Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-04-30

Bishop Elder. He was of weak mind,
having been in an iDsanne asylum. He
was much attached to Bishop Elder, and
ii is believed the departure of his friend
unset his reason.
a PRETENDED commercial traveller,
claiming to represent the wire goods
house Of +. Barnum, Of Detroit Mich,
! is travelling through the west dead beat
ing hotels and borrowing small sums of
money says dispatch of the Gath inst
He is short and thick, dark eyes, and has
two front teeth missing. He is an un
nitigated fraud.
DENNIS KEARNEY was brought before
the superior court OF San Francisco, on
the 26lh, on a writ of hdbeas corpus. The
court decided that it had no power to re,
view its own action, and Kearney was re.
manded to the house of correction TO
serve out his sentence.
ABOUT / O'Clock on the 22nd inst, at
Corunna, DeKalb county, Ind, party
of twenty went to the house Of TunIs
Miller, whose daughter had been recent
y married, To give the married couple a
"belling." Isaac Miller, brother of the
bride went out to try and induce the
men to go away, and being assaulted by
John Williams. Miller shot him dead
Miller was put in Jail.
A SHOOTING ARRAY took place in the
town of Kossuth, Manitowoc county,
Wis, on the 23rd inst, whereby three
young men we're wounded, two eli them,
it is reported quite severely. 1t seems
that party of young men had gathered
to give a newly.married couple chart
vari. The old gentleman, the father. of
the bride, became wrathy at the conduct
of the charivari party, and commenced
upon them, with the above re-
suit. No arrests.
THERE was great excitement in Attica
on the 90 inst, over the terrible mistake
Of physician, DIR. Parker, in admins,
tering strychnne to little 2.year-old
child in place of santo nine, being sum-
moned to prescribe for case of worms.
He left three powders; one was given,
and the child was seized with convul-
@ions and died within an hour. DIR.
Parker says the mistake was made b. his
druggist, as he gave him his vial to fill
with santonine, and the druggist put in
strychnine by mistake.
A DUEL was fought between David
Adams and George Renmoutll, on the
23rd INST, at Lancaster, s. G. The par
ties left home at an early hour, accom-.
panied by seconds, medical attendants,
and few friends. The fight occurred
in small grove outside the village. The
weapons were revolving pistols, and the
principals were twenty PAGES apart. Only
one round was fired, during which
Adams, who is reported to have given
the oilense that brought about the en-
counter, was wounded in the hip, but
not seriously. After the affair was over,
the parties quietly returned to their
homes.
A DISPATCH from San Bernardino
says: "Prospectors have been compelled
TO leave the new mines, recently discov-
cred on the Colorado river, by the
Chimehueva Indians. A Mail rider is
reported killed by them. A miner was
killed by them some months ago at Old
Woman's Springs, and his body found
last week. His gun ana coat were seen
in the possession of one of the Chime
hucvas. The San Bernardino cavalry
have been ordered out to aid the sheriff
Of that county to arrest the murderers of
the mail rider, and trouble Is expected,
as the Indians have burned their wig
vans and taken to the mountains. They
are said to be well armed aud provision
cd"