Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-14

lake, and is the only evidence of Mr..
Williams death.
The Central trust company of st.
Louis. Mo-, small and newly organ
lied institution, made an assignment
to w. Il. Leonard, its secretary and
treasurer. The liabilities are 100000,
and assets about the same. l.. NJ. Hall
Is president Of the concern. The cause
Of the failure Is understood to be in
sufficient business.
Judge Dugro at New York granted
a decree Of absolute divorce to Clara
Louise Granger from Gideon Gran
ger on the grounds Of infidelity and
desertion. Mrs. Granger Is daughter
of Police Commissioner McClave.
Granger Is the missing witness wanted
by the senate committee investigating
the police department.
The Chicago health department forci-
bly, entered over 100 houses in the Bo-
hemian and Polish districts and found
ii concealed cases Of smallpox. When
inmates refused to open the doors,
sledge hammers were used. In this
way a score of houses were entered.
S. w. King and two daughters, aged
1S and 49, were crossing the Tennes-
see river at Hobbs Island, Ala, in a
frail skiff, following in the wake of
transportatio steamer, when the
strong suction from the steamer pulled
the skiff under the waves, and the two
girls were drowned.
b. II. Howard, the insane doctor
who was taken to Bellevue from q
West Eighteenth street boarding house
In New York, was sent to the aylum
on Wards island. DR.. Douglas Is in
correspondence with the asylum at
Taunton, and DR.. Howard may be re
turned to that institution.
About 1000 carpenters at st. Louis,
Mo-, are on strike. This action was
brought about by failure of the bosses
to take any action regarding a circular
that was issued about 10 days ago
from the building trades council, mott
flying them that on and after June
the union scale, which Is 40 cents an
hour, would be enforced.
M. jacques st. Cere, In cable
despatch from Paris, says that such
is the general desire for peace that the
disagreement between England and
Italy on the one hand and France and
Germany on the other In regard to the
Anglo Belgian agreement about Africa
will certainly end amicably by means
Of arbitration.
The First Congregational church of
Belot gave Il farewell reception to
Miss Mary l.. Porter, who leaves to-
day to return to China to re-engage
In missionary work. Miss Porter Is Il
daughter Of the late Rev. jeremiah
Porter, and spent many years In
China, returning to America and Be
lott because of her fathers declining
years.
Lutte Perry of Marion drew out of
Pigeon river ten brook trout weighing
IN all eighteen pounds. Supt. Beattie
of the Florence mine made rare hauls
of brook trout at Cooks pond, near
Eastwood eighteen that weighed
twenty -seven pounds when dressed,
of which four averaged three and II
half pounds each. The largest were
nineteen inches In length.
The Empress mine, near Etna, La
fayette county, so long forlorn hope.
Is now the best in that county. 1t
employs twenty eight men and twenty
two boys and has averaged about
seventy tons of jack per month be-
sides large quantity of galena, the
present mineral product being about
forty thousand per month. Last month
they sold $50 tons of jack and about
fifty thousand of mineral.
At West Superior papers have been
prepared by Immigrant Inspector
Stokes to bring action against Chief
Engineer McCollum of the Anchor mill
or the NJ Il company on the charge of
importing foreign labor, 1t Is claimed
three men have been engaged In Can
ada to work in the mill The offense
Is punishable by fine of $1,000 for
each alien brought in under contract.
The defendants will claim the men
were hired while living In the United
states