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

OF the nEM ~ IL. y, Motneck X Com
pany, commission merchants at Mil
waukee, was arrested oa charge OF
! embez2'emcUt preferred by his par,-
! nor, Mr., Meiuerke, The arrest was
made on Il warrant alleging the en-
| he22lemcUJ Of 81 600,
Robert Humphreys, \ Racine ma
rhinist yereutly injured by beipg
struck by ] renterpolc while reaching
his head ont ot a WauNeSha car WIKI
dow, died at Racine, where he WAS
taken few days ago AFTER submitting
10 an operation IN 4 milwaukee, hos
jPital Tie was 20 wears Of age,
Fred. the l4-yeay-nM son ot Fred
eriSk Ohn, 4 lahorer living ut 5l7 Su-
periol street, WAS drowned while
bathing With his Younger brother in
Kelley pond. near kiuuiykiuuir aud
Clement avenues, The litt,o fellow
was playing ON a raft when he fell
into the wafer where i, WAS consider
ably beyond his depth,
The large siN~horst tally-hNs which
are operated at milwaukee, in con-
nectiou With the whalehark steamer
Columbus 70 show the Chtrago eNeur-
si0oists the city, are to Ne replaced by
automobiles The change is to he
made early ncNt season and the thirty
horses now needed to haul about the
live coavhrS will be retired.
Mrs. Mary Frederick Bcniugcr
widow Of Peter Joseph Bernnger died
IN milwaukee, Of a p8ralypc stroke at
the age ot s.. Her husband was the
owner or the BerniuEor property ON
South Pierce street and both were
early settlers in milwaukee,, Two Of
Mrs. Hcruiugcrs scans were drowned
one, PAU, in the Mcnominoe river in
1878, and Adolph the other in Fox
river at Fort toward in 1881.
At Eau Claire a trolley car struck
a wagon containing eight persons,
| severely iniuring Mrs, $, H. Stafford
In the wagon We're Mr., and Mrs. $. l.,
Stafford and child, Mrs II, G. stafford
and two sons, and Mrs Frank Smith
and child The occupants were thrown
out, Mrs. Stafford striking on her head
and losing consciousness. The othNrS
escaped with slight bruises. An exam
! disloCatcd.
O'Connrll brothers, Shchuygau couu-
! tN men who went to the klondikc re-
| gion more than year ago. have writ
ten home relative to the climate and
conditions Of the market, besides cX-
citing narratives Of their experiences
in the country, They say that con
servativc estimate. Judging by the dai-
| ly average, they believe the amount of
gold taken ont OF the district IN the
vicinity of Dawson CITY last winter
was upwards of $4,000 900.
A special election was held in the
town OF bloomington, Grant county,
to choose supervisors, the last election
having been declared a tie by a dcci-
sion of the circuit court. The election
resulted in the choice of Henry Rob
crts, John Harris and Albert Schreiner,
known as the ant-ralroad aid ticket
| The vote was 80 to g. This disposes
Of the long contest for railroad bonds
in that town The supervisors elected
are those ousted by the court.
In Milwaukee John +. Burnham
qualified as a member Of the board Of
fire and police commissioners in place
OF W. ID. CantilIon, who rendered his
resignation. A few weeks after re-
ceiving his appointment Cantilon was
promoted by the Chicago a. North
western Railway company. by whom
he was EMPLOYED. to be supcrintend-
cnt of the WipCna division of that
| road. His new position required him
to be absent from the city great
part of the time, Burnham Is a well
known republican, was sheriff Of Mil
waukec county from 1889 to 1881, and
was member of the assembly two
! years ago.
Parties who have Travelled from Ne
cedah TO Mather report tons of FISH
surb as piclcrcl ana bass To be diving
in the bitches leading to The branches
of the yellow and IDmonwcir rivers
qt points along the highway. The
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