Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-28

lie said he was unmarried and that
his father and mother were dead and
that his business was that Of a book
keeper He called for priest, but
died before his arrival, A postmortem
examination was held and a SS-caiiber
bullet extracted, 1t had passed through
the bowels and II was developed that
II had been fired by Policeman George
Baker, Instead of by Policeman Frank
Basslgner, The two were together and
both shot at the man. The dead man
previous to his death directed the POI
lice to send to 1at East Madison street,
Chicago, for his laundry The two
officers who shot at the man gave
themselves mp to the sheriff but were
allowed to 20 on their own recogni.
ganCc,
Il, ], MITCHELL w, w, Mcclure, Harry
Mcrkcll ami g. &, nevendorf were TO.
leased from custody at Oshkosh on
Il writ OF habeas corpus, the hearing
taking place before Judge Seaman In
the United States court, They were
arrested In Menasha June ID for sell.
Ing goods without license and sen.
fenced to sixty days In the county Jail.
They are travelling statesmen In the
employ of W, A, Edwards, OF Mime.
apolis, Il dealer In rugs, clocks, books,
etc, and were arrested for an alleged
violation OF the section of the revised
statutes concerning peddlers, They
We're fined 500 and refused to pay,
80
discovered In the cream city In
family OF five members, William Betx,
- years old, who lives at his Prairie
avenue, has mild case, The health
officers believe that Beta came In con.
tact with one Of tho men who were
uunrNntmrd at lis Ourda street and
SO contracted the disease, An old sol.
die, visited the Botx family all one
day and he Is now among his com.
radcs at the home. His name could
NOT hc learned, but an attempt will be
made to Ind him and place him In
quarantine,
AZ the United States marshars sale
of the Horizon marsh on foreclosure
of mortgages i,i20 acres were sold to
wv iNNttt SNNlHAc buhN Nv buhNiu
for $4,000. and 1l220 acres to the re-
ceiver of the Lombard Investment
company for $3i, 900. Tho purchasers
In both cases are the mortgages, Pre-.
vlous 10 the sale the Diana Shooting
club gave notice OF Its lien on part
of the lands sold, about 1000 acres
and John W. Heidelberg, OF Chicago,
lnn ~ un natinn
by him. claiming an undivided one
third OF the lands.
-Four alleged counterfelters were ar
rested by United States Marshal Il. w.
oakley. Two were captured mt Wash
burn giving their names Ms John Tos.
sey and Joseph White. A large
amount OF bogus coins, dollars and
half dollars, were found on their per-
sons, Deputy Sheriff Gerhardt also ar.
rested Don Prue and Dan Lions from
| Glddcn, charged with the same OF.
| Tense. The bogus money contains con.
siderable silver and Is causing no end
of trouble.
No news was received from Sheriff
Dunn, who II still In pursuit of the
| four prisoners who escaped from the
Milwaukee county Jail about ten days
ago, 1t IL believed that the officers
are somewhere In the northern part
OF Lake Michigan searching for the
stolen yacht Splash. and the jail.
breakers,
The trial of the suit OF Caroline
Sway against the Northern Pacific
railroad began at Oshkosh Miss
sway sues for $4,000 for the loss OF
u foot March -, 1903. A street car
on which she was riding was struck
by q Wisconsin Central train.
Deputy Sheriff NJ. Schllbaucr cap
ttired two alleged horse thieves near
Sturgeon Bay. They stole two grey
horses near Green Bay and made their
way through here to Sturgeon Bay.
| The thieves were taken to Green Bay.
John IL. Folsom, an old resident Of
Prairie du Chen, was found dead In
| his bed. He came to Prairie du Chen
/ In 1882 and was clerk for Judge Lock.
wood. He IL brother to William II
and simon Folsom, OF Minnesota.
1 Iut hoHtit NhV bNN ~ te'i
lat street, Milwaukee, are afflicted
win diphthcrla. The mother and
seven children are stricken with Il and
one child died. The family has been
without proper food and care.
FIfty.two thousand dollars OF james
Vile high school bonds were sold to
tho Illinois Trust company, the
premium amounting TO S2,621.20 The
bonds run from one to twenty years
and draw per cent interest.
A Sunday closing meeting was held
In Beaver Dam and the leaders pro.
pose TO take active measures TO enforce
Sunday closing Tho move seems di.
rected mainly against the saloons.
Earl Lyon was drowned at Stony
Beach resort near Oshkosh. while
playing about the dock. lie was 3
years old and the son Of Charles Lyon.
The body has not been recovered.
! Wisconsin pensions: Increase, Chris.