Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-12-24
THE NEWS BUDGET
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.


duties of his new Office.
THE Earl OF Crawford Is dead, and his
eldest son. Lord Lindsay, succeeds to the
peerage, causing a vacancy IN the house ol
commons.
i A SHARP shock Of earthquake was iclt
ut Seattle, w. r., on the 18th inst. Mount
Baker, Oregon was in a state Of eruption
at the time the shock was felt nj Seattle.
JAY GoULD has purchased all the privi'
leges Of the International railway between
San Antonio and tho Rio Grande, and il
negotiating for the track between Milan
and San Antonio.
The city Of st. Louis has been mulcted
in $40, 600, that amount heing required to
pay the costs of liz recent litigation with
the gas company, in which the latter was
the successful contestant.
TIE governor OF Idaho territory, which
| IONS Utah on the north, in his message to
the legislature, refers to the fact that the
abomnation of polygamy is being rapidly
introduced in that territory.
An explosion in mandatory Oh TWEEN
! ty-sixth street, New York, carried four
| thousand-pound boiler, almost unbroken,
distance of nearly 200 feet, doing no
damage on the route.
THERE is formidable opposition in the
dominion parliament to the proposed con
tract with syndicate Of capitalists for the
construction Of the Canada Pacific railway.
| An opposition manifesto has been publish
ed.
SECRETARY TmoMfSoN's resignation dates
| from Thursday last. He says the Ameri-
can branch ofthe Panama canal company
will be organized in January, and that
the total subscriptions to the scheme are
lSl2O,000,000.
q DISPATCH from Paris announces the
founding Of the Panama bank with 4 capl-
tai oi li,0O0,000 francs, and the Com
mercnl Panama company, for food sup
ply, with capital Of 100000 francs.
Two coaches of the Kansas City OK
preps train, on the Missouri Pacific road,
were thrown from the track Tuesday
night, near Eureka Mo-, and about u
dozen persons were injured more or less
seriously,
] !, CASE, Of Rncine, has brought quit
against the firm of Fish Brothers u Co.,
and asks for receiver. lie claims that
they are indebted to him in the sum Of
SlbO,O00, and to other parties t. tho amount
Of $350,O0O,
WADE lIAMproNs disclaimer of any de-
sire to fight duel with Secretary Shcr-
man VIVA brought out by u letter from II
South Caroinian strongly eondemning his
course in the late campaign. and holding
him responsible for Hancock defeat
THE railroads running between Buffalo
and New York actually have more freight
business than they know what to do with,
mud this notwithstanding tho fact that one
of them has four tracks and that the Erie
canal Carried more freight this year than
eyer before.
TnE mail steamer which sailed from
New York on the 10th inst, carried l59,-
500 letters, the grenteSt number ever sent
across the ocean in amy one day. The
mail receipts ofthc New York postolicc
have increased about one-third, recently,
which iB attributed to the improved bust
ness condition of the country
ACCORDING to the report Of the govern
ments supervising inspector general of
steam vessels, 22O,0O0,000 people were
transferred by coast nnd river steamers IN
this country during the present year, only
lS5 ol whom (including passengers, officers
and crews) lost their lives. This would
seem to indicate that the perils If water
travel are no greater than those of land
| travel.
THE suspicion il abroad that the report
cd subscriptions to l.esseps' Panama canal
scheme are largely bogus. A gentleman
| in Washington who has facilities for OBJ
tanning knowledge of the facts tells New
York EWning Post correspondent that in
qniries Of his bankers fail 20 disclose n
single genuine subscription 10 tho l.csseps'
canal stock in New York.
NOTWITHSTANDING the confident pre-
dictions Of Ncnnor, the Montreal oracle,
that ON the 10Th, 10th aud 18th Of Docem-
her the weather would be exceedingly
cold, stormy and snowy, just the contrary
conditions have prevailed during these
three days in nearly every part ol this
country aud Canada. This shows the
value of the predictions OF pretended
weather prophets.
PRESIDENT GONZALES, Of Mexico, has
completed his cabinet, which il believed
To he u progressive and liberal one, Cen,
Dinz, the late president becomes minister
OF public works in order to push s0mc inn
provemcnts in the internal affairs of the
country II is believed that he will have
great influence with President Gonzales,
mud il is we'll. for his own administration
has been successful, progressive, and in
tclligcnt.
Ar meeting Of the house committee
on Mississippi levees held Dee. 10Th, il wm
resolved, on motion of Mr.. Gibson, I,
amend the Mississippi river improvement
hill now before the house hy substituting
mn appropriation Of Fl, 100000 for the 81,
100000 proposed ny the original bill. Mr.
Gibson aud other southern member
thought that there was little chance y
getting S6,oo0,0oo, and that asking st
much might have tendency 10 dclca
the hill; hence the reduced demand.
Kate CuAsn SrRAGuE's hill for divorce
has been sled in Washington county
Rhode Island, the grounds being adultery
extreme cruelty, and neglect to provide
IL appears that tho ex-governor has sur
rounded Canonchet with armed guards
and tho sheriff refused to serve writ .
replcvin for Mrs Spraguo's effects, TN
, case will be tried in February. IL is he
lieved that the defendant who was great
" excited over the shocking charges il
. the petition, will file counter petition
alleging adultery, descrtion, and cxtrava
gance.
A llMlFAN, dispatch to tho ASSOCIATED