Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS.


session of local governments as last
year. In this town the vote on asses
sor last year was, republican 1451, dem
ocrat 834, greenback 104. This year it
il, republican 1854, democrat 572,
greenback 487. There is an insignii-
cant greenback vote outside Of this
town. Not one town in the state has q
separate ticket, and not one IN ten Of
tie vote in such towns il for the green
back candidates. A remarkable fea-
turc Of these elections is the develop
ment Of Il prohbtory sentiment. Nor
WITCH and New London. and nearly all
the large villages east Of the Connect
cut river, voted no license.
THAT REBELLION ENDED.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch dated
October 9Th says: The insurrcc-
ton III Santa Cruz has been quell-
ed, and the rlngleaders captured.
The cause Of the instruction is said
to be u disagreement between the ne
grocs and planters regarding labor con
tracts.
THE KENTUCKY COCNTERFEiTERS.
A Washington special Of the7th says:
Reports from Louisville received ut the
secret service bureau this evening, re-
late the capture and breaking up of one
Oh the most notorious and important
gangs Of counterfoiters in the country
1t has operated in the mountains of
Tennessee and Kentucky, principally
back Of Lexington in the latter state.
The following is list of the persons
already captured, while eleven more it
is expected, will be captured some time
during tho night: James III. Arnold,
Thomas s. Crowel, Walter G. Young,
John Is. Wyatt, VIM. Il. Cook, John i.
Cook, William l.. Cook, Mrs. Mary
Cook, William Gayhart, Daniel Gay
hart, Hem Salle, Col. Absaom
Crabtrce, Mrs. Jane Crabtree, Reuben
Faulkner, Frank Faulkner, T.. f. Jones,
Alexander q. Smith, Dennis w Smith,
and John Shepherd. The business of
these countcrfcitcrs was the manufac-
ture Of both coin and paper money.
The greater part ofthcir work, however,
was in the manufacture Of Mexican and
trade dollars and ordinary halves and
quarters. Enormous quantities Of stock
have been captured and plenty of evil
dcnce to convict the men secured. De
tcctivcs Of the secret service have been
operating against this gang for eight
The mode employed has
been for the secret-scryice men to
rough it and enter into the life Of the
counterfciters. III I'LL instances the secret
service men have purchased counterfeit
money and had intimate dealings with
all the men captured. The Crabtrees
have been known for years rs notori-
ously desperate men. The sccret-ser-
vice men who have associated with the
Crabtrccs had no time to spare their
regulations. 1t is one OF the strange
chapters III the history Of these opera
tons that I'LL Of the detectives were
arrested and were kept in Jail u month
before they could he released.
1t appears that masked men eli
tered the house of u farmer
III Whitley county, Kentucky, and TIM
der threats of murder, robbed him of
5000. The detectives, who were sllS-
picious strangers on familiar terms with
the dissonte Crabtrees, We're arrested
and charged with the robbery Of the
farmer. Counterfeit money were also
found upon their persons, md this
cinchcd popular opinion that they
were the rascnls. The prosecuting Mt
tornev Of the county was such u fool that
the detectives did not dare TO make
themselves known for fear Of disclosing
thor plans prcmatmely. They were
visited by members of the Grabtree
gang while il Jail, and babe them to
stand firm and give nobody away, At
one time popular opinion ran 80 high
against the prisoners that attempts were
made to lynch them. 1t was only
through tho active operations If tho
bureau here that they were finally pro-
tected. They proved M alibl upon
The charge Of murder. The United
States district attorney at Lou
iSvillc under instructions procured them
bail upon the charge Of being counter
feiters. They were set free on the 2Sth
Of September. Under authorization
from the department of justice. A
large force Of deputy marshalls was
ordered from louisville to act in squads
under command of the secrct-service
mon, and il was with them that these
captures were made that are reported
to-day.
ROopY WORK on TILE PLtlNS.
A TopeEa, Kansas dispatch ofOet 9th,
gives Il summary OF the outrage seommlt-
ted by Indians who went north day or
two ago. After crossing the Kansas
Pacific they started northwest TO Deca-
tur county, and mided the settlements
there. The chief depredations were on
sappa Creek, Every residence for
twelve miles WAS plunderod almost
everything destroyed, MI cattle
stampcded and what of crops was left
by Indians has been eaten up or des-
troNed hv stock. Tho number Of poo