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

lHlly. Inc injecting liHhlly ADJOURNED
without taking any united action upor
the matter in hand.
THE Supreme Lodge of the Ancien
Order of United Workmen, in conven
ton at Nashville has approved of the
proposition TO give the separate bene
fetal jurisdiction power, if they see iii
to exercise it, Of creating relief or sink
ing funds, providing it does not conhic
with the collection and disbursement o
beneficiary funds. The official enroll
ment reported to the Supreme Lodge
shows that the order now has a strength
of $500 members. The Supreme Lodge
adopted as the emblem of the order an
anchor and shield and the rise of the
sun combination, and abolished collars
and aprons as regaila, and instead
provided for suitable badges to be worn
on the left breast.
A FRANKFORT. KY, telegram oil
March Goth says: Judge NJ
Elliot, of the court Of appeals,
was assassinated and instantly killed ON
the street in front Of the Capital Hotel
ut | / A. NJ. to-day, by Thos. Buford, oil
Henry county. Elliott had rendered
an adverse opinion in u case that Blu
ford had had in court for some time.
Buford loaded double-barreled
! shot gun and waited for Ell
lot to come to dinner, and
walked up and shot him through
the heart without warning. Buford
was arrested, and is now in Jail. There
is great excitement, and strong feel
ing prevails against him. Buford, af-
ter the arrest, acknowledged that the
other barrel Of the gun was loaded
for Judge Pryor, and he would have
killed him also, had not some children
been in the way. He is n brother Of
Gen. Abe Buford Of Woodiord county.
A RrDGEwAY, Mich dispatch Of the
3lst says. serious accident occurred
ON the Grand Trunk railroad, near
Smiths Creek. AS the night express
was passing point two miles east of
that place. it was thrown from the track
and the engine, tender, and three for
ward cars wrecked. Robert Wilson,
the head brakeman, was crushed to
death between two cars. Ben Waters,
engineer, and Jerry Mcclure, fireman,
were fatally scalded, the latter having
since died. Waters ease is pronounced
hopeless. Francis Kellogg, OF Erie,
Pa, has broken leg: S. +. Willard, Of
Chicago, was cut about the head, and
his right arm fractured Several others
were slightly injured. The accident
was caused by traln-wreckcrs, who had
taken up n rail. They were traced by
footprints in the mud, and the tools
found u short distance off. Several
persons were arrested. The railroad Of
licials refuse to give any details, but
claim to have the right parties.
AN Omaha dispatch of March 3lst
states TINT the criminal case of the state
w. |. T.. Olive, one of the cattle kings of
Nebraska, and his ten associates, indict-
ed for burning Mitchell and Ketchum,
in Custer county, begins Mt Hastings to-
morrow A desperate effort will be
made on the part of the defense to OBJ
tain postponement Of the trial or n
change of venue, on the ground that n
fair trial cannot be had ut Hastings or
elsewhere in this state ut this time.
However, it is pretty generally
understood that Judge Gaslin is
opposed to amy postponement, and
ho will probably order the trial
to proceed. The prisoners can
be tried together or separately, as they
choose, and, in case of separate trials,
which is likely to be the source of the de-
PENDANTS, then Olive will be tried first.
Two or three days will be consumed
in impaneling n jury and arranging the
preliminaries, so that evidence will not
probably be begun until Thursday.
Olives trial will last ten days or two
weeks, and, i'll case OF separate trials,
the cases of the others will extend over
two months, thus running mp an inn
mense bill Of expenses on both sides.
The prosecution fear that attempts will
he made to tampor with the jury, but
every precaution will be taken against
anything of that kind. Olives aged
father and mother, and his brother,
Ira w. Olive, are here, and another
brother is on his way up from Texas,
with 1000 horses. The Olives are rich
and powerful, and propose to do every
thing possible in behalf of the prisoner.
This case will attract universal atten-
ton, on account of tho nature and mag
nntudo of the crime and the large num-
her who are To be tried, all on the
charge OF murder.