Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-02-03
Wisconsin news
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| The Peshtigo creamery has been
sold by A. G. Laabs to Edward John
son of Strum.
Assemblyman A. J. Vinegar has
pneumonia, which developed from an
attack of grip.
Louis Oswald, of Lacrosse, was
killed in the yards of the Burlington
railroad, where he was. employed.
Two trainmen were killed when a
train on the Chicago & North Western
railroad left the track near Rice Lake.
After watchful waiting E. Gerst-
berger of Rib Lake has just received
the prize Guernsey bull he won in the
fall blowing contest.
E. N. White, eX-state assemblyman,
and for several terms chairman of the
Racine county board died at his, home
in Burlington, aged ninety years.
Francis Lamb, 81, of, Madison, one of
the oldest and most prominent MEM
| bers of the Wisconsin, state bar, died
at his home of grip. He was ill two
weeks go -
Wood county school teachers and
school board members gathered in
Grand Rapids in attendance at the an
| nual convention of county school
| boards. ......- I'LL.
Bowling alleys are in, the new
Episcopal parish hall and will be open
this week. The alleys will be open
week days and are intended for the
entire city
Lighting candle on Christmas tree
standing in his home since the holt
days, six year old Joseph Sofas was
fatally burned, dying at the, hospital
two hours later at Superior.
Preparations are made for ce1ebrar-
ing the tenth anniversary of the con-
searation of the RI. Rev. William
Walter Webb as bishop of the Mil
waukee Episcopal diocese on Feb. "a.
The Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh,
will be continued under charge of the
receivers. The receivers petitiond the
court for authority to issue, receivers
certificates to the amount of S190,00O,
This year when Turtle creek overflow
ed it's banks it left huge cakes in
many BeIoit residents front yards,
and now that the water has gone
down they are placing ice in storage
The Union Grove Creamery Co, was
robbed Of two gold watches with
chains belonging to the r1anaaer,
Sam Nieeen9 and a horse on which he
rode t., Cor1iss, where the animal was
abandoned! +
A population of TAO in 1905; 1928
in 1916 That is the record of growth
of the city Of Spooner, as shown by
special census taken by. volunteers.
The bonded Indebtedness of the city
is only $4,000.
Packers at La Crosse, have been
at work filing two cars with the big
gest haul of buffalo and carp netted
in the Mississippi river for years. Con-
sentative estimates place the size Of
the haul at 10000 pounds.
La Toilette will be the only candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for president named on the Wiscon-
sin primary election ballot on April 4.
Governor Philip states he will not
allow his name on the ballot.
Fearing to answer on the final judg.
ment day for breaking the game laws
of Wisconsin caused former citizen
of this state who now sides at Dali
las, Ore, to ask the state conservation
commission to forgive him and allow
him to make restitution.
When Geo. Haynor, a trooper Of
KnowltOn, failed to return home as eX-
pected, searching parties went to look
for him and found him five miles from
the village in dying condition from
freezing and paralysis. He died an
hour after reaching home.
Mrs. Helen Collins, "a, of Oconomo-
voc, died at the home of Mrs. Matt
Herman in the town of Doyster, with
whom she was visiting. Samuel Mum.
inert, eighty-three years old, died at
his home in Beloit. He was many
years koo~er of hotel at Mi1ledge-
Vile, Ill.
Judge A. J. Phillip, one of the lead
ing horticuiturists in the state and a
frequent contributor to magazines and
farm journals, celebrated his eighty
second birthday by driving thirty
seven year old horse to the neighbor-
ing village of Bangor where he visit
ed Mrs. G. W. Mckenzie, who is nine
ty-eight years of age.
Ed Orlosky in the court at Kenosha
as an interpreter and an adviser
of foreigners engaged in litigation,
was arrested, charged with securing
$3.50 from a foreigner on an agree
ment to sell property, and it is alleged
that instead of turning over deed to
the property he gave the man prom
isory note payable in five years. &
Visitors for miles are inspecting the
new Skinner rooster Of the Wisconsin
Zinc company, claimed to be the