Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-10

heart failure.
At Fond du Lac the high court of
the Independent Order of Foresters
will be held Feb. and I.
w. H. Young died of neuralgia of
the heart at Poynette, aged 81 years.
He leaves a widow, three sons and
two daughters.
DR.. ]. S. Davis, fiscal agent of Law
renee university, has just announced a
gift of $500 to the gymnasium fund by
C. B. Pride of Appleton.
At Eau Claire Ernest French was
sentenced to the Green Bay reforma.
tory for two years. He had signed
his fathers name to checks.
Fred Smith, son of farmer, was in
stantly killed in lumber camp on the
Peshtigo river, being struck by fall
ing tree. He was II years old.
Matthias Gergel of Kenosha was
struck by a passenger train at Trues.
dell and killed. Mrs. Gergel, who was
with him, is not expected to recover.
John T. Richards, sent to Waupun
from Sparta in 1890 for the murder of
his step-son, John Mooney, with a
knife, has been pardoned by Gov SEQ.
field.
The first annual report of the Sun
Prairie Canning company is very
gratifying to the stockholders, as it
shows a good profit. J. F. bolt was
elected president.
An attempt was made to rob the
Farmers e Merchants bank at Chetek.
The outer door of the big safe was
blown open and the operators were
then evidently scared away
An additional rural free delivery
service will be established at Marshall.
Dane county, Jan. Is. 1t will cover
an area of twenty-seven square miles.
Walker Johnson will be carrier.
William Ruddick's general store, M.
G. Gunnis' blacksmith shop, the X. o.
T, NJ hall and John Holmes store
building were burned at Bruce. The
loss is $4,000, covered by insurance.
Because the price of beer has been
increased from rs cents to 81 a keg
number of Appleton residents have
dubbed to boycott the saloons. Any
member found guilty of patreaizins
saloons will be fined.
George Johnson, a Racine farmer,
lies at a hospital in critical condi'
ton, the result of being assaulted in
saloon fight at Western Union June
ton. John Zander, another farmer, is
in jail on charge of having made the
assault.
The four Montfort bank robbers
waiting trial tried to break Jail at
Montfort They succeeded in saving
fourteen Pinch steel bars and would
have made their escape had not Sheriff
Fawcett discovered the work. Several
small saws were found.
Mrs. A. j. Sherman, who was de-
serted in Chicago by her husband two
years ago and came to live with her
mother at Stevens Point, will appear
against him in court. After trying
two years detectives trapped Sherman
by means of a decOy letter
William Shields, the lighthouse
keeper of Squaw island off Manitowoc,
who has been confined at a hospital
since his rescue from his overturned
boat, mas suffered the amputatloh OF
MS rlght looI' MS conulIloh Is crlVi'
cal but II is hoped ne VIII recover
Christopher Fredericks died at the
Beloit hospital from appendicitis, an
operation failing to save him. He was
a member of the Fredericks Hardware
company and prominent German res
ident. A widow and several children
survive. A son died a month ago.
At Waukesha. Judge Griswold will
appoint William Swan as register in
probate to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of the term of clerk OF
the court. John G. Girth, who has per.
formed the service for two years in
connection with the circuit court
work. The salary is $500.
At Waukesha the Jury before whom
was tried the question as to DR.. Irving
j. Eales unlawfully assuming the
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