Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-01

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John Scarr of Mayville, Wis, died al
ter an illness of nearly one week at the
age OF 50 years Mr.. Scharr was born
in Germany in 1913 In 1852 he came
to Dodge county.
A richly dressed woman about %
years old, threw herself in front of a
swiftly moving subway train at the
Brooklyn bridge station, Manhattan,
and was literally ground 10 pieces.
Mrs. w. D. Gavey, wife of whole
sale confectioner of Fall River, Mass,
was killed, and her two children and
Mrs. Borden also of Fall River, were
badly hurt in an automobile accident
DR.. Frank Huntington Snow, former
chancellor of the University of Kansas
and an entomologist of worldwide rep.
utation, died at Bellfield, Wis, aged
sitxty-eight years. He was a native
of Fitchburg, Mass.
William H. Mum, aged 26, who has
been employed as a stock clerk at the
Detroit club, was found murdered in
the alley. Mum formerly lived at
Colburn, Idaho. No motive for his
murder is known.
The Rev. George Link OF the Ger
man Evangelical church, at Spring
field, Ill, who had filled the pastorates
at Lebanon, Wis; st. Louis, Mo;
Springfield H., and other places is
dead, aged SO years.
Joseph P. Wellman, former United
States marshal, Montana pioneer
one Of Helena's wea1thiest land live
stock and mining magnates, died in
Philadelphia from heart disease. He
is survived by his widow
Robert J. Wallace, aged forty-seven
years. we'll knswn business man OF
Milwaukee, and for the last three
years president of the Wholesale sad
dlery association of the United States
died from Bright's disease.
News was received at Menomonee
Falls, Wis, by N. A Schmoyer inform
ing him of the death Of his daughter
Mrs. Winnie SchGnoyer Lawery, at Seat
tie, Wash. She was graduated from the
state university at Madison, 1906.
Following a heavy rain an attempt
to ford the south fork of the Cotton.
wood river near Strong City, Kan, re-
suited in the drowning of Miss Myra
King, a country school teacher, and
TWO of her pupils, Victor Rector and
Eta Folk.
Joseph thinner, a cabinet maker
committed suicide at the Marathon
county fair grounds by shooting His
body was found by Mrs. Theresa A
Weriek. Two empty whiskey TASKS
were found ON his body. 1t is believed
that brooding over the death of his
wife a year ago caused the deed.
George w. Weidler, lumber manu-
facturer and in former days one OF
the most prominent men on the Paci
fiC coast in the lumber business, died
at the family home at Portland, Or
Mr.. Weidler was seYenty-one years
old. The cause of his death was a
paralytic stroke.
Gen. Charles A. Miller president OF
the United States Army Aid associa
ton, died at his home in Brooklyn OF
heart disease. Gen. Miller was born
in Pittsburg in 1914. He served in
the Civil war and national guard OF
Pennsylvania, attaining the rank OF
brigadier general
Lemuel Trott, Of Boston, widely
known as an authority on trotting
who was fatally injured by falling
from a train, is dead. He was sixty
four years old. From 1887 to 1897 he
published the Turf Weekly and the
Spirit of the Hub, and for years he
wrote for Boston dailies on trotting
matters.
Wearing her heart away with grief
Betsey Lewiston, aged 20 years, OF
Viroqua, Wis, ended her life by TAX
ing carboIic acid For four years
Andrew Bolstan had paid her atten
ton, and they had long been engaged
it was said. OF late the man has
been Indifferent to her, and as a 'last
straw he gave a party to which she
was not invited.
Sheriff Mooney of Baxter county
Arkansas, who fell at the first fire
from the barricaded mountain cabin
of John Roberts, dies. Mrs. Roberts
who aided her husband in resisting
arrest for the murder of ODE Kissing
is still alive, but can not survive
Roberts and the two members OF
MONEYS posse who were wounded in
the fight are in precarious conditions
Mrs. Susan Germyn, over ninety-nine
years old, died at the home of he1
daughter, Mrs. Samuel White i'm the
town of La Fayette near Chippewa
Falls, Wis. She was born in Cork
ireland in 1909 and came to this coun,
try with her family f1fty-eight years
ago and settled in New York and later
in Waukesha county, Wis. She has
been a resident Of Chippewa county
twenty years and was it's oldest wo-
man. She is survived by five children
numerous grandchildren, great grand
children and great-great grandchildren.