Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
Personal and lmpersonai,

The widow of tho late Senator Nor.
ton, 81 Indiana, is i'll San Francisco,
Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist
church, still remains III California
Victoria and his band of hostileS are
reported rs starving III Mexico,
\ fire NJ st. Paul Mum, August -
destroyed property valued II over
$,itO.O0O,
Hon Horace Maynard entered upon
his duties vt postmaster general last
week
Tho army ot the Cumberland will
hold It's reunion III Toledo on sept ~
and ~,
Neil burgess, alias Widow Rrdott,
was married recently to- Miss Stod-
dart
Japanese sunshuie makes II poor
umbrella. II ahsnrhs water without
shedding u drop,
\ half uncle Of Lord Mandcvillc has
been appointed to the British legation
II Washington.
Marshall q, Roberts, ono of the New
York mllionaircs, was stricken with
npoplcNy at Saratoga
lord l.yttun brought home from In
dN Il fine CrCam -colorcd Arab horse and
three buffalo COWS.
There is religious excitement NJ Shcl.
dNll, Iowa, because Methodist pastor
drank beer at n public bur,
John G. Hamilton, thcson uf AlcNan-
der Hamilton, is over SO years of age,
and II he lives win vote for Garfield,
Mrs Sarah nooGttlc, mother of OK
Senator / H. noolttlc, died ut Racine,
Wis, on Tuesday night, aged ~ years
The Iowa republicans have rcnomi-
mated j \. T. Hall for secretary of
state, aud named W y, Lucas for
auditor
a convection of deaf mltrs of tho
United States was held ut Cincinnati
last week All the proceedings were
carried on Ivy Signs
The value Of articles recently carried
oil by burglars from Lord Ellon's rcei.
dcncc ut Encomhc, England, is over
100000.
Peter kclidrick committed suicide
M Boston, because he Ind dreamed
that Christ accused him of numbering
| two mon
James T., Voorhees,, n SON oi Senator
! voorhees,, has been received into The
Roman Catholic church nj rcrrc
lIautc.
The Cars treasury has III veni
given five million rnuhcs FOR the sap.
port of the orthodox churches Of III,
empire.
Tive Princess of Wales wore at tn,
Goodwood il dress sc dark blue
trimmed with crrnm.colorcd lace, and
! Il bonnet Ia match
Frank Lord, of New York, who Il
SO skillful with his pistol that ho cut in
twain Il card thrown up cdgcwisc, is Il
lion IN Paris.
Among other risks Of Investment on
change is the one that tho fellow yOl
bet against may not bc able to pnN
more than - cents on n dollar.
In the making and distributing %
clothing ~ this country New Yor,
ranks first, Chicago second and Boston
third
Mr. Ncnnor, the Canadian weather
prophet, il m ornithologist and thc
author Of book called our Birds ol
Prey
The Massachusetts society for The
prevention Of cruelty to animals, re-
commcnds chat All kittens Tint cannot
be provided for be killed nj birth,
London Truth has seen Indies who
array themselves in what appears to be
bed.ticking, md what, il thinks, makes
them look like skipping mattresses.
General Ewing, Of Ohio, and L \
Grant, Jr, are visiting tho mines 81
Arllona, in company with Hon, A. T.
X Stafford, ex-governor Of that terri
tory.
A hut on Mount Grammont, in The
Valley of the Aosta, 200 feet above
the zen level, built ut the instance 81
the Italian Alpine club, has been form
ally opened.
The observatory on AGtna will soor
be MI accomplished fact The object !,
the study Of ylIleanology, and therefor,
il has been built III the bnsc ur the cen
trial cone.
The Rcv Mr. Sturgeon, ulking nd
vantage If the great success Of hi,
John Ploughman's Talk Inns ISSUED
another volume called John Plough
mans Pictures"
The young Duke Of Newcastle, agcd
III, il anxious 10 marry, and il down on
the lit Of Baron Pollock for a hearing
the assent Of the court to his marriage
AS al infant being necessary.
The British House Of Lords win not
last long in its present form. according
10 the London Truth, which says that il
has only existed up TO now because
there has never been n democratic
house Of commons
A little girl was arrested ut Holyoke,
Mass, for cutting the cushions Of d fine
carriage She explained that she
wanted to get hair 10 stuff her doll
anew
The London medical Journals report
the case Of the daughter Of the mayor
of Grambke. near Bremen, who hns
| gleDt nlmo<t unintprrilptadly for six