Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-08
GENERAL NOTES.

DENDwoOp celebrated the first annivcr-
sary OF its great fire, on the 10Th inst.
rHn famous Stevens battery brought
30th of Sept.
Tue Wabash railway company will
build depot costing 100000 at Peoria,
Ill.,, if the city will donate the land.
lrAIN's new iron-cad, said to have
armor three feet thick and TO be the most
powerful iron-clad ever constructed, has
been successfully launched
A. II. LATHAM, of Albany, and Miss
Sarah ] Faris, of BONNEVILLE, Ind, were
married by telegraph, ON the 2Sth inst,
hy Rev. Mr.. Parrett, of Portland, Ind.
officiating.
The distemper among horses, existing
in Boston, has made its appearance in
New York, on the 18th inst. and seems to
Ne influenza, which was the ncipicnt stage
Of the cpizootic of 1879
THE ladies of poniphan county, Kansas,
bought all the booths on the foreground,
bidding much higher than the saloon
keepers, whose bar'l could not compare in
size with that of their fair antagonists.
The United States circuit court, al
Louisville, has granted an injunction re-
Il raining the postal authorities from en-
forcing the departments order prohibit.
ing thedeliyery Of letters to local lot
terry company.
THE horse distempcr is gradually
spreading in New York The proportion
OF railroad and stage horses affected is
about one'third Of the total number ip the
stables Of the various lines
A rRlzE was offered nj the la Porte,
Ind, fair for the mother presenting the
largest number Of children Mrs. John
Line took the premium with nine the
ninth being born ON the grounds few
hours before the award was made.
Tue chief Of the New York fire depart
ment who has visited all the theatres in
Chicago, says several of them are simply
man-traps having no adequate means of
exit IN the event Of panic.
TuERE have been slaughtered and salt
Cd by the packers of Chicago, since March
|, 2,526,0o0 hogs a majority of S24 900
slain animals over the number killed dur
ing the corresponding period of 1879.
THE commissioners Of the l'reodmen's
Saving and Trust company state that
about 100000 Of the lOper cent. dividend
recently declared, remains uncallcd for.
Pass-books will he accepted Ivy mail, ex-
press, OF through the banks
Is their public utteranccs about the
Canada Pacific syndicate Sir John Mac
donald and Mr.. Mcintyre. 4 member of
the new company, do not agree. The form
cr saws that American capital is interest
ed while the latter declares that il II
not.
a srfCNl dispatch 10 the n. y. fr,c-
man 5 journal announces that the pope has
named Dir. Michael Corrigan, now bishop
u New York, 10 he the co-adjustcr Of the
arch bishop Of New York, with the right
Of succession and with the title Of arch
bishop iii pdHbuS III d,icliaW
THE lribun's Topeka, Kansas special
says that Coy, 81 John, ON the 10Th inst,
on request Of the county attorney of La
belle county, has issued requsitou for
the Bender family. 1t is not known ON
what state the rcquisition il made hut the
governor declares his belief that no mis-.
take has been made this time, and that
tile Beniers have really been found.
SlRjoHN MclloNA.p SAYS the syndicate
which Is "a take charge ot the Canada la
eitic railroad engages 10 complete the line
in ten years. On leaving Quebec he mod
estly told deputation of citizens that lie
had done moro for them than they had for
him, for he had given them a railroad
which would III time make their city the
second port in America, while they had
given him nothing
Al tile ANIMAL meeting ot The stock
holders of the Norihern Pacific railway.
4 resolution was adopted requesting and
advising the directors "a provide for the
completion and equipment Of the com.
pany road from the western terminus on
Montreal river Is Puget sound. and for
that purpose e employ all the resources
II the company, and execute such mort
cages as shall seem best calculated Is ae-
eomplish the early completion Of tile en-.
terprisc
4 Happy Restoration.
lean truly say that | owe my present existence
and happy restoration 70 the aopes and JOYS II
lite ~ mo fSa ~ pYpF'e t,{.aW .,t -.