Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-03
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS IN
RRlEF.
LOGGING PROSPECTS, IN THE
NORTH ARE GOOD.
Racine sunday Cases ThC rNpes
Anti Secret Society Order al Eau
Claire WISCONSIN Pensions - Rig
Southern Pine Purchase Divorce
Case At hudson Other Notes.

NA'A NHN''Nt'N' ''ANb~ wv " lNNNA'N'NA = w
tral line laid on men last week hut
have now resumed and the trNcatng
weather and snow has made business
hum in the woods, An old logger said
the other day, that there were more
logs on the SkidS ut the present time
than had ever been known before in
the Ashland district Tho hauling has
already begun and viii be pushed
night and day. One eutNrpriStug log
cling firm is thinking Of putting in
electric lights along the road,
The last OF the cases of the Citizens
aSsAclatiNu against the Relic CITY
Opera house management ut Racine
was disposed OF, II was that OF George
Bates, an usher. He was brought he.
fore Il Justice and ON motion of the
district attorney the ease was dis
missed. The mrmhcrs Of the associa
ton will now begin the fight ON a
new line. They have engaged promi.
nent speakers to make addresses next
sunday ON good citizenship. IN Carlos
Martyr, chairman of the committee IN
the Civic Federation on Municipal
AgitA ton ia Chicago, and a, NJ, Has
well, secretary OF the Christian Citt.
zenShIp league OF Chicago, will both
speak at the churches,
Twelve principal members of the
Catholic church have recently Joined
the knights Of rythAs at Eau Claire
and there was grucrrl movement Of
Catholics toward that order, The
popr'S decree OF inhibition Is Il bomb
shell II will hc read IN the Catholic
churches next Sunday. Father Dunno,
pastor Of St patrick's church, said;
Il ann lIttl" surprised rs did not
expect the Introduction would extend
TO the X. of H." A leading Catholic
who has Joined the knights, said; 1--WE
shall he In no hurry to leave the or
der. We think the decree Is a mistake
and there are high church dignitArles
like Archbishop Ireland who have nd.
vocated the very thing we have done
In Joining the knights, 1t Is true YOU
can never make anything but Catholics
out of us who have become knights
Of rythlas, but while we are Catholics
we are Americans, too, though of
course membership In the *. I. has
nothing to do with that. What we
expect is the decree will be recon
Sidercd."
The Mantowoc Press. in commenting
on the railroad situation at that city
says: rhe Press has positive infor-
J ~, l,nt N
company was organized In Chicago
two years ago with pala-up capital
Of mere than S3,O0O0OO Ia build 4
line of railroad west from this city to
| Nccnnh, and that several large manu-
! featuring institutions were Ia move
here, one employing over 1000 men,
| This deal was prevented by the owner
ship of certain options on real estate,
The holders Of these options were of
| fcrrd fabulous prices to turn them
over. but refused to do so, The bad
times which befcl the country pre-
vented the carrying out of certain In
tended deals but there Is every reason
to hope all will be done In the future,
The following Wisconsin people have
been granted pensions; Original -lcns
PauIson. lola, Waupaca county; sam
uol G.. Elton. Burton Grants. William
Moore. National Milwaukee home,
| Milwaukee. Restoration and supple
mcnt Joseph X. Thomas. South NH.
waukee. Increase Isaac G. Holman,
Lime Ridge, Sauk county Original,
widows. enc Wrlta A. IIellcwcll,
/ Hayes. OcVnto county. Carr line Hack.
or. Black Earth. Sa i couity; mother
of Henry Dunton, iayeS. oconto
county: Caroline Hacker, Black Earth.
Sank county; mother Of Henry Dupton,
| Hayes. Oconto county; Sarah NJ. Bur
nett, Eau Claire.
A syndicate consisting Of the Brown
estate. the Hamilton 4 Mcrryman
company, Isaac Stephenson, August
Spies and James j. Scott, Of Marinette,
has purchased GEO acres Of timber
land, comprising 5iOOO,0OO feet in the
parishes Of Sabine, Vernon. Natchlto.
ches and CalcasIcn in louisiana. The
consideration was only $1,000. The
Same capitalists have during the past
ten years purchased large quantities
OF Louisiana pine lands, and now own
between GC0OoO,OO0 and 100000
feet, and all bought at prices Of about
one-twelfth Of Northern pine.
William LaBclle Of Hudson is the
defendant in n divorce action brought
by his wife. Louise LaBelle. The
summons and complaint reclte that
she was married Feb. 9 Of the present
year In that city. She Ii but 10 years
Of age, while the husband IL A.. She
states that no sooner had the marriage
been consummated than her husband
began to treat her In an inhuman
manner, endeavorlng In every way 10
make life a burden to her She asks
for permanent divorce: permanent all
mony Of 50 per week, end the custody
Of their three months old baby. She
also asks TO resume her maiden name,
that Of Louisa Crowley.
The celebration of the twenty. fifth |
anniversary of the organization Of the