Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-09

| Bronson, Mich, and Miss Lena Skibleie
of Chesterto1
| John Blum and Mrs. Pauline Markus,
/ a pair Of alleged clippers from New
York, were taken into custody by the
! police at Green Bay upon the strength
of information received from the wo-
mans husband in New York, and facts
| Cleaned by detectives.
! Two young women 1T Freefort are
/ saving wood and saying nothing. A
prominent member of the City Metho-
dist church iokingly Offered to furnish
all the wood for the church that two
of the young lady members could saw.
They have set to work and promise to
supply fuel for several years
! There is Il sensation ut Marion. Iowa,
over Il fistic fight between stockman
named McGuise, and G.. A Goodnow.
superintendent of the Chicago and
/ Council Bluffs Division of the Chicago
! Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad. The
| fight was in Il dining ROOM and Good
BOW received several pitchers and glass
! es over the head
| William Bidwell, edito: Of the Fort
/ Wayne American Eagle, has refused
10 answer questions propounded to him
! in the court where he is being tried
| for criminal libel Should he refuse
again, he will be sent to Jail for con-
tempt of court, SO says Judge O'Rourke.
Suit has been begun by the Milwau-
kee Theater company against the Fidel-
ity and Casualty company of New
York to recover $4,000 due the theate1
company by its former treasurer,
George J. Oberman, for whom the
Fidelity and Casualty company became
! bondSman.
BY a decision of the supreme court
of Indiana, the decisions of the lower
courts have been sustained in declaring
| the election of Herbert StOddard of
Valparaiso legal Stoddard received
three more votes than his democratic
opponent in the two election two years
ago, and his seat was contested.
Bill Smith Carney Of indianapolis
appeared at Richmond, where he posed
as an artist, hunting for q perfect fe-
male as Il model for statue. He Of
| fered $50 apiece for measurements and
| two women are known to have under
gone the examinations. But the 500
never came AID Carney has left town
In the case of Joseph Marks, Il whole
| sale liquor dealer, against Jacob
Peters, Il siloonkeeper at Sioux City,
to recover 5000 that Peters owed
Marks. it was developed that under the
statutes Of Iowa, money paid for Ii
quOr must be construed as Il loan. and
the person paying is entitled to recover
on demand The case was decided
| against Marks, the court directing that
| he pay Peters the 5000.
The newly elected officers OF the
Illinois State Bar association are: Presi-
dent, Elliott Athonay, Chicago; vice
presidents, first district. Oliver A.
! Harker, Carbonate; second district,
John j. Brown, Vandalia; third dis
trict, Charles Raymond, Wetseka
fourth district, LYMAN Lacy, Havana
| fifth district, James NJ Sedgwick,
Peoria; sixth district J. II. Cartwright
Oregon; seventh district, Thomas Graf
ty, Chicago. Secretary and treasurer,
William l.. Gross. Springfield.
Obituary: At Wayerly, Iowa, Law
yer A. L. Brown, aged sixty-six.-At
Jacksonville, ILL.,, Jacob Strawn.-At
Andover, Mass, Professor John Z.
Gulliver.-At New Athens, ILL.,. Henry
Dore father of Governor Altgelds
private secrctary.-At Saxony, Freder-
! icl, the pXn1OPpp
aged sixty-eight.-At Greenville, Ill,
Joseph NJ. Donnell, ex-member of the
legislature. At Lafayette. Ind, Mrs
| Caroline Fahnestock-At Paris, Pierre
Jules Cavelier, the French sculptor
aged seyenty-nine.