Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
NEAR-HOME HAPPENINGS.

DE yer" Ed Smith has challeng ID
Corbett.
Fire at Davenport, Iowa, caused a
loss of $4,000.
The L. A. w. racing board refused to
reopen Murphy's case.
Modjeska recovered her health sufii-
GENTLY to rejoin her company.
President Cleveland Is highly pleased
with the result of the bond sale.
The Miner Spring Bicycle company
has beer organized at Eau Claire, Wis.
March % Is fixed as the date Of the
sale of the Duluth & Winnipeg railway.
In the bridge disaster at Bristol,
Conn. the complete death list contains
six names.
Kentucky republicans will present
Gov. Bradley for the presidential
nomination.
Prof. Cox OF McGiil university, To-
;ated bullet by Roentgens method OF
photography.
Five servant girls were dubbed to
insensibility by an unknown man at
Montclair, N. j.
At Mlddletown, N. Y, Peter L. Ait
kins and Maud Kelley were drowned
while out driving.
Richard Croker was presented with
a loving cup and rendered banquet by
his Tammany associates.
Morton and Allison may join their
forces and form the republican tick It
In the order named
John Grant, II commercial traveller
OF Rockford, ILL.,, attempted to commit
suicide by taking laudanum.
Wizard Edison perfected experiments
for the photography Of the human brain
by means Of the Roentgen rays.
The attorney general OF Illinois rem.
deled n decision against the Chicago
Gas Trusts reorganization.
The success OF the new bond issue.
1t Is believed, will greatly stimulate ali
kinds Of trade and manufactures.
William Kattke, of Menominee,
Mich, who murdered his wife, has been
sentenced TO life imprisonment
Congressman Hall of Missouri a
former free Bilverite, In n speech an
nounces his conversion to sound money.
At Kingston, N, Y, FIx-Judge VIM.
l.. Kenyon, one of the best-known
lawyers In the Hudson valley, Is dead.
At Jefferson, Iowa, Peter Weise,
charged with the murder of Ben Levich,
a Des Moines pedder was bound over
to the grand jury.
Herman Dahlke was MORALLY hurt
by his brother Carl In duel fought
with knives, In Chicago The murderer
escaped
DR. Castillo, recently surgeon general
In the Cuban army, says there Is no
doubt OF the ultimate success of the
Cubans.
Four men and one woman are sup
posed 20 have been killed by Alaska
Indians on Kiake islands. The reds
are said to be very hostile.
Representatives OF Western univer-
stiles meet in Chicago and reaiiirm the
agreement OF the college presidents re-
garding athletics.
The North Dakota supreme court de
cides the insane asylum controversy,
removing Supt. Archibald and install
ing DR. Moore in his stead.
Delegate Catron OF Mexico charges
tina; COY. Thornton OF that territory
abeued Stuart in his efforts TO bring
of the Mahcr- Fitzsimmons fight.
Thomas A. Edison, in his expert
ments with cathode photography, dis-
covered that tubes of high vacuum are
not necessary.
Walter Bean has been held in $500
bonds at Green Bay, Wis, for Illegally
cutting timber on the Oneida reservd-
ton.
John Grosnert, n malster In the en-
pIoy of brewers ut Prairie du Chen,
Wis. fell into vat of beer and was
suffoeated.
Dr. Mrs Emma Pinncy, on trial ut
Clinton, Iowa, charged with killing Mrs.
Johnson by Il criminal operation, waa
acquitted.
Robert Adams, doing business as II.
d II. Adams, and Lewis SChicle, doing
business as Lewis Schiele 4 Co, New
1 vi ~, HtNc lnhle uhhiBHiii'HlS'
A now electric motor, greatly in
Creasing tho facilities of traffic, has
been tried and approved on the Brook
lyn bridge.
The existence of robbers cave near
Huntington, H. L., was discovered by an
old woman who overheard Il converse
don between two OF the robbers
passaiC and Paterson IN. j. suffered
damage To the extent of several thou
sand dollars each from the rise of the
Passaic river.
Houlard and Norrill, the young mcn
arrested for the murder Of Samuel De
mars at Biwahik. Mimi, made Il con
fession
In Canon city CAL Ben Ratciflu
was hanged for shooting and killing
the three members of the school board
Revenge was his motive.
The Mckeesport, Pa, Herald was
burned out and the foreman of the
composing room, G. Nj Barton burned