Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-31
BADGER BRIEFS.

At Beloit Robert McAlpin and Miss
Julia Herion were married at the home
of the bride.
While returning home Stephen Kier,
young Viroqua farmer, was stunned
by lightning.
Albert Williams, boy inmate of the
state reformatory, escaped He was
recaptured several miles south of De
Pere.
Andrew Haben of Oshkosh lost five
frame buildings in the fire at Victor,
Col. He carried no insurance on ac-
count of the high rate.
A barn belonging to Charles Adams
of Eleva was struck by lightning and
burned. Ole Peterson, who lives near
Strum, lost four stacks of grain.
Charles Krause, fisherman, has dis
appeared from his home in Green Bay.
and has been missing since Saturday.
Relatives believe that he has drowned.
AT Edgerton Mrs. Jacob Ressler died
from an overdose of laudanum. taken
with suicidal intent while insane. She
was resident of the town of Fulton
and about 80 years of age.
Wisconsin pensions granted: In
Pearsall, Hartman. SIG
to sly; original widows, etc, Wilhel-
nina Abelinf, Rube IS; Karen K. Phil
fps, Whitewater, IS; Mary vanwagoner,
Viroqua, So.
The CORNER stone of ST. Bartholo-
news church at Pewaukee was laid by
Bishop Nicholson, assisted by Rev.
John Brown of Waukesha, Rev. George
f. Burroughs of Milwaukee and Rev.
M. McCready of Frankfort, Ky.
The Waupun council awarded the
contract for $4,000 of electric light
bonds to the First National bank Of
that city at premium of $3.50. The
bonds run thirteen, fourteen and fifteen
years and bear per cent. interest.
At Kenosha a telegram was received
from Amigo saying that the right arm
of Albert Beltz had been shot off by
the premature discharge of a gun,
while hunting. The young man is en-
ployed in the Simmons Mattress COM
pany.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Regain, of 565
Union street. Milwaukee, was instantly
killed at Eleventh avenue and Bow
street by fall she received in trying
to step from a rapidly moving street
car. She is survived by husband and
eight children.
Fred c. Zapfe, aged SO years, was
at his home in Green Bay by
a fire. Zapfe had been employed as
general carpenter at the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul yards for several
years. His wife was declared insane
two years ago and was committed to
Oshkosh.
Hans P. Madsen, Dane 40 years Old,
engaged as night fireman at the Badger
Electric Light company, Racine, was
found dead. He was lying between to
large dynamos and indications pointed
to his having been killed by cleo
tricity. He was widower and leaves
four children.
The state board of medical examiners
is in session at Ashland Those pres
ent are: Fl. B. Hitz, Milwaukee; J. R.
Currens, Two Rivers; F. A. Forsbeck,
Charles e. Quigg, Tomah;
B, Dale, president, Oshkosh;
Samuel Bell, Beloit; H. NJ. Ludwig, sec
rotary, Richland Center
H. G.. Pickands and II. b. futile
passed through Kenosha in a Winton
The young men are max
ing a tour from Cleveland to Mar
luette A few accidents have mpeded
their progress, but the two tourists
hope to reach Marquette in six days
from the time that they started.
The striking coopers formerly en-
ployed by the Pabst Brewing company,
held a meeting which was
attended, the leaders afterward said, by
nearly every member of the union. The
men decided by unanimous vote not
to return to work at the brewery COOP
arage until their demands are granted.
At Oconto the work of matchmaking
the streets has been temporarily
stopped, owing to the loss of the engine
which furnished power for the stone
'rusher Workmen found that the
boiler of the engine had been taken
lway in the night by unknown parties,
and its whereabouts have since re-
NAMED a mystery
Frank Jacobs of Peshtigo, a we'll
inown bee man, was very much sur
lrised when swarm of bees left the
)oX in which they were raised and took
o an empty bottled beer box, on which
he had hive resting. They went to
work Immediately and seem to be as
'ontented as any of his swarms. They
ire making and storing honey in Sec
ions of the box.
Announcement is made of the pro-
notion OF Supt. Arthur w. Trenholm
If The Superior division of the Omaha,
o the superintendency of the Nebras-
"a division of the same system. The
'hange will take effect in two weeks
Ir. Trenholm is succeeded as superin-
endent by Walter G. Winter, son of E.
". Winter. Supt Winter is now in
he Omaha's employ at St. Paul.
A big black bear is causing much ex-