Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
KERNELS OF NEWS
BADGER BRIEFS.


The postoffice at Stanley was
robbed Of $500 in currency and a
quantity OF stamps.
Picking OF the cranberry crop has
begun in Wood county. The yield
will only be fair this year.
The barn, including contents, on
the farm Of Frank HandI near Mani
lowoc, were destroyed by fire.
IIiga BTus, a travelling mendicant,
who is said to have an income OF
$4,000 a year, was fined for begging
at Sheboygan.
Frank Pribbernow Of New LONDON
has offered a reward for the appre-
hension Of the miscreant who locked
his horses tail.
Earl Stone was injured at the
plant Of the DeIaVan Condensed Milk
company when an elevator which he
was operating dropped two floors.
Suit for the recovery Of s15,l62
damages from the Omaha road will
be brought by the estate of the late
Dennie Z. Fox, who was killed at a
railroad crossing near Eau Claire.
Children playing with matches
caused a fire on the Rummrill farm
at Gibbs lake, Rock county. Two
corn cribs and some farm machinery
were destroyed.
Hog cholera in violent form is said
10 be raging in the town of Holland
and several hundred porkers have
fallen victims to the disease. Cases
are also reported from Dane county.
Philip Smith, colored, Of La Crosse,
charged with robbing the store Of s.
Bona, pleaded guilty and was sent
10 Waupun prison for a year.
Howard Leaf has been arrested at
Marinette charged with having robbed
the tailor shop of Joseph Ruml
When arrested he is said to have
worn one Of three coats which were
missed.
r. j. Whitton, formerly Of James
vile, now of Butte, Mont, was as
sauIted by hoIdup men in that place
He was fired upon when he refused
10 halt, the bullet taking effect in
his right thigh.
A suit for $4,000 damages against
the Wisconsin Central has been
started by Mr. and Mrs. Herman EsseI
man of Athens. The alleged injuries
were received in a wreck near Nee
nah in June, 1907.
The trial of NeIs Anderson on a
charge Of burglary at Waueksha
ended abruptly. Anderson pleading
guilty to grand larceny. He was sen
fenced to six mort Imprisonment
at Waupun. Anderson robbed the
store of S. Condis over a year ago.
Mrs. James Kittner of Green Bay
city was held up in Minneapolis and
robbed of $25 in money and two dia
mond rings, worth about $500. She
had gone there to visit members of
her family on her way to Dakota to
join her husband.
Frank Chualo of Racine, said to
have once been a wealthy harness
maker, became insane He was found
digging in a cellar after $4,000 which
he claimed had been buried there.
1Bdlu IC SidIiltu " nave PLO,OUO III q
local bank. He will be sent to an asy-
lum.
Mrs. James Mathews, colored, of
Fond du Lac has left home and the
husband suspects a local cOOred
preacher as the cause of her leaving.
The Matthews couple was married
last May on the siege of the local
theater during the intermission of a
minstrel show, but their welded life
has not been of bliss.
Herbert Lee, a machinist, employed
at the J. l. Case Threshing Machine
company at Racin, was hit on the
= ad by a heavy weight which flew
from a machine, struck an iron pipe,
and glanced off His skull was frac-
tured and he is !" a critical condi-
ton.