Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-18


bloody campaign.
A TORONTO special of April 18th says
the plans for the construction of the
tunnel under the Detroit river, approved
OF by the government, show that the
tunnel will be 1900 feet in length, ex.
tending from Stoney Island to Anderdon
on the Car adian side. 1t is the inten
ton of the Canada Southern railway
company, who are doing the work, to
lay double track and double arches
so that there will be no danger o. acct
dents by collision. The work is to be
begun by the 1st of April. The tunnel
is estimated to cost 81 100000.
A New York dispatch of April
9Th says: The steamer Surbiton,
whose supposed loss was tele.
graphed here to-day, sailed from this
port for Rotterdam, February 18th with
u general cargo Of merchandise, valued
at about 500 900; three-fourths insured.
She had no passengers; was command
ed by Capt. j. w. Abbott, and had a
crew Of % persons. The Surbiton was
an iron screw steamer, built at New
Castle, England. in 1877, and owned by
, w httbt ui a-buIi ~ wa iyOhNOli' il1
insured in British companies, and val
ued a about $4,000.
Ar Chicago on the 9th inst. during n
thunder shower u meteor which
looked while in the air about u foot in
diameter fell to the ground on the
south side bursting into many pieces
before striking. 1t was white with heat
and the fragments resembled clinkers.
A wire Of u telephone connecting two
business offices on the south side was
struck by lightning at about the same
time and electric fluid entered the
offices and played havoc with the furni-
ture.
| A DISPATCH dated April 10Th, from
Mackenaw City, says There is very
| little change in the condition Of the ice
in the straits towards Lake Mich igan.
1t looks rough, compact and solid. The
prevailing winds are northerly, and pre-
vent the ice from melting rapidly. I'm
less we have warm rains soon, it is not
likely the straits will be open before
May first. A report from Point st. Ig-
mace states that the condition OF the ice
is bad. No crossing since the 10Th.
A New YORK telegram of April 18th
says Prof. Edison declares that his
electric light is II complete success, and
can be furnished ut onc-third the cost
OF gas. He expects to make the whole
thing public within two months. He
will burn 500 lights at Menlo Park until
the stockholders are perfectly satisfied.
The delay has been the want of Il per-
feet generator of electricity, and
this Professor Edison has him
self added to his inventions. Ii
has been supposed that the lamps them
selves would be very expensive. They
are simply small coil Of platinum
wire placed in glass bulb. Professor
Edison says they will cost, bulb, plati.
mum, and NIL, not more than 81 90
apiece. He is making his own bulbs,
having picked up tho art from peram-
bulating glass-blower.
A Fort STEVENSON, ID. Il. special of
April l4th, says the post was thrown
into intense excitement about three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by the re-
port that prairie fires were raging with
fearful velocity close to the outskirts OF
the garrison. Col Moore, post com
mander, ordered out the entire force
with wet blankets, etc, to fight the foe.
and after three hours hard fighting the
fires were subdued. The wind was blow
ing ut the rate of thirty miles an hour,
and the flames spread very rapid
| ly. Women and children became
wildly excited, and ran to and fro, and
began packing their household goods,
to be conveyed to II point OF safety.
The Gre surrounded the post, and ut
one time it seemed AZ il il must go.
Two soldiers and an officer were badly
burned. Fort Lincoln ha,ba similar ex-
perience, with a narrower escape.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred ut the
Cleveland, O., rolling mills April 10th.
William Raleigh, water boy, was stand
ing IN front of the rolls through which II
bar of red-hot iron was being run.
When the iron is ut its proper heat the
bar is very pliable, but by becoming
chilled it takes NIL sorts of fantastic
forms, and flies and twists about in
every direction. This bar wrapped it,
self about the boy and encircled him
in it, folds, literally burning his body
in two. 1t was some minutes before he
could be extricatod. Meanwhile the
iron was soaring his flesh, causing the
most horrible cries of agony from the
helpless sufferer. In few moments
after he had been released by tongs
and pincers by the workmen who
could reach him, he breathed his last
in terrible agony. His clothing was
completely burned from his body, which
presented u most sickening spectacle.
A SPECIAL. dispatch of April 18th, from
Collinsville, ILL.,, 4 town about II miles
northeast OF ST. Louis, saysa terrible ey-
clone, from the northwest, struck the
town ut II quarter of three O'Clock this
afternoon, and taking zig-zag course,
with general direction almost due
east, tore through the place, demoiish-
ing ten buildings, running about thirty
others, and damaging more or less
some IS residences and business houses.
A slight rain proceeded the storm, and
nearly everybody was in doors when
tho cyclone struck, but, notwithstand-