Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-01-23

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crease-John A. Flame, Richland Cen
ter. Reissue - Williams Stevens.
Downing.
The case CT W. W. De Lano OF Mani
towoc, who was arrested by Deputy
Game Warden Wright at Ellis juno
ton IL November last, was called in
the circuit court at Marinette on an
appeal from verdict of guilty rem
dered in justice court. The defendant
was discharged.
: E:Iaaping case followed a divorce
which was granted in the circuit court
at Ashland. The small children were
given to the wife, Mrs. Brown, Sat
urday they disappeared and the
mother went TO the county Jail asking
the officers to get them back. This, of
course, could only be done by regular
proceedings, whereupon she procured
a cutter, drove across CheQuamagon
bay to Washburn and returned with
her offspring.
Plans are now completed for
changes in the railroad yards OF the
Northwestern at Elroy which will be
made early in the spring. The stock
yards which are at present located on
Main street, in the heart of the bust"
ness portion, will be moved to the
companys grounds in the northern
part of the city, and two new side
tracks will be built to them. Other
changes are to be made in the switch
tracks.
Fred Bauer was arrested at Apple
ton for setting fire to the home of his
mother, Mrs Edward Shields. He was
sent to Jail for forty-tive days, charged
with willful destruction of property.
Larry McVane of Ellis Junction, was
bound over in bonds for $500 He is
charged with pounding AL. Brown of
Peshtigo into insensibility with club
and then broke one of his arms. Had
it not been for his friends, Brown
would probably have been killed. The
affair occurred in lumber camp.
The $4,000 worth of bonds recently
issued by Chippewa Falls were sold to
the First National and Lumbermen's
National banks of that city, each in
stitution taking an equal amount.
Gilbert Chase committed suicide by
hanging at Columbus Temporary in
sanity superinduced by melancholia, to
which he was subject, is supposed TO
have prompted the rash deed. He
was rs years of age and until several
years ago lived on a farm near Poy
nette A wife and two daughters
survive.
The Bohemian societies at Racine
have passed resolutions on the death
of Consul Carl Jonas, who died at
Cretield, Germany, last week
Racine Elks have appointed a COM
mittee to consider the question of
building.
Bishop Messmer confirmed 140 chill
Sunday.
Burglars got $3S and $50 worth of
goods in James Andersons house at
Union Grove.
II. c. Techmer, a grain and feed
merchant of La Crosse, assigned to J.
II. " lilldilIS' i ilS dIN Pio,ooNi
liabilities unknown.
The Elkhorn Waterworks system has
been tested and accepted. The con-
tractors price, including extras, was
about $4,000, making the system, in
Guiding the deep we'll constructed last
season, about $4,000.
Another Cripple Creek mining COM
pany is being organized at Ashland,
making the third that has been
formed there in thirty days. One
company is capitalized at $3.50, 900,
Old Gogebic iron mine men are at the
head of affairs.
c. F. DiSan, manager of the Mon
treal River Lumber company's store at
Gile, shot at dog and the bullet
glanced and hit a small boy, son of
August Mahre. The bullet penetrated
the body just above the heart. The
boy cannot live.
The property of the Iron Mountain
Ore and Furnace company once val
ued at $250,000, will be offered at sher-
ifs sale in a few days. This property
consists of large tract of land in The
towns of Irontcn and La Vale, Sank
county, and mill and town property
in the village of lronton.