Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-02-20
GENERAL NOTES.

CHRISTIAN s. kEMpF, saloon keeper,
on the 18th obtained . verdict of $3.50
against the Cincinnati Commercial in an
action for libel.
A MEETING was held by the ST. Louis
board of change on the 18th, Mt which
So 500 in money 300 barrels of -four, and
various lots of pork, corn, canned beef,
etc, were raised for Ireland.
The Northwestern Dairymen's As
ISOLATION, in session at Harvard, H., on
the 18th inst. adopted resolutions that
the manufacture of oemargarine ought
10 be prohibited by legislation.
SAMUEL GARNoLD, of Providence, r..
| :, died Feb H. lie was thrice lieut.
governor OF his state, served short term
in the United States senate, and was the
author Of a history Of Rhode Island.
DISPATCHES of the 10th record the
death, at Baltimore, of Frank W. Ben
nett He was one Of the most successful
business men in the south, and had
made II fortune of $2,000,000 by his own
personal efforts.
TIE Illinois secretary of state has
issued u license for the organization of
the Chicago electro light company I;
capital 100000. The object is to illumi-
nate by electricity public and private
buildings, ana the streets and parks, and
the incorporators are Perry II. Smith,
George l. Dunlap, Robert Law and Jesse
Spalding, so says dispatch of the 18th.
THE greenback. party of New
York, saysa dispatch of the 18th, has is
sued call for congressional district
conventions to elect delegates to the
national convention at Chicago, June .,
and presidential electors To be voted for
at the coming fall election. A meeting
oi the state committee ut Albany is call
cd for the 29rd of March next to select
four delegates-atlarg and two presiden.
tal electors.
TIE Chicago Inter- cedR, on the lith,
published the following as a double
loaded editorial: The persistent efforts
of certain journals, hostile to General
Grant. in trying to make the people be-
| levc that the Hon. Il. Il Washburn is q
candidate for the presidency, is annoying
to that gentleman, and he authorizes the
IHtor ocean to announce that he is not,
and under no circumstances will be, such
Il candidate. He is for General Grant
first last, and all the time. He further
says that The friend who wrote this paper
the other day that he was n candidate for
governor Of Illinois, was more Jealous
thaa wise.
SAYS Boston dispatch of the 10th
Further details regarding the arrange
mcut for the building Of the Atlantic
~ Pacific II. H. to California are that the
road is TO Lc built in two divisions. The
cost of the first division will be about
| $l2, 100000 Stockholders in the Atchi
son anu Sante Fe and Atlantic & Pacif.
ic corporations will have II right to sub
ceiving Herewith $500 or $750-as
bond. Tho Atlantic & Pacific compa
ny will reserve the rightto take from the
subscribers, before 40 per cent. of the
subscription has been paid, the mrs
mortgage bond, paying back the sub
scription advanced with interest, thus
leaving with subscribers an income bond
costing them nothing.
DIES MONIES was crowCed with diff
iercnt state organizations last week. A
dispatch Of the 18th says: The hotel
keepers state convention is in session
here the principal object being to secure
egisaton protecting their interests and
against frauds and dead.beats, The bill
before the house, known AS substitute
for bill 100, was discussed and adopted
after adding the penati IS in the Ne
hraska law The state druggists
convention is largely attended. A
state association has been organ
lied, constitution and bylaws have
been adopted and officers elected
The Grand lodge of the Knights OF
Pythias elected for officers Julius Pappe
i of Marshalltown, q c.; j. ID. NJ Hamil
'.ton, Of Fort Madison, & Y. g; j. 5
. Hart, OF Clinton, e. r.; w. q. Mercer
.of Burlington, NJ. Of F.; IL. y. Walker
aot Mount Pleasant, X. of Il. and s.; w
81, Laraway, of Glenwood, NJ, at A.; W
J. A. Vincent, of Ninta, |. o.; Jacot
' Dahlman, of Fairfield, Q. G. The mex,
. meeting will be held at Davenport
{ Notice has been received here that all
, the coal miners in The state have qui
! work.