Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-02
News Boiled Down
IN BADGERDoM.

A number Of counterfeit dollars
have been circulated at PeshtigO.
William Hill Of Ashland has been
arrested on a charge Of passing forged
checks.
Decorators are at work On the
Stephenson public library at Mari
nete redecorating the interior.
Nat Broganne was arrested at stan
ley by Marshal Wilson Of Augusta
charged with stealing a gun.
John Gates, a painter, recently fell
forty-five feet from the smokestack
of the American Motor company al
Eau Claire without being injured.
A petition has been circulated ask
ing Mr.. PARSE to remove the boiler
in the basement of the opera house at
Crandon, alleging that it is unsafe.
A package Of paris green in a bale
of hay killed Game Warden De Longs
valuable driving horse at Chippewa
Falls. Whether the package had been
placed In the hay out of spite is not
known.
Uncle Dan Hartranft, proprietor of
the White house at Eau Claire has
ordered a touring auto car to be used
In transporting hotel guests to and
from the depOts The car will seat ten
people.
Stephen Moore, aged 18 years, was
picked up in the railroad yards and Is
now at st. Mary's hospital at Super
Tor with his feet badly frozen. Moore
IL said to be a peddler, living some
where in the east.
After having been a source Of an
noyance to the public and the police
for the last half century, the old
'BIue Front" saloon, at La Crosse,
one Of the old landmarks Of the city,
is being demolished.
Fifteen young men, sons Of promin-
ent farmers Of Caledonia, were arrest
ed on complaint Of Capt. Pugh, deputy
game warden, charged with shooting
Gsh. Fourteen were discharged and
the fifteenth paid a fine.
Edmund Enright, formerly Of
GAINESVILLE and now connected with the
civil service bureau in the Philippine
islands, has been appointed superin-
tendant of the Filipino students in
the United States at a salary of $4,000
year.
Edgar c. Davis, % years old,
former telegraph operator, was
brought to Racine from Burlington
and lodged in the county Jail. He will
serve twenty days. Davis is said to
have stolen a lot Of tickets from the
railway depot in Burlington.
OTTO Falk, aged II years, pleaded
guilty of having burglarized the store
of the R1ckert Supply company 1t Wau
kesha, and was sentenced to five years
at WaLpun. Arthur Reese, colored,
pleaded GUILTY. to riaiv,o- n GaIesnnan'e
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gaf8ble case, and was sent to jail loi
sixty days,
A Fond do LAC county branch of the
WISCONSIN Experiment association has
been organized, and the following
officers were elected; President, j. P.
BonzeIet of Eden; vice president, Hor-
ace whitaker town of Fond du Lac;
secretary treasurer, Henry Michels,
Calumet,
being put Oh LuC u am OF AiSA ~
because re was afflicted with smallpox
L. e. Swan, a we'll known Bloomer liV-
cry man. rushed into a livery barn
in that village, secured a rig, and
drove to Chippewa Falls. After driving
about the streets for some time one
of the policemen hustled him to the
pest house.
Barney Clinton of Chicago, alias
Allen, a noted crook, an orator of
some ability, and a poet, has been
found guilty of burglary at Eau
Claire. Although scarcely % years of
age, Clinton has a great record as a
crook. The latest charge against him
was burglary. Gold rings, family relics
and n purse with some money were
taken.