Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
LATE NEWS CONDENSED.
BADGER BRIEFS.

Lightning struck barn of Arthur
Webb, near Albany, and destroyed
1t, with its contents, including three
horses.
John Smith. 80 years old. an in
mate of the Old Folks Home. at
Stoughton committed suicide by
drowning himself in the Yahara
river.
z. B. Naylor, home conner at She
boygan from Ripon, was bitten by a
camel owned by Thomas Corey and
had Corey arrested. MAYORS right
arm is badly lacerated.
Deputy Sheriff William Beyers. Ell
lec2ortn Peterson, and Charles Erick-
son of Cashton pleaded guilty to
scining fish in Timber Coulee creek
and were fined $25 and costs each.
Samuel Trip, a laborer of Stiles
junction, and a well known charac-
ter was instantly killed by a North
western train. The body was horri-
bly, mangled. He leaves wife and
two children.
Patrick Shevlin of Superior was
killed in the Northern Pacific yards
at Duluth by being thrown under the
wheels of a fatcar on which he was
standing. The engine started the
train with a jerk and he fell.
Peter Oscar, employed by the Bird
and Wells Lumber company, at Wau-
saukee fractured both legs above the
knee as the result of the chain on
the skidder's twisting and breaking,
throwing a heavy log on him.
Pat Kelley. a Racine laborer. fought
with a policeman and was roughly
handled. He was sentenced to jail
for thirty days. Later the discovery
was made that he had two fractured
ribs He was removed to- hospital.
Coroner F. J. Burns of Washburn
returned from COrnucopid bringing
with him the body of Joseph Pro
vost. who was found dead in the
street. Provost met his death by
drowning in three inches of water.
Elmer Meyers Of Wautoma, en-
pioyed in a meat market, was in
iured while sIaughtering He stOop-
et over and came in contact with
a large hook which struck him in
the eye. It is thought he will lose
the sight of his eye.
While Dronouncing grace at the
supper table, Fred Starck near Spar
Ia was seized with heart failure. He
was one Of the oldest residents of
The county so years of age, and had
lived in Monroe county since 1861,
five years after coming to Wisconsin.
Albert Koffey and Charles Bartz
left Grand Rapids for Fargo, where
they expected to work in the harvest
folds. A few days later Michael
KOfey received a message announc-
ms that his son had been accident
ally killed at Clear Lake, MINI.
A. M. Ryan was instantly killed at
Edgerton while attempting to board
IA fast stock express going twenty
miles an hour. The lower portion of
his body was literally torn to pieces.
He was identified as coming from
Covington, Ky, by letters in his peck
et.
The wagon bridge over the Kicka-
poo river at Petersburg collapsed
and fell into the water when sixteen
head of cattle driven by two boys
were crossing it. Ali were dumped
into the river but none hurt, the
bridge which was built in 1893 is a
total wreck, the foundation work was
defective.
James Mcdonald of Cadillac, Mich.
a former prize fighter, attempted to
board a freight train in the North
western yards at Rhinelander and
fell beneath the wheels losing both
legs. When members of the train
crew rushed to his aid, Mcdonald
begged piteously for a gun-crying:
Il want to finish this job, for life
doesn't look good to me now"