Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-22
KILOGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

William Leisner, hermit and JUNK
dealer OF New Palestine, Ind, com
mitted suicide.
John York Savage, ST., who was porn
in Raleigh, N. c., djed In New YORK
from injuries received III allghting from
cable car.
oliver II. Dockery, republican nomi-
nee for acknowledgement o. North
Carolina, announces his purpose to vote
for Bryan.
An electric motor was used for the
first time on the elevated railroad IN
New York city.
Returns from Florida show de-
crease In the democrat vote as com
pared with 1892.
The Chambers street terry-house, IN
New York city, was damaged by IRE TO
the extent OF $4,000.
1t Is reported that an English syndi
cate is negotiating for the purchase or
American plug tobacco factories.
p. M. Arthur, head Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, writes
that they will support Mckinley.
A company has been formed to OPP
crate tunnel railroad between the
cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Albert Bray, who lived near Mobiles
Vile, Ind, killed his wife, his two
children and himself while insane.
Ella Fleming, the fat woman who
had posed in museums throughout the
country, died In q New York hospital.
at In tha ('iiV
OF Mexico Of the reelection OF President
Diaz was received with general reJolc-
ing.
Bufford Overton was hanged ut llar-
nngton, KY, for the murder In June,
1896, of Gustav and Julia L0ed, Jewish
pedulers.
herman Cramer OF San Francisco
has sued the Singer Sowing Machine
company for $5,000,0OO for infringing
his patents.
Sir Charles Topper ex~premler or
the dominion of Canada celebrated his
golden wedding He received many
valuable presents.
Masked robbers held up the mail
coach forty miles from San Antonio,
N. NJ, rifed the mail sacks and stole
the horses.
Major Mckinley mado speeches ut
his home TO number Of visiting dele
cations, including one from Parker6
burg. w, Va.
The trial of George + Stickelberger,
who murdered his wife at Buffalo, la,
Sept, 10, ended In the jury caring
Stlckeberger insane.
Iohn II. Williams aged GO years, of
Norrlstown, Pa. ms dropped dead, Mr..
Williams was the funny man" OF the !
Northwestern Herald.
Burglars robbed tho Bank Of Shelby, |
Neb., of $l3, 100 and the Bank Of Cla-
tonai, Neb., Of $500, blowing open the
safes In both instances
Tho Tammany democrats of the
seventh New York district. which In
cludes Wall street, nominated John H. ,
g, Vehslage for congress,
Obituary At Boston, Rev, Crosby !
81. Wheeler, ID. DAT Atlantic Iowa,
Franklin II. Whitney AT Rockford,
NIL, Mrs. 8. G. Witherell, 58.
Wphthcria liz doing dtathly work in
Newman H., and children arc dying on
every hand. The doctors here have so
cured antoXin and arc using 1t.
The chairman OF tho committee on
studies of the New York board of edu-
cation has moved to abolish states In
Me public schools of the city,
a
association, which has been In session
In Philadelphia adjourned to hold its
next meeting in Richmond Va,
II was rumored in New York that the
Arbuckle Brothers, coffee dealers, are
to build n refinery and enter into active
competition with the sugar trust.
There is danger Of n rebellion in the
Choctaw nation as the result of the
passage of law for evicting "squaw
men" from their landed property.
Tho Minnesota conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church voted in
favor of admitting women to represent
tatiou in the general conference
Candidate VIM. j. Bryan made
speeches Mt Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Marshalltown, Iowa also In the
Dakotas. Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The body of II murdered man, sup
posed to be George Hammond, II chem
list of Chicago, was found near Rocky
Basin, in Washita county. Oklahoma.
At the fifteenth and final day of the
Christian Alliance conv, ntiou in Car
negie hall n. y, subscriptions for mis-
sionary work amounted to $4,000,
The governor general Of Canada and
lady Aberdeen have started for a pleas
ure trip to British Columbia, whore
they Will remain for about two months.
Obituary: At Charlotte. Mich, John
7. Wilson, At Attica, Ind, Nelson
Zeigler Of Wabash, So, At Yokohama
Colonel Joseph Conln Hin of Massa-
chusetts.
The morocco factories OF Garrett n
Barr, Charles Baird 4 Co., and Wash
ington Jones \ Co., N Whining
ton, Del, were burned last night
Loss, $500, 900