Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-08-23


The Crawford county republican
convention will meet at soldiers grove
Sept. 10 to nominate county officers
Independence is to have new Sys.
tenn of water works. the water to be
supplied from Il reservoir on hill
near by.
The La Crosse district Methodist
camp meeting opened its annual SeS.
sion i'll NiroQua. The encampncnt will
continue until Aug. ~
John Is. Dumas. Il resident of Fond
du Lac since 1S45, is dead Among his
surviving children are t. Z. Dumas
and Mrs. j. j. Renhart of milwaukee,
The republican county convention 10
nominate county officers for Dunn
county is set for Sept. Is, and those of
the populiSts and democrats for
Sept. l.
The construction gang of the Wis
consin ~ Michigan railroad has
reached PeShtigo. This week will prob
ably see the first train over the new
road into Peshtigo.
Burglars tried to enter the residence
of +. A. Glover at Hudson. They at,
tempted to chloroform Mrs Glover
through her bed room window, hut
were frightened away.
Mrs. Roach, wife of William Roach.
died 1t the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. I. b. Squire in Waterloo.
Her health began failing about two
years ago and early last spring she
went to California, but to no avail.
Fire started on the large hay
meadows north of Grantsburg and as
the meadows contained several hun
dred tons of hay the entire male popu-
lation turned out and fought the fire
all night. In the neighborhood of fifty
tons of hay burned.
The state board of pharmacy, COM
posed of IL. {. Schrank, Milwaukee,
president; Il. s. He;mStreet, GAINESVILLE,
secretary; Charles Il. Be"kman, Foun-
tain City, and III. .. Frank, Milwau-
kee, held session in Racine. Forty
five candidates from all parts Of the
state took the examinations
Wisconsin pensions: Original Louis
Frosch, MantoWoc; Ole j. OleSon, Rice
Lake, George W. Crane, BalSam Lake.
lncreaSc-Albert Bcchcrer, colby. Or
iginal, widows, etc.-Caroiine Nj. Led
stand, Eau Claire; Katie NJ. Wimger,
Lena. Reissue Josephine Brastetter,
Phillips.
Several hundred dollars worth OF
damage WAS done at the Hudson saw
mill company'S plant. \ silver flew
upon the band saw, caused the head
sawyer to lose control Of the carriage,
which lleW through the mill with ter
rite force and caused much Wreckage.
1t will take two or three weeks to make
the necessary repairs.
\ contract WIS let to James Cape
at Racine for tie building of viaduct
at Washington avenue for $3,222J.
This is the viaduct destroyed by the
bursting of a water pipe several
months ago. The Racine water com
before the matter is settled there will
be much litigation.
A farmer living near Spring Green
was cutting oats with self binder
and his wife was engaged in shocking
the bundles. They had little child
with them, which craWled into the
standing grain. The father drove over
without noticing it and the first in
it1Irpt ion ..4i van IL Z l,I !
accident was when the mother found
a les Of the child III a bundle Of grain
and an arm III another.
Manitowoc circles We're considerably
surprised on receiving word from Ster-
ling, H., that Michael Fellows, one Of
the oldest settlers here, had been
married to Mrs q. NJ Coyne Of that
city The bride is about 90 years OF
age, while Mr.. Fellows is 81 years old.
Mr.. Fellows left Manitowoc suddenly
few days ago without informing his
relatives or friends as to his intentions.
Mr. Fellows first wife died about Il
year ago.
Sheriff O'Brien, of Ashland, started
for Grand Rapids, Mich, to bring back
DR.. Fritz, who has been apprehended
at that place. The district attorney
left for Madison to get Gov, Peck )
signature to requisition papers, DR.. |
Fritz is wanted on Il charge OF obtain
Ing money under false pretenses lie
claimed to be a great healer by The
laying on of hands" and is said to
have duped many people. The Ash
land County Medical society cot after
him and he left before warrants could
be served upon him. He will be
vigorously prosecuted.
Rob Lapoint, Beloit rough most
cruelty beat a Rockton boy named
Bert Boone and was arrested. A party
of half dozen or so rough characters
went TO Rockton to liberate Lapcint
The village officers got wind Of their
intentions and put two men on guard,
and when the Beloit party reached the
Jail and began to break down the door
they were met By a fusilade of bullets
from the revolvers of the village po
1icarnan and one Of the iail breakers