Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-27
CURRENT EVENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The remains oil the late Bayaro
Taylor will be brought to his home in
Pennsylvania for interment.
SOLOMON GARDNER, the we'll known
: steamboat and vessel owner, died at his
residence, in Detroit, Dec. 2lst.
THERE was heavy snow storm Dec
2lst throughout Ontario, causing great
delay TO trains.
Hon. ALPHEUs S. WILLIAMS, member
Of congress from the Detroit district, ol
Michigan, died in Washington on the
morning of Dec. 21st.
TIE banking house of 6. +. AIDE &
Co, Of Cincinnati, suspended Dec. 18th.
Liabilities $78O,00O; assets nominally
100000.
The residence of u. S. MCPHERSON at
Woodbridge, N. Y, burned Dec. 21st.
! The senator and family had narrow
escape.
A DRY goods firm Of Montreal has
been swindled out Of $4,000 worth Of
goods by the chief clerk in the estab-
lishment, acting III collision with par
ties outside.
The representatives Of thirty Or forty
railroads met in Chicago Dec. 10Th
and agreed TO pool on all business from
that city. This, Of course, means high
or rates.
ICE was running so rapidly in the
Mississippi ut st. Louis Dec. 18th, that
ferry boats made their tri ps with great
difficulty. Several boats not laid up
for winter, were dangerously situated.
IGNATIus DoNNELLY has served II
formal notice upon w. y. Washburn
that he will contest the latter's right to
u seat in congress from Minnesota.
The contest is based upon nine allcga-
tions.
Ar San Francisco Dec. 18th Lawrence
Otis Hall, clearinghouse clerk Of the
London d San Francisco Bank, stole u
$4,000 package Of greenbacks and
absconded, NJ Is supposed, on the CERAMIC
for China.
The large Touring mill Of Jno. N.
Cole, ut Rochester, Minnesota, three
stories high, four run Of stone, was do
stroyed by fire Dec Dist. The origin OF
tho fire is unknown. Valuation Of
property $4,000. Insured for $21 600.
PRESIDENT MOTION, of the Phila.
delphia Market street railway company,
and Samuel u. HUM, who pleaded
guilty 10 fraudulently over-issuing the
stock of the company, were sentenced
each to ten years imprisonment III the
eastern penitcntiary Dec. 18th.
TIE great st. Louis bridge was sold
Dec. Goth under decree Of the court
forcclosng the first secured mortgage
bonds. 1t was purchased in the name
Of Anthony. Thomas, Of New York
who paid $4,000 in gold MS earnest
money. The price paid was $2;0OOOOO.
THE harbor and lake convention
which closed its labors ut 81. Paul,
} Dec. 10Th, was largely attended, and
the proceedings were very interesting.
A large amount Of valuable statistics
o. lake traffic was gathered. and the
importance Of rendering the harbors
moro available was fully set forth.
JACK KEIloE, the infamous leader Of
tho Molly Maguircs in Pennsylvania, was
hung vt Pottsvillo Dec. 18th. The
crime for which he was convicted, was
committed June II, 1882, when he
killed, or assisted in killing, +. w. S.
Langdon. Retribution was long dc.
ferred, but il came ut last.
Ar SC. Paul, Dec. Goth, u. s. District
Attorney Billson began proceedings III
twenty-one cases Of alleged trcspass on
government pine lands. The alleged
tresspnssers are mostly residents Of
Minneapolis and Fort Cloud, lumber
men, but not prominently known i'll the
business.
TIE jury in the case of Whalen
against Gen. Sheridan, tried IN the u.
$. circuit court, in New York, brought
in IL verdict for defendant after long
trial. The suit WIS for the recovery OF
over 100000 for the seizure Of kilona
plantation, st. Charles Parish, Louisiana,
in August, 1867, and the ejectmcnt OF
Whalen by the military, on the order
Of Gen. Sheridan, who was then mill.
tary governor.
THE steamer Cmblu that arrived nj
New York Dec. 18th had on board two
little German children, II boy and girl,
who We're among the passengers saved
from the wreck of the steamship Pom
mcrunid and Undermined rs the children
of Mrs. Steihl. The body of Richard
w. Clymer, son Of Mr.. William 3D. ely
mer, who was lost, and nephew of Con
gresham Hester Clymer, Of Pennsylva-
mia, is also on board the Gmbrid.
THE directors Of the Northern Pac fic
railway met III New York Dec. lSth-loth.
Proposals for tho construction Of the
Missouri River division of tn
road were opened, and tile lowest bid
for tho first one hundred miles ~ he
completed by the LIST Of November next,
was accepted, and the board ordered n
revision of the surveys of the second
ono hundred miles to the Yellowstone,
preparatory TO letting work on that.
IuE Florida state canvassing board
completed the canvass of the late con-
gressional election returns Dec. DIST, and
gave certificate to Hill, democrat, his
majority being Il. The returns OF l're-
ward county, which gave y democratic
majority, was thrown out on account Of
fraud, and Madison county, which gave
u republican majority, was thrown ont
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