Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-21

w. A. Brown, foreman Of the wOOlcl
mills ut Despaines ILL.,, died suddenly
yesterday from an unknown poison
taken by mistake He had been drink
ing heavily, and early IN the evening
he went to II. II. Escher's drug store
where he found II child In charge. De
manding stNmulants, he was refused
and attempted himself to find the dc
sired stimulant. The child says he
drank n quantity of liquid from some
bottle that she could not afterwards
was found suffering from acute pols.
oning. His family lives In GAINESVILLE,
WIS,
Fire destroyed the livery stable
owned by Mr., LegOs, OF Chippewa
Falls, together with all the harness
and carriages. -Four valuable horses
were also burned TO death The fire
spread and destroyed the shoe store
OF Mr.. Crowdll, Strong's grocery and
Taylors printing establishment. -Four
Hremen were severely injured by II
falling cornice. The loss to Mr.. Lcgos
Is 100000; insured for $4,000. The loss
TO the other places will amount to $780,
600, making the total loss 5000.
w. ii. Flett Of Merrill. who was ro-
ported to have been killed In train
wreck, has returned. During most Of
the time that he was supposed by his
friends to bc dead ho was In British
Columbia hcmmed In by foods. BE.
coming impatient after waiting sew
oral days he started down river In
n dug.out with an Indian g,iides rid
ing over orchards and meadows COW
cred ny fifteen feet Of water. Before
he could get to station he was
Obliged to walk fifty miles and had
rather an advcnturesome time.
The Unlversnlist state convention
which held IL meeting In Columbus
pledged itself to assist the national
conference to raise funds and In
croased the representation OF parishes
from two to -four delegates. Officers
chosen for the ensuing year are ne
follows: President, W. H. Rogers,
Fort Atkinson; Vice president. the Rcv.
ii. Shade, Lodi: treasurer, J. NJ. Hurn,
Oshkosh trustee for three years, John
Hasey, Columbus: fellowship commit
tee, the Rev. II. X. White, The Rev.
y. q. GLIB and DR., H. Is. Jailin.
The next convention will be held ut
Oshkosh.
, A rather curious story comes from
Appleton. Mrs. Kate Rossmcisscl died
at her home in that city after m Ill
ness OF several weeks, Before she
died she repeatedly expressed the wish
That her little child of ! months might
die with her aud, strange to say. al
though the child was In apparently
perfect health at the time Of lts moth
crs death, II became sick soon after
and died on Tuesday, being buried
with ts mother,
The scandinavian church conference
OF Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin,
after elccting the following officers, nd
journed: President, Rev. j, A. Ohrn,
of Milwaukee,; vice president, Rev, G.
Henningsen, of Chicago: secretary,
Rev. G. j. Olson, OF Chicago; assist
ant secretary, Prof, ~. O, Void, Of
Chicago: treasurer. Rev G. IL, Bol-
Wig, of Waupaca,
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Scandinavian conference that has
been holding Il meeting In Racine
elected the following officers before ad-
lournment: President, Mrs. II. Hansen,
Chicago; vice president. Mrs. Rcinholt-
zen, Chicago; treasurer, Mrs j. A.
Ohrn. Chicago; secretary, Mrs, j.
Christophcrson, Racine,
The following deaths of Wisconsin
people are reported: At Green Bay,
Constant Martin, an old resident; at
Racine, Matthias Meauren, aged Is; at
Cleveland, O.. Elizabeth Mcdonald Of
Mnscoda, while visiting her friends;
at Horizon, Seymour Gilbert; at Clin-
tonville. Joseph Resancon, aged tiS; Mt
ton of Trenpealeau,
AT the request Of the Business Mems
association of Racine Supt, Seelye has
prepared statement showing that
while the entire school population OF
the city IL d,OGD there Is only school
room lOf S,.'Np anu ttit CURING lnt
present term over 200 children have
been turned away from school on ne
count of the inadequate accommola.
lions.
1t Is reported Mt Racine that Mailer,
the husband of Mrs. Mary Mailer, who
was acquitted recently Of the Charge
of numbering her first husband. Her
man Groenke, has sold his property In
Brooklyn aud deserted the woman.
The story Is that he notified her while
she was still at Racine that he had
sold his business. and when SHE wrote
to him for money to return to Brook.
lyn she received no reply.
Albert Nentzke. Of the town Of Hol-
ton, near Colby, was so badly bitten
by a vicious horse that II was neces-
sary to amputate his arm an inch be-
low the shoulder joint. A mare that
was In the field ran to the assistance
of Ventzke aud commenced kicking
the horse or the man would probably
have been killed As 1t was his arm
was literally chewed to pieces,
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