Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26
GENERAL NOTES.

GEORGE SAVAGE, well known tenn
pcrance advocate, died in Washington
Dec. 10Th.
JUDGE Abner Hazeltinc, aged Sc, died
Dec. 20lh, at jamestown, N Y. He was
a member of congress in 1882 "a.
Hon WM. MCKEE, senior proprietor Of
the Gi0be- Dem0ciUt, died suddenly of heart
disease In st. Louis on the goth inst.
TIE first locomotive of the Chicago
Burlington " Quincy road ran into Des
Moines on the 18th inst.
TRENoR w. PARK, Geo. w. IIoyt j w.
Burt, s. T. Thompson, Nathan Appleton,
and Capt Tottcn, left New York on Mon
day, Dec 23d, for Aspinwall, where they
will meet NJ. De Lesseps, and proceed
with him over the proposed route of the
canal.
IIousToN, Tex, is without money and
credit, and heavily in debt, says tele-
gram of Dec. 2lst. All the city officers
have resigned, and the prisoners in the
Jail are unguarded The liabilities of
the municipality amount TO about 3d.
600 600.
MRs. HENRY FULLERTON committed
suicide in Boonsboro, Iowa, Dec, 10th,
by swallowing concentrated lye, and
aiterward cutting her throat with a
razor. while laboring under fit of tenn.
porary insanity. She leaves babe but
il few months old.
CAPT. SwIMM, OF the schooner Laura
Bruce, reported upon his arrival at Hal
! flax, Dec. 10th, that when he was sailing
in the vicinity of supposed uninhab
tied island of the West Indies, he was
chased by piratcal craft and only es-
1caped being overhaulcd by superior
speed.
IL. b. KENDALL, of the Kalamazoo,
Mich, TciegrdlM, sold to u New York
party, ON the 18th inst. a half Interest in
the Champion mine, in Poughkeepsie
Gulch, III the Uncompahgrc mining dis
trict, in the San Juan region Of Colorado,
for $4,000 spot cash He bought it six,
months ago Tor $500.
CHAs +. BAKER, lessee and manager of
the Evansville, Ind grain.elevator, is an
absconder, with liabilities estimated at
from $50 600 TO $4,000, says Il dispatch
of the 2lst inst. Early in the season he
sold futures on wheat at S7l5 Since that
time the price of that cereal has reached
81 3j, and his investments in margins
have used him up,
The New York Hcrdh of Dec. 21st
dcvotes page to Edison's triumph on
electric illuminatian giving u full,
accurate account of his work from its in
ception to its completion with illustrative
diagrams. The HerdH says the first
public exhibition OF Edison's long
lookcd.for electric light takes place New
Years Eve at Menlo Para.
GEN. GRANT held an interview with
Gen Ammen on the Nicaraguan canal
project in Philadelphia on the 18th inst
Nothing definite could be learned of the
result, although from remarks made by
\ Ammen to personal friends, ii was be
liovcd by many that Grant had signitied
his willingness to accept the presidency
of the company,
SAYS nm Ogden, Utah, diapatch of Dec,
18th: Josephine Taylor, aged %, daugh.
ter Of the president Of the Mormon
church, attempted TO escape from Utah
and her fathers harem, yesterday She
got on the Union Pacific train, but hav-
ing ne ticket or money, was put off at
the first station east She endcavored to
get the agent Mt Uintah To scCrctc her,
but he refused, and her fathers friends
being notified, she was taken back 10
Salt Lake to-day.
The governor and council of Maine
completed their canvass of the state vote
Dee. II, aud sent out certificates of
election To the senators and representa-
tives whom they declared TO be elected.
The result of the canvass is as follows:
In the senate the tusionists are given 20
members; the republicans H. In the
house the fusionists have 10; the re-
publicans 81. Five cities with twelve
republican rcpreseniatives--Por Portland,
Bath, Lewiston, Rockland, and Saco-
are without representation The house
will thus be twelve members short at its
organization,
THE body of young man, who is sup
posed to have lived III the vicinity oi
New York city, was cremated at Wash.
inrton, Pa, Dec. 10th. Those In charge
Of The remains refused To give any par.
ticulars of the case, even declining to
divulge the name They say they were
simply carrying out the young
mans dying wishes In keeping the affair
as quiet Is possible, The body reashed
Washington at II o'clock IN the morning,
accompanied by two men, and was al
once taken to the crematory, where II
was almost Immediately placed in the
rctort The process of incarceration was
completed in about three hours, after
which the two men got into a carriage
and drove away A telegram was sent
to one Of the New York papers with a
view Of ascertaining the name of the
young man, but nothing could be learn.
ed respecting him. Ii is a very mystic.
rious affair as II stands.
The republican national committee
met IN Washington Nee nth for the
J purpose Of choosing a chairman IN place
! the late Senator Chandler, and to select
, time and place for holding the mex
republican national convention. A
temporary organization was effected by