Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-25
General News.
THE Returning BOARD AGAIN..

An Associated Press telegram from
New Orleans a the 18th inst, SAYS the
members of the returning board were
araigned to-thv i'll The superior Grim
inal court and the indictment read
charging them with forgery and altering
the returns Of Vernon Parish. Counsel
made motions to aeaSh the indictment
on the ground that the proceedings were
irregular. Nerruled without argument.
G'hc members of the board then plead
g. not guiky, and were admitted to
bail OH then old bonds. The day of
the tyial iSnot fixed.
JOURNALISTIC.
IN Omaha special Of January 10th
states that the Nebraska Newspaper
publishers association III annual meet
mg resolved 10 appoint y state advcrtis,
was appointed ON home Co.onerativo
printing, and the probability is that
patent outsides or inSides will hereafter
be printed in this city. The matter Of
all excursion was referred to the exCcu-
tive committee. More business was
done at this meeting than ut any pre-
yiCuS one.
THE MARYLAND SENATOR.
An associated press dispatch from
Annapolis, Md, saws tac legislature in
Joint convention to-day elected cN-Goy.
James T. Groomc, United States scna-
tor Is succeed George Il. Dennis, whose
tcrm expires March 4 1870. The Vote
was Groomc, IS, Steiner (rcp.) II;
scattering, :.
pooR 10.
! a Bismarck, Dakota ,,i>pnteh of ;hc
18Th inst, says Yellowstone Kelly, Miles
chici scout, has left Tongue RIVER for
the Milk River country. The Indians
have congrcgated there in considerable
numbers, and Kelly has gone ont to
look them UP and report. Kelly thinks
there is trouble ahead.
TIGHTENING THE SCRLHs.
y New York dispatch of the 18th
Says the Western Union Telegraph
Company has advanced rates ms follows:
10 and from this point to Buffalo and
Pitlshurg, formerly 50, 40 cents; 10
Chicago and Cincinnati, GO cents III
stead Of 90; to st. Louis, IS instead Of
w t0lllS, w 1llIililib illl lNlllNuS My
Sian advance Of % cents. A gcncr-
III order was issued that all messages
payable on delivery shall be charged
with the additional word collect" rs \
portion of the message. This, Mr.. Or.
ton says, is only fair for the trouble oI
keeping an account of such messages
ut both ends OF the route. Concern.
ing the new rates, he says it is n mistake
to csll them nm advance. A year age
the rates to these places were 10 to Y
per cent higher. In the fight with the
Atlantic & Pacific, the Western Union
was compelled to reduce its tariff fal
below living prices. Since then it ha,
been asccrtaining how low it can sen,
messages, gradually cqralizing j.
tariff on i basis just alike 70 the publ,
and itself, making rates 70 Whichit pro
poses TO steadily adhere hereafter
Rates to points west Of Omaha are ~
duccd, he says from $50 to Sl.50 III,
extension Of the 25-cent rate to distance
Of 100 miles affects 5 900 stations. New
Orleans is made the same rs st. Louis
u reduction from 81 so To ST. These
are given as instances, showing how
the company is acting. The service tl
the principal cities and especially Chi
cago, Mr.. Orion declares to be very ex
acting 1t requires instantaneous orl
and the highest priced skill. The half
rate night service, deliverable before
business hours next morning, attachc
Us hitherto. The members Of the pro
ducc exchange express much indigna
ton at the advance, and say II is ruin
Gus to them, and threaten TO rebel j
some way.