Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30
GENERAL NOTES.

THE New York legislatur adjourned
sine die on the 22d inst.
TIE five cent savings bank at Lowell,
Mass, failed on the ODD inst.
TIE Broadway Savings bank Of st.
Louis failed on the 22nd inst. with lia-
bilities of about 100000.
DISPATCHES of the 25th and Goth from
numerous points in Iowa, Illinois, Min
nesota, and Wisconsin report copious
rains.
A SIDNEY. Neb., dispatch Of the 22d
says, this evening the severest storm of
bail and rain ever experienced in this
section occurred. Bridges, sidewalks
and the water-works were badly dam
aged. Cattle herds being rounded up
broke loose and many weak animals
and calves were killed. A large portion
of the town was inundated.
Allentown, Pa, advices of May 29d,
says the will Of Judge Packer was read
to-day. 1t bequeaths for the perma-
nent endowment of Lehigh university,
of Bethlehem, 81 100000; for library
for the university, 100000; to st.
Luke's hospital, Bethlehem, 100000,
and st. Marks Episcopal church,
Mauch Chunk, $4,000. Several be-
quests are kept private for the present.
A DEs MONIES dispatch dated May
9th says Judge Dillon, it is
authoritiyeIy stated, has accept
ed the position to which he has
been elected in Columbia college. His
resignation. rs before stated, will take
effect September lst. This will not pre-
vent the president, if he sees fit, from
nominating and the senate from con-
iirming III, successor. Unless the sue
cessor is confirmed before congress adj
journs this circuit will be without cir
cult judge after September till proba-
bly, January or February.
AT the Saratoga, n u, National Pres
byterian Convention, on May 9th, the
following resolution was adopted:
ReSoled, That in view Of the increas-
ed attendance of church members at
theatres and opera, this assembly bears
earnest and solemn testimony against
this practice rs inconsistent with Chris
tian duty, since it not only gives coun-
tenance and support to an institution
Justly described by former assembly
rs "a school Of immortality" but is in
itself spiritually hurtful and tends to OBJ
literate the tone which should always
be plainly visible between the followers
of Christ and the world.
A New YORK dispatch of May 22nd
says the per cent. bonds sold to-day
in large quantities mt l 034, with strong
bids ut the same figures. Many per-
sons were un"hle to account for this
newly developed strength i'll United
States securities. The syndicate, which
on the 18th of April took $l2l. 100000
4 per cents from the government, was
almost completely sold out. The
syndicate" said member of it, ";s re-
duced to SO low an amount that
wouldn't care to make the figures
public From the very first day
the demand has been unpre-
ccdcnted. There has been no
abatement whatever in the demand
from all parts of the country-from
every little nook and hamlet, the de-
mand has been steady and immense.
In all our experience" said another
syndicate member, 1--WE have never met
with such demand Consequently,
~ the demand increased and the supply
diminished, the prices advanced, to the
establishment of many who were UNI
able TO account for the rise, but who
imagined that the syndicate had resort
ed to some peculiar artitiGe to bolster
up the rates.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, advices under date
of May 22d bring the following letter Of
Secretary sherman to Gen. Robinson,
chairman Of the Ohio republican state
committee
WASHINGTON, DC, May IS
i Ny DEAR SIR In view OF the kindly interest
manifested by political friends during my recent
| visit home, that should be nominated as the re-
publican candidate for governor Of Ohio, have
given the subject much careful consideration and
haze come to the conclusion that cannot In the
present Situatlon, accept such nomination, II
rendered. am engaged in public duty which
demands my constant attention and which can
| clearly he better completed by mo than by any
/ one coming freshly into office. FO Tow accept
the nomination for governor though II IL an
| honor | wouli otherwise highly prize and feel
deeply gratefu, for, would be Justly regarded as
an abandonment OF trust important to the
whole country 70 promote my personal advance
ment. earnestly hopc therefore, the convention
/ W Il not cmharrasS me by a tender OF the nomna.
tion which would be Obliged IL decline. II NAV
/ he that no such purpose VIII be manifested, but
| wrote y1n 80 that II the convention should 80
incline, yuu may at once state why ! cannot ac-
ccpt Very truly You're.
(sigueGl JOHN SHERMAN.