Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-23

WISCONSIN,.

TO enforce the SLdLe Id" "N
minors playing billiards or pool.
The annual convention OF group NO.
~ the Wisconsin bankers VIII Dc
held ia Chippewa Falls on Jan. %.
The body of an unknown man was
found by a freight crew at Coila1. II
was badly cut and was taken 70 emp
psWa. esb
Joseph Brown, Fond du Lac hsh-
erBnan. has fallen heir to an estate u
Sc 900 left him by relative III Ter
many. :,
ernest Schultz of Sheboygan, II
years OF age, has been sentenced 70
ninety days in Jail on charge Oh Dur
glarizing the Leader store.
Chicago Masons to the nuInOer VI
200 invaded GAINESVILLE in full dress
suits to conduct the initiation OF AItor-
ney William e. Wheeler into the oroei'
peputy Game Warden Craig OF Su-
.srior has investigated the report thaC
fhe La Toilette hunting party poughC
deer. and says that he finds nothing 10
it.
city of Beloit for $4,000 damages for
q broken arm which she sustained on
Dec. Is On a walk which she declares
was defective.
Lawrence Baehler, proprietor OF d
sheboygan barber shop, has been ar
rested on a charge Of employing MS
brother Ferdinand, who is said to De
without a. BARRIERS license, in his snop.
f. E. Hill of Almena, has been con-
victed of retaining money out or the
purchase price of a bridge for the
county which he was to have turned
into the treasury, and was fined $40
and costs.
A new Sunday school for the "un-
churched, unorganized and unlaDeled,
was opened at La Crosse by Catherine
McFarlin. The school will be open for
all creeds, and is being made as an
experiment.
The wife Of Dr.. E. G. Horton OF
Whitewater, suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis and is in a critical condition.
Mrs. Horton was a volunteer nurse
with the union army, her husband be-
ing an assistant surgeon.
w. w. Dietz of Rice Lake, brother
OF John f. Dietz, the alleged outlaw
of Cameron dam, Is under arrest on
the charge of sending venison to a
friend in Chippewa Falls. He was ar
rested at Rice Lake by Game Warden
Hubert, and his trial has been set for
Jan. 20.
Mrs. Henry Carleton, wife of the
proprietor of the Carleton hotel, at
Beloit, was robbed Of $85 in cash,
which was taken from a bureau
drawer in her room. Jewelry worth
$500 and three gold watches, which
were lying in the same drawer, were
not taken.
A serious coasting accident occur
red while a bob loaded with boys and
girls was coasting down Hospital Hill
at Manitowoc. The steersman lost
control of the bob and it crashed into
the gutter. Miss Bessie Pollock and
Miss, Norma Knell struck their heads
against a hitching post and were bad"
ly injured.
Jay Gleason, aged 10 years, stud
snt of the GAINESVILLE high school, hV-
ing in the town of La Prairie, was
struck by a Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul passenger train while driving
from school and his head badly gashed.
The train was stopped and he was
found lying a few feet from the track
unconscious.
A trail killed Andrew Peterson of
Colfax near Chippewa Falls. Ander-
son was walking along the track, and,
hearing the whistle, stepped off. He
was struck by the steps of one of the
cars. He was so years old and had
lived in Dunn county for over thirty
years. ,aAs4
A flood Of applications for admission
to the Wisconsin state tuberculosis
sanatorium at Wales, is reported by
DR.. Chester A. PAUL, the superintend-
ent, and the completion of the new
shack will permit of the acceptance
of at least seventy-five more patients,
making a total of 100.
Property owners about Camp Doug
las are indignant at the action of the
special board of survey in recommend
ing the Sparta site for national ar
tillery field and army camping ground.
They claim that the members of the
board were given butSa cursory view
OF the Camp Douglas site
Henry kitzrow of Iron River, was
attacked by huge lynx while hunting
rabbits, but managed to dispatch the
brute before it could injure him.
Wild animals are finding difficulty in
getting food, owing to the lack of
snow, and have become unusually bold
IN their half starved condition.
Charles Alexander Eastman, a full
blooded Sioux Indian, who attended
Beloit college twenty years ago, has
written q volume of legends and
stories entitled odd Indian Days"
He was sent 10 Beloit from the Sisse-
ton reservation by the Rev. S. R.
Riggs, and is the only member of his
race who was ever a student at Be
lott.
A man representing himelf to be an
employee of the Bisseu Carpet Sweeper
company victimized many owners of
the machines at Neenah. He took
the machines away to repair them,
and neglected to return some, did poor
work on others, and charged exorbi-
tant prices. The company has sent
notices that it has no men travelling
for that purpose.
Former Sheriff T. G Harcum of