Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-31
HISTORY OF THE WEEK
MISCELLANEOUS.

GREAT fire at ST. Stephens, N. b. Jan.
Goth. Loss $4,000. Insured $4,000
Gov. II. d. VANCE was elected U. s.
senator by the North Carolina legisla-
ture Jan. Dist.
THE Indianapolis legislature elected
ID. w. Voorhees, for u. s. senator long
and short term, Jan. 2lst.
A FIRE at Gaiva, ILL.,, Jan. 18th de-
stroyed $4,000 worth Of property in
the Union block.
ARCH BIsHop PURCELL, Of Cincinnati
is in financial trouble with liabilities Of
nearly half million dollars.
Gov. HILL, Of Delaware, and Coy.
Hoyt, Of Pennsylvania, were installed
in Office Jan. 2lst.
j. ID. WALKER, democrat, was elected
u. S. senator by the Arkansas legisla-
ture Jan. 25th.
1 LOUISIANA will indulge in u constitu-
tional convention which will meet April
DIST.
A LARGE party Of stockmen have
organized in western Nebraska to re-
capture their stock from the Indians.
Ex-Goy. HARTRANFT has been nomi-
mated and confirmed Major-General of
the National Guards Of Pennsylvania.
ThE Wisconsin State Grange met in
Milwaukee, Jan. 22nd. The order is
represented ina lourishing condition.
The lower house Of the Louisiana
Legislature repealed the charter Of the
Louisiana lottery by II vote Of 63 to 20
last week
GEN. JAMES SHIELDS, for the short,
and Col. G.. Vest, for the long term,
were elected u. s. Aenators from Mis-
souri, Jan. Dist.
GEN. SHIELDS senatorial term TO
which he has just been elected in Mis-
souri,, will last only six weeks, expiring
March 9TH.
TIE Omaha banks are gluttcd with
gold. They receive the deposits Of the
Union Pacific railroad, which arc now
made largely in the shiny metal.
A RICHMOND, Va, dispatch says X. Il.
i. Bea, conservative, elected To the 10th
congress, has lcen chosen to fill the
vacancy caused by tho death Of Repre-
sentative Douglas.
THE Idaho legislature il so nearly
evenly divided in politics that fifty
eight votes were cast for speaker with
out choice. The democratic organiza-
ton was declared illegal
A DlsGRAcEFUL row occurred ut Shelby
City, Ky. Jan. 10Th. At primary
election the negroes and whites came
in conflict and began MI indiscriminate
war putting tho whole town in II state
Of great alarm.
Gov. CRossELI, Of Michigan, in his re-
cent message stated that last year 81
9S6, 1890 were spent on the public
schools in the state, the percentage of
attendance being only Gl per cent. of the
whole number enrolled.
GEN. John A. Logan, in Illinois, Ros-
coe Conklng, in New York, and q, Ill.
Plntt, in Connecticut, were elected u. >,
senators, jim. Dist. Also upon the
Same day the Florida legislature elected
Wilkinson, colored, senator, to succeed
Conover.
NEWFOUNDLAND was promised vi ,000,-
600 Of the fishery award before the
award was made and that sum has
been placed to the credit Of the Prov
ncc in the Bank Of England II will be
used TO build " railway across the island,
TIE new senator from Connecticut,
Mr.. Platt, has only ~ local reputation.
He has been in both houses Of the legis-
hture, and speaker of the house, serv.
ing with credit in every Office he hns
held.
A CINCINNATI dispatch Of Jun. Goth
says that VIM. II. Coffin, for many
ycnrs teller Of the In Fayette bank, and
who has been missing for Il few weeks,
A SPECIAL from Riverton, Ky, Of Jan.
22nd, says Solomon Johnson, u school
teacher, was brutally murdered near
Robinson's creek, in Pike county, by
james Bently, who failing to inelte him
into Il quarrel, smashed his skull with n
heavy club. Bcntly escaped. 4 large
number of country people are on his
trail, and it's thought TINT he will be
lynched if caught.
A LIST Of the railways upon which
new track has been laid during the past
year is published. The table shows
that not less than 2,922 miles were com
plcted during the year, n considerable
greater mileage than was opened i'll any
year since 1873. Very probably later
information may increase this record,
50 that il is safe to shy that over 5000
miles Of track wero laid on new roads
or extensions of old roads during the
year III the United States. The recapit-
ulation shows the total number.of roads
to he 151.
TuE report of the railroad COM
missioner of Wisconsin shows that only
ninety-ono miles Of new road have been
constructed III that state during the last
year. The total number Of miles nov
III operation il ? ,S3i including ninety
four miles Of narow-gaugo track. The
total number Of passengers carried was
2,429 925, an increase Of 47G,697 over
last year. The tons of freight carried
were 3,54S490, an increase OF Ill 1919.
OF the whole number of passengers car
ried only two were killed, and two in
jured
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