Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-03-19

| Lyons, France, on Sunday, the 14th, to
| fill two vacancies in the senate, resulted
in the return Of the two radicals who
had occupied those seats.
DIxon's colliery, near Glasgow, was
the scene Of an explosion on the 10Th,
which set the mine on fire, killed one
person, and threw one thousand men out
Of employment.
IT is reported, says Shanghai cable
gram Of the 14.b, that Chung How, late
AMBASSADOR 10 Russia, and who negoti
ated the Kuldja treaty, has been behead-
ed, and that u revolt has broken out in
Pekin.
A LONDON cablegram Of the 14th says:
The feeling of confidence in the sugar
market has further increased. Refiners
are buying West Indies at fully Cd. per
hundred weight above last weeks quota.
tons. Crystalized is rather dearer, as
also are low brown sorts and floating
cargoes. Beet sugar is rather above
last weeks rates.
A CURIOUS story comes from Rome,
and has obtained wide notoriety, says a
! Paris cablegram of the 18th, that an
American lady, who represents herself
as u 100000 heiress, was recently
married to the scion of noble family
in the Eternal city. The bridal connie
were determined to lose none of the DIT.
fractions and pleasures that Italy could
afford, and during their honeymoon they
contrived TO accumulate debts to the
figure of 100000 After accomplishing
this financial feat the young couple babe
adieu to the sunny land and sought Sc.
clusion amid the fogs and mists OF Lon.
don. 1t is thought they will visit New
York. A number of their creditors have
started for England to persuade them to
return 10 Rome.
THE steamer Mont ana, Capt. Gadd,
which sailed from New York, March
End, for Liverpool, went aground in
Church Bay, on the coast of Wales, on
the 18th, during dense fog. She arriv-
ed AZ Queenstown all right, and was on
her way to Liverpool when the accident
occurred. The passengers and mail were
at once got ashore. 1t was thought
nearly all the cargo could be saved, but
the vessel was so hard aground that lit
tie hope Of saving her was entertained
The steamer Montana is the largest ship
of the Williams ~ Guion Line, except
the Arizona; is of iron, has three masts,
and 1890 tons measurement. She was in
charge of pilot at the time OF the dis
astel, and carried full cargo, chiefly of
wheat, cotton, butter, oleomargarine, oil,
and bacon, which is probably fully in
surcd.
The marriage of Archduke Rudolph,
Prince Imperial of Austria, and Princess
Stephanie of Belgium will b. an i'm
pOrtant European event, rs il will tend to
bring the last.named country into the
ring of states Bismarck is quietly forming
around France, says London dispatch
of the 18th. The Austro German policy,
through this marriage, will be para.
mount at Brussels, rs it at Madrid, and
the court of England will be drawn
thereby more strongly to the side toward
which it leans. The Princess Stephanie
often runs into Paris incognito with
King Leopold She made ilyinF visit
| Victoria was there. She was then u tall
growing girl, long nosed, blonde, and
not pretty, but q happy-looking maiden
The Archduke Rudolph's iiancce is an
astonishing good linguist, musician, and
equestrian, and said to be poetic. She
has artistic scnsibilities and sound judg.
ment. The Archduke Rudolph often
met her in Germany. Not tancying a
Saxon princess, the Austrian crown
prince thought he might as well be d-
rccted by political considerations and
espousc Stcphinic who is just the prin-
cess to share the throne of constitu-
tional Catholic, and highly educated en-.
pcror. Rudolph is tall, clever, passion
atcly fond of wild sports, and somewhat
ecccn'.ic and impetuous.