Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-24
THE WORLDS WORK.
MISCELLANEOUS.

/ JanerO with great Vlrulencc III ~
THE Governor Of Michigan is about
10 nominate from 600 TO 500 persons
Of both sexes for notaries public.
The New Jersey legislature met Jan.
II, and organized by clcctlng republican
Officials in both houses.
JOHN II. JOINS, was reelected NJ. s.
senator by the Nevada legislature Jan.
J4th
GEH. sIGEL fellupon the ice and broke
his leg recently, when near his home at
Morrisania, New York.
SuEREf WALLACE, Of Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, il short &23,O0O Of public
funds.
| A FIRE al Gaiy, H., Jan 10Th de.
stroycd $4,000 Worth Of property IN
tho Union block.
JoHN BACK, postmaster Of French
burg, KY, has been arrested for riilinR
valuable letters.
Mrs. CoBB, the Norwich, Conn. hus-
band poisoner, has been found guilty Of
murder in the second degree.
OH. PLATr was nominated for u. s.
SENIOR by the Connecticut republican
legislative caucus January 18th.
ARcH BIsHor PURCELL Of Cincinnati
IL iii financial trouble with liabilities 81
nearly half million dollars.
TnE lower house Of the Louisiana
legislature repealed tire charter Of the
Louisiana lottery by n vote 0! G3 to ~
last week.
GEs. SHIELDS senatorial term to
which lie has Just been elected IL Nil.
sOuri, will last only siX week., expiring
March 1th.
/ JOHN a. LOGAN was nominated by the
republican members OF the Illinois leg
stature, on the first ballot, for y. s.
senator Jan. l7tl.
Hon. Gro. q. VEST was nominated lor
the long senatorial term from Missouri
by the democratic legislature caucus,
Jan. 10th.
Gov. VANCE was nominated by the
| North Carolina democratic legislative
caucus for United States senator, by NC.
clamatlOn
THE Minnesota Legislature IL getting
on swimmingly. Wheat, lnspectlon and
drive wells are receiving due amount
of attention.
A FIREat Grundy Center, Iowa, Jan.
IL, destroyed eight business houses. in
GLIDING two banks and the postollcc
lops estimated ut 100000.
W. T.. Hill. was elected United States
senator by the Colorado legislature Jan.
II. He is president Of the Boston and
Colorado Smelling company.
The Tenncssc river has been on a
regular spree, IT rose thirty-eight feet
above high water marx and destroyed
Il large amount Of property.
GEN. JAMES SHIELDS was nominated
| by the democrats of tire Missouri legis-
lnture for Lbe senatorial short term,
over David ii. Armstrong, by u vote OF
SS to 81, Jan. 18Th.
pREscorr, Arizona, dispatches says
the territorial legislature adopted 4
memorial asking congress TO approprl-
atc money for geological and min
eraloeieal survey Of Arizona.
A CINcINNATI dispatch Of JAIN. 10th
says that VIM. +. Coffin, for many
years teller Of the In Fayetto bank, and
who has boon missing for u few weeks,
il delnulter to the amount Of $2O, 900.
A BRUTAL murder was committed in
Chicago JAM 10th Ivy n drunken brute
by the name of Prank Donaghue,
lie rose III thc night from u, bed IN
which he was sleeping with his friend
and fclloW-workmnn, Martin Houston
ana taking pocket knife stabbed him
some twenty Times about tho head.
THE Worth and Church streets Ere ii
New York city caused the suspension o.
six or eight small insurance companies
Tho block in which tho fire occurred
was regarded rs valuable, ia goods
stored there, NJ amy single block ~ thC
city. u
TnE 18th legislative assembly 9
Dakota met January lith nnt
organized. Governor Howard's mes
sngc says the territory ms been won
dcrlully prosperous for tho past tvs
wears. He states the Indebtedness .
thu territory III $1,000 and asks for !
law authorizing M immigration board
A FIRE on Grand street New York OF
the lith and 10th oi January destroyed
u vast amount of property reaching mite
the millions. The Pacific bank, Levy
Bros, Nonmbcrgcr, kronss y louer
Howard, Sanger y Co., Edwin Bates 4
%. were principal losers.
| JANUARY II wns bad day for failures
Jenkins, Lone 4 Son Of Boston failed 70
S225,000; the City Savings Bank o
Oswego n. y. closed its doors ant
Jas. II. Prentice, hat manufacturer il
Brooklyn, made MI assignment viii
liabilities Of 100000. Ry the lattcl
failure 200 men were thrown out Of en-
ployment
i :. ID. RICHARDS was arraigned ane
tried Jan, 10 ut Mndon, keMney coun
| ~, Nebraska, ona charge of numbering
Peter Anderson, n Swede, on the 9tl
OF December last The jury hrough
in verdict Of murder in the first de-
gree. Richards was sentenced to b,
hanged April PC, between 10 a. Nj. AnC
Ar. NJ. He was indicted but not trict
for the murder Of the liatalson family
He appeared perfectly indifferent.
IT is rumored III Canada that tht
British minister ut Washington Will,
Oh Ma recent visit TO the Marquis y