Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-26

| r. ID. Brodbent, a travelling man OF
, Toledo, Ohio, became temporarily de-
ranged at Wabash, Ind, and threat
ened to drown himself. He was taken
home by brother.
In the boxing contests al Ann Arbor,
Mich APPEL of Detroit was The victor
: in the weight class, while Nc
Caskrin Of Rantoul, ILL.,. won The Tout
!or leather Weighs.
( The cap of furnace in wndo"
glass factory AT Anderson, Ind, tell,
destroying ten pots OF molten glass.
The building was badly damaged by
fire and viii have 10 be rebuilt.
Frank Thomas and wife. OF Pierre,
S. d., have brought suit against the
Chicago and Northwestern hallway
company for $4,000 damages. Thomas
Is totally blind from an accident.
Foxes have been unusually plentiful
in Calhoun county, Michigan, this
winter There has been more game Of
AL kinds in the northern part OF the
state than for a number Of years past
Over 300 entries from all parts of the
country, including many most impor-
sant Chicago winners, have been made
for the Kennel club exhibit at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, which begins on the
oath
It has been decided TO build an a,-
ditorium at Dubuque, Iowa, for the
northwestern sangcrfcst, July % to %
The stage will seat 1920 singers.
Over fifty societies will be present, in
Guiding eleven from Chicago.
George Shugar;, the baseball man.
agor of Cedar Rapids, says he has
signed seven men for the Independent
baseball team. He has tho prize bat
terry of last seasons Iowa league, All
players are to report April !.
The richest gold strike ever made on
the Pacific coast Is reported In the
White Gold basin, twenty miles north
of Yuma. Ari The ore from he vein
which crops out for 500 feet on the
surface Of the ground, yields $4,000
worth OF gold to the ton,
In three rabbit drives this season in
bits have bcel Killed The animals
are astonishingly numerous and a very
serious nuisance. A roundup hunt Is
to be held every week In the hope Of
discriminating the pest.
A deer walked lcisurcly up the main
street Of West Bristol, Me, one day
last week It's walk would not have
been long one a few weeks ago, but
Names game laws are very strict, and
II being now close time the deer
amblcd through the town in perfect
safety.
one hundred English phensants have
been received at Moodus, Conn, which /
are to be liberated about the first OF
next month on the large game pre-
serves of II, G. Fowler. The phcasants
are novelty In the region, and the
experiment of arclima Ing them for
sporting purposes will be watched with +.
much interest,
Burglars carried off every article OF
furniture including eight bcdstcada !
from u summer residence at Wynd- |
ham. Me, some time during the past
month Tho owner IL inclined to
think that II he hadn't happened to
pay an unexpected visit to his prop |
crty the thieves would have pcrscvcrcd
and taken the house, too.
There are In Arizona 10000 900 acres !
OF desert land capable Of reclamation
to agriculture through irrigation Al |
ready some 997 900 acres have been re
claimed and are bearing profitable
crops of various kinds. and various en- /
tcrprisos are now under way which, 1t /
IL expected. will in the next two
years insure the reclamation of almost
1000 000 acres more
In an address full of facts and tip
urcs concerning the resources OF the
south, ex-senator Patrick Walsh of
Georgia makes this surprising state
mcnt; alabama alone has more coal
and iron and ten times aa much stand
ing timber as the state of pcnnsyl-
vnnia,' The purpose of this illnstIa-
tion was 10 show the future mnnuIac-
turing development of the south.
4 four-mastcd schooner, the largest
ever built In United states ship
yard, has been successfully launched
al Bath Me The dimensions of the
new craft, William II, Palmer, arc:
length. M feet: breadth. A. feet;
depth, 20 feet; gross tonnage, l,S05
The hve-masted schooner Governor
Amcs, IFS tons, the largest hitherto,
is va feet In length, 80 feet in breadth
and - feet In depth. The Palmer Is
of the keel type,
The country about Los Angeles has
for some time been suffering from an
unprecedented spell of dry weather.
The rainfall during February and part
Of January was the lowest ever re-
corded there by the weather bureau.
The snowfall in the mountains was
also unusually light and the streams
are lower than ever before known.
Grain crops and pasture Hrc suffering
tho soil Is dry and hard. and great
loss will result unless the drought Is
broken