Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
DOMESTIC BRIEFS.

William MiddleStadt, respondent, W..
Waupaca Starch and Potato company,
appellant; affirmed.
Alliance Elevator company, respond
ent, VS.. town of Gilman, appellant; al
firmed.
Palmyras oldest inhabitant never
before saw the water In the spring so
low.
AT Milwaukee the Bgcyrus Steam
Shovel company, was sold for $l3O,OOO,
by order Of the court.
Herr All Wardt will edit an anti
Jewish paper in Brooklyn.
Billy O'Donnell of Memphis and
George Stout of Omaha fought draw
at Hot Springs.
w. A. Barry defeated Wallace Ross
of New Brunswick in sculling match
on the Tyne for purse of $500.
G. M. Watson the long-distance bi-
cycle rider, Is among the newly
elected members OF the Illinois Cycling
club.
David Il. Sanderson Is dead at
Neenah, Wis, aged 70. He was resi-
dent OF Winncbago county for nifty
years.
Sheriff Hayes OF Crown Point, Ind,
has begun war on improper houses
near Cedar Lake, n popular summer re
sort.
The Spanish consulate In Phlladel-
phia has been made irst-class. This
now gives precedence only to New
York.
William II. Webster, chief civil serH-
Ice examiner, 10 dead.
The Marinette G. A. II. post refuses
to ask for Mark Barnum's pardon from
Waupun.
The Welsh prcsbytery, Of Waukcsha
district, meets In Racine today
Fifty delegates ore attending the
Christian tndeavor convention at
Marinette.
Mrs. Kate O'Connell died In Eau
Claire Thursday under circumstances
suggesting poisoning.
Ambassador Uhl and family have
sailed from New York for Germany.
Timothy Chamberlain, aged SO, while
talking to his daughter at Danville,
stantly
The onion is an historic vegetable,
having been used since the dawn OF
history by the Greeks, the Romans and
the Egyptians.
Rev l. II. u. Arnold, the river
evangelist, Inaugurntcd II series of
wharf meetings on his floating chapel
Mt Peoria, III,
Potatoes are selling for cents n
busho In many parts of Michigan, and
there IL but little demand for them
even at that price.
Samuel Dickson, aged 50, the oldest
settler of Atchlson Kan, and one Of
the first directors of the Santa Fo rail
road, IL dead
Al orange sixteen inches In circum-
ference was taken from tree at po-
mona. ca. II Is to be sent to Europe
as q specimen of California fruit.
Elijah Ruticr died at Brlce, o. from
gunshot wounds inflicted by John
Mite, who was fatally wounded by a
corn-cutier slash by lluttcr.
Edward Hopkins, Colorcd. aged 1913
probably the oldest person in oneida
county, Ia dead ut Rome, N. Y. He
was an inmate Of the poorhouse
OF the eighteen people who died at
Norwich. VI, during l"95 ten were
more than ~ years old, and of these
ten Ave were more than 80 years old
William Ncnlblo is said to have in
mind starting new Independent
democratic paper ut Atlanta. Ga. with
capital of $250.0oO, 1t viii advocate
protection
Ia Pointc township Apostle islands,
render Its charter. II cast only -
votes In 1897 and half breeds make up
most of the population,
The authorities of ST, Clair county,
Illinois, think Robert Wilson, arrested
In Fort Smith, Ark, IL the robher who
relieved William lluckcl of $500 soy
cral weeks ago in broad daylight at
Alma west of Carlyle, III,
Evan Lewis has match ON with
Man karucgcr at Grcco-R Roman wrcst-
ling 7 No mon will meet early next
month the stranger" to throw "kar-
ueger in fifteen minutes or forfeit $lOO
Jack Huston shorstop of the
Scranton, Pa, club has returned IN
buques advance money and signed
18th New Orleans President Young
has boon notified that Dubuque claims
him.
Railroad ear ferry steamer Sheuango
No, |, which has been fast in the trc
fifteen miles off Erie. Pa. for i've
weeks, has been liberated by her sister
steamer. Shenango No. . and lowed to
Conncaut, ohio.
Mrs Adelaide ConEcr widow of
Judge Harmon s. Conger, Of lancsytllc
Wis. died nt san Francisco at the
home OF her daughter. Mrs Lucy Con
ger Ransom She will be buried in
San Francisco
There Is Il crazy man In philadel
Vhia who wants the doctors to cure him
of rays In his eyes He says he
sees the skeletons OF all who come
within the line of his vision. and the