Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-17
BADGER BRIEFS,

The residents of the northern part u
Outagamie county, are considering a
plan to secure Legislative action form
ing new county of portions o. north
ern Outagamie county, southern Shaw
ano county and western Brown county
with Seymour as a county seat.
The Ashland board of review issued
subpoenas for about 20 lumbermen,
whom they wish to appear to give in
formation regarding the assessment of
lumber stocks in Ashland. The as
sessed valuation of Ashland is about
the same as last year. $3,S00000
Robert Dieckmann, a Sheboygan
young man now living in New York.
has begun an action that involves the
distribution of something over $4,000
The action is brought to set aside the
will of Mrs. Maria Hulseberg, an aunt,
who lived in New York prior to her
death.
DR.. Weiper, mayor of Durand, was
arrested, charged with the unlawful
use of the mails. He dunned a delinquent
patron by a postal card, saying he
could not afford to pay letter postage
any longer He pleaded not guilty
and was released on bail.
Mrs Frances Dye Hotchkiss died in
the National hospital, Chicago, Aug.
6. The deceased was one of the first
white children born in Kenosha
county. She was a daughter of Prof.
Nathan Dye and was born in South
port in 1899. She was a musician of
talent
At Marshfield a runaway occurred in
which 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs w. L. Little was dashed to death
against a telephone pole. The little
one had fallen from the seat and
crouched in a kneelng position close
to the dashboard, when the horse
crashed with terrific force against the
pole.
Ex-Gov. Upham has concluded not
to build branch from the Wisconsin
Central road from Medford to the tract
of $4,000 acres of timber land recently
purchased by him in that vicinity, but
has made a deal with Fred Reitbroch,
owner of the Abbotsford & Northeast
ern to jointly extend that road from
Athens twelve miles into the tract.
Miss f. M. Cooper, woman of con-
siderable ability as an artist and well
educated had a trial at Racine as to
her sanity. The jury declares her
sane. Miss Cooper is connected with a
detective agency and in her testimony
claimed that she was instrumental in
causing the prosecutions several
merchants on charge of selling butter
inc.
Warrants have been sworn out for
two alleged priests, who have been
soliciting funds in the northern part of
Outagamie county. The men claimed
to represent Armenian churches and
secured quite an amount of money
Bishop Messmer of the Green Bay do
cese and the priests of the district are
endeavoring to locate the swndlers.
The Oshkosh Electric Light & Power
company elected a new list of officers
on account of the death of c. G. Paige
who was president. The officers are:
President H. b. Harshaw; vice presi-
dent, George b. McHilton; treasurer
A. f. Thompson; general manager,
W. H. Huntington. Leander Choate
was elected director.
The men who are backing the pro-
posed railway line from Oshkosh to
Stevens Point have visited Appleton
within the past few days and it Is re-
ported that they were looking over
the ground with reference to the trans
fer of the terminal project from Osh-
kosh to Appleton, Oshkosh has proven
slow in guaranteeing the hackers the
$4,000 bonus they ask.
AT Stevens Point John Wallace had
his left arm caught in a belt and was
carried several times around. His
right arm parted below the elbow and
he was thrown across the shop. In
striking the floor his right leg was
broken below the knee. His hand and
part of the forearm remained entwined
in the belt. His left arm was also
broken above the elbow 1t is thought
he will recover.
Christian Neff, a patient was
trampled to death by bull at the
Outagamie county asy sum. The ami
NAL, though dehorned, turned on him.
knocked him down and crushed in
his chest. The victim was pulled out
from under the bulls hoofs By the
county employees but only lived two
hours. Neff was about 60 years OF age.
was a G. A. R. man and has been an
inmate for nine yea