Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15
General News.
EMIGRATION 10 LIBERIA.

EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA.
A Charleston, SOUTH Carolina. dispatch
dated March 9th saws that the program
me Of the liberian Exodus Association
Is now completely arranged, and the
sailing ship azores, which is to convey
the first installment Of colored omi-
grants, i expected daily She is a.
ready loaded with provisions, agricul-
turaI implements, dry goods, boots,
She Is and property Of persons intend
ing tO take passage. There are thirty
thousand shares of stock ut ten dollars
share, and it Is claimed that twenty
five thousand people through the South
have invested III Joint stock of the Asso-
ciation and that over 100000 are en-
rolled TO 20 when occasion offers. The
sailing vessel will be used as means
Of transportation until the company
secures funds enough to purchase
steamships, when II regular line Is to
\ be established between Charleston and
Monrovia, for carrying over emigrants
bringing back produce.
HtYTIAN REVOLUTION.
San Domingo Adviees via New York
Of the Och inst. states that the rcvolu-
tionists attacked Balz'S army ut one
mile distance from the city, and utterly
defeated il, making many prisoners and
capturing all IFS artillery and ammuni-
I ton. Great CONSERVATION prevailed III
the city. The only places that still hold
Eout against the rcvoutionistS are Azua,
Santa Domingo and Porto Plato. but
the last named place is on the point Of
/ capituIatlon.
TIE PANAMA HOLOCAUST.
New York advices Of the 9th INST.
concerning the great fire at Panama,
states that the Grand Central Hotel,
reported burned, occupied the greater
part Of the south side Of the grand
plaza, which is the center of the business
district Of the city.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has received 4 dispatch stating that
twenty-six buildings were burned, and
that the hotel was saved No damage
was done to either the railroad or the
Pacific Steamship Company's property.
Another dispatch says: Three blocks
IN the principal part Of the city We're
destroyed The sufferers are lansburg,
Wilson Il Brakcmor, ship chambers;
Isaac Brandon & Co., grocers; Scriber
lplON'4 HIIlIlIllllS IIQlSt, t'ttIliCISIls
Cooke & Boanders Many residences
were also burned. The total loss is
$4,000 insurance, $500 600, in Ger
man compagnlcs.
The Grand Hotel was Also burned
insured for $4,000 1t cost 100000.
GREAT STORM IL TIE WEST.
4 Sidney, Ncb., dispatch dated TIE
10th, says u severe snow storm set III
Thursday night, extending over four
hundred miles, from Bitter Creek, w.
H., to Ogallala, Neb., and has ragged I'M
I'll this morning with great fury, filling
the cuts on the railroad with snow. The
storm was 50 severe during ITS continue
ancc that men could not possibly work.
All trains were laid up ut convenient
points for safety and comfort, The
storm is now somewhat subsidized, and
the tracks will soon be cleared, and MI
trains go through 1t is said TO be the
worst single storm ever witnessed onthe
plains, but on account Of its short dura-
ton will do but little damage.
BlocKApED WITH Snow
a Cheyenne special Of the llth says
the Union Pacific is still blockaded by
snow The western division is open be-
yond Laramie, but nothing has passed
that point eastward. The eastern di-
vision is open east Of Sidney. Nothing
has passed Antelope westward, whore
No. passenger, due here on Friday,
still remains awaiting relief Several
hundred men with shovels, together
with number Of plows have been en-.
gagged to-day between Sidney and Lara
mic i'll an endcavor to lift the blockade.
The heaviest pillow on the road
left Laramie this morning, but stuck At
the siding The snow iii the cuts is
packed very hard, and plows that left
here eastward at Z q, III. did not make
much progress, returning here Mt =.
M. The Colorado Central train is at
Taylor's Station, eighteen miles south,
with pillow III the ditch, while the
Denver Pacific is ten miles south III u {
similar predieament. Relief has start
ed from the south for both these trains.
No news from the north vet. Reports
from Colorado say tie Kansas Pacific
il badly hlockd. A wrecking train il
in the ditch At Box Elder
ToRSApo IN GEORGIA.
An associated press dispatch from
Atlanta, Ga. under date Of March 18th,
says Il tornado struck that city yestei-
day morning about Il O'Clock, lcveling
the episcopal church and iniurng
eighteen members of the congregation.
When the building was struck, the
Officiating minister. knowing that il was
merely Il question of 4 few minutes a.
secure tue safety Of the people, cried
g them Is throw themselves under the
seats. The advice to tho congregation