Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-01-07

! SuOulu uOL De allowed Deer at the
Christmas dinner, although it has al
ways been sent as a gift from a local
brewer and only glass allowed to
those who preferred it to tea or cof-
fee. No case of intoxication has ever
been reported.
Mrs. Elizabeth Matilda Alers-
Hankey, 70 years old, the widow of
merchant, lately residing at II Rus
sell road, kensington, died of blood
poisoning. She had been in the habit
of using in bed a hot-water bottle,
which one night burned one of her
toes and raised blister. AS it did
not heal DR.. Glospar was called in,
but gangrene set in and she died
from collapse.
Lord Windsor, lord lieutenant of
/ Glamorganshire, who is ground land
lord Of Penarth, has generously de-
termined to hand over the handsome
and delightfully."- situated Windsor
/ gardens and cliff promenade at Pen
arth as gift to the town. subject to
i reasonable conditions as to main
/ tenance 1t is understood the prop
/ erty will be taken possession of by
the district council at an early date.
The old chain pier at Brighton,
| England, has been destroyed by a
gale the whole structure, except a
small portion above high-water mark,
! falling with tremendous crash,
which was distinctly heard two miles
away. The pier was condemned by
the board surveyor two or three
months ago, and for the past month
had been absolutely closed to the
public. 1t had been visited by many
celebrities.
A sensation has been created in
Rome by the shooting of Eva CATER
mole, daughter Of the sometime Eng
fish consul at Florence and we'll
known in literary and journalistic
circles under the pseudonym of Con
tessa Lara" She had been separated
for some time from her husband,
Captain ManGini, son of the great
statesman. She was shot by SignOr
Pierantoni, an artist, from motives of
jealousy. She has since died.
On its way to Liverpool from Lon
don motor car broke down at
Whitechurch. 1t was taken to Messrs.
lIuXley's for repairs, and when under
meath the car one of their men acct
dentally turned the benzine tap with
his shoulder, having a candle in his
hand, for it was getting dark. He
was Immediately enVeloped in flames,
John Huxley and others succeeded in
ripping his clothes off, but not before
he was badly burned.
A curious exposition was made in
the London divorce court last month
Of the distinctions drawn by the
modern law of society with respect
to offenders against chastity. \ hus-
band, the petitioner in a notorious
case, charged his wife with improper
relations with four correspondents
The jury found the wife guilty w,.a
all four, but in the case Of one of the
correspondents it was pleaded shat he
had not known that the Wife was a
married woman. Sir Francis Jeune,
Tue pltHlh'Hl vi tllC Wv vi " Nohlt'
therefore, in disrosng OF the case,
awarded costs against the other three
correspondents and refused to inlliCt
even that penalty upon the fourth.
"A mau who is accustomed to
carry and even to use any kind OF a
weapon, said drummer, is less
afraid of THAT same weapon in am
other mans hands than he is Of
ruder weapon. An Italian padrone
once said: If an Italian ever at
tacks YOU with a knife don't attempt
to defend Yourself with knife. He
knows all about knives is used to
them, and is not in the least afraid
of them. Use a club. Almost any
Italian will run from a club, even
after he has drawn his knife And
even the toughest characters in the
wilder parts Of the south and west,
expert as they are with the pistol,
would rather face a lcveled revolver
than a drawn bowie knife"
One OF the most interesting of
Glasgow enterprises Is what may be
described as municipal time for the
entire city. A regulating clock, di-
rectly controlled from the obserya-
tory has been placed in the city
chambers, and this in turn controls
three circuits of public clocks at var
ious points in the city. In the mean
time only about dozen clocks have
been provided but If the trial proves
successful the corporation intends TO
erect from 200 to 800 eighteen-inch
dials, thus providing a reliable sys-
tenn of standard time for all parts of
the city. This extension of the cir
cult will involve the laying of sixty
one miles Of wire. It is hoped also
to include timekeeping in private
houses.
\ tunnel between the mainland of
Italy and the island of Sicily is now
being actively projected. Plans and
model complete in every detail We're
executed by the Italian civil engineer.
De Johannis. and are now on exhibit
ton at the University Of Padua The
principle employed by him is that OF