Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-01-28
KILOGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC MATTERS.

Ill, Ia to retire from business
] Pierpont Morgan will erect VI
100000 building for the New York
hospital.
Gov. Tanner Of Illinois, has appoint.
cd his son, J. Mack Tanner. his prir-.'e
secretary.
Congressman Mcmillan, Of nennes-
see will wed Miss Lucille Foster OF
Shreveport La.
DIR. J. II. Wallace OF Monmouth, ILL.,,
fell dead with heart Disease across the
bed of his patient.
Chicago drank 3,3SS,322 barrels OF
beer last year, while New York con
sumed 4.918.SO8.
Archbishop Hennesy, Of Dubuque,
gets about 81 100000 by will OF his
brother, y. j. Hennessy.
Richard G. Kerens defeated Channcey
|. Fllley for the republican nomination
from Missouri an empty honor.
There was heavy snow In Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan and the DakoLas,
the farmers are gladened.
The national convention OF ne
Woman's Suffrage association VIII
meet in Des Molns Jan. rs to 81
The Mimi. Grand lodge Of Mnscn'
passed n resolution barring from mem
tership all who sci! intoXicants
DR. Thomas Y. Janeway, n famous
New York physician, died in Bermuda
whittier he had gone TO recuperate.
Attorney Thomas Coffey Of CllCl5'
sued street railway for cents,
which n conductor refused to 'eturn IT,
him as change
William M. Roe hanged at Napa,
Cal, for the murder of Mrs. Greenwood,
mounted the scafrold smoking cigar.
George Hawkins Of MarinelLA viii
send to the Smithsonian ina i'u'c
3O0--pound mcteorIte picked II? on ms
form.
McKin1cy's inaugural suit Ia being
made In New York Of purely American
stuff. 1t viii be II plain double
breasted frock coat.
c. p. Kimball 81 CO., Chicago have
beaten all competitors and secured Me
Kinley's order for three carriages 10
be used In Washington.
1t Is proposed to have militia" lo2-
ture course In Chicago several morlas
In the year for the instruction Of the
national guardsmen.
Michael Carroll, "A wealthy farmer,
died In nm Oshkosh DOCTORS office
while under the influence Of chloro-
form
Governor Tanner has honorcd a re-
QUESTION for ex-Clty Clerk Charles #.
Haney of Minneapolis, wanted on q
charge of bribery.
Mary N. Reynolds, years old; Mar
garet Reynolds years old, and Annie
Connolly, 10 years old, were Killed by
escaping gas at Roxbury, Mass.
Thomas G. platt was nominated by
New York republicans for the senate,
resolving 147 votes to for los. H.
Choate
Edward N. Roth claims the mileage |
medal offered by the Century Road club
of America. He claims to have COW
cred "a 1888 miles on his bicycle during |
1896
Justice Russell, In the Now York
supreme court formulated his ruling |
that divorce procured In North Da-
kota by resident Of this static IL In
valid.
The total fire losses In 1896 were
$3.50, 900 900 the lowest since 1890
Tine total amount paid by insurance
companies was also the smallest for
ak years.
Willie Jonckes, t. years old, provl- |
dcnce, II. l.. fell into the waiter and was
carried nearly AN eighth Of Il mile I'M
der tho Ice before being rescued |
through an Ice hole
The revenue of Oknahoma territory |
FOR the last two years was sara. 49, |
which was so. 5S5 In excess of the OK
penses. Tho territory's bonded In
deb,edncss Is $4,000
Swift \ Co. of Chicago have nearly |
completed n deal for the purchase Of
tho st. Joseph MOI stockyards and the
Old Moran packing plant The purchase
price Is 100000.
There are about 10000 casps Of pull
monary tuberculosis in New York, and
lrom 30 to so inhabitants OF the
city daily become infected WITH the
disease one-half Of whom die
AT Crescentylllc, o., fire completely
destroyed the large plant Of tho lNox
Paper Co, The loss Is $4,000 inslr
ance.
BIooding over her shame, jennie
Browning young girl. jumped into
the Kentucky river near Monterey, Ky,
with her illcgitimate child and both
were drowned.
Arthur T., bennett superintendent Of
DIR. Parkhurst's society for the preycn-
ton Of crime, has boon taken to the
Bloomingdale asylum for the insane.
His mind gave way from oNerwork
The Christian Citizenship league of
Chicago will oppose Washington Hes
ing's candidacy for mayor on account
of his views favorable to liberal
Sabbath
Joseph Pulitzer. owner OF the New
York World Inns ,,,,rrhoSnI fhn t.,