Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-02-24

capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
A. j. Booth, Stevens Point vet
eran, aged 80, died at the Bruce hctel.
there.
George Shulke, veteran of the civil
war, was burned to death in his home
at Prairie Du Chem.
Elwyn Evans, winner of Beloit col
den wedding They have lived in
Dodge county many years.
There are 1857 in hospitals for the
insane, according to a statement is
sued by the board of control.
The members of ST. Mary's church
parish, Menasha, will erect a $4,000
school building on the church pro-
perty.
c. Tarrant, of GAINESVILLE, prominent
grocer of that city, dropped dead while
waiting for a train at the North West
ern station.
Mrs. Sarah B. Rau, Of Beloit,
wife of Charles F. Rau, is dead after
an illness of several years duration.
She was sixty-four years old.
The Amigo Gun club feeds prairie
chickens and cartridges that are
starving in the woods due to the deep
snow and the heavy crust of ice.
The members of the Riverview hos
pital board at Grand Rapids have de-
cided to erect a new hospital to cost
about $4,000, located on the present
site.
Mrs. A. G. Christensen, of Merrill,
is dead following an operation
performed at Wausau. She is the wife
of d former newspaper publisher OF
that city.
Rather than tie up the road
work in Rock county for the entire
year, the common council has decided
to pay the city's portion of the road
taxes, $7,354.27.
Mrs. A. Johnson, of Racine, was ar
rested and sent to Jail for refusing
to send her seven year old boy to
| school after repeated orders of the
truancy officers.
Peter Burns, 81, resident of Beloit
for many years, killed himself by cut
ting his throat with a razor Business
reverses are believed to have caused
him to commit suicide.
The secretary of state this year is
sued twice as many licenses for auto
mobiles as he did at the same time
last year The total number of Ii
census issued is $4,000.
Carl Yapko, a Racine laborer, arose
from hearty dinner at his boarding
house, fell and was dead when
physician arrived. Death was due to
strangulation on a potato.
Petitions are being circulated by
prospects among Menasha resi-
dents for the establishment of a Ma
tional guard company in the city
Many prospective members are sign
ing the petition.
John Novella, of Fond du Lac, en-
ployed at the Knowles plant of the
STANDARD Lime and Stone company,
was instantly killed by premature
blast of dynamite. He leaves a wife
and seven small children.
Charles Foilansbee, a married man
and anti-Cotholic lecturer of Water
loo, was sentenced to two and half
years in Leavenworth prison by
Judge K. M. Lands, at Superior, for
violation of the Mann act.
Everette Frazier, 3-year-old
boy of Pembine, who swallowed an
iron jack and who was operated upon
at st. Joseph,s hospital for it's remov-
al a week ago, it recovering rapidly
from the effects of the operation.
Laborers at the Western MalleabIe
plant were advised that their pay
would be increased 25 cents per day
to take effect Immediately. The West
ern Malleable is one of the largest
plants of it's kind in the United States.
Altoona, a settlement Whica is just
claimed distinction of being the small
est incorporated city in the world. A
new family has moved in and it is
| proposed to annex the town to Eau
| Claire to save taxes.
There gloom in the Gink fiat at
La Crosse. The Ginks have trans
ferred their verbal encounters from
the little apartment at Fifth and King
streets to circuit court, where an &C
ton entitled "Gink VS.. Gink" is being
tried before Judge Higbee.
E. Johnston, Chicago, unknown in
Racine financial circles, was highest
bidder for the bankrupt estate of the
Racine Stool company, which went
to the wall following the failure of the
Commercial and Savings bank Mr..
Johnston's bid was $92,112.
The Wisconsin state board Of CON
troll fixed the price standard for binder
Irvine at 81 cents pound in car load
lots, if paid for Nov. 1. This is slight
advance over previous prices. Kansas
state prison, it was reported, has fix
ed it's price at 9A cents for the same
grade.
Marguerite B. Woods, living in