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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09
sRooND WARD.
Iots7 $ in vliets survey.

I.ots7 S In Nliets survey.
Lot sain Twins ah.
Lots l0and - aud 3 II or W side
lot 20 vllcts survey.
81 al lot 2isln llarrisons sur
vey except part decided TO Min.
eral Point railroad,
Part lot 81 Vliets survey pat.
entcd TO Burrls, except part re
corded In book J Of deeds p SSg.
Those parts of lots 81 % % In
Nllets survey recorded In book Y
OF deeds page 3i6
Lots 2b2 3us In Twins al.
Lots 81 SO In Vliets survey.
Lots2i - 1861 In Twins al.
Part lot 81 ~ In Nlicts survey
MS described In book Y Of deeds
| page 100
~ II OF the North end 81 lot
20 In Twins al recorded In vol ~
Of deeds page AIS,
Part lot IN In Nllets survey
recorded In book 2 OF deeds page
400 except part decided to War
ret.
Those parts OF outlots OF 100
igi In HarrlsonS survey recorded
In book laof deeds page Dos,
Part lots % 1872 In vllets sur.
vey recorded ia vol . Of deeds p
| 5
Part lot tgi In vllets survey
recorded In book Of deeds y lT2,
alsu net Of lot l02 In vllets sur.
yey
Part lot i2i In vliets survey
recorded book q OF deeds y 235
Part lot III In Harrisens sur
vey recorded In vol q OF deeds
PAGE gay,
Lo, 50 aud Wa lot 81 in vllets
survet
Lots u is 10 2n2l Eatons ad.
Undo outlot 2lS In Harrisons
survey recorded Ia book $ Of
deeds u IS.
Part outlet 2ti Harrlsons sur.
vey recon ded IN book 4 Of deeds
y All. except piece described In
said deed not the undi o. same
also except part owned by Min
cral Point railroad,
outlou 2ss as 2l6 In hRrri-
sons survey except Mil Privilege
In deed recorded In book X Of
deeds page i5i,
Those parts OF outlols 100 1911
In Harrison, survey recorded In
vol Is o deeds page 80. and In
book n otdeads page ~
Part lot 50 Ia Yll.ts survey re.
corded In vol Is u deeds page IS.
Part lot isa In Hsrrlscns survey
recorded In ynl Is Of deeds p 266,
Lots 24S 80 2is $40 2tI iryins
al.
In VI III. front on High ST. on
the W q de q the "a lot 50 In
Nllets survey.
10, 20 In Twins al,
Lots Is 2e 10 vlens survey en-.
eep: 5 I, of " side OF lot IS.
~ n ftont on Fountain St. OF
lot 81 In Nliets survey.
IL i9.alth. feet off W side lot
50, and u u % \ side lot 81 In
| Nllets survey,
Part lot 50 IN vlists survey en-.
eept part decided TO Lanyon and
Gundry.
undi outlet 3ag In Harrisons
survey.
undi lot ise Ia Twins "a.
undS lot its Ia Irvins ad.
Cndi lot s1l In irvins id.
scutht lei ~ % harrisoss
! survey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09
Town of Mimin.

Township 8, North OF Range
/ East.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09

Village of Linden.
I lot 81
lots "a and IS
en- lot 81 and lot 90
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09

Town OF Eden.
Township 9, North Of Range
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09

All lands In the fol-
lowing list are situated
IN the County of Iowa
and State Of Wisconsin :
The New York herald., 1879-12-09
STRANGE IMMIGRANTS.

FERNANDO WOOD.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Tame Birds.

A correspondent Of Land and aater
gives these Interesting instances Of the
tameness of birds: ] had jackdaw
that used to follow the carriage for
miles when we drove out in he CT untry,
but if we went to the town; bout mile
and half distant, Jack would remain
on the walls of the old castle, outside
the town, until we returned, ana then
fly round and round the pony's head,
finally alighting on the splash board.
If we met ANY other conveyance, he
always few of into the hedge. like
wise had little blue tit, who used to
settle on the trees near the house, and
come down when called, alightin& often
on nv head or shoulders. A lady, an
acquaintance of mine, had, she said, a
canary 80 tame that it used to pull hair
ont of her curls to line its meet with.
This verv severe winter has tanned the
wild birds of this neighhorhood. My
window is constantly besieged by them;
robins. finches, sparrows and blackbirds
come flying up directly it is opered, fer
I am in the habit of feeding them
during frosty weather. One, a redh1east,
is the master. He is such a greedy little
fellow; he eats his fill and then sits on
the plate. keeping all the other birds at
bay, and uttering such shr,ll shrieks,
I am often obliged to 60 and drive him
off so that they may come and P'ck few
crumbs up. A young trlend OF mine
put q whole loaf ont, 81 half.qusrtern
cut in two, and it was SO amusing to see
Bobby, after the birds had picked out
the crumbs, ensconce himself in the shell,
and scream out defiance to all his com-
panions.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20

Der buried under the ruins. The houses
built of sun.dried bricks collapsed long be.
fore the first rush of the food. Govern.
ment authorities place the list of dead at
800. 8
A dispatch from szegedin dated the 14th,
says the storm was still raging. The inhab.
itants who have not yet been taken away
are crowded in the citadel and upper stories
OF few houses, and in railway wagons.
These people are fairly provided with pro.
visions, but thousands are encamped on the
dykes, and with these it is impossible to
communicate. Four hundred corpses were
recovered on the 18th. The government
commissioner is of opinion that if the flood
lasts few days longer scarcely two hun
dred houses will be left standing. The au.
thorities at Szentz, Vasarhely and Csongrad,
which towns contain an aggregate popula'
ton of $4,000, have telegraphed to Pesth
for aid. The dykes protecting them from
waters are threatened. Sickness has broken
out among the refugees encamped on the
dykes at Szegedin.
A Szegedin dispatch of the 10th instant
says: 80 The lowest estimate now current
fixes the number drowned at 1000. Many
believe that 1000 persisted, as the gale pre-
vented the majority of the inhabitants from
hearing the first alarm. The frost is caus
ingmuch suffering and diphtheria has broke,
out among the refugees. Sixteen THOUSAND
horses and cattle and ninety thousan,
sheep have been lost. OF $500 houses il
the city, all but 26l have been destroyed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Travel in the HlualaVas.

Europeans after but short residence
in the Himalayas, acquire facility in
even cantering down roads on their sure
footed mules and ponies, which at first
might have appeared only suited to the
careful pedestrian. The widest Of the
roads connecting the stations are seldom
more than about six feet broad, with
rocks on one hand and precipitous de-
scent on the other. In some places, how
ever, the roads are SO deep that precau-
lions are necessary at the slowest pace, to
prevent the saddle slipping over the
pony's neck. Occasionally, and especial
~ after heavy rain, accidents occur to
those who try "short cuts' by the
pugdundas or narrow foot paths used by
the natives. How the celebrated
Mohammedan invader of yore, after the
sack of Delhi, managed with his wild
hordes, laden with plumber, safely and
rapidly to penetrate these mountains,
and to leave no trace behind, in the short
space of time which, history records, is
still problem. They came and went
like flight of locusts; and the difficulty
of their retreat can only be realized by
one who has actually travelled in the
few and tortuous passes of the tremen-
dous barrier interposed between India
and Central Asia.-C Chambers Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Extreme Sanitary Precautions.

The plague fright at Berlin has re.
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of a
house supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to police agent, who
three or four times day went to see
what the inmates wanted. He then
placed what he brought them on table
outside, near the door. The money was
put into glass full of vinegar, and the
agent took it out with q spoon. The
paper on which the commissions were
written down he took up with pincers.
When sick person was taken to the hos
pital police agent preceded the vehicle
with a hell, and two soldiers kept every
one away from the sick person. The
doctors wore cloaks and masks of oil
cloth. The skin Of dogs and cats being
deemed particularly favorable to the
dissemination of the disease, persons
were recommended to kill them, except
where they were positively necessary.
For months the Inhabitants lived in
trepidation, and an old lady actually
hanged herself for fear of the cholera
reaching her. The precautions gradu-
ally became a matter of ridicule.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
The FOREIGN Grain Trade.

LONDON, March 1.-THE Mark Lane
EGpress says offerings of English wheat have
been moderate, both at Mark Lane and in
the country. The general aspect of trade
shows greater confidence on the part of
buyers, and g more active demand than fer
some time past. Prices continue to improve.
An advance of g shi ling per quarter on both
English and foreign wheat was well main.
tanned at the market Monday last, when,
with unusually light imports, millers bought
with tolerable freedom. Subsequent mar.
kets held in London have, it is true, been
less animated, but holders have shown no
inclination to low pretensions, now that
wheat stocks have fallen low and confidence
in the future is to some extent restored by
the firm attitude of American markets and
the revival of continental demand. Con.
siderable sales of fine Russian and Ameri.
can have been made at an advance of one
shilling and sixpence per quarter from the
recent lowest point. Except maize, which
has given way from threepence to si1pence
per quarter under pressure and continued
liberal imports business in feeding corn
has not quotably changed. The demand is
mainly of retail and consumptive nature
at about late rates. Sales of English wheat
last week amounted to 44,49l quarters at
39s Id, against 81, 74S quarters at SOS I'd the
corresponding period the previous year.
Imports into the united kingdom for the
week ending March list were 5S7,72 cwts.
of wheat and 1918 ewts. of -four.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Skeleton In n Mine.

The skeleton of man, found recently in
an abandoned lead mine at Ellenville, Ul-
ster county, N. Y, which was being reopen
ed, has been identified as the remains of
telegraph operator named David Smith,
who disappeared mysteriously from that
village in February, 1865. Smith was then
aged twenty-five years. He is supposed bv
by his family to have left on account of q
love affair. His mother residing at Accord,
Ulster county, has identified the clothing
A medical examination of the skeleton dis.
closed stiff hip JOINT which was the case
with Smith. Neither watch nor money was
found with the remains, though Smith car.
zied both. The general belief in Ellenville
is that Smith was murdered, and rumor
charges the crime to dead man whose
home was near the mine where the body
was found. Just before his disappearance
Smith, at q dance, had trouble with this
man, whose name was Joseph Fleicker, who
was of violent temper and cruel to his
family. Three years ago Fleicker became
insane, and before being confined, frequent.
~ visited the old mine, and pointing to the
nine he would say: "There he goes; there
he goes" seeming to see some one going
down the shaft. He was taken to Willard
asylum at Ovid, N. Y, where he died. Re-
morse is the supposed cause of Insanity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20

The hospitable JONES' Yes, we're
in the same old place where you dined
with us last year. By the by, old man,
l wish you and your wife would come
and take pot-luck with us again on
the" The impulsive Brown Tin the
eagerness of his determination never
again to take pot-luck with the Joneses)
-"Mv dear fellow! So sorry! But
we're engaged on the-a-on the-er-
on th.th.tRat EVENING"" Poor Jones
S a;e bs3e siyen me time just to name
the dav."-London Punch. 49,. =.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Obituary..

Major.General Thomas w. Sherman died
at Newport, r. l., on the 10th inst.
Captain Avery B. Cain, brevet.major,
commanding company D, Fourth infantry,
died suddenly at Fort Laramie, Wy, on the
18th instant, of cerebral apoplexy.
DR.. John NJ. Woodwork, supervising
su1geon-general of the Washington Marine
hospital, died on the 14th inst.
John H. Dowell, prominent cotton fac
tor, and president of the st. Louis cotton
exchange, died On the night of the 18th, OF
pneumonia.
George Culver, proprietor of the Metro.
politan hotel, st. Paul, and well-known
throughout the northwest, died Oh the night
of the 18th inst.
Lewis J. aigby, an active business man
of New Orleans, died on the 9th inst. His
remains were inferred at Milwaukee, Wis,
his former home.
Mrs. Gen. T. w. Sherman died at New.
port, B. l., on the 18th inst. The general
is very low and but slight hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Rev. John Weiss died at Boston on the
10Th inst, after long illness with pulmon.
ary disease.
DR.. Thomas Waddell, one of the NEST
prominent physicians of northern Ohio,
died at his residence at Toledo, on the 10th
inst, of congestive chill.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
The New Savings Certificates.

On and after the first of April next the
new ten dollar, four per cent. certificates,
authorized by the act of February Goth,
1879, can be had of any depository of the
United States. These certificates will be
about the size of ten dollar greenback,
and will bear upon their face words to the
effect that "ten dollars have been deposited
with the. treasurer of the United States,
which is convertible, with accrued interest,
at 4 per cent. per annum, into per cent.
bonds, upon presentation at the Office of
the treasurer of the United States at Wash
ingtou, in sums of fifty dollars or multiples
thereof" On the back is statement that
for each nine days the interest is one cent,
and for each three months ten cents. and for
each year forty cents. The object Of these
bonds is to furnish to the laborer safe and
reliable depository for his surplus earnings.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
DNlu6Rd NRReORa.

large number of negroes recently ar
rived at st. Louis from Vicksburg and other
parts OF Mississippi and Louisiana under the
imp ession, as they assert, that they would
be provided with means If subsistence
while at St. Louis, and free transportation
to Kansas, where on arrival they are to re.
ceive lands from the government, money,
mules, plows, etc. Several hundred, per.
haps more than thousand, h we already
reached st. Louis. As 10 such provision as
above stated has been made for these PEG.
pie, they having evidently been grossly de-
ceived for some malicious purpose, aud in
view of all the circumstances in the case,
Mayor Overstolz, OF St. Louis, on the 18th
inst, issued proclamation warning all
persons against coming to St. Louis without
money to support themselves, and to pay
their fare to their destination. No employ
ment can be obtained, and there must of
necessity be much suffering and restitution
among them. The railroad and steamship
companies disclaim having had anything to
do with the affair, and the Anchor line have
offered to take the negroes back on their
boats free. The matter is assuming great
Importance, and what the end will be no
one can tell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Chicago.

CHICAGO, March Ill 80 P. M Flour
Dull and prices weak; choice winters,
good to choice winters, 1900
5.25; fair to good winters, $375@4 25;
choice Minnesotas, $4.50@5.00; fair to
good Minnesotas, $4.o0@6.O0; fair to
good springs, So 50@4 %; low springs,
$2.50@3.25; patents, $600@S.00. Wheat
Active, unsettled and lower; $500 for cash
e0Nc for seller April; 941sc for seller May.
Corn-Weak and easy: 3l%c for cash
3lXc for seller April; 36c for seller May.
Oats-Weak and lower; ~ c for c.sh and
seller April; 25Hc for seller May. Rye and
Barley-Unchanged. Pork-Firm and high
er: $3.50 for cash; $9.S2k for seller April
1921 for seller May. Lard-Firmer; Sc Al
for cash and April; $6.52H for seller May
Whisky-At $l.O4. Hogs Receipt 4,50(
head: active and firm; So higher; light at
So 60@3.80; heavy packing at $345@3.75
heavy shipping at So. s0@4.25.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
A Routhern Incident.

The office of the state treasurer at
Atlanta, Ca, was the scene of bloody
tragedy on the 18th inst, the parties
being Colonel Robert A. Aston, mem.
Der of the legislature, and Captain Ed.
Cox, Of Dekalb county. Aston was shot
in the right temple, the ball passing through
the brain, killing him. Cox was shot in the
mouth and through the left hand. His
injuries are not serious. The difficulty arose
from complication in regard to the lease
OF convict labor from the state. Cox wanted
Aston to sell his interest in the contract to
certain parties, but the latter oisregarded
his wishes. Hence the atfray.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
OVerWetGhted.

The floor in Mechanics hall, South Der.
wick. Me-, gave away on the 10th inst, dur
ing tewn meeting, precipitated nearly
fifty persons to the floor below. No one
killed but many were fearfully and probably
fatally injured. Public sentiment is bitter
against the builders of the hall, which it is
claimed was built in criminally careless
manner.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Buslness Wrecks.

Alderman, Denneby & Co., rectifying
distillers, Dublin, Ireland, have failed liza
bilities 100000 to 100000.
The firms of Robert Blacque, of Paris, and
Phillippin, Pelissier, Powell& Co., London,
connected with South American trade,
have failed. Liabilities believed to be large.
Koehler & Ritter, San Francisco jewelers.,
have been attached for amounts aggregat.
ing over $4,000.
Rogers & Orr Brothers, extensive dry
goods dealers, New York city, have been
placed in the hands of receiver. Cred.
itors have already entered judgment against
the firm for over $4,000.
The Fall River, Mass, Manufacturer gas
company voted to 50 int insolvency. This
step was taken in consequence of irregular
paper issued by Chas. B. Stickney, the late
treasurer, to the amount of 100000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
How Thew Die.

Collections of quaint epitaphs very
often find their way into print; but how
appallingly rich our language is in aphor-
isms on death, of all styles--serious,
slangy, and CHASTITY humorous. Indeed
every deceased person may be suited
with an appropriate one, indicative of
his profession, character and manner of
death. Thus the polite man bids farewell
to the world; the merchant closes his
earthly accounts; the little child is re-
ceived among the angels; the lamp-]ight.
er has had his lamp Of life extinguished;
the wearied 60 to the rest; the night
watchman's hour of relief strikes; the
sailor runs into harbor; the ferryman
pays his fare to Charon; the reaper bites
the grass; the gossip goes to the silent
tomb: the grave digger sinks into the
pit; the tippler's last draught is drawn;
the matchmaker runs down; the unhappy
breathe their last signs; the wanderer
has gone to his home; the weaver's life
thread is cut by the fates; the bootblack
goes to the shining land; the musician's
wind has given out or his string has
snapped; the dentist is filled in; the
lotist pipes on his las hole; the Jew
rests in Abraham's lap; the smokers pipe
is put out; the sluggard goes to the
land that knows no waking; the COM
mission merchant is consigned to the
dust; the nobleman is gathered to his
fathers; the eyes Of. the inquisitive are
closed by death; the scene shifter
"shoves clouds;' the learned give up the
ghost; the jockey has run his last race;
the washerwoman has wrung out her
spirit; the atheist has had to believe in
il; the general has been transferred to
the great army; the servant goes to meet
mis- master; the Indian brave goes to the
happy hunting grounds; the hero has
fought his last battle; the soldier has
stacked his arms; the glutton must eat
the dust; the butcher 60 the way of all
flesh; the ticket agent passes in his
checks; the post Office employees 60 to
dead-letter Office; the bloated bond.
holder is called in; the banker is drawn
on by Death, and without recourse
honors it; the jig dancer shuffles off his
mortal coil; the linguist is translated to
a better land; the distiller goes to the
land of spirits; the tragedian makes his
exit from the stage of life; the body
snatcher awaits the resurrection; the
angler has at last become food for the
worms; the loafer "skips the gutter"
the florist goes where the woodbine
twineth; the ice man stifens up; the
crockery mans vace is shattered; the
clothier is non.suited at last; the insur-
ance man pays his last premium; the hod
carrier goes to the highest round; the
printers form is locked; the engineers
throttle is closed; the policeman is pull
ed to his narrow cell; the ballist makes a
home run; the Mormons go up the celes.
tial Salt creek; the farmer is planted"
the lynched borderman "walks off a bar
rel, climbs sapling, dances in the air,
or becomes cottonwood fruit, or is left
kicking at the United States" and lastly
the confidence operator-well, he "leaves
for parts unknown"-but in the end they
are all dead, just the same.-Hartford
Post.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20

PACIFIC coast whalers set forth from
their winter quarters early in the spring,
provisioned for a cruise of at least six
mouths. The crews number about
thirty five men, force sufficient to man
four or five boats. The number of boats
carried depends on the locality of the
hunting ground and the nature of the
whales to be captured. In the extreme
north whales never attack boat, but in
the south they do so frequently. The
best of the weapon carried is the patent
harPoon gun, which is da1ted from the
hand, and explodes after striking the
whale, causing instant death when it
enters vital part.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Fatal Termination of a Feud.

A GAINESVILLE, T: xas, special says that an
old feud between the billiards and the
Jones and Murphy factions, eliminated on
the night of the 10Th inst. It seems that
two billiards and two friends met Henry
Jones and friend near Jones' bridge, all of
the parties being fully armed. Firing began
at short range with shot guns and pistols.
Jones was instantly killed and billiard
fatally wounded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
A Lynching.

Peter Klein, the tramp, who outraged
Mrs. Truesdale, in the vicinity of Newport,
KY, having been arrested and confessed the
awful crime, mob of citizens gathered at
the Newport Jail on the 18th inst, over
powered the jailer, knocked down two
policemen and the mayor, secured the pris-
oner, and marching to the woods, hung
him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20

BY an explosion on the 18th inst at the
powder mill near st. Clair, Jones Hine was
killed and Samuel Messersmith seriously
burned.
A terrible explosion occurred on the 18th
inst. at the Mahoning powder works of P.
NJ. Gallagher 4 Co., near Danville, Pa, com.
pletely destroying the building, and instant
ly killing Willis L. Lloyd, one of the pro
prietors, John j. Evans and John c. Now
rer, their mangled remains being scattered
in every direction. Cause of the explosion
unknown,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
Mystery Solved.

The body of Walter Gibbons, who mystic
riouely disappeared from his home in
Cleveland, Ohio, last December, was found
floating in the lake on the 18th.