Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-02
FOREIGN.

FoTHERELL, of Dublin, will be appoint
ed solicitor of the land court.
THE Emperor William is prostrated by
a cold, and may be prevented from attend
ing the autumn maneuvers.
AsIATIC cholera is daily sweeping away
from one hundred to three hundred ma
tiyes Of Bangkok, Siam.
BISMARCK, after a fl ing visit 10 his e.
tate at Schonhausen las gone to Narzin
TO remain until Jam.Aty.
THE French military commission to
participate in the Yorktown centennial
comprises General Boulonger, Colonel
l}orsan, and three minor officers.
THE continued rains in Ireland have
greatly damaged the grain crops, and APP
prehensions are felt regarding the har-
vest
BARON Won RApowIrz is to succeed
Count Won Hatzieldt as German ambassa-
dor 10 Constantinople.
WILIIAM NJ. EvARrs was banqueted at
the London Conservative club by Mr..
Puleston, NJ. 7.
Tux emperor Of Austria has given 20
O0O florins toward the rebuilding of the
theatre recently burned at Prague.
lT is said that the deanerv Of Westmin.
ster has been accepted by Rev. George q.
Bradley, for some time honorary chaplain
10 the queen.
LANDLORD with large estates in the
south of Ireland has offered his tenants
permanent reduction of % per ceat in rents
rather than deal with the land court.
THE Irish Land league reports receipts
of Il ,3l5 for the week The sum of ESQ
was granted the Whelan brothers, who
We're acquitted of the charge of numbering
Boyd.
TIE English journals declare that few
days more Of wet weather will render the
harvest prospects desperate. Immense
damage has already been done all over the
United Kingdom.
THE heat in Tunis is so excessive that
the French hospitals are crowded with
soldiers. The troops of the bey have come
| To halt because of strike bv the Arab
transport-drivers.
janice CARD thinks two-thirds of the
wheat land Of England will yield an aver
age crop, while the other third will fall
l0 per cent. below. Barley is the best
crop Of the year, but oats are extremely
deficient.
PARSRLL moved in the house of COM
mons for the release of Michael Davitt.
characteriZing his arrest as the most con-
temptible act ever committed BY any gov
ernment. The motion was defeated bv
62 TO -
MINISTER WHITE has, within the past
two years. forwarded from Germany to
Cornell university many antique works Of
art, and the alumni are arranging 10 give
him r dinner on his return next month.
An agricultural journal of London states
that during the past week the harvest in
England has been ieopardized by the
weather, and there has been an advance
in the price of wheat both in Great Brit
ain and on the continent.
THREE-FoURTHs OF the town of Iule,
British Columbia. il smoliering ruin,
the loss being estimated at $4,000 10
100000. The flames started in a room in
hotel occupied by an intoxicated man,
who evidently paid the penalty by his
life
ELECTIONS for members of the french
chamber of deputies were held Sunday,
with large vote and perfect order. The
supposition that the new members would
incline more strongly toward free trade is
disslpated. Returns from 33 districts
show the election of 46 republicans and
one conservative. aud six second ballots
are necessary. The result in Belleville is
considered signal defeat for Gambetta