Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-27

Over $4,000 was collected for com.
| pleting the Superior Y. M. G. A. build
| ing.
The ice harvest is on along Rock
river. Ice is about fourteen inches
| thick.
Chris Beck, of Racine, a for
| mef lumberja.k, committed suicide by
hanging in the cellar of a rooming
house.
Mrs. Ferd Huebner, II years old,
d1od at her home in OconomowOc,
death being caused by a stroke of
paralysis
Pinned under tree he had felled,
Mathew Aries, residing four miles
south of Medford, froze to death be-
fore help arrived.
Fully 1000 birds were at the Beloit
Poultry associations fair last week.
The entry list is the largest the asso-
citation has ever had.
Lemuel R. Kroner Grand Rapids
pioneer, is dead at the age of ninety
one years. Mr. Kroner moved to
Grand Rapids in 1S45.
Chris Slot, of Racine junction, died of
heart disease just as he entered his
home after having attended a theater
party. He was sixty years old.
George Moffatt pioneer Of Depere,
who died at the age of ninety-fve,
was buried by the G. A. R. Sons Of
Veterans acted as pallbearers.
Bills of more than $4,000 have
been presented to the city council by
victims of smallpox, who have been
under quarantine at Manitowoc.
The Oatman Condensory Co. at Chi
cago will establish factory in Beloit.
Negotiations for the buildings of the
Thompson factory are under way.
]. e. Pettingill, IS, a resident Of
Durand, ILL.,, under treatment in the
general hospital in Beloit, killed
himself by slashing his throat with a
knife
Mrs. H. Xiel, 81, ManitoWoc, and her
nephew Henry Kiel, seventy-one
years old, residents of the same block,
died within twenty-four hours of each
other.
Mrs. Julia Muller, an inmate of the
State Asylum for the Insane at Men
dOta for three months, committed sui
eide by swallowing twelve poison tab
lets.
Thomas G. Chase has been SEN
fenced to thirty days in the county
jail of Oconto county for failure to
send his nine year old son Floyd to
school.
O. B. Garrison, 80, we'll known turf
man of Oshkosh, is dead He came to
Oshkosh in 1881. He had served in the
civil war in company E, Twenty-sec-
Ond regiment.
John Johnson, is near death having
been hit by Milwaukee passenger
train at Nekoosa Five ribs were
broken and his lungs punctured His
recovery is doubtful.
John Mangler, who is said to have
owned a small farm near Kenosha,
Wis was found dead in a hay NOV
owned by Leo Heinz in Evanston. He
was employed by Heinz.
William Hahn four year old boy Of
Grand Rapids, died as result
of falling into a Washtub of boiling
water His mother was badly burned
while attempting to save him.
Kenosha men put on whirlwind
campaign and in eight hours raised
more than $4,000 to be used in main
tanning Fairgrounds in the Kenosha
parks during the coming summer
Sheriff John Sleep, of Waukesha
county, placed IS prisoners under
quarantine, in compliance with orders
from Health Officer G. e. Peterson,
after one of the prisoners contracted
scarlet fever.
The Wisconsin conservation commits
sion asks contributions from Badger
sportsmen to buy male elk to head
the herd of three female elk now in
the state game preserve at Trout
lake, Villas county.
Due to confidence it's residents
have in their banks which pay A per
cent on savings, Postmaster Wagner
has been ordered to discontinue the
postal savings department of the Stur-
geon Bay pOstOflice.
G. Federer, Sheboygan, is dead from
blood poisoning. Three months ago he
injured his right leg while at work
in the stone quarry at SheboyGan
Falls. The wound seemingly healed,
but last week blood poisoning set in.
Charles r. Carpenter, Racine bank
er and former cashier Of the defunct
Commercial and Sa wings bank lost his
suit for $23,254 against the bankrupt
estate of the Universal Manufacturing
company, which concern he imam
ceered.
Green Bay NJ. E. hospital and sana-
forum, recently completed at cost Of
100000, was dedicated with officers
of the Deaconesses association, mem
bers of the Methodist clergy of the
state and other individuals assisting
tor