Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-11
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
DOMESTIC.

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Launt Thompson the American
sculptor, died at Middleton, n. Y.
The cash balance in the treasury II
$122 go, 434; gold reserve, $oS,S4S,ol4
Mrs. Brown, of New Canaan, l.. J.,
has sued Mrs. Wicks for $4,000 dam
ages for alleged slanderous utterances
President Cleveland has issued par.
dons for all Mormon polygnmists who
complied with the laws.
Brayton Ives has secured u tempo
rary stay In the Northern Pacific leg
islatlon involving $5,OO000O.
Republicans Of the eleventh Illinois
district nominated Walter Reeves, vi
StreWtor, for congress.
John NJ. Thurston has accepted the
challenge of w. j. Bryan for II Joint
debate Of political issues IN Nebraska.
williams college has entered upon
It's 1921 year with freshman class
of III
Ben Il. Bitter, formerly publisher Of
tho Huntington und) Democrat has
been sued for 100000 for libel.
Mrs James Bennett fell into II els.
ern ut Bonnopart, Iowa, and was
rowned.
Charles II. Ingram, son Of o. ii. In
gram, OF Eau Claire, the lumDerman,
viii be married to Miss Mary llauX
hurst, of Hudson.
The city water company mt Portage
has deserted It's plant, leaving the
town without fire protection. The rent
OF $1,000 Is overdue.
uIarvards football team has been
weakened by the Inability or Holt
and Stevenson. two cracks, to play.
Snow fell In thirty counties Of north
ern MlnncsCt h amounting IN some
places to Il depth Of three Inches.
Congressman Tom l.. Johnson, Of
ONO IL carrying on his campaign in II
big tent, which he has leased.
Senator Vest In an interview, says
he believes that llill will defeat Nor
ton for governor OF New York.
Senator Martin, of Kansas has been
warned that he must support Governor
LrWclllng or lose the populist vote
A large portion of Crow Wing
county, Mimi, was devastated by fora
est fires, farmers suffering heavy
losses.
The Wapakonctu (Ohio) Natural Gas
company sold It's entire plant to IN,
Central Contract and Finance com
pany Of Lafayette, Ind, for $4,000.
Oliver Sumner Teal made II yolun-
try assignment without preferences.
His liabilities amount TO 100000; his
assets, nominal
Democratic boltors in the Omaha
convention havN succeeded Ia having
their ticket accepted by the secretary
OF state
Colonel Robert +. Van Torn, editor
OF tho Kansas CITY journal, has been
nominated Tor congress by the rcpub
Leans.
Republicans of Kansas declined to
permit Governor Iiewcllng to welcome
Governor Mckinley on his visit to
Topeka.
Isaac l.. Martin, Il noted attorney of
New York, member of the firm OF
Martin n Smith, died ut Fort Wash
ington.
Four sons In the family Of Albert
Thomas, OF MartInsville, Ind, have
hlcd TO death, being afflicted with
henophllla.
Tho Society of Friends, in annual
session ut Richmond Ind. have do
olared themselves opposed to secret
societies.
Methodists of Indiana. after agitat
Ing the subject for eighteen years
have decided TO abolish the line divid
Ing them.
Speaking ut the Unitarian conference,
Vt Saratoga. Father Conncrty, Cath
Ole, urged union of MI churches on
temperance,
Charles W. llackctt Of Utica, ~ Y,
has been selected AS manager of tn,
republican campaign for Levi L
Morton.
Republicans in the Ashland ll\y.
district nominated Judge Gcorg,
Denny, Jr., who, II Is said, will civ,
w. G. Owens hard fight.
Thirty people were more or less So
riously injured al Worthington, Mimi,
by the collapse Of n grand stand From
which people were viewing the races.
Fires AT Bclolt, Wis. Weed
Co.'S sawmill, loss $4,000. At Goshen
Ind-Aaron Millcr's WOODEN mill, los
$1,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright. of lrhans
H., was awarded $4,000 damage
against the Illinois Central for tn
death OF her husband,
The jury in the case oC the Carlil
Nevada, strikers held for ohstructtn
the mails, disagreed and was di
charged.
Two hundred operatives employed
Prlestlcy & Cos wooden mills At Crl
a Il