nel-
son L. Fluent Sand Creek. Renewal
and Increase-LorcnZo Weeks, Neills-
vile. nCr2aSc-JamcS Brown, Ma
tional Milwaukee home; Joseph ID
Taylor, Sparta; John Wightman, Ply
mouth. Reissue and increase John
Henry, Dotyville Original, widows,
etc Euphanes Chism, Fond du Lac;
Gitta Ann Crawford, Hilbert. Reissue
Mary A. Brown, Oshkosh.
At the convention of republicans Of
Green Lake county, held at hartford
yesterday, delegates elected to the
various conventions favor Taylor for
governor, McCook for congress and G..
H. Pierce for state senator. The Bur
nett county republicans met at Grants
burg and instructed delegates to the
state convention to vote for y. z.
Haugen for governor and to the con
gressional convention to work for
John J. jenkins for congress.
The Royal Temperance legion at its
meeting in Racine elected the follow
ing officers: President, Robert Davis,
Racine; first vice-president, Harry
Bassett, Berlin second vice-president,
Emclia Moe, Waterford; vice prcsi-
dent at large, Ruby Laprarie, Brother
town; recording secretary, Florenc,
Hoes, West Superior; corresponding
secretary, Florence Schewman, La
Crosse; treasurer Fanny Barlow.
Delavan.
Three tramps attempted to abduct
Miss Gcrtie Lewis of Stockton Will:
She was visiting her sister at Am
herst She was picked up and carried
some distance but the men were
frightened by the approach of Il bus
aud ran away, while the young woman
made her way to the nearest house
and tainted across the threshold,
Five brothers of the Cleary family
attended The SinSinnawa Mound com
mcucement, Rev. j L., OF kenoSha,
DR.. IL H., O Galcua, Rev. j NJ,
Of Minneapolis, II. l.. and Joseph,
lawyers at Plattcvillc and Lancaster,
Frank, superintendent Of the kenoSha
public schools. was the only one Of the
family not in attendance.
Kate Jackson and James DOrmer.
prisoners in La Fayctte county jail,
have applied for a marriage license,
but the authorities are OF the opinion
that Miss Jackson has husband liv-
ing in Pennsylvania and Dormer has
been married
From Augusta and Marshtield come
reports Of great devastation to crops
by ravagcS of the army worm. Fields
Of grass are first attacked and then
grain fields. and in two days field
can he stripped perfectly clean by the
pests. At other places in the state
complaint is made Of the drought,
which is affecting crops.
Joseph Boehm Of Ashland, who sued
the south Shore road because he was
elected from freight train, was
given $500 damages, The jury holding
that II a railroad company allowed
passengers on some freight trains i
had no right TO refuse 10 carry ynam
on others
Judge Sloan OF Beaver Dam refused
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