Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-02

care. III the evening he gave a birth
day party.
At Spring Green Miss Maybe
Walker, daughter of l.. E. Walker,
preside ut of the Texas & Southel n |
railroad, and relative of Governor ;
La Toilette, was probably fatally hut :
in a runaway. !
After being blind for 36 years Mrs. |
Lucy Fry of Charlottesville, Ind, is |
beginning to distinguis objects and
even cOlors. She was stricken blind
by neuralgia. She is now hopeful OF
complete recovery.
1t is suggested that one of the
things which Henry G. Payne will bel
called upon to do upon entering the
cabinet is to plan for the adoption OF
a government telegraph system by the
postoffice department.
Rosenberg & Sanderowitz's three
story building, at Siegfried, Pa, oc-
cupied by their general store, Rosen-
berg's family and a club, burned. The
family escaped in their night clothes.
Loss, $4,000 Insured.
The trial of Newell c. Rathbun,
formerly a soldier in the regular army,
who is charged with having caused
the death of Charles Goodman in
JeffersOnville, Ind, last month, was
called in the circuit court.
Pere Marquette car ferry No. 16 was
wrecked while trying to enter the har-
Dor Of Ludington, Mich Three men
Ia Nv or Of
them fatally. The boat was scuttled
to save it from breaking up.
In the case of North Dakota COW
boy who passed a $50 confederate bill
on an Indian Judge Amidon holds that
he committed no offense against the
United States, though he may be
reached through state courts.
Fifty million feet of pine logs are 10
be brought from northern Wisconsin
by rail to Lake st. Croix within two
years, because of the inability to raft
satisfactorily down the st. Croix river
| the deliveries to be made at Hudson.
West Superior city employees will
be paid the amount of their back
salaries in certificates of indebted
ness, drawing per cent. interest.
The certificates are now being print
ed, and about $4,000 worth will be
| issued.
President Hazard Of Wellesley col
lege has announced a gift of $3.50, 900
from John D. Rockefeller on condition
that an equal amount shall be raised
by the college. Mr.. Rockefeller has
contributed 100000 to the general en-
dowment fund.
Senator Penrose has introduced q
bill levying a duty of 25 per cent. az
vaIOrem on all manufactured silver
| A preamble to the bill declares it tt
be the purpose Of the measure to pro
| tect the silver mining industry of the
| United States.
Alarming reports have appeared in
the press dispatches about the Hines.
Of Admiral Sampson. The disease il
making the slow but gradual progress
peculiar to such brain and nervous
| diseases. He is afflicted with soften
ing of the brain.
Ernest Sapoli, former steward on
the steamship La GascOgne, Of New
York in a transatlantic line, has
been sentenced to ten months i'm
prisOnment for attempting to bride an
immigration officer to pass certain i'm
migrants as citizens.
Bills have been again introduced in
congress by northwestern representa-
tives providing for the payment to the
several states of per cent. upon the
net proceeds of the public lands dis
posed of for bounty land warrants and
Indian reservations.
At St Joseph, Mich, Joseph Cove
ney was awarded a verdict in the cir.
cult against Frank PhiscatOr, the Bar.
oda gold king of the Yukon valley, in
! the sum of $500, because it was al.
legged Phiscator aienated the affec
tions Of Coveney's wife.
Fire at Huntingdon, Pa, destroyed
the opera house block, including the
stores of A. S. Mullins, drygoods; C.
c.. Real druggist; E. Y Yoder, novel
ties; J. B. Port, confectioner, and the
Acme department store. The loss is
$150,000, partly insured.
A contract has been placed in New
York city, amounting to s750,000, for
the electrical equipment Of the first
electric traction system of Toxic,
Japan. The line will cover the prin-
cipal streets of Toxic, and is expected
to be in operation early in 1908.
l. NJ. Hellman, president Of the
Nevada bank of San Francisco and
also of the Farmers and Merchants
bank Of Los Angeles, says that there
is no truth in the report that Flesh
man, the absconding cashier of the lat
| ter bank, has been captured in Mexico.
A barn on the farm of Reese Hines,
north of Shippensburg, Pa, tenanted
| by Mr.. Guyer, burned. Twenty-one
| head of sheep and eleven COWS were
| burned, together with stored crops
Five tramps were sleeping in the barn
and four of them were badly burned
when they got out.
Max O'Rell Iectured at Baltimore
while suffering from appendicitis, and
has Cancelled all other engagements
made in this country. He said that he
would go to New York and submit to
an operation. If this is successful.
he declared he would return to Paris
and never again come to America.
Miss Josephine Holman of Indian
apois, whose engagement to Signor
M9rcO0i has hep0 a0D0unond saws bnr