Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-04
THE WORLDS WORK.
MISCELLANEOUS.


THE governor of Louisiana has signet
the bill repeating the charter of TIM
state lottery.
Col. THOMAS A. SCOTT was reelected
president Of the Pennsylvania railroad
March 26tn.
AT Lebanon, KY, March 3lst, sixteer
houses were destroyed by fire entailint
n loss of $4,000.
Gov. MONKS, Of Tennessee, has signet
the bill providing for the settlement 0
the state debt at fifty cents on the dol
lar and four per cent interest.
THERE will be eleven contested cleo
ton cases in congress this year. OF the
contestants, four are republicans, toul
democrats, and three greenbackers.
A SAN FRANchco dispatch Of March
Goth says: John w. Coughlan, ex-con
gresham for the third district of Cal
ifornia, died to-day at his residence in
Oakland
TIE Virginia senate concurred in the
house am endmcnts to the senate bill
providing for the settlement Of the
state debt. known as the "McCulloch
cOHlpfOnilbe Dlll.
THE national white lead association
which closed ls annual session in
Chicago recently, decided not to raise
the price of lead. 1t will remain ut q
cents per pound for large lots.
REroRTs from many points in south.
ern Illinois, Ohio, Kentuckey and Ten
ncssec Indicate that the peach crop il
going to be seriously injured by frosts.
Ar NATION, H., March 28, Peter Ho-
bel, II young railroad man, instantly
killed VIM. Wicblc, in u saloon in that
city, by striking him OH the head with n
car link. Wieble was defending II
friend. Hobel is under arrest.
A DISPATCH from Montreal, Cam,
says "P. A. Murphy & Co.,, leather
importers, have failed Liabilities, $780,
600. The liabilities OF Il. Jelliman, PIT
per box manufacturer, who suspended
Wednesday, aro $2i000O."
A BEAsTLY prize fight for y 900 and
tho lightweight championship Of Amer
ica was fought just across the border in
Canada, March 9th, between Arthur
Chambers, of New York, and John H.
Clark, of Philadelphia Chambers won
after 12G rounds had been fought.
A Minneapolis special OF the 3lst
states that the city Touring mills Of that
city, owned by the first national bank,
were entirely destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. Loss about $4,000; small
insurance. The fire caught from the
smoke stack of the mill.
A FIRE MT Madison, Wisconsin on the
10Th destroyed the large stone block
belonging to the Fairchild estate nilict-
ing IL loss on building and stock of Ill
most $4,000. During the fire two ex-
plosions occurred injuring somewhat
dangerously twenty-seyen iiromen and
citizans..
A TERRIFIC and destructive fire swept
through southern Dakota and the Big
Sioux Valley March 20, 80 and 3lst. A
merchant ut Eden, on the Big Sioux,
counted 1T one time thirteen farm
houses IN flames. and us fur as the eye
could reach, the fire was sweeping every
thing. Several lives were lost,
A NASHVILLE dispatch of March
2Sth says; Knox Martin, colored,
murderer Of John Williweger and
wife, was hanged here to-day III the
presence of about T., 600 people. Be
fore leaving the jail he made II full con
fession OF his crime but made no state
ment on tho scailold. He died easy;
his body was then given over to the
physicians who attempted III vain to
resusotate him.
A MAN in st. Paul took out liie-in-
suranc policy for $4,000, ono of the
printed conditions being that the COM
lNpanv should pay nothing if he commit
ted suicide. He became insane, md
killed himself. His widow sued for the
~ 600 ON tho ground that being driven
to sclfslnughtor by insanity, n disease,
does not constitute violation of the
suicide clause, which can he applied to
criminal sclt-destruction only. Tic
minnesota surremc court decides for
/ the widow.
Dunn 4 Co. are Philadelphia dry
goods merchants, They became con
yinced that somebody was stealing
either goods or money from them, for
their profits were every year less Ivy
about 5000 than the business should
have yielded. They instructed their
chief bookkeoper, Algoo, to huntior the
thief; and ho made what appeared TO
be thorough but Intellectual inycstisa-
ton. Then II Junior partner went to
work on his own account, and soon fix.
cd the guilt ON AlGoo, who confessed
having stolen 10000 dollars within six
years.
TuE Haytien war steamer, st. Michel
with ak guns, commander Nadal, hay.
ing on board part of tho eth regiment
Of the line Of grandcrevierc, with Gen.
Montpoint, military governor of Cape
Hayt, on her way from port An Prince
to last named port came into collision
with the British steamer Bolivia, OF
West India and Pacific steamship com
pany,of Liverpool, near Gonaivos in tile
bay OF the Same name March II. 0f loo
persons ON board the steamer, of whom
only were civilians, - We're saved
by boats cf al English steamer, among
them Nero tho captain Of the 81. Michel
aid Gen. Montpont, among the lost
are DIR. l.ahens and Mr.. Albert, oi
EronCn Joaanh hrathpr az tho lntp