Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-04-20
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aged 95, one of the Oldest men in ST.
Croix county, died at the county hos
pital.
Roy Cummings was elected city
commissioner at GAINESVILLE over
John Sheridan by majority of 317
votes.
J. Schumann, pioneer Of Langlade
county, and chairman Of the town of
Polar, died at his home after linger-
ing illness.
The following are new Wisconsin
rural letter carriers appointed:
George R. Thomas and George R.
F1rsch, Kenosha
Aug. Schoenbeck, Oconomowoc, was
found with his necs and wrists cut,
but will recover. He is said to have
been respondent over illness.
Returns show Judge Michael Kir.
wan of the Fourth Judicial circuit has
been reelected over Municipal Judge
Albert H. Schmidt Of Manitowoc.
R. P Russell, aged 70, one of the
early pioneers Of Greenleaf, a veteran
Of the civil war and an earnest work
er in the Baptist church, is dead
Oshkosh Normal will get $129,750.84
from the state fire fund, according to
the report Of the adjusters which has
been accepted by the board of regents.
The Rev R. w. Bosworth died at
his Beloit home at the age of eighty
one years. He was a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for sixty
years.
Fire on a boathouse near Sha-
wanO destroyed four launches, the
loss being over $1,000. A match was
thrown in some gasoline and the fire
spread rapidly.
Judge Franz G.. Eschweiler of Mil
waukee, the returns show, was elect
ed associate justice Of the supreme
court to succeed Justice William II.
Timlin. The plurality was between
5000 and 10000.
Reverend H. J. Green, aged 73, for
mer resident Of Mecosta county, a civ
il war veteran and a minister of the
Liberal United Brethren church, died
at his home. He was prisoner at
Libby prison during the war
At the Oconomowoc council meeting
the contract for water mains, SAM
tary and storm sewers was awarded
to the Nelson-Weber company Of this
city at $8,015.S4. 1t also received the
contract for concrete Sidewalks
The shooting of George J. Seybold
Of st. Peter, Mimi, at Kenosha,
by two Kenosha police officers on
March 26th became a closed Incl
dent when a coroner's inquest return
ed a verdict generating the officers.
Dr. J. J. McShane, Kenosha health
expert, has been elected director of
public health in Akron, o., at a salary
nearly double that he was receiving
in Kenosha Dr. McShane begins
his work in Akron the middle of this
month.
The greatest blow to the "wets"
in the late election was at Superior,
which went for no license by thirty
three votes, this action wiping out 1875
saloons. This is the first time in the
history of Superior it has voted
against saloons.
The body Of William WEIGH, taxi
driver, at Green Bay, who lost
his life in December when his car ran
off the Main street bridge approaches,
was recovered at a point near the Car
gill elevator, a few hundred feet from
the spot where he drowned.
The Wisconsin election law upset
the intent of the voters of Highbridge.
By a vote Of 70 to 40 Highbridge was
voted dry, but the town is wet, law
fully so. it is said, because a clerk had
not properly advertised the election,
and had failed to post proper notices.
A c. Hoppmann, assistant attorney
for western district of Wisconsin, was
elected municipal judge Of Rane coun-
tv over Judge John c.. Fehlandt.
Judge Fehlandt was unable to make a
personal campaign owing to failing
health. The vote was $40 to 1872.
Drys made important gains in north
ern Wisconsin. New Richmond, wet,
went dry by eleven majority; Hudson,
Wcl, NSuI uly ny wv, ul TIC LANE,
dry, went wet by one; Clayton, dry,
went dry by sixteen; Boyceville,
Downing, and Emerald, formerly wet,
went dry.
The authorities at Kenosha received
light on the identity of Geoge J.
Seybold of st. Peter, Mimi, who was
shot by a police officer there when
letters from the. detective bureau Of
st. Paul, Mimi, announced that the
man was wanted IN that city on charg-
es of forgery.
Dr. NJ r. Wilkinson nearly drowned
while returning from IXonia, losing a
valuable horse and himself getting a
bad duCking in the accident, which oc-
Cured where the Rock river had over
flowed its banks, the water covering
the roadway. The horse became
frightened, stepping off the road into
the water, about five feet deep at
this point, and was drowned.
The board of normal school regents
adopted a resolution directing it's