Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12
NEWS OF THE WORLD
WISCONSIN WAITS.

The Eau Claire county board by a
.ote of 16 to II, adopted the DUNN
pupon ballot system.
The new Kenosha postoffice was
thrown open to the pubic. The Office
is declared to be the most complete
in wisconsin.
Jose Casino, full blooded Mcxi-
can from Corliss, charged with as
sauit and intent to kill j. Carlson,
at Racine, has been discharged from
custody after having been in jail 80
days awaiting trial
John Helyers a laborer. 81 years
old fell into an elevator shaft at the
American Seating company's factory
at Racine striking his head thirty
feet below. His skull is fractured and
he is not expected to-live.
Discovering that his parents were
overcome by coal gas from a stove
and he himself suffering and nearly
overcome, Harry Gruber. of Sheboy-
gan, aged 13. summoned DR.. r. H.
Nichols in time to save his parents.
at Menomonie in the case of LHote
VS.. Dittmore, which will be tried at
the May session of the circuit court.
IiHote alleges that Dittmore referred
TO him as thief" He sues for S10.-
600
Losing his hold on top of a clay la
den car on the Northwestern trestle
at Menasha, John Kmuijt, foreman of
the Hackworthy Construction COM
pany of Appleton, fell headforemost
eighteen feet into steel caisson. He
was not injured seriously
At a meeting of the Taylor County
Fair association the dates of the fall
fair were set for September 26, u,
and %. A. J. IAtton was elected
secretary and it was voted to make
extensive improvements on the
grounds and track.
Henry B. Dean, prime mover In
the proposition several years ago to
merge all of the pulp and print paper
mills of Wisconsin. Minnesota and
Michigan into one company, died
suddenly at the Belmont hotel, New
York City. The deal fell through in
the fall of 1907.
Several villages in Kenosha county
are threatening to incorporate as
cities in order to gain control of the
county board held by the rural dis
tricts of the county. This plan, it is
declared, will be carried out if Keno
sha is redistricted so as to give the.
CITY larger representation.
Angered because Conductor Arthur
Cordes demonstrated with him for not
checking up the passengers in the par
Tor car, Porter Henry Livingston. a
negro, on train No. 146 Of the ST. Paul
road, out of Madison for Chicago,
struck the conductor a heavy blow in
the face, evidently with a razor, cut
ting deep cash beneath his eye. He
was fined 81 and costs for assault in
Edgerton.
nut FOR the prompt action of Os-
car Gilbertson, aged II years. son of
Marcus Gilbertson, of Black River
Falls, the father would have lost his
life instead of only his right ear Gil
bertson had just started a gasoline
engine and was slipping the belt upon
the pulley when his sleeve caught
and he was thrown to the cement
floor. His head struck near the heavy
e, nywheel. The boy quickly shut off
the valve and stopped the wheel with
his hands
C-laryss Burroughs, harness max
ger, who recently moved to Madison
from Columbus, o., confessed to Dis
trict Attorney Vroman Mason and
State Fire Marshal T. NJ. Purtell that
he set fire to the house he and his
family occupied in South Madison ON
the night of April IS, last. for the
purpose of getting $1,000 insurance
on his household furniture. The
house, which he rented from vandu-
sen, was destroyed Burroughs was
sentenced to seven years in Waupun