Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-03
GENERAL NOTES.

GEN. GRANT will lie in Madison, Wis,
/ during the state fair.
NEARLY all the cooper- a; Cincinnati are
on strike for higher wages
/ THERE were six deaths from sun-stroke
7 in New York city, on the 25th inst
i STRIKING miners at Coalition, O., are in
! timidating non-union men. and the sheriff
4 has called for troops.
/ 4 STORM in Arizona DESTROYED the Mill
7 tarv buildings IL Fort Moiave killed three
! soldiers, and wounded several Others.
SECRETARY RAMSEY denies the report, ex-
tcnsively circulated Of late, that Gen
i Schofeld is to be relieved of the command
4 1t West Point on account Of the Whittak-
er affair.
TnE government viii pay g ,S00,0N0 as
4 interest ON the ~ per cent. bonds in sep
+ TENDER.
Hos. LIN BARTHOLOMEW, Of Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania. fell dead from heart
disease at Atlantic city, y. j., on the
23d inst.
FIVE of I.orillard's fast horses includ-
ing Parole Falsctto, and Wallenstein, ar
rived at New York by the steamer, Hell
vetta frem Liverpool on the 23rd inst.
Ir is reported that large number of
forged passenger tickets over the railway
lines west of y. -, have been put out, and
that the police are watching the move
ments of the parties suspected Of being
concerned in the fraudulent issue.
OFFICER CLARK, of Streator, ILL.,. shot 4
negro fatally on Saturday night while the
Ethiopian was in the act of running away.
The colored man had been quarreling with
q citizen. but had done no harm. The po-
liccman fired five shots at the unfortunate
fugitive.
A RECONCILIATION has taken place be-
tween the Sprague and llovt families at
Canonchet, Narragansett Pier, and rumor
has il that Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, the
only member Of either family absent from
the late reunion, viii return to her hus
band's roof after the summer resort season
Is over
BONNER claims that he has twenty horses
in his stable that can be taken out any day
and driven to beat 2:2O. Since the 2:ll3
performances of Maud s. and st. Julian at
Rochester he and his drivers have boosted
that il is no unusual thing for Rarus and
Forrest to make a mile in 2:l0 As these
remarkable exhibitions of speed are always
gwen in private, the truth of the statement
may be doubted.
ABouT 26O machinists and blacksmiths
in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee
x ST. Paul Co., struck on the Goth inst, for
an advance of ) per cent in wages. The
demand had been made some weeks
before but the company had been given
time to inquire into prices elsewhere They
discovered TINT they were paving higher
wages than any western company, and so
refused to make an advance. The men are
peaceable but determined
DIsrArcHEs to the Chicago Times from
various points in the great corn belt show
that the crop has been seriously damaged
by drouth, the dry spell lasting in some
localities from four to ak weeks. The
yield per acre will he much less than an
average but, owing to the increased acre
age, il is probable that the crop, in the
aggregate, will he as large ~ that of last
wear.
NJ Ie4sTt,. GorLp, SAGE, AND SLOAN have
signed articles Of association which pro-
vide for the extension of the Delaware
Lakawanna to Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
where connections will be made with the
Grand Trunk for the west, The develop
ment for the plans of the railway magnates
to the west has been the sensation III Wall
street for some time, and several knowing
operators have realized handsomely on
deals in stocks affected thereby,
4 WASHINGTON dispatch reports the
death, ut Buffalo, of Gen. Albert Mycr, of
the signal service. The immediate cause
Of his death was Bright's disease Of the
kidneys, together with chronic heart
disease A short time since he paid Il visit
TO his friend and preceptor pr. Hamilton,
al New York and under his advice went
To Buffalo for absolute rest and freedom
from care and anxiety. He was taken
there about two weeks ago and furnished
with retired quarters at the Palace Hotel.
On the 25th inst. surrounded by his fam
lily, wife and six children. he died.
los PlN0S AGENCY col, Aug. -,
via LAKE CRY, GoL., Aug. 10.
An Indian arrived last night from the
southern agency, with communication
from DR.. Lacy, to the effect that 0aray $
ease is hopeless one. Cheppett. his wife,
is with him The incompetence ties are
almost in panic at the very thought Of
his demise, and the rival bands are already
discussing his probable successor. Chief
Supereonra will undoubtedly be the man.
The death Of 0urav will complicate mat
tors and may delay the settlement of the
! tc question.
1.ARER-l230 4. MA runner has lust
arrived announcing Ouray's death.
'Chine>c" Gordon isquoted as saying
that the Turkish sultan has SO childish
fan. ,,f. tb1f l,n In