Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-19

rill.
The smallpox epidemic in Trempea-
leau county, which has caused many
cases cf illness III the last year and
some deaths, is believed to have been
stamped out
At Watertown, the unwilling of the
new fountain in the city park, valued
at $1,000 and bequeathed to the city by
the late Fannie P. Lewis, took place
with brief services.
John NJ. Urban, aged 46, wealthy
resident of the town of Union, Vernon
county, committed suicide by shooting.
Temporary insanity is believed to
have inspired the act.
Congressman James H. Davidson, &C
companied by his wife, left for Buffalo
to join the rivers and harbors com
mittee of congress on tour of in
spection of the great lakes.
At Chippewa Falls, residents are
much stirred up over the attacks upon
girls made at night by an unknown
person. One girl, the daughter Of
Charles knight, has been attacked
three times In one week.
| Work was resumed on the building
of the west wing of the new capitol,
which was suspended a few days ago
on account of the failure of material
to arrive from the iron works and
from the granite quarries.
| The case against the Rev. Father
James Hofer, the priest charged with
the seduction of a young woman of his
congregation will be tried for second
term at the September term Of the
circuit court at La Crosse.
Mrs. Ausman Olson of the town of
Drammen, Eau Claire county, died
suddenly. Upon getting out of a
buggy she fell and her head struck a
sharp stick of wood, cutting a cash in
her temple, and she never regained
consciousness.
The Eau Claire council has re-
solved to apply to the railroad COM
mission to determine reasonable rates
OF telephone service in Eau Claire, by
the Wisconsin Telephone company.
The resolution also alleges inferior
SGIF ice anu incompetent management.
The Superior city attorney has pre-
pared a petition to be sent to the state
railway commission asking that it
make all investigation of the gas rates
in Superior, claiming that they are
too nigh and that the company can
profit
J. E. Dunn and daughter Margaret
narrowly escaped being killed by a
passenger train at Arson. A runaway
team pulled the buggy upon the track
in front Of coming train and stopped.
The occupants We're hurled twelve
! feet from the track, and only slightly
| injured.
At Racine, Martin Oak, Hungarian
VINO attempted to kill Eda Korabye
! because she refused TO accept his at
! tentiOns and was to Wed another Hun
garian and fellow bCarder of Oak S,
was sentenced to serve nine years in
prison. Oak shot the woman twice,
one bullet entering the forehead and
the other passing through the palm OF
! her hand.
A Chicago syndicate, including the
president of the A. C. McClurg COM
pany and the secretary of the Chicago
Traction company, headed by o. K.
, Nunson, has purchased Of the GTimmer
Land company, Marinette, a tract of
over 5000 acres of land near Cody, in
Amberg township. There are sixteen
members in the syndicate each taking
! 800 acres or more.
Westby had a murder scare which
stirred up the town and brought the
sheriff and district attorney in haste
from Viroqua but it proved to be only
a case of alcoholic poisoning. Henry
Anderson, a laborer, was found dead
on a farm near the village, and neigh
bOrs sent word to the county seat
that a murder had been committed
Chippewa Falls city has decided to
so into the open market to buy it's
coal hereafter in order to get the
cheapest price. 1t was decided to
erect a large municipal coal storage
house to store the city's annual coal
supply, the idea being to purchase
the coal hereafter in one order and at
time when the price is the lowest,
Word has been received that William
Dieu, formerly of Menomonia was lost
in the wilderness of Alaska for five
days. AS soon as he found that he
was lost he crossed the divide be-
tween Karta bay and Thorne bay and
made his way down the northern slope
and thence to Hadley The distance
was forty miles, and he made it in
five days, most Of which time he was
without food.
The DOdgeville Chronicle edited by
A. S. Hearn, and for twenty-five years
the leading weekly republican news
paper in Iowa county, has been pur-
chased by John NJ. Reese, president of
the First National bank of Dodgeville,
and T. Emery Bray, county superin-
tendent of schools. Mr.. Bray be-
comes managing editor, and the new
management announces a policy of
ultra republicanism and no factions.
POLITICAL.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton,
chairman of the house committee on