Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
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has started suit against doctor Tor
$4,000 damages for malpractice.
j. w Bates, for many years a lead
ing attorney in Rock county and candi-
date for the municipal judgeship at
the last election, is in hospital with
lubar ataXia.
At GAINESVILLE, the will of Mrs. Nancy
Fish leaves the entire estate to her
nephew, Attorney Charles w. Reeder,
with the exception of the furnishings
Of her residence, which are left to
Mrs. Mary Reeder, The estate is val
ued at $4,000.
John Alder is supposed to be the
name of a man committed to the
northern hospital for the Insane from
Oshkosh, who believes he is President
Roosevelt and that he has $4,000 COM
ing from Washington.
GAINESVILLE statistics show that dur
ing the last year fifty couples have
been divorced in the circuit court,
half of whom came from Beloit. Six
new citizens were added and twenty
four took out first papers.
At Racine, Joseph A. Bedford, che
local agent of the Chicago-Milwaukee
Electric railway, has been arrested on
"a charge Of larceny as bailee. 1t is
charged that Bedford, as agent of the
company, appropriated $292.25 for his
own use.
The new power plant on the Rush
river eight miles from Ellsworth is
completed. A dam of wood and earth
has been constructed, and a turbine
wheel will be used to transform power
1T will make $50 revolutions minute
and will generate $50 horsepower.
At Eau Claire, the engagement has
been announced of Miss Mildred
TolIes, a young society lady, and AL
fred G. Arvold Of Fargo, N. D. Mr.
Arvold taught in the Eau Claire High
school last year and is now on the
faculty of the high school at Fargo.
Miss Ruby Johnson, Is years of age,
and William Cass, II years of age,
who came to Green Bay from Esca-
naba, Mich, to get married, were ar
rested by the police at the request of
the Escanaba authorities, and were
taken home by a brother of Cass.
Work on doubling the tracks on the
Northwestern line to point south of
GAINESVILLE to the new yards has been
completed and a new bridge has been
built across the Rock river. Already
the engine house at the asserting
yards is being used to store road en-
gines not in active use.
Near Brandon, Henry TaVes, a rural
mail carrier, made his rounds on
Christmas day with a sleigh drawn by
four horses, bearing Christmas tree
decorated with ribbons, candy, and
peanuts. At every house he would
stop and distribute candy and peanuts
among the children.
kilograms from Cedar Rapids. Ia.
state that Will am Onstott, a painter
Of Kenosha, had his left leg amputated
as a result OF an accident while hunt
ing. Onstott left kenosha Monday
for Cedar Rapids, and the 10 lowing
day with party OF friends went hunt
ing when gun was accidentally dis
charged The full charge went into
the tteshy portion of Onstott's lett leg.
At Eau Claire. Joseph DemarCe was
fined S25.40 for selling liquor to a
minor named Fred Branshaw The
boy is II years Of age, and was given
q sentence OF thirty days for discr-
derry conduct. Sentence was sus-
pended and he has been let out On pro
baton. Charles OLeaTy paid a fine OF
SO for keeping his saloon open after
hours.
At Green Bay, the Fishermen's Pro
tectve association is raising money
TO make a test of the state license
law. Each member of the association
is putting into the fund per cent Of
what he would have to pay for a IL
Icense. The fishermen have refused to
pay the license, and none of them has
been prosecuted.
Get another manager. I am mar
ried now" This was the telegram re-
ceived by Joseph G. Rhode. owner Of
the opera house store at Kenosha, and
It came as the announcement of the
marriage of Miss Anna Haestrup, man
ager of the store, and Hoyt Swan, a
well known Kenosha man. The wed
ding took place liz Chicago, Tuesday
evening. The announcement came as