Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-02

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,.on chose the New Haven chief as
nr"aident. Secretary Hills OF Wyom-
| ing. O.. presented his report, which
showed a mem bership Of Ala against
GO when the association was organ
! tied in 1873.
Charles Titel OF Milwaukee, poor
man in search of work, received word
rom Chicago that he was left a legacy
O, 1000. Being without money ne re-
solved to reach there by stealing a
ride on freight train. In attempting
to do 80 he was drawn under the
wheels and was killed.
A bold and daring diamond robbery
was committed at the Thousand Island
house during the recent summer carh'-
val. A man and his wife missed $2,ooo
V orth of diamonds tight rope was
! stretched from room adjoining ana
number OF workmen were employed
in doing It.
The farmers of Kansas who have
been holding nearly 5000, 900 Dusheis
OF old corn, may discover that much
of the grain has been destroyed by
rots The farmers OF Union township
Pottawattomie county, opened dozen
large cribs, and with dogs and CLUBS
killed an average of 1000 rats IN each.
The genuine wave Of prosperity has
struck McKeesport and every person
in the town wears u happy smile Inc
cause Is a notice by the National
Tube Works company OF voluntary
advance in wages to 1000 employees,
When wages were cut In March a re-
turn OF the old scale was promised
when business revived.
A carriage containing H. o. Claugh-
ton. an attorney Of Washington, and
Miss villa Custis, daughter OF Or.
! w. G. N. Custis, was run down by a
train on the Baltimore & Potomac
railroad at Deanwood, a short distance
| from Washington. Both persons were
injured 80 seriously that they died.
Claughton was u WidoWer and leaves
four children.
Former Governor Levi p. Morton s
personal assessment in Rhinebeck, N.
Y, Is double that Of last year, In
1896 1t was $4,000, but he told the
assessor this year that the valuation
should be increased and the assess
II ent was raised to 100000, The eX-
governor Is the first rich man to ask
that his assessment be raised instead
of reduced.
Robert Jarvis Gilbert, one of the
sta Fl of the London Graphic, was ac-
cidentaIly shot In the wilds of the
Algoma district. Mr.. Gilbert and an
artist named Glover, also of the
Graphic staff, were on their way to
/ tho Klondyke country. While on II
search for game Mr.. Gilbert's revolver
failed to work, and while examining
1t u cartridge In one Of the chambers
exploded
A tornado and two watcrspouts did
great damage In Queens county, New
York, between Springfield and Hemp
stead. The tornado wrecked n number
most omptied Hampstead reservoir
md blew cows out of their pasture lots.
No one was killed. The waterspOuts
on jamaica Bay drowned one man,
smashed number Of boats ahd
! wrecked the Long Island roads trestlc
at Hollands.
A mad dog took possession of the
Chicago postonice building on the lake
front and for half IN hour, until it
/ vas killed, business was at II stand
still. The dog little one with yellow
hair, drove several hundred people out
of the corridors and into the street
in fright. 1t required two bluecoated
watchmon to kill 1t. The dog had been
chased from the shopping center in
state street bs Il crowd of boys.
While working in the tankroom of
! Nelson, Morris 4 Co., Chicago, Thomas
Rooney, an employee of the company
slipped and fell Into u vat of boiling
grease. 1t was his business with an
other man to stir the boiling mixture
! and prevent 1t from sCorChing or bulb
bling over the edge of the tank, De-
spite their efforts, the grease some
times spashed over the edge, and, rs
u consequence the floor around the
edge Is always slippery, The man
hung to the side and was pulled out
he may live.
20.
Real yellow gold In the streets of
thieago! Gold that runs $40 to the
ton was PANIED out on Monroe street
In front of the Woman's Temple. A
curious crowd pushed and showed to
SEQ this unhcard Of and undreamed of
sight. The man with the pan and his
associates elbowed their way out to
tho Dexter building, where they will
ingly talked Of the mines from which
the dust Just treated was obtained. The
test was to show what their property
in northeastern Nicaragua, In Prinza-
poca district, Is worth.
The mob was held free of crime and
Leyden, Qll.) township farmers ac-
quilted OF staying II brute, The as
sailant of Mrs. Fenske forfeited his