Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-04
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

timore, Md, had to stop and repair
his machine After the repairs were
made he reached in to turn on the bat
terry. AS he did so his eyes fell on a
big RATHER coiled on the floor of the
car at the foot of the steering gear.
With instant realization of his danger,
Mr.. Williams withdrew his hand, but
not quickly enough to wholly escape
the snake. The angry head darted out,
the teeth closing OF a portion of the
heavy gauntlet on Mr.. Williams right
hand, but without sufficient force to
secure @ hold. Before the RATHER
could strike again Mr.. Williams hand
was out of danger. With a stick the
snake was thrown out of the car and
finally killed. 1t was three feet seven
inches long and had seven rattles.
Madison.-At meeting of the
capitol building commission no
contracts were let for the tearing
down of the south wing Of the state
house. Five contractors submitted fig
ures and in two instances they planned
to have crushed the stone in the pres
ent wing so that it could be mixed
with cement to be used in the new
building The members Of the COM
mission desired to have time to find
out whether the old stone is good
enough to be used for that purpose.
The plan is TO have torn down the
entire wing within sixty days after
the work is begun. In order to do this
a large force of men will have to be
employed Conrad Smith of Milwau-
kee will do the plastering on the Sec
ond floor of the east wing.
Madison.-The Wisconsin State
League of Postmasters, comprised
of postmasters Of the third and
fourth-class Offices, will hold their an
nual convention in the clubroom of
the Republican house. William H.
Froelich, Jackson, is president, and
William R. Brown, Veterans home,
| Waupaca, secretary. The Wisconsin
Association of Postmasters, which in
cludes postmasters of all four classes
and assistant postmasters, will con-
vene in Eau Claire on September 8
and 8. The date was changed from
| September Z because of the visit of
| Colonel Roosevelt to Milwaukee on
that date.
Montello.-The farmers of Mar
quette county have appealed to
tie college of agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin for relief
| agains: a worm pest which is destroy
| ing their potato crop in a manner SIM
liar to the way the grasshoppers for
merly destroyed the western crops.
These worms are from an inch and a
half to four inches in length and range
in color from a dark brown to light
green. They do not seem to come
from anywhere, but farmer goes out
In his field in the morning to find
millions of worms eating his crops. A
! leaf minute for each worm seems to
he the speed at which they eat up the
crops.
Stevens Point.-A laborer, about
fifty years old, who had worked
with steel rail gang on the 500 line
near Amherst, was run down by a
train and killed near Custer. He had
told fellow laborers his name was
John Wick, but he had given no ad-
dress. Part of his clothing was pur-
chased in Milwaukee and part in Fond
du Lac.
Depere.-Milk dealers here have
raised the price of cream from
"a cents to 50 cents per gallon on &C
count Of the scarcity of feed An
other result of the drought is the
farmers are reducing the number of
their cows Animals bought for SEQ
earlier in the season can now be
bought for $50.
Janesville-Edward Bierkness, be-
lieved to have been crazed by
the heat, is alleged to have attempt
ed suicide twice. 1t is said that he
waded into the river and lay down but
was rescued and that soon after he
attempted to jump into the water. He
was taken to the police station.
Washburn.-Jeffe Coats has a
chick with four fully developed legs,
the extra scratching apparatus pro-
trudes from the chicks body back of
the regular legs. The peep is Nively
as the rest of the brood and does not
seem to be bothered by its extra legs.
Racine.-The completed school
census of Racine shows that there
are 10,907 children of school age,
a gain Of 500 over last year Fig
uring on the usual percentage, this
will give the city population of
43,e2S.
Madison. = State Bank Commits
sioner M. c. Bergh on Friday is
sued a charter to the State bank of
Trego, Washburn county, with capital
stock at $4,000. B. E. Baker is pres
ident and G. p jerks cashier.
Racine.-Achel Morris, a resident of
Racine county since 1874 and vet
eran Of the Civil war, died in the Ma
tional Soldiers home, Milwaukee, at
the age of seventy-three years
Stevens Point-The annual re.
union of the Eighteenth Wisconsin
infantry and the Twelfth Wisconsin