Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
GENERAL NOTES.

NATHAN BURNsTEIN, Detroit iobbpr
in gents furnishing and fancy goods
failed for $l50,0U0 on the 18th inst.
THE leading eastern coal companies
agreed to raise prices 25 cents per ton on
The 18th inst.
TIE final splice in the new French
cable was made off Cape Cod on the 17th,
and messages were sent through the Ell.
tire circuit to Brest.
THE business mems moderation socie.
ty of New York, a temperance, anti-treat-
ing organization, has enrolled Gov elect
Cornell and Gen Ben. Butler among its
members, says dispatch of the 18th.
The well known house of s. llcyman
q Sons, importers of ostrich feathers,
New York, failed for several hundred
thousand dollars on the 18th inst.
The bark Royal Arch the crew OF
which had been rescued at sea by the
steamer Minnesota, finally reached To.
ronto on the 10Th inst, though In bad
~ damaged condition.
PRESIDENT HAYES and secretary Evarts
visited New York on the nth inst, and
assisted in the formal opening of the
grand fair in the new armory OF the tn
regiment.
TwENTY-NINE counties out of G2 in
Wisconsin, gave Smith, republican, for
governor, 2l,74S majority. 1t is esti-
mated that the majority in the whole
state will not materially alter these fig.
ures
Hon. + G. BEAMAN, recently appoint
ed u. 5. Senator to fill the Michigan va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Chandler, has declined to serve, and Gov.
Crosswell, on the 17lh inst appointed eX.
Governor Henry T.. Baldwin in his stead.
f.. ROBERTSON, of lIinsdale, n. H., a
travelling agent dropped dead at the Re
we're House, indianapolis, on the 18th,
while removing his coat. His death was
caused by strangulation from the break
ing of an ulcer in his throat.
GEN. GRANT will leave Chicago on the
Goth and return to Galena where he will
rest about three weeks. He then returns
to Chicago, thence to Cincinnati, Louis
Vile. Columbus, Pitisburg, Philadelphia
and New York. He will winter in the
south, possibly in Havana. So says Il
dispatch Of the 14th inst.
a PETERSBURG, Va, dispatch OF the
17lh says: The drought which has pre-
vailed to such an alarming extent nthis
section of the state the past three months
is causing great uneasiness. Wells ana
streams are drying up, and in some of the
adjacent counties people are compelled
to travel miles in vehicles i'll search or
water for family use. In several churches
here yesterday prayers were offered Tor
rain.
A LOTTERY agent in New York begun
A suit aeaint Postmaster James, on the
- H.. hn
Tor an alleged detention of his letters, for
which he claims $4,000 damages. The
case will probably be transferred 20 the
federal courts The letters were detained
under orders from the postmaster gen
cral, based on the law authorizing him
TO dctnin those concerning lotteries, etc.
IL is claimed by counsel that the law is
unconstitutional, as it makes the post
master. general the sole and exclusive
Judge, larry and sheriff, and gives party
no opportunity to be heard, ana deprlVes
She plaintiffs of their property without
due process of law, and is in violation OF
the provisions of court
THE state executive council of Iowa,
has canvasscd the votes for supreme
Judge and state super intendent, and
telegram of the nth gives the following
result: For judge, J NJ. Beck, republi-
con, had l6o ,6uG; Reuben Noble, demo-
crat, 50, 1913; NJ. III. Jones, greenbacker,
45,7l9; scattering 20. Total vote, 202,.
1874. Becks majority over Noble is
"A, 800; Beck's majority over all is 30 ,O1S.
For superintendent, G. w. Won C~iin,
republican, 159,304; Il. Baker, demo
crat, S5,0i5: J. A. Nash, greenbacker,
1888. Beck's increased majority over
that of Gear is from the vote Of the pro-
hibitionists, which was cast for Beck
and not for Gear, The resignation OF
Judge Noble will not take effect until
December