Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

the south to day. ~ has been so warn
the past fifteen days that strawberriei
bloomed and trees Of all description be
gan TO bud
pubicans opposed this step ana gavt
notice that Lamson would not be recog
nized. The convention, however, wa
held, Mr.. Lamson qualified, and entered
upon the discharge of his official duties,
SARA j. WARD, who was arrested fol
shooting her mother, in Boston, was dis
/ charged Jan. 10th, the district attorney
stating that the shooting was accidental
| The case had attracted considerable at
ten.ion from the peculiar circumstance
attending, Miss Wards plea was tina
the deed was committed when she was
in state of somnambulism'
Gov. LONG was inaugurated at Boston
Jan Sth. The message of Gov. Long
/ shows the total public debt of the state al
the close Of 1879 is $330,20044, . hich is
the same asa year ago. While this is
strictly the true financial status Of the
state, il is not so we'll off as year ago,
for on the first Of January 1879, there was
q cash balance in the treasury Of 81 ,294 ),
517 against $250,059 Jan. /, 1880 This
| diminutioD is attributable to the mistake
made last year in reducing the state tax
from 81, 100000 to 100000,
WALLACE II. WHITE, Of Kennebcc
county, Maine, who was charged with
attempting to bride Thomas b. Swami
and Moses Hartman, published an en-
phatic denial of the accusation Jan. 18th.
He states in his denial that he "never of.
iered, paid or gave said Thomas Il.
Swami or Moses Hartman, one dollar of
- II E,,s In,
pose Of influencing their action or
votes, or for any other purpose. He
also stated that lie should refuse to be in.
vestigated by The legislature, claiming
that he could not secure Il fair hearing
before such partial body.
THE new railway company, the Sioux
City and Nebraska, which is consolida,
tion Of the Sioux City and st. Paul and
Omaha and Northern Nebraskarairoads,
have filed articles Of incorporation here,
says an Omaha telegram Of Jan 9Th. The
capital stock is $G,000,000, and indebted
ness limited to $4,010000. The connect
ing link is To- be built next summer from
Sioux City to Oakland, the terminus Of
the Omaha and Northern Nebraska rail
way, thus making through line between
Omaha and st. Paul The officers are
President, Chas. IL. Bigelow; vice presi.
dent, Russell Blakely; secretary, James
II. Drake; treasurer, Horace Thompson
lT was reported in Chicago Jan. tn
that all the grain elevators in that city
were filed to their utmost capacity, and
that many railroads were refusing TO re-
ccive further consignments. The reason
fer this state of affairs was attributed TO
the fact the heavy grain syndicate repre-
scented by James H. Keenc had forced
prices up so high in that city that grain
could no longer be shipped either to
New York or Liverpool without loss.
Until there was radical improvement
in the foreign market, or until prices in
Chicago dropped twenty cents per bush
Il, there was little hope of any marked
| improvement to the western situation
In many sections the farmers were UNI
able to dispose Of their grain on account
of the inability of shippers to furnish
storage.
AT the Maryland democratic caucus
held Jan. 9Th, for the nomination Of d
United States senator, A. p. German re.
ceived "a votes, VIM. Whyte IL, and 8
for Tackle, Wallis 3-i5 votes were
necessary for choice. Hon. A. i. Cor.
|
now member of the state senate from
! Harvard county, president OF the
| Chesapeake aud Ohio canal, and chair
man ofthe democratic state committee.
| Before the war he was page in the
United States senate, afterwards was at
tao he'd to the senate postoillce, and sub
| sequently collector OF internal revenue
of this state Since 1870 he has been a
| tpn ~ 4 Ia - Nd II,
! 1873 was speaker Of the house Of dele
gates.
A TOTAL eclipse Of the sun occurre d
on the Pacific coast Jan. / T. A Fresno
California, dispatch of the 18th says; The
line of totally of the eclipse of the sur
passed ten miles north of this place. The
weather was perfectly clear. AT fifteen
minutes to 3 the first contact was visible
and al 1888 observations became total
AS the last ray of the sun disappeared, q
carona Of clear white light entirely en-
circling the moon flashed into view, to
ward the out limit of the halo, Next
along the border Of the lower lett third
of the moon appeared dn irregular fringe
of brilliant, sparkling primitive
red and purple light, while al
the top of the mo0p was a yellow tri
angle of light equal to the height of one
sixth the diameter of the disk. A sim
liar, but smaller triangle appeared at the
center OF the right side, and from the
upper and lower right side projected
broad, faint rays. This appearance
lasted 81 seconds. The corona remained
few minutes longer, The sun disap
pcarcd behind the coast range before the
eclipse had entirely passed, During the
observation the horses of the party
showed signs Of extreme uneasineSs, and
the fowls of the neighboring ranches
sought their roosts. AT Salinas, where
the eclipse was almost total, the ther
mometer fell eight degrees during total
ity.
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ONE OF the Nevada journals relates
that an Irish miner in the Comstoek
lode was recently killed by an accident,
n,l q, .ntt1t,.y $50 h;s =, az, ,ro .