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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
he had discharged few days previous
from the store

he had discharged few days previous
| from the store.
HENRY HARTMAN, of Milwaukee, just
released from SIX months sentence in
the house of correction, on the 27th of
July attempted TO murder his wife with
a pair of shears, and, supposng he had
accomplished the job, committed suicide
by cutting his throat Mrs. Hartman
will recover.
A WINoNA dispatch OF July 2sth says
| In a saloon just outside Of the city limits,
last evening, during row, a young man
named Joseph Malone was shot, and, il
is supposed, fatally injured, by young
fellow named Charles Richmond who
was arrested. Malone was mixed up in
a stabbing affray that led to the killing
of Mike Ryan, in this city, two years
| ago.
A BALTIMORE special Of July Goth says
Thomas III. Benner, occupying the lodge
at Antetam Seminary, was yesterday in.
stantly killed by his wife. He charged
her with intimacy with Hoveriield, SUI
pcrintendcnt Of the seminary, and made
an assault upon her, when she seized a
carbinc and shot him through the heart.
The wife was lodged in Jail at Hagers-
town. She alleges the shooting was to
protect her own life.
A Dies MONIES special of July 25th
says: A man who has called and adyer-
lied himself as the Rev. G. III. Browning,
Of Ohio, and who came to this city as an
adventurer few months ago to publish
| n temperance paper, was arrested last
week for catte.stealing at Grinnell. His
preliminary examination resulted in his
being bound over In default of bail,
fixed at 81 900, he went TO Jail.
A DUEL was fought July 24th at APPOINT
fourteen miles east Of Columbus, Miss,
in the State of Alabama, between Capt
Humphreys and Major Moore. Five
hundred people witnessed the affair.
The combatanis fired upon each
other at distance of ten PAGES
with Smith q NELSON'S revolvers
without effect Major Moore fired inn
mediatcly upon turning. Captain Hum.
phreys took cool, calm, deliberate aim.
After the first fire, friends pressed the
seconds TO take advantage Of the regula.
lions ofthe code, which was done and
the affair ended, both their honors hay
ing been satisfied The duel grew out
Of difference in politics,
NEW DIX ulSpalCn Oh July ~ftll
says warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Capt. Merriman, of the bark
John Zittlosen, who, on the voyage from
Bremerhavcn, put in irons five of his
crew and placed them in halfdeck
three and u half feet high,
keeping them forty hours with
out food or water and the remain
der Of the time imprisoned from three
to twelve days on meagcr supply of
biscuit and water. The entire crew
consisted of eight seaman and II boy,
and the compliments say their offence
was they asked for u watch with an Ill.
tcrnatc of four hours for rest
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
CRIME.

A Sine Sine telegram Of July 25th
says James Barrett convict in prison,
made furious assault to-day, upon
Officer Maekin, with n knife, then ran
to the north foundry, and attacked
Keeper Goodc, who shot him dead,
Mackin's injuries are not serious.
A NIcKsRuRo dispatch Of July e6th
says Henry Miller, colored, was hung ~
Johnsonville, Miss, yesterday, for the
murder Of Henry Murphy, also colored.
GEo. DuRrEe, treasurer Of the Mechan.
les mills, at Fall River, Mass, was dis.
covered ON the 26th of July to be $4,000
short in his accounts. lie had been
specializing In cotton,
An New York, July gath, Michael
Bolandcr, foreman In the candy factory
of Slauson 4 Co, corner of New Church
and Dey streets, was stabbed to the heart
and instantly killed by an Italian whom
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

snout to the tip of the tail. The tail
was as much separate part of the
body as a dogs tail is of its body,
which appearance made il resemble
land or amphibious animal more than
hsh. The eyes were as large as
cows, and could be rolled in their sock
cts. The mouth was comparatively
small, and the teeth short, sharp and of
a uniform length in both jaws. Sticking
straight up from tine middle of the
back was dark fin, eleven inches
long, of the same color as the body,
tough AMI compact, yet neither bony
nor hard. The medal, pectoral and
caudals fins resembled the dorsal fins.
They flare out horizontally, and were
set low. On the under side the body
was of mottled salmon color. The
flesh yielded like caoutchouc to the
finger, but on releasing the pressure the
skin sprang back to its original form.
The body, from end to end, seemed
mass of cartilage. The long tail is
used by the animal like raw
hide in attacking its enemy, the
whale. 1t forms a sort of
alliance with the swordish, the latter
thrustlng Its sword into the whale from
below, and the thresh attacking it from
above. Threshers run in schools, and
from ten to twenty will attack whale
at once. Those who have witnessed
combat between threshers and whales
say that it is an exciting spectacle. The
water flies In showers of foam in all d.
rections, as the threshers hurl them
selves at the whales like animated cow
hides. For hours they rain blows on
the head and sides of the huge animal.
Between the piercing thrusts of the
swordtish and the fiail-like blows of the
thresher, whale rarely escapes. From
the carcass the victors get their food for
many day afterward Through the
little slit in the side of the thresher ex-
hibited yesterday oozed blood as red as
that of a land animal. The gills were
four in number on each side The fish
is to be stuffed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
GENERAL NOTES.

A CASE of cholera was reported at
Chester, Pa, July 2Sth.
A STATE convention of Iowa county
clerks met at Des Moines July 18th.
JEFFERY SMITH, farmer living near
Kirkwood, Ill.,, committed suicide yes
terday, says n dispatch of July 2Glh.
AN Ottawa, Canada, dispatch of July
oath says the government discredits the
rumor that Sitting Bull had gone on the
war path.
RARus and Hopeful trotted against
each other ut Chicago July Gath, Rarus
taking every heat. His best time was
2174.
A NEW YoRK dispatch of July 24th
says the Episcopal order OF the sisters OF
st. Mary will send nurses to their Mem
phis branch.
The department at Washington wa,
, informed July 2Sth that Minister Welsh
had forwarded his resignation from Lon
don.
THE congressional committee charged
with the duty of investigating the causes
of commercial depression began its SCI!
tings in Chicago at the fremont House
July 2Sth
A New YoRK dispatch of July 27th
says: 1t is reported that certain Jews
have determined upon a plan of retalia-
ton upon the managers of Manhattan
beach for their action in prohibiting Is
realities from visiting the beach. The
scheme is to organize daily excursions of
negroes from the city, whose expenses
will be paid by fund subscribed by in.
dignant Jews BY advertising and
shrcwd tactics it is expected large parties
of negroes can be sent there daily.
AT A CONFERENCE of prominent south.
ern men held in Washington, July Gath,
it was decided to make the following
suggestions to the governor of Tennes-
see, viz: That he convene at once the
Tennessee legislature in extraordinary
session, place infected districts and cities
nnder martial law, and, by guarding well
the approaches and exits of places in
fected, prevent either ingress TO or egress
from such cities. This, the conference
claimed, was heroic treatment. but that
the situation was such that heroic treat
mcnt was necessary.
THE recent order OF the Concy Island
hotel men TO exclude Hebrews from
their houses called forth from repre-
sentative body of the American Hebrews
mild remonstrance July Goth, in which
the action of the Coney Island men is
called vulgar and brutal attack. The
remons,rance concludes as follows
at is beneath our dignity TO take any
further notice ofso despicable an assault.
We may safely leave our defense to the in
teligcnt and advanced public sentiment
of our fellow citizens, irrespective OF
creed or race"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Fulton Markets Big Fish.
Now York sun.

The schooser Martha, from Georges
Banks, brought. with a cargo of fish, to
this port, yesterday, the largest whale
thresher remembered by old market
men to have ever been seen in this
city. 1t was caught in a pound net al
Woods Hole, Mass, on Tuesday, and
was killed with lance. The last one
exhibited in Washington market was
fifteen years ago, and it was so small
n specimen of its kind that some fish
dealers believed it was species OF
shark. The fish that arrived yesterday
was exhibited by g. A Lewis. 1t was
very nearly fourteen feet long, and il
monopolized the entire front Of the
stand. Persons stopped to examine it,
and all day throng was pressing
around it. Half OF the length of the
curious fish was body and the other
bali tail. The tail tapered off gradu.
ally, and had been topped up by rope
attached 10 beam above. The weight
Of the creature was 600 pounds. Its
naked skin on the back and sides was
Of uniform BLUSH drab color from the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
VERY LATEST NEWS.
Selected From Every Source and
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON

| SPECIAL Instructions were sent Gen.
Miles, July cath, to avoid conflict with
the Indians as long as possible.
THERE was great apprehension in
| Washington July 25th lest the yell
low fever might break out there as so
many refugees were arriving from Mem.
phis.
THE treasury department purchased
30 ,000 ounces of silver July gain. All
the minting for some time will be down
at the Philadelphia mint, the California
bullionists refusing to accept market
price for their silver
PHEsIpFNp HAYES on the 25th of
July appointed Chas. i. James, justice
Of the supreme court of the District OF
Columbia, in place Of Justice Hum
phreys, deceased. Mr.. James is native
of Ohio, and has resided in the district
the past fifteen years.
THE following announcements were
made July 25th: A. 4. S. Kist, of War
saw, Indiana, has been appointed agent
| for the Quapaw agency, in the Indian
Territory. John s. Short, of Canton,
Ohio, has been appointed agent at the
Sac and Fox agency, vice Levi Wood
ward, suspended.
A WASHINGTON telegram of July 26th
SAYS: Surgeons Walter X. Sheffield and
Thos. IIcland, of the u. >. navy, have
volunteered for The yellow fever service,
and will be sent TO Havana or the West
Indians TO inspect vessels leaving for The
| United States.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of July 25th
says the court Of inquiry in the case of
Captain Badger completely exonerates
him from any blame in the grounding Of
his vessel, The Constitution, in the Eng
| llsh Channel during her recent voyage
| from HIavrc to the United States. The
Secretary of the Navy has approved the
findings of the court, aud Capt Badger
has been officially notified Of the result.
THE secretary of the interior on July
goth rendered his decision on the long
pending application Of Tho New ldria
Mining Company Of California, for II re-
view of the departments decision OF ~,
which rejected their application for u
pntent of 4SO acres of mineral land In
California. Secretary Schurz concurs in
the decision of ri, in holding that II
larger quantity of land Is embraced in
this application than was contemplated
or authorized by law. by the decision
VI LbdNy tlt lNtN lill III viz hbh
acquire the right to have or take pntcnt
for more thnn 100 acres of land.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of July 2Slh
says the values of exports of domestic
merchandise during the fiscal year OF 10
wns $3.50, 700, 209; In 70, COS 1884 05l, Val.
ucs Of exports foreign merchandise fiscal
year '7s, $i4,l56,40S; in 10, Sl2,003, 702.
Values Of imports of merchandise during
the year ending juno 30, '7S, $43I05l,-
532; Juno 80, 70, $f45, 702, ldl. Total
value of exports merchandise, year end
ing June 80, 20, exceeded tho value of
imports Of merchandise 1904 ,036,6 02, MS
against M excess Of exports over imports
the preceding year. amounting to $57,-
Sl4, PA. Exports of coin and bullion for
the last fiscal year $24 ,0O0,6f1; imports
of coin and bullion $20,203,000 During
preceding fiscal year the exports exceed
cd the imports of coin and bullion 49,
01S,Sl1.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Jim Kcene's Speculation.
"
Chicago Dispatch to N. Y, Times

SHlShSO olEpatSu w Az L lAiilNs'
The Keene wheat deal" has prob
ably closed, after an unusually long ex-
istence of about nine months. Last
October James Keene entered this
market as a buyer, and, after picking
up several million bushels here, found
it necessary, or advisable, to extend his
operations to other cities. Since last
August he has partially controlled the
worlds supply of wheat, and few
persons have been able to trade in it
without paying him tribute. In the
past nine months he has handled per-
haps 100000 bushels of wheat in
this and other markets, about two
thirds of the whole being bought and
sold in Chicago. The operation closes
with about four and half million BUSH
els of No. 2 spring here and in Milwau-
kee, which has been dexterously sun
loaded" to the trade during the last
thirty days and is now in process of de-
livery on July contracts. The opera
ton has certainly been conducted with
consummate ability, as the whole world
of wheat traders has been affected. 1t
would seem, however, that some per-
sons in the exporting line must have
obtained an inkling of the intention to
wind up, as they were prepared to buy
heavily of the wheat when offered, and
did pick up all they could get hold of
to-day for shipment. This arrested the
break in prices, and the result may be a
much less disastrous state of things
than many feared would ensue from
leaving so much old wheat on hand to
compete with the new wheat now beng
horvbsted
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
The Strange Way an Accident Was
FOretOld.
Iohhsiown. Pa. Tribune.

The following item will be perused
with interest: About one o'clock on
Friday last we were told by the assist.
ant manager Of one of the departments
Of the Cambria Iron Works that a
young man had that morning been
killed in the rod mill. Our informant
stated that the victim had been caught
in n loop of red hot wire and literally
cut in two. He got his information
from the engineer of one of the compa-
ny's locomotives, OH which he had oc-
casion to ride for short distance. AZ
he could not give us the particulars we
set To work To hunt them up, but were
unable to find anybody who could give
us any further light ON the subject. We
found man who had just come up
from the rod mill, and as he knew moth
ing OF the rumored horrible tragedy, we
concluded that we had been made the
victim Of II hoax, and gave up the
search. What was our surprise, early
Saturday morning, to learn that Rich
ard Jones, of the First ward, bad been
killed at the rod mill, at quarter after
5 o'clock, in precisely the same manner
as we we're informed the mythical work.
man had been the day before. The co.
incidence struck us at the time, and
the gentlemen to whom we spoke on
Friday have called our attention TO il
so often since that we concluded Il
make an item OF il. Was the terrible
accident foretold? is what they would
like 70 know.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

Nonisiowa Herald: A young lady
graduate in n neighboring county read
an essay entitled employment of
Time" Her composition was based
on the text, "Timo wasted is existence;
used, is life." The next day she pur-
chased eight ounces Of zephyr of diiler-
ent shades and commenced working n
sky blue dog with sea green ears and u
pink tail on n piece Of yellow canvas.
She expects to have it done by next
Christmas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
CABLEGRAMS.

THE harvest in France Just ended Is
barely up to the average, says dispatch
of July 2Sth.
A DISPATCH of July 2sth, giving latest
news from South Africa, says Lord
Chelmsford intends 10 send in an early
resignation.
A TRIESTE cablegram Of July 2Stb says
there was u violent hurricane Sunday in
this part of the Adriatic, Several lives
were lost, twenty vessels were damaged,
and ono sunk.
4 DISPATCH from Zululand received
July Gath and bearing date of July Sth,
says Carmel Wellesley considers the war
ended, and at that time was arranging the
terms of peace.
A cApLEaRAM of July 95th says tits
believed King Alphonso does not intend
To leave Spain during the summer with
view Of making arrangements for his
marriage with the Archduchess Of Aus
tria, ~ at ono time reported.
A PARIS dispatch of July Goth says
That in remaining the streets one is To bt
called the Rue dc Lincoln, In memory Of
cx.President Lincoln
A LONDON cablcgram Of July 2Sth says
dispatch from Valparaiso says. The
Pacific Steam Navigation company's
steamer lnimani, 1000 tons burden, la.
been wrecked All hands were saved.
IN announcing the failure of that i'm
menso monetary institution, cablegran
of July 21th says: The career of the In
ternational Bank of Hamburg, which has
decided on voluntary liquidation, ha:
been one Of unhrokon misfortune since
the crash that followed the Franco.Ger
man war Its capital 100000 pounds
has been expended in railways, banking
and bank schemes long since collapsed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

Liberal papers in England are sneor-
ing ut Lord Beaconsheld for using the
word "obfuscate" in recent speech,
with broad hints that the word is Nh
Americanism. The word was good
enough for Sterne and later for Sir
Walter Scott; although Johnson, who
read "the man Sterne," omitted it from
his dictionary, rs did Walker. Web
ster makes good English of it, but the
word was never used by Shakespeare
Milton, Pope Of Tennyson, and II
omissions by four such men is Mt leas
proof that any imaginable meaning car
be expressed without its assistance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
"a kiSsie or Twa."
English Magazine.

There is an old native Scottish song,
in which an elderly spinster expresses
her perfect willingness to alter her con-
dition, and of which this is the last
verse:
Now, lads, an here's ony amang We
Wad like just upon me to ca,
Yen find me no i'll to be courted
For shyness hae put AVA.
And Il We should want bit wife
Yen ken to what quarter to-draw;
And cen should we no max u bargain
Wen sure get kissie or twa.
This CHANGING to be repeated or sung
one evening in company when the poet
"ambell was present, he laughlngly
observed that the last sentiment was
not without lis parallel out of the world
of song. He had heard a lady of dis
tinguished beauty and rank defend Sir
Thomas Lawl ence from the charge Of
having been culpable in paying at
tention to ladies without intending to
follow them up by an offer of his hand.
To this lady gentleman had remarked
that he thought in this, one of the few
errors that could be laid to his charge,
Sir Thomas was highly blaniable.
mo " replied the lady, who was said to
have been herself the temporary
object OF the great painters attention;
"no, no, not exactly,-not so much to
blame," said the lady musingly.
"What!' exclaimed the gentleman;
"you astonish me; not to blame for
such conduct" mo, not SO much"
was still the lady's musing response.
"Can you really, madam" said the
gentleman again, defend such be-
havior as desertion-" "Why sir"
interrupted the lady, "to confess the
truth am firmly OF the opinion that
the majority of women would rather be
courted and Tilted than not courted at
all!n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

EVIDENTLY Simsbury, Conn.,, girls ap-
preoiate young man who marries II
wife from among their number, for the
passengers on the up train on the Now
Haven 4 Northampton railroad saw
half dozen girls at that station the
other evening put newly-married
couple, who had just returned from n
short wedding tour, into carriage and,
taking hold Of the shafts, draw them oil
in triumph TO their new home.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Sinking OF Land inFlOrida.

A gentleman residing in Wakuln
county, Florida, named Cox, who is cul.
tivating small farm, upon arising one
morning last week was surprised to find
that during the night his house was sit
uated on the border of lake. When
he retired the evening before his house
was far away from any pond, lake, or
river,but upon going out next morning,
instead Of his garden, an immense sink,
fifty or sixty yards square, filed with
water, running within eighteen or
twenty feet of his residence, met his
gaze. During the night this transforma-
ton occurred, leaving not even yestige
Of the tallest pine trees which were
standing in their magnitude only twelve
hours before. These sinks, however,
are not infrequent in that county. 1t
was only short time ago that sink
occurred near Lavender's mill more re-
markable than the one alluded to
above, in the fact that it occurred on
the very top of a hill--one Of the high
est points in that country TaRahdsse
Florididn.
=
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

OPERATIONS have been begun with n
view of extending the Sheboygan and
Fond du Lac railway, in Wisconsin, to
Elroy, thus making direct line to St.
Paul, MINI. A party of interested rail
way men il now engaged in examining
the route from Princeton TO Elroy, and
the extension is likely to be made Mt an
early day,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

II il proposed to run n new railroad
from Sioux City, Iowa, westward to the
mouth Of the Niobrara river, IN Ne
braska, thence through Nebraska 80 rs
to connect with the Union Pacific nj
Cheyenne or Rock Creek, in the Terri
tory of Wyoming. The incorporators
arc George d. Hill, G. +. Kirk and A.
L. Merriman, OF Washington, y. Q.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

MINISTER STouGnToN has recently
added largely to tho collection OF the
stoughton pathological museum Mt
Dartmouth college, which was founded
and endowed by him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

THE Glasgow Mail says of Rev. Tai
mage: Compared with Moody he
wants earnestness, with Spurgeon origi'
nality, and with Cough the knowledge o.
nlatform effect"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

RICHARD GRANT WHITE condemns
the grammar of William Black, and
tho Detroit Pre- Press regards the wordy
contest as another war Of the races.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

THE resignation Of Hon. T.. w.
stoughton, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary from the
United States to Russia, has been
placed in the hands of the secretary Of
state
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
WILLOW FEVER.

NEM ORLEANS began disinfcctins the
whole city July 9th.
4 DEATH from yellow fever occurred at
Mississippi City, July gath,
The first genuine case of yellow fever
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

A FLOCK of III stalwart ostriches
roams over the sands of Now Mexico,
the birds being the offspring OF num-
Der OF the long.legged creatures i'm
ported few years ago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

MAJOR SHERIDAN WAIT has just died
at Leadville, Col, aged 81 years. 10
was from Decatur, ILL.,, and before the
war was the law partner of Richard j..
Oylesby,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

REV, DIR. TALMAGE, who died in
Germantown, N. ", recently, was a
brother OF Rev. r. Dewitt Talmagc.
He way 70 years old.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

WILLIAM HIN cKs, for thirty years one
OF the official reporters Of the national
house Of representatives, died in Wash
ington last week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

COUNSEL has been employed by both
sides for big fight over the will which
the Widow Dorsey left in JefDayis'
favor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

CARL scHURz, a hermit, lately died in
Missouri.