Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-28
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
LOCAL.

shot by companion.
The Aurora .4ouaves won the nrst
prize. 81 900, In the zouave contest at
Savannah, Ga.
The Illinois Steel companys mill at
Bay View Is turning out rails for
Japanese railway.
George Jacobson, a youth OF motifs,
Ill.,, lost his right leg and arm under
the cars and will die.
VIII Thompson, OF Hobart, years
of age, was drowned while bathing at
Valparaiso, Ind.
M. Yavier, aged Go, retired farmer
NJ RepublIc. Ohio. was killed by IL
passenger train.
Rev. E. D. Cafferty, icar-general OF
the Roman Catholic diocese OF SaVan-
nah, died In Atlanta, Ga.
Surgeon General Forster, OF Boston,
dropped dead on the steamer puritan
Just before she sailed
Mexico has abolished oil taxes on
commerce between the states compos-
ing the Mexican republic.
The New York Central has com
pound engine for shifting locomotive
which Is nearly noiseless.
The North American Commercial
company will be permitted to take 3d.
600 sealskns this year.
The Church OF the Rcdeemer, Brook
Ign, OF which the Rev. George G. Carter
Is rector, was consecrated.
Celus Grugin, of Macon, Mo-, who
killed his son-inlaw, Walter lladley,
has been held without bail.
Rev. A. J. Dlaz, the Baptist mission
airy recently expelled from Cuba, has
made Atlanta, Ga, his home.
A meeting OF colored republicans was
held to protest against the Lilly
White" republicans of the south
The republican state convention Of
Washington instructed It's delegates to
St. Louis TO vote for Mckinley.
Mrs. William Myers, OF keyesport.
H., has been adjudged insane and Will
be taken to the asylum at Anna.
Charles Haney, injured while In the
employ OF lumber company at LETTERS,
Wis, has begun suit for $4,000.
james G.. Searly, aged 81 years, pro
H., was killed by switch engine.
The United States senate, by n vote
OF 81 to 30, refused to seat Henry A,
Dupont IN senator from Delaware.
Rev. Josiah Melton, n Methodist Ill
vine. and Miss Sarah u. Jones were
united in marriage at IIillsboro, ILL.,
Rev. l.. N. Gall, for 20 years pastor
Al, - kF.,l,
Iowa, has retired from the ministry.
While protecting her child from an
tnfuriatcd cow, Mrs Louis Anderson,
81 Sioux City. Iowa. was fatally gorcd.
]. Il. Venteil, Of Lafayette, Ind,
while attending n circus at Frankfort,
Ind, was robbed Of $3.50 by pickpockets
The Tabor opera house and Tabor
block at Denver are to be sold Mt pub
lie auction, under mortgage Of $500, 900.
Two sisters, Mrs. Rose Kennedy and
Mrs. kittIc Levine both Of New York,
got divorce decroeB ut bismarck, n. ID.
The republicans of the fifth district
~ North Carolina have unanimously
nominated Thomas s. Settle for con.
gress.
Eek Gov. A. G, Mcllettc of South Da-
kcta. who moved to pitsburg a year
ago. died Monday of heart failure.
At Cleveland, August Gucnthcr, ngcd
49, in u family quarrel shot and killed
his wife, then himself
Charles Hartman. who escaped from
the prison at lonia, Mich. in Novcm
Der, has been rctaken at Lafayette.
Ind.
burglars visited the Rnynor family
Of miscrs near Warwick, n. y, bound
the members and took away n box of
money.
scafiold erected for the purpose of
repairing n ceiling nj Van Vert. Ohio.
collapsed and several men were in
jured,
Andrew Ccas, IL years old. while
grinding Ratchet in a mill at Taylor.
vile, H., was caught in n belt and
killed
The preliminary trial of J w clay
ton, OF lIoughton, Mich. charged with
causing the death of his daughter, has
begun
The 2ycar old son of George Wright
at Jefferson, Iowa, drank fly poison and
died before medical help could be sum
moned
Ellis, m. has female mayor aud
council pledged to clean cut the sa-
looms and u tcrr'hc legal battle Is
now on
Ralph Young, II years of age, was
crushed to death by the cavnG Of the
river bank at Assaria Kan, while he
was ilshing
William Decker, Il stone cutter. WAS
found dead undcr n bridge at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The cause Of his death
is not known.
The house committee on public
buildings has fnvorably reported a bill
prohibiting the sale of liquor in tn,
capitol building.
Fred Schultz, of Dundee. H., los
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