Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-03
CURRENT EVENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Gardner, Ill.,, were destroyed Dec. Goth
Snow fell TO the depth Of four feet in
Western New York on Christmas and
all railroads were blocked.
BIERHoFF Il LIVINGSTON, New York
dry goods merchants, have failed for
100000. Assets said 10 be large.
THE Chicago and Northwestern freight
depot at Fond du Lac, Wis, burned on
Christmas. The books were saved.
G. BAILEY, stock-raiser and merchan,
of Platisvile, Wis, was gored to death
Dec. Goth by bull that was on his
farm.
TIE court house and nearly all the
county records Of De Kalb county, Mo,
were burned Dec. Goth. Loss cstimat-
cd at 100000.
CHIEF MOSES and ten Of his principal
supporters have been captured in Ore
gon. The backbone Of that Indian re-
bellion il broken.
THREE engines and snow pillow ran
of the track Of the New York d OswegO
Midland railroad, near Fulton, N. w.,
Dec. Goth, and killed two employees.
THE schooner Men, from St. John for
New Haven was wrecked on the coast
Of Maine, Dec. 18th. The captain and
three scamcn were drowned
A B0sToN telegram under date
Of December 9th says; Rev Leonard
Woods, ut one time president Of Bow
dom college, and author of many vol
umes, is dead.
TIE people Of Kansas City distributed
provisions and groceries to the needy
poor Of that place on Christmas The
whole city, nearly, joined IN the spcn-
did charity.
A BosToN telegram Of Dec. 2Sth says
The Emerson piano companys factory
burned tonight. Loss 100000. In
sured. ~ men are thrown out Of en-
ployment.
AFTER five hours dcliberati0n the Jury
III the Lrihl of Joe ST Peters and Mrs A.
Is. CLARK for tho murder of the lattCr's
husband ut In Grange, Ill, returned II
verdict Of not guilty ~ 70 both Dee. ~.
GENERAL y. q. McColIuM, formerly
general superintendent Of the Erie rail
why. and subsequently at the head Of
the government railway service during
the war OF the rebellion, died in Brook
lyn, Dec. eth.
AN engine Of the Lchigh Valley road
while rounding curve near Hazel
ton, Pa, Dec. both, jumped tho track,
killing tho fireman and brakeman and
buddy scalding the engineer, and n
trackman.
TnE latest reports from tie
revenue raid in Fcntrcss county,
Tenn, is to the effect that forty
six Illicit distllers have been arrested
and bound over to the United States
circuit court, and Illicit concerns valued
Mt $4,000 destroyed.
A VICTORIA, British Columbia, dis
patch Of Dee. eth says, on the 18th
Of December, John Boyd killed IN II
cowardly manner Thomas O'Bncn, NJ
Fort Wrnngcl, Alaska. The citizens
tried him by II jury Of his own sclcc-
ton, found him guilty and hung him
next day.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch undcr
date of December 9th says: Exon
gresham Owen Jones started from his
residence ut Winncwood, hast night, to
visit nelghbor, and wps found before
frozen to death by the road
side. The deceased represented the
9th district in the 10th congress.
TIE extreme cold weather that visit
cd the northwest Christmas week, was
in many places by vio-
lent snow storms. The snow fell two
feet deep in Chicago, while trains were
everywhere impcded. The coolest
weather WIS west of Sioux City whore
the thermometer fell to- thirty degrees
below zero.
A BosroN telegram of Dec. eth says
One Of the boldcst highway rubhcrcs
winch ever took place ii this vicinity
il claimed 10 have occurred late last
night IN East Boston, when Edward
Revert, ~ pawnbrokcr, was knocked
down 10y two unknown rutlians and rob
bed OF $500 and lcwclry, etc, valued ut
$500 more. He says he lay four hours
IN the street before he regained CON
seriousness, and was nearly lrolen.
TIE long ana notorious trial OF Mrs.
Belinda Mack, Of gainesville, Wis. in
dicted for numbering her husband III
company with the hired man, Frank
Dickcrson, ended Dec. 10Th, wilha vcr-
Diet of guilty of murder i'll the first de-
gree. She was sentenced to states pri-
son for life. Dickcrsou, who swore he
had held improper relations with Mrs.
Mack, and who turned states evidence,
will be tried later
MAJ. MORRILL, Of the Engineer Corps,
has written il letter for publication, IN
which he shows that Capt Eads is not
the inventor Of tho jetty system, hut
that II has been used by our military
engineers for fifty years, lie also qucs-
tions the success of the ietties nj the
mouth of the Mississippi, rs Capt
Eads' contract looks for depth of 80
feet, and he has thus far obtained only
depth Of - feet, although he has
been paid iii advance for depth of IS
feet.
TaE Manhattan Savings Institution
apparently has not been able to OBTAIN
from the burglars the originals Of The
bonds stolen, and have madeapplication
to the treasury department for the issue