Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-29

At Amigo fire practically destroyed
the lumber yards and mill of Christ
Wunderlich. Loss $4,000.
Ethel N Mix has been appointed
regular and Jehu Pile substitute
rural carrier on route l at Avoca.
The contractors on the new state
capitol laid the first block Of granite
on the construction Of the west wing
Tuesday.
Krieger vereins of the cities of
Fort Atkinson, Lake Mills, Jefferson
and WATERFOWL held a county picnic
in Jefferson.
An interurban car turned completely
over at Kaukauna. Although there
were eight people in the car, not one
was seriously injured.
Gov. Davidson has returned from
Marinette, where he has been spending
week with United States Senator
Stephenson in Escanaba, Mich.
At Unity, while attempting to imi-
tate the hanging of a criminal about
whom he had read, Carl Justman the
i1O-year-old son of Louis Justman, lost
his life.
John c. Lund, secretary Of the
twenty-second Wisconsin volunteers
infantry association, has issued a call
for the annual reunion at Genoa juno
ton, Sept. 2.
At Watertown, two freight engines
CT the Northwestern and the Milwau-
kee road coIided at the crossing, de-
laying traffic on the Northwestern
road for four hours.
Miss Gertrude Boughton, a teacher
in the public schools Of Fort Atkinson,
and Kenneth J. Urquhart of Medford,
an attorney, were married by Rev.
Fred Staff of Grand Rapids.
Rev. E. S. McChesney, presiding
elder of the GAINESVILLE district Of the
M. E. church. will be granted twelve
months leave of absence and will
spend the year in Milwaukee.
At Beloit, while Henry Highland, a sa-
.Ioonkeeper, was attempting to eject
Albert Johnson from his saloon, the
latter sIashed the saIoonkeeper on
both arms with a pocket knife.
At Racine, A. c. Tilten, a young man
who came eight months ago from
Madison, has disappeared Police in
Madison and Mason City, Ia, have
been asked to look for him there.
Delbert D. Manross of Big Rapids,
Mich, head Of the commercial de-
partment of the GAINESVILLE high school
and Miss Beulah Westerfeld formerly
of Madison, were married in Chicago
on Saturday.
Portage vicinity was visited by two
terrific electrical storms. The steepIe
on the Methodist church was struck
and shattered. Traffic on the Milwau-
kee road from the west was delayed
many hours by washouts.
Amigo experienced a severe cleo
triCal storm Monday. The Myer &
Anderson market was struck by light
ming and damaged to the extent of
$500. In the cellar of this building
were 200 pounds of dynamite, enough
to wreck a block of buildings.
The new electric bridge across the
government canal at John street has
been turned over to Appleton by the
Wisconsin Bridge and Iron company
of Milwaukee, the contractors. The
company has to forfeit $2,350 for
nfnety-four days delay.
Two scores of persons were injured,
window panes worth at least $4,000
were demolished, a thousand pedes-
TRANS miraculOusly escaped serious
injury and buildings were shaken by
three deafening explosions of gas in
a sewer at East Water and Michigan
streets.
Chased by hungry flames in the vi
cinity of Taylor Rapids, Axel Johnson,
John and William NOrdin and Charles
Stone of Eas+ Marinette ran twenty
one miles for their lives, reaching
Athelstane completely exhausted and
scarcely able to give an account of
their terrible experience.
At'Appleton, the H. A. Ramps Jew
elry company was robbed of a tray of
valued at $500 Tue theft
was committed by a sneak thief with
the aid Of a confederate. They waited
until Mr.. Ramps went to supper and
when there was only single clerk in
the store.