Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-02-06
IN BADGERDOM,

A. T. Spooner of GAINESVILLE received
q telegram stating that Frank r.
! Nicholson of this city had been in
iured in a runaway accident near
/ Billings, Mont.
/ The ice harvest on the inland lakes
! of Kenosha county was started and
! hundreds of men brought out from
! Chicago were put to work. The ice is
fourteen inches thick.
Waushara county got the county
training school which was offered to
Fond du Lac county, the last one Of
tered by the state under the provts-
ions of the last legislature.
William Nelson, an employee of the
Gilbert Paper company at Menasha
became entangled in a machine and
his clothes were completely torn from
his body. He escaped uninjured
E. Chivers and w. Fischer, who
were arrested at Portage on a charge
of burglariztng the general store of B.
J. Hurd here at Fall River are bound
over for trial under $1,000 bail
The second special election for
bonding the village of Cashton for
$4,000 is found to have been illegal,
and the whole matter will have to be
gone through with for a third time.
By fire, the origin of which is IN
known, John M Schmidt, a farmer,
near Ellington lost his house and
barn with most of the contents of
both.
The Black river has experienced
fall of ten inches over night, one of
the most remarkable drops ever re-
corded. The drop has caused the lay
ing off of all men employed in the ice
business.
Thomas Roche assistant chief and
electrician for the fire department,
at Oshkosh narrowly escaped death
while responding to an alarm. A
truck overturned and Roche went I'M
der it.
Gustav Frenz, a farmer near Cedar
burg was struck by car. His body
was found about sixty-five feet from
where the car struck him, mangled
almost beyond recognition. His horse
was also killed.
Andrew King of Glidden had the
muscles of his left leg badly lacerated
by buckshot. While working on the
Splitter" at Kern's mill, Louis Stock
lost all the fingers of his left hand
with the exception of the index finger.
May Buckley, who recently went to
Chicago and on account of her failure
to write to friends at Kenosha caused
them to fear that the body found in
the lake off Jackson park was her re-
mains. is alive and well.
Health Commissioner H. P. Rothe
of Green Bay escaped uninjured from
a collision in which his automobile
was wrecked. The machine skidded,
and struck a bridge projection as the
health officer was crossing the span.
Incendiaries made second attempt
at La Crosse. The barn was fired, but
it was thought that the fire was
caused by a spark. The return Of the
men put the idea CT accidental fire
ont of consideration.
John A. Miller Of La Crosse has
been appointed guardian of Miss
Gertrude Ida Schmitz, who was re-
Gently committed to the asylum at
Mendoza Miss Schmitz has no re-
tives and has property in La Crosse
and Madison valued at $4,000
Mrs Sara A Rattle, wife of Thomas
S Rattle of Denver and mother of
Paul s. Rattle of Oak Park, H., died
at Denver from the shock following a
surgical operation. Mrs. Rattle lived
at Oak Park for many years while her
husband was connected with the
Northwestern railroad.
Kinis Knutzen, Gibson youth, who
was missing from his home for sew