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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04

WAS to remove the stoves. take out the
windows and doors, heap the furniture
III one room, and thus make the house
uninhabitable.
The invading party made their way
in and proceeded 10 carry ont the pro-
gramme. The neighhors, who Sympa.
thized with the ladies, crowded around
the house. The Hon. George +, Very,
Mrs. Goodnow'S lawyer, being appriSed
Of the matter, obtained 4 writ Of at
tachmcnt against William Il. Goodnow
for $4,000.
When the Deputy Sheriff, with the
writ arrived on the scene, one of the as
saulting party was on ladder taking
out Il window. He refused to come
down. The Deputy sheriff told him
that he might stay up, hut that the lad
der would be taken down. lie then
came down very quickly. The stove
had been broken and one window and
the parlor door taken ont when the
Deputy Sheriff took charge, A fire
was kindled i'll the furnace and the
house was soon heated again.
A Sheritl,s keeper remains on the
premises. Mrs. Goodnow and her
daughters remain i'll possession and
are supplied with their meals by the
neighhorS. 4 suit for 10000 damag-
Is is pending against William Il, Good
now. Whether the legal proceedings
result for or against Mrs. Goodnuw, Mr..
\. +. Goodnow, rs her husband, Will be
responsible for her debts, including
Mr. Verrv'S fees.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
A Fantastic Pair.

The Eigdr0 states that two phenom-
email specimens Of humanity are now in
Paris; one II giant and the other a
dwarf. The giant named Nicolai
Simonoh, seven feet five inches high,
ia young Russian Of twenty four, who
served in the bodyguard Of the cmper-
or Of Russia during the Turkish cam
paign. He is one Of the one hundred
and seventy men who forced passage
across the Danube near Semnitza on
the 18th ofJnne, 1877, and was reward
I'd with the Saint-Gcorge medal for his
bravery During the war many Of his
companions fcl around him while he
escaped unhnrt, aRd some people ex.
press their astonishment nj the fact.
at is very simple he said; "All the
shots passed between my legs.h Mic
OLAF SimonoH began 70 grow 10 enor.
mously only when be Ras about TWEEN
~; until eighteen fe was 81 ordinary
stature. lie had married before join
ing the military service, and hi bis re-
turn his wife, much astonished 70 zee
a giant enter her house ~ her husband
refused to recognize him,
Princess Paulina, the dwarf, ii Dutch;
abe measures only one foot two inches
The giant holds her On his stretched-oui
palm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
ChicnRO Market.

CncAG0 Jan. 81 Flour Steady and m.
changed. Wheat Active, firm and higher; No.
Red winter, 9Sa9a; No. 2 Chicago Spring, 100
for seller cash, l,0O4 for seller February l0l !.
for seller March; Los. for seller May
Corn Steady and in inir demand, 37.a37 4
for seller cash 3II. for seller February a. "A
az. for seller May. Oats Ensier, 80 for
seller cash, 30eGSg'. for seller February, az.
G3il. for seller May Rye Frncr at 49,
Barley Easier At 03. Pork Fair demand at
lower rates 100 bid for seller cnFh. r. O5 hid
for seller February; l422satI2j for seller
March. Lard Easier; 0.tJ for seller cash 9.43
for seller February 9.45 for seller March
The Drnyers Journal reports: Hogs Receipts
$4,000; shipments, 1000; very dull and lOa .,
lowor; choice heayy, j.iOa $50, MIXED packing
5.OOa 49, light, 5.0a j.4D; closed very weak
few leh Cattle Receipts, 300 shipments
200 moderate demnnd chiefly poor quality
common q fair shipping 3,a5al5O good 70
choice, 500 $50 butchers and steady 25Oa
3 90 good p choice, 2 iOa3.q5 Sheep Re.
ceipts, 500 shipments, 2 100, quiet bat steady
common @ medium. 2oOa3.jO good 70 choice
3.50ai2J.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
After Twenty Years.

Captain G. w Nelson, Of New Or
leans, has just come into possession Of
a magnificent silver telescope, awarded
to him over twenty years ago by the
British government for brave and
noble conduct in rescuing during a
fierce gale Oh Nov q 1859. the crew of
the british brig Penelope, waterlogged
and at the mercy of the waves The
crew numbered eleven, and were dis-
covered clnging 70 the rigging of tho
helples. vessel. The telescope vas
first sent to Washington, then to Bos-
ton, then 70 New Orleans, where ii re-
manned during the Wal. The owner
was advertised for iii 1878. but not IN
Ill short time ago did the captain
hear of 1t. The old sailor II now happy
III the thought that his action did not
10 unrecoguized hy the British admir-.
atty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
milwaukee, Market.

MtLwAuKEE. jan. 81, Flour Quiet. Wheat
Opened steady and - higher, closed uu
settled, No. ! hard, nominal, No. l. lO3; No
2, 9s9 9S., Tor seller january, 9s'. 70,
seller February; gg', for seller March No
3, So NJ, 4 10, rejected, nominal. Corn
Higher, No. 2, ~ Oats Easier; No. 2 3OS
Rye Stronger, Ne. L ssa. Barley veak
No. ., So. Provisions Lower Mess Pork
At 1905 for seller cash lt2a for seller March
Lard Prime steam, 9,33 for seller cash, 10 for
seller February; gia for seller March Liy,
Hogs Lower at l9Oaj.5O Receipts Flour
6,Oss; wheat, - 100 barley, 500 Shipments
Flour, 10, PSI wheat, 2 $685. barley, ,2is.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
4 Nice Family Row.

Worcester Mass Correspondence New York sun
In 1873 Mr.. +. A. Goodnow, presi-
dent Of the First National Bank Of this
city, married his fourth wife. She was
widow with three daughters Mr..
Goodnow and his wife could not get
along together, and lie Goodnoml fin
ally left the house. Since then he has
been trying 10 get Iii wife out. Last
week his brother. VIM b Goodnow.
made lis appearance, armed with Il
bill OF sale Of the premises Mrs..
Goodnow refused to vaeatc. William
B Goodnow hired locksmith, a
truckman and laborer, and endeayor.
I'd q eyict Mr.. Goodnow His plan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04

H. George, SUCCESSOR 20 Sen, Bruce OF Mississippi
The Indian laud, in Severaty bill, then came
up, rs in rNgulsr order but the senate adjourned
without coming to VOTE,
kfx.sc. Tho morning hour having been dis
pcnsed with, consideration VAS resumed Of the
North Carolina contested election case After
long debate Mr., Yates, (NpuhGcan), the contest
mt for the seat OF the sitting member (Marin-
dcmocratl, was declared entitled TO the scat.
MIR. Yates then toOk the oath cf Office.
Mr., la Martyr then presented petition
signed by $4,000 persons for steps, TO he taken to
prevent tho rner>schmcut VI white settlers. on
tho lndian reservation, Adjourned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
The Brains OF the Establishment.
srrlnraeId lMar..l RrrnhIIcan


A very fair story IL told Of u certain
M n who Inns recently come 10 Spring
field TO superintend one Of the depart
mcnts Of large industrial establish
ment. An out-oftown visitor hap
pencd 70 usk him the other day what
position he held. "My friend, was tho
rejoinder, "haye you ever been in the
Grand Central Depot at New York ?"
The visitor allowed that he had
"Then, remarked the foreman, "you
have noticed man sitting in little
room very high up in the building near
the tower, who governs the movements
of all the trains. He does not seem To
have anything TO do, and often sits with
folded hands, and while he IL still
nothing stirs below But when he gives
the signal each train rolls out Of the
depot in accordance with perfect sys-
tenn, which will not admit Of the least
particle OF confusion. The illustration
serves 70 show you my place; but, IN
fact, sir, ! nm '--and here he gave his
forehead significant tap--''the brains
of this establishment And now the
story is out and is being circulated
among this mans colaborers, some Of
whom have served the same concern
for quarter Of a century.
--@-sp -
In Germany the proportion OF those
who cannot read and write IL scarcely
! per cent. and tits jocularly remarked
that there are many who read book
IL write Il aacOnd concerning H.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04

Joseph Coursou. n Half Breed. For
mcrIS OF Mendoza, Tells n pioaecr
Press Reporter About the Location
Of the milwaukee, n ~. faut,s Line
to the BLACK Hills..A Watch chain
Which neiongcd so cen. Custer
other Relies OF the Daring Caval-
rynnu,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30

For some time after the Inauguration
of President Arthur the cat i'll the ad-
ministration meal was extremely quiet,
and nobody could say just which way
people began to think, from the ex-
treme quietness of the eat, that she did
not intend tn jump ut all, but was to
remain in ii safe position. But since
the meeting of Congress the jumping
has commenced, and is in the direction
of stalwartism. Murphy and Howe
are safe and that 1.-The other fellow"
must look out for himself. In this re-
gard the Missouri Republican very
pOintedly remarks "There is but
one thing left to those who oppose
Grant at Chicago, and that is to make
a square fight for their political lives.
In an acquiescent mood they will not
amount To the Yankees traditional
row of pins In the stalwart caravan
of progress, under command of Arthur,
they are not respectable 'yallar dogs,
under the wagon. Every time the
slaughtering axe comes down n Car
field Republican head falls into the
basket The President does not talk
but there is concentrated logic i'll all
his acts"
This is jumping the wrong way, and
the great mass of the people will be
much disappointed at the turn of at
fairs. There is nothing very surpris-
ing in it, When we consider the pow
ers that have been behind Arthur
ever since he came into any promi-
nence, it is not strange that he allows
himself To Ice guided by them even in
his present high position. There are
no eNigencies which call for a general
provision for the stalwarts and IA dis
placement of more sober minded and
reliable officials and President Arthur
is going out of the way i'll which it was
hoped he would tread. We trust he
will not make any more serious mis-
takes, but it looks as if the cat would
not finally settle down until she is il
the midst of IA stalwart company.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30
Personal and Political.

President Arthur sent his message to
Congress on ack-edged paper.
Though the income of the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts has been largely re-
duced, she still has S375,OOO year to
worry along on.
OfficiOus friends of President Arthur
keep private detectives on his track to
guard him from assassination.
1.-The Chief Justice of Alabama is "a
printer by trade" The craft has done
its share towards furnishing ''leaders."
The New York Tribune does not like
Howe as postmaster general. 1t thinks
the change was not made in the inter
est of the service.
Sir Walter Scott was, in one of his
walks, leaning on the arm of faithful
attendant, Tom Purdie. Tom said {:
Chem are fine novels of yours, Sir
Walter. They are just invaluable to
me-" Il am glad to hear it, Tom
Eyes, sir; for when | have been out
all day, hard at work, and come home
very tired, and take up one of your
novels, Pm asleep directly"
Postmaster g eneral Howe was the
champion third termer. But his state,
Wisconsin, sent solid anti Grant del
egation to Chicago. By this we see
how well the Republicans of Wisconsin
are represented i'll Mr.. Howe's promo
ton to the Cabinet Buffalo Express
(Rep.)
Postmaster General Howe is chief
agent for mutual transportation com
pany, with 5O,OOO,O0O patrons and
stockholders. 1t is his sole business to
make rates low, the service efficient
and the bills small. Two cent postage,
cheap money orders, il recognized
railway mail service and no stealing
will do this. Nothing else will-nei-
ther patronage, nor il machine, nOr
magnetism.-P Philadelphia Press.
Thomas Nast's double-page cartoon
in the last number of Harper's Weekly
is admirably designed and well execu-
ted. The Christ-Child embracing the
world while the motto "Peace on earth
good will toward men, floats from its
hands, in a beautiful emblem of the
season. The dove Nesting close ia
the child's face, the crown of mistletOe
and the sprig of holly are suggestive
accessories to the production OF Il
charming picture.
For the past dozen years the Demo
cratic party has been able to present
no claim to the Presidency beyond it,
barren suggestion of "a change" and
its well known desire to get possession
of the offices. One condition of success
is to deserve it. No candidate can lead
the Democratic party to victory unless
it puts something new under him and
something better back of him. Bos-
ton Herald (lnd)
The Boston Post has discovered thai
it is by such influences as the temper
ance men are using to stop rum selling
in st. Adams by which Vermont
''keeps up those boosted old-fashioned
Republican majOrities." Well, temper
ance does generally tend that way
But when the Post adds that the same
influence ''keeps Vermont poor, back
ward and despised," we must file de-
murrer. Vermont is no such state
Lowell Courier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30
Our New York Letter.
New YORK, December %, l6s

New YORK, December %, 1881.
So the Jeanette has been heard from
at last, and the Arctic Ocean has swal-
lowed the last S3O0,000 Clipped in by
James Gordon Bennett to the great
task of finding the Pole. l suppose it
will he found or reached some day,
and then there'll be the South Pole to
tackle for scientific reasons. We ought
to go about these adventures III more
scientific way, it seems to me, and not
kill off so many of the ablest and BRAY
est of the human race. Among the
crew of the'Jeannette seem to have been
as wide a diversity of natiOnalities as
possible, fifteen or sixteen i'll a ships
company of thirty three souls all told,
and three of them were Chinese.
was for six weeks shipmate of De-
Long and Chip, when, week after
the return from the Arctic Seas on the
search for the POlaris, the Juniata was
ordered down to Cuba to bring back
the surviving Nirginius prisoners.
Both are well known here-the former
particularly, having held prominent
position in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
and then commanding the Scholarship
st. Mary. His wedding not very long
before his departure was quite an af-
fair. l should judge he'd object now
to any more ice for the rest of his life,
unless in the shape of ice-cream and
spoons with his wife. ID. |. |. Hayes,
the explorer, died just before the news
came in. He would have been the
very man to send as an escort to bring
the wanderers home from Siberia.
People in general will be surprised
to learn that Gen. Dan. Sickles has IA
father. And he seems to be quite a
model of vigorous eccentricity, too.
He has managed to make money stead
lily and swiftly from a very early age,
and has now, at the ripe age of 90, got
married to his hOusekeeper, aged 40,
their female children, the eldest being
fifteen years of age, acting as brides
guests assisted at the ceremony, but,
according to notification, refrained
from offering presents, and the day
after the wedding, following a new
fashion introduced by the old boy him
self, the guests reassembled for knife
and-fork breakfast at a secOnd-class
hotel. The General looked with disfa-
vor on the whole proceeding-his
mother died six years ago-but his
daughter went to see the recOncila-
ton of her grandfather to the condi-
tiOns of decOrOus society. There are a
good many practical Mormons among
us, but they don't let the multitude
know it, as a rule. In this case the
scandal was blazOned abroad Just when
an end was put to it-sO far, at least,
as practicable.
The AdjutantG long dread
ed guillOtine has fallen at last and
wiped out sundry organizations of the
National Guard. In Gotham, we lose
the 5th Regiment, the first to adopt the
Prussian spiked pot helmets, and, as
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30
A BRAVE LADY.
She Endures the Pain of Severe Surgical
Operation without taking Chloroform.
From the Courier.


Mrs. Sehoonmaker, of Creek Locks, Ulster Co.,
N Y, had the misfortune to entirely lose the sight
of one Of her eyes, through accident, and en-
dured painful inhammatory action therein for two
long years; the other eye finally becoming sympa-
thetically affected, her general health seriously
suffering; indeed she a mere wreck, a walk
ing skeleton In this terrible strait she consulted
DIR. David Kennedy, of RondOut, N. Y, who told
her at that the injured eye must be removed.
She quietly but firmly said: IAN right, Doctor,
but don't give chlOroform. Let my husband
sit by my side during the operation and will nei
Their cry out stir" The work was done, and the
poor woman kept her word Talk Of sOldierly
couragei This showed greater pluck than it takes
To face hundred guns. To restore her general
health and give tone and strength TO the system,
DR.. Kennedy then gave the Favorite Remedy -
which eleansed the blood and impaired new life TO
the long suffering woman. She rapidly gained
health and strength, and is well. The "Fa-
vorite Remedy" is priceless blessing to women.
No family should be without il Your druggist
has it. II not, send to DR.. David Kennedy Ron
dout, n. Y. 1871
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30

Good news comes from the Arctic re-
giOns, where two boat loads of the
crew of the missing Jeanette have
been found. A dispatch from st. Pc
tersburg says: News reached the gov
eminent at Jakutsk, Eastern Siberia,
that on the 18th of September three
natives of Oulous, near Cape Barhay,
40 versts north of Biskoff, discovered
a boat containing eleven men, who
stated that they belonged to the Jean
nette and had undergone terrible suf-
fering. On hearing the news the dis
trict deputy governor, with Il doctor
and medicines, was Immediately dis
patched to help the shipwrecked sail
ors and instructed to bring them to
Jakutsk. The governor was also in
structed to do everything in his power
to recover the remainder of the crew,
5000 roubles being given him to defray
the first expenses.
Engineer Melville has telegraphed
to the American legation at st. Peters
burg that the Jeanette was surround
ed and crushed by the ice June Odd, i'll
latitude II north, longitude l57 east.
The crew left the vessel in three boats.
About fifty miles from the mouth of
the Lena they were separated by vio-
lent winds and thick fogs. Boat No. 3,
commanded by Engineer Melville, ar
eastern mouth of the river Lena, where
it was stopped by blocks of ice neal
the village of BOlenenga, inhabited 10y
idolaters. Boat No. | reached the
same spot. The occupants of these
boats state that Lieut.. De Long and
DIR. Amber with twelve others landed
at the northern mouth of the Lena, and
are in fearful condition, suffering
from frost bitten limbs.
Immediately upon receipt of this
news our government took action ia
provide for the needs of the recovered
/
is. doing all i'll its power to aid i'll bring
ing them back to civilized life. Every
possible effort is being made also tC
find the missing boat. Our govern
ment has acknowledged the generou:
action of Russia. The long lost men
are situated so far from telegraphiC
communication and ordinary travelling
facilities that it will take some time
for them to reach home, and they will
doubtless not be in America before
spring; but the news that they art
safe will send thrill of joy through
the whole nation. The story of thei
sutferings will be read with interes
when it is given to the world.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30
Public Opinion.
HORSE SENSE ABOUT GUITEAU.

HORSE SENSE ABOUT GUITEAU.
We know something about ''cranks."
They infest every newspaper office,
and particularly this office. We do
favored. Perhaps the colored cartoons
bring them out. But we have seen ii
great deal of them, in all classes and
conditions of life. From the spring
poet to the dangerous maniac who fol-
lows up editor or artist to revenge
some fancied wrong, we have had to
deal with every variety of crank. As
soon as one disappears, another comes !;
and, if we permitted them to annoy
us, they would make our lives misera-
BILE. But we have learned one thing
about the crank, and that is that, how
ever crazy he may be, he knows well
enough what is good for him and what
is not. When he is once made to I'M
derstand that the editorial boot or the
artistic fist awaits his next appearance
at the Office, he appears no more.
Guiteau is simply a crank, such as we
see here every week. He is no maniac.
He knows very well what he is doing.
He tells us that the Lord commissioned
him to shoot President Garfield. He
knows very well that the Lord would
never have commissioned him to shoot
a man who could draw as quickly as
he could. The man who is sane enough
to cover before the popular fury is
sane enough to hang for the commits
sion of a cruel and dastardly crime. If
any cheap sentiment clears this worst
of murdeTers from the gallows, it is to
be hoped that the undisciplined and
law -despising public which will take
care of the murderer will also have an
eye to the jury which acquits him. We
do not believe in lynch law but if we
did, we should send thirteen pieces of
hemp to Washington the day Guiteau
is acquitted Puck.
SOUTHERN ToLERATION.
Here, as in South Carolina, men of
honorable purposes and open ways,
and who are honestly Republicans from
principle, are not ostraciZed. On the
contrary they are treated with the
same respect as Democrats There are
some exceptions among the bOurbOns,
but the exceptions are not sustained
by popular sentiment. In this city IA
mistake similar to the one made in
Charleston would not have been made.
Judge Simrall, Judge Arthur, Capt.
Raum and other prominent Republi-
cans, would most undoubtedly have
been placed on the committees. The
intolerance complained of is fast pass
ing away, and if sham Republican par
ties, mere concerns that use the name
to secure Office and federal patronage,
are not sustained in the South by ma
tional patronage and northern sell
timeut, it will soon disappear forever.
AS it exists now in some localities in
the South, northern men are as much,
if not more to blame for it than south
ern men. When the northern Republi-
can party countenances and gives aid
and comfort to those who fatten on
corruption and government" in
the South, northern men become re-
spOnsible for the Skeleton in the
southern closet. -[Vicksburg Herald.