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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
PROGRESS OF CAMPAIGN.
The National Committee Now Ready
For Earnest Work.
THEW New Headquarters Opcucd aud
Communications Pouring In
From All Parts ct the Conn.
try Hancock 10 Visit
the Bpom pnilS

Preparations III large scale we're
gujny on NIL day yesterday nj the per.
manvut campaign Headquarters of tho
democratic national committees No.
LIS fitlh avenue. Although already lo-
Gated there, il Mil take the members
ot the committee nj least NIL day today
to yet matters into good working order
The first floor ot the promises. COM
priSing four rooms has hceu set
apart for the reception of visit
ol> rs we'll rs the dis.
charge sc all public business The seq
end floor will I've used Ivy the commit
tee is private consultation rooms, The
third and fourth floors Will hC SGT apart
tor the accommodation of the corps of
clerks, including sleeping apartments,
rs we'll as y acceptable for campaign
documents and other papers of lmpor.
tancc, The premises are. to say the
least suprrhly furnished IN every way.
and nothing that could have tendon
cN toward exploiting matters has hcen
overlooked. Photographic Instruments
telephones and American district tcle-
graph call bnNrs have already hrcn lo.
Gated ON the parlor floor
No business Of amy Importance can
81 transacted until amer tho meeting of
the executive committee of the national
committees which has been cailcd for
IL o'clock this morning II that meet
my the first business Ni,l I've thcNppoint,
mont Of chief clerk and Il number &c
suhordmates, whose duty il will I've to
rttcud a. the details ut ! campaign
work rhiS branch of the business will
hc 50 heavy THAT it has hecu decided tn
engage an additional number of rooms
IN close proximity to No l31 Fifth ave,
which viii hc Nct apart solely cor
the folding and mailing of campaign
documents Ior distribution throughout
thr country. llrcady the executive
committee is almost inundated with
lcttcr, and kilograms from every al
rection All these without Il single cN.
ception are uf the mts' cheering char
aetcr, and sci forth the progress that
the friends Of Hancock aud English arc
making rs wcll as the enthusiasm
which has already manifested itself
throughout tho country
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

plain. the electors. the representa-
tiyes OF the municipality, the preSi-
dents of the districts. the national
guard, the deputies Of the army and af
the departments having marched
from the side Of the BaSsille. met the
King and the National Assembly. The
ceremonial was most imposing. Tai
leyraud. Bishop Of Autun, assisted ~
4W priests, celebrated high mass,
Military music tlued the air, and ban
nerS inuumemhlc. bearing patriotic III.
scriptonS, tioated in the breeze. Mass
being ended, Lafayette, mounted OH 4
superb white charger, advanced and
took the oath, swearing 10 he faithful
To the new constitution The president
of the National Assembly followed.
then the King then the Queen who
afterward lifted up the Dauphm and
pledged herself for his adherence 10
the same sentiments Ii was II holiday
throughout France In the evening
there was n ball on the site Of the BaS-
tile. Similar demonstrations were re-
pcated, although not on 81 grand i
scale, i'll the two following wears Then
came the reign Of Ferrur In July.
1880, there were three severe days
fighting on the ground once occupied
hy the Bastile and large numbers sc
patriots were killed Ten years later y
magnificent fetr MAS given IN Paris in
honor of those three glorious days. On
that day, July IS, lS40, the bones of
some 504 persons who had persisted in
tl., strI,r, La Af 1Sp0 NNnr, lnn,sitnj IN
catacomhs on the Place do Bastile.
Over these eatacombS magnificent
bronze monumental columns has since
been erected in commentator equally
of the patriots of 1859 and 1850 On
the column are inscribed the names of
the COL men who were mainly inStru-
montalm the capture of the famous
i,ris,n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

Spoitsylvania riding along the line. In
the afternoon Of that day Lee made his
supreme effort, and. comrades of the
old army, you who were there, who
was the man that inspired us with con-
iidcncc. and in whose bearing WAS Vie
tory itsclf9 IL YOU are fair YOU can
have hut one answer and naming
him, YOU will name Winfield Scott
Hancock
1t WAS cruel, too, while twas glorious,
that after having passed through the
terrible enleal unseathed, he should be
struck down III the moment Of victory,
when the cheers Of the army and the
waving cmhCmS OF the country pro-
claimed that the life of the nation had
been saved In morning paper of
Sunday | find u letter addressed 10 the
Cleveland ltUder, and signed 10y Mar.
ictta, Ohio, man. who claims to he Il
soldier, IN which he cudeavorS To prove
that the credit wi the victory ut Gcttys-
hurry belonged to Cen Miner Double
day, and to Gcu, q, q, Howard, the late
chief Of the Freelmens bureau and
banking concern Gen. Doubleday,
upon tue death of Gcn Reynolds, us.
Sumcd command of the First corps, and
! venture the assertion that he will be
one of tho first to testify at the proper
time To what Hancock did. As To Glen.
Howard, he has horne Witness already
to his comrades services, But Knight
rs we'll give the Marietta gentleman
this information, The Christian gem
tlcman who commanded the Eleventh
corps was not iii favor Of making n
stand nj Gettysburg, lie was in favor
ola fight little further east But
Hancock know the advantage Of the
position and nohlv he did his duty 10
his state and Ia his couutry--a service
which the people hayc not forgotten
and which, unless all mutations arc
wrong, they are going to reward him
Tor hN making him the next president
nf these United States hya large major.
ity, FRANK q. THOMPSON.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
Hancock'S Pedigree.
lhNInn re.t.

Can You give me Cen. llancOck's
pedigree y asks correspondent, We
can, aud beginning with John Hancock
of Lexington, here il ii John Hancock
WAS born III 1870, died in 1000 aged SO
years. lie WIS n minister Mt Lexington,
Mass, and Il son Of tho preceding.
John Hancock, LII, d., wns born in
l137, died in lIa3, aged 56 years. He
MAS the first of the signerS
Of the Declaration Of American indie
pondeucC, Il son Of John Hancock Of
Bramtrcc, and the grandson Of John
Hancock, Of Lexington. Ia was II
native Of Quincy, Massachusetts; gmdu.
atcd NJ Harvard college, in l15t, mem.
her oG the house of representatives from
Boston IN lIi6; president of the pro
Nlncial congress az Massachusetts, in
l11t president Of the continental CON
gross IN l7ia; governor of Mnssachu-
setts in l1Sn to 1854 and l7S7 To 1904.
Benjamin T. Hancock was son
Of John Hancock, Ill. u. sign
er of the declaration of
American Independence; WAS il lawyer
NJ Norristown, Montgomery county,
Ia, in ISIS, was member of the
baptist church and superintendent Of
the Sunday school. Winfield Scott
and Hilary Hancock, twin brothers,
and sons Of benjamin +, Hancock,
were horn in Montgomery township,
Montgomery county, Pa, in 1924.
Hilary Hancock, twin brother il n
lawyer ut Minneapolis, MINI,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
4 Swarm OF Bees Capture a Car.
Leavcnworth Times.

Recently when the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific train arrived il came
in under cloud 4 large swarm OF
bees being attracted by the cool location
on the top Of the ear while near Beaver
~, in Missouri, took deck passage for
sunny Kansas, and the fears Of the
conductor and other men ON the train
Of Il singing rcbuke prevented any at
tempt to put the dead heads Off When
the car arrived here Police Officer Me
Cart was appriscd of the fact that he
could take in number Of prisoners if
lie visited the car He went TO inves-
tigate, and finding the bees snugly en-
sconced on their novel abiding place,
proceeded u effect their capture ~
coaHing them into an empty keg. He
succeeded, after receiving numerous
sting, in capturing tire entire swarm,
taking more prisoners than he will have
at one time while lie is on the force.
He says the family il getting along well
nj his home in the north part Of the
city
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
A Singing Rebuff.
Aiislralasian.

A swain who was Tilted by young
lady in Wellington, had his revenge.
She wrote TO him and requested that
he would be good enough To return the
lock Of hair which he had obtained
from her His reply was brief and to
the point Rummaging his trunk he
collected heap Of trcsses, culled from
various sources during his loye-mak;ng
career, and forwarded them in bum
bic 70 his doccitful fair, inclosing note
to the effect that he had really forgot
ten which was hers, but she might Sc
lcct il from those forwarded and return
the rest 1t her earliest convenience.
This he considered singing rebuff,
and 80 il was with Il vengeance. The
Indy is now on visit 70 some country
relations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
All About George EliOt's Husband.
Wonnn's Journal.

Mr.. John Gloss is an excellent man
Of fortytwo years, rich, and an old and
devoted friend Of the Lcweses. Mr..
Lewis was very fond of him. He lived
close by the Leweses county place, and
came i'll and out like an attached re-
lation. He admired Mrs. Lcwes pro-
foundly, and always said he would do
anything in the world for her. He is
not an intellectual companion, like Mr..
Lewes, but strong, solid, reliable man,
who gives you ut once sense Of con
tidence, 4 thoroughly reliable, kind, up
right, steadfast mana thorough sup
port, such man as any woman would
be thankful to have near her rs Il com
slant and devoted friend. Nothing is
more wise and more happy than that
an invaluable friend should bc allowed
to supply the daily care and affection
ate companionship which his admira-
ton and his affection both made him
long to give, And Mrs Lewes is not
the woman. with her tender and Weld
ing nature $50 unconsciously sketchcd
in Maggie Iulliver and Dorothea) to
resist the soothing support of such de-
voted affection
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
Mrs. Kate Chase Nnragnr.
Philadelphia PiCSs.

No woman III this country ever fell
50 fur us Mrs, Sprague did when her
father died She had for wears lived in
the rays of one of the greatest and
finest minds this country ever produced.
fed with IN ambition TO SOC its possess
or i'll the highest office within the gift
OF the people, and herself the mistress
of the white house. She had then
welded an inferior man 10 further this
Therefore when the crash
came ii struck her with terrific force.
II Spraguc had been moro Of man lie
could have broken the fall somewhat
As twas he only added to the force of
the blow, and scclusion amid scenes
her father loved, and with her children
whom he had fondlcd, was preferable
for Il time TO any life hecould offer her.
no matter how richly endowed. |
don't think She has accepted Il thing
from him since the trouble last sum-
mer. Its now nearly year, YOU know,
since She left Cononchet, and in another
She can get decree of divorce upon
the ground of failure to support If She
should care to. On account of the
children | don't think She would Ike 10
initiate proceedings that would compel
Il public recital Of her home troubles.
Friends of the family have looked and
worked for reconciliation, but be-
lieve that all hope of that has been
If she should not get II
divorce She will, think, simply remain
in Washington, deyoting herself TO her
living At Edgowood in the
summer and taking house in the city
for the Mintnr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

There is no question but TINT Gar.
fed WINS working forGariield At Chicago
from the beginning of the convention,
and his speech nominating sherman is
conclusive proof Of this. Then the care
which Garfield took TO always come into
the convention Into in order to receive
the cheers Of the multitude, showed
very plainly who GarIicld's candidate
was, But John sherman will have to
take the crow, and what adds 10 the un.
palatableness of the bird il to have IL
seasoned with Arthur.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

rlIE republican machine is badly out
Of tune and il seems impossible TO get
il III tune, Tho Grant end Of tho
Chicago convention now complains that
Schurz in his indianapolis speech
ommittcd the name of Arthur, and
Arthur's friends are mnd. hut Schurz
Inns had To eat good deal ofcrow TO take
in this ticket and the Grant-Conkling-
Arthur end of the concern should not
be too cxaeting. The subject has two
sides to il, ns for example, the Spring
field RepUbijom likes Schurzs speech
because il is not like tinriicld's letter of
acceptance. II seems 10 he 80 uncer-
tain MS TO whore the republican party
stands this year, TINT il might lie in
order To inquire whether il Is really
standing 1T all,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

GESERAL GARFIELD has no faster"
friend than Dr. Tanner, Inter Oceon.
Mistaken again, Mr.. G. A. Arthur has
been " fasting ever since Hayes wrote:
:" With deep sense OF my obligations
under the constitution, regard il my
plain duty TO suspend you in order that
the Office may be honestly admins
tered 2
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30
Heard from al Last

The celebrated William Morgan, Of
Masonic fame. who, great many years
ago. became ii il said. victim To the
Masonic fury, has second cousin re-
siding in Clyde, and from him it Il
learned that the said Morgan was not
murdered, las believed BY many. but
that to his cousins personal knowlege.
he left the country Of his own free viii,
going directly To Australia. and receiy-
ing passage money and 800. Morgan
published newspaper in Australia IN
til his death His son is nov there III
tho same business.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

a swell wedding will take place at
Newport, K l., August II. Mr.. @. Ca
yendish Bentnick, eldest son Of the
Right Honorable q. A. +. Cayendsh
Bentnick, member Of the British par
lament for Whitehayen, and cousin OF
the Duke Of Portland, and Miss Bessie
Livingston, daughter or Mr. Matwrin
Livingston, OF New York, are the par
ties.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

Az Ohio republican who evidently
thinks lie has il strong point ~ favor "
Secretary Schurz which he ftl Ohio
republican, hastens % get IN print IN A
letter Ia the Times lie says.
Speaking Of Schurz reminds Inc ola
little matter of political history, which
in view Of that eminent political juri,t',
intention of taking the stump for the
republicans this fall, ought To be cor
rccted. When. several years ago, his
love for bard money induced him 10
come into ONO n republican stump
cr, Schu1 did not get 500 per speech,
n. the malicious partisan organs AZ
serted H. only got $500 4 repub-
lean politician up ~ The northwestern
part of the state has the vouchers, and
was expecting to use them II Grant had
been nominated,
Tic correspondent evidently believes
that the difference between 500 and
800 il q strong point IN schuz favor.
Furthermore Grant lad been nomi-
mated Sehurz would have opposed his
and then the republican
politician in the northwestern part 81
NE state. would have used his facts
against the eminent political jriri.t
surely this i. happy family
Border. of wood color, leather and
blue appear ii some pieces Of nuns
cloth Pongee dress patterns are ac-
coinpanied by four yards Of embroidery
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-07-30

In Agawam. Mass, have been cap.
tured two robins entirely white
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-26
Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate.

No. $40, R. DIN the Probate Court ofShelby
county, Tennessee-Miss Georgia Bayliss,
admini' tratrix of Lizzie Lach, deceased, VS.
John OvertOn, ct nj.
DY virtue of q decree for sale entered in
ID minute book No. "a, page 81, | will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, in front
of the courthouse, in Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, April 10th, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
real estate, to-wit:
First; Tract Of five acres, lying and beingin
Shelby county, Tennessee, beginning ut q
stake on the north boundary line ofthe Looney
tract, and 81 r0eds, more or less, north Of the
north bank of Wolf river and running back
with sand line Is roods TO a stake Just east Of
the county road, with gum pointers; thence
south 81 roods, more or less, to the north bank
of Wolf river; and thence down said river IL
mere or less, to the beginning.
Second: One lot lying and being in the city
of Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, and de-
scribed rs follows: BEGINNING at q stake on
the south side of Looney street, ZIG feet cast Of
is intersection with tho Big Creek road:
thence eastwardly with said Looney street GO
feet TO o stake; thence s%outbwardly 1851 feet
to an alley; thence westwardly with said alley
20 feet TO a stake; thence %northwardly 1881
feet TO the beginning-hoing lot No. II Of
Overton's subdivision of Chelsea property.
Terms Of sale; On . credit Of six months.
purchaser executing note, with approved
security, and note bearing interest. A lien
will also DO retained.
This February II, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
'''r''' : way ''' ~ 10 1872 IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-26
THE THUNDERER'S BLAST.
The London Times on the 18th
mus Canal and Monroe
Doctrine.
Europe Could not Recognize ihe
Doctrine

London Times of March 2O-by Cable.l
The isthmus is a heavier tax on the
industry of mankind than is either
war or famine. A few miles of oozy
quagmire and jungle, breeding pains
and tevers and serving lazy negroes
for a squatting ground, impress their
mark on every bale ofgoods between the
old and a large part ofthe new world.
The engineers, headed by M. de Les
seps, have planted the standard of re-
bellion against this in~convenient geo
graphical fact. In these times of
stagnation M. de Lesseps might
have failed, but he has relieved
himself of half the responsibility by
shifting the burden Of assent
on the United States, out of whose
opposition he has fashioned a weapon
to subduethem to his purpose. NJ. de
Lesseps offers to the world a boon
greater than the Suez canal. If it
now be rejected in the form he pro.
poses he will be able to argue that it is
because Of American Jealousy. Most
patriotic Americans must feel that
their country cannot withhold on
selfish grounds from the rest of the
world and from themselves the benefit
promised by a stranger without as
Stunning the liability in his stead. In
the view Of most American citizens
the Monroe doctrine is a law ofnature.
It is now propounded that by the
Monroe doctrine a canal through the
isthmus Of Panama or Nicaragua, or
any other isthmus which shortens the
distance between the American CONT
nent and Europe, is virtually part of
the coast line Of the United States.
Great Britain may congratulate her
self that the Caledonian canal is all
ready dug, for it might otherwise give
rise to International complications.
The Monroe doctrine, even in the
most restricted shape, was never ad-
mitted into the law of nations. Its
present application is a claim of in
definite suzerainty from Mexico to
Patagonia, though throughout this
vast region the government at Wash
lngton exercises no power, and
acknowledges no duty to the popuIa.
tons which inhabit it. Europe could
not recognize so gratuitous a demand.
An inter oceanic canal would for
f every practical purpose form as much
or as little a part Of the European as
Of the United States coast line. But
while Europe cannot concede the bare
r principle suggested by the president
and the select committee there is no
objection to the United States acquir.
; ing all the power it wants by subscrib-
ing the necessary capital. All that
Europe wants is that the black earth,
which the world regards as it might a
Sunken ship in the Midway or Loire,
. should be cleared away. That the
United States, by furnishing money,
! slould obtain a special right to watch
! over the safety and peaceable use Of
: the new channel is what Europe, and
: particularly Great Britain, most
desire but the world is entitled to
, ask the United States to make UP its
mind to let NJ. de Lesseps do the
thing himself, with the resources al
his command, or to charge themselves
with the task.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-26
COTTON ExcHANsE QUOTATIONS.
Istandard international Classification

Receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the past six days
were 1920 bales, against 39,363
bales the week before and 1896
bales same week last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 4,447,-
SOL bales, against 4,O9O,975 bales at
this date last year, and 3,866,527 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last, 358,716 bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 8l9,599
bales, against 55S,453 bales at this
time last year, and 642,547 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 2,7S2,5J5 bales, against
2,884,52l bales last year, and 2,6l5,2O7
the year before.
The visible supply of cotton on the
18th instant, including all stocks
in Europe aud America, and amount
aaoat for Europe, according to the
New York Financial Chronicles
tables, was 2,583,794 bales, an in
crease compared with last year at the
same time of 1880 bales, a decrease
as compared with the year before
of 218,27O bales, and a decrease Of
549 ,411 bales as compared with the
same date in 1877.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT.
For the week ending March 25th, al
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex.
change:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-26

bales hay, 60 bbls whisky, 1874 bbls
meal, 2ll SKIS oats, 100 pkgs furniture,
100 bbls cement, 68 SKIS potatoes, IS
bbls -four, 80 bbls apples, 200 kegs
nails, so stoves, 300 pkgs wagon stuff,
rs mules, 100 pieces sewer pipe, Is
casks glass, 200 bxs canned goods, l04
bxs glass, 300 pkgs iron, COS pkgs sun
dries. She ives this evening with a
return trip f0r Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all points east at exceed
ilgly low rates. The Cons Millar is
one Of the best steamers of the
Memphis and Cincinnati packet com
pany to travel on. She is a safe car
rier and has goodand comfortable pas
senger accommodations. Jimmie
Voris, one of the cleverest gentlemen
on the river, is her chiefclerk, and is
seconded by Harry Gazzley.