Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-07

arrangements are made ami the con-
tract signed
Our friend King kalakaua, of the
Sandwich Islands, is coming 10 this
country in February. He has personal
friends IN Omaha whom he intends Ia
visit
Chandler Lame, a former hotelkerp.
|er of Baldwin and Portland, Me, and
lately proprietor Of hotel NJ Old
Orchard, died suddenly in Mddefoni,
Me, recently,
Miss Blood the English lady who is
about 70 marry one OF the CamphellS,
and thus become SiSteriu.hw Of
the Princess Louise, is literary and has
written book for children
The Baron Charles de Rothsehild. of
Frankfort, is reported t. have Just pur-
chased for his col lection one of the
most superb and expensive gilt cups
u the world. 1t cost SlM,00N
Some ladies III various parts OF this
country are organizing Irish land
,eagueS. The Utica HYMM thinks n
mlhng-p league to take care of hus-
hands ont late nights might he more
effective,
new way 10 arrange the mlmCSs az
b skirt is to make n series of flat plaitS
half an inch wide, three inches below
The waist, and then gather the material
seven or nine times
Elbow sleeves and few puts ut the
shoulders for very sleAdor figures are
the variations for other than ordinary
wear These are finished and enriched
with black or white laccs
Red white and yellow are the coors
which have SO far been most seen nj
day and evening receptions this win
ter, and the same colors ny ear in
dresses preparing for the holidays
English wool underwear is liked be-
cause II is Of such pure wool, but tho
best brands Of either foreign or do.
nestle underwear will shrink, unless
all the soap is taken out hy the laun-
dress.
Rev. Dr. Collycr and Rev. Henry
Ward Bcechrr both preached last sum
day on the "Pcrsecution Of the Jews in
Germany, expressing great sympathy
for the prosecuted.
Miss Ada Cnvcndisn became sudden
ly i'll while impersonating the character
Of Pauline, in the play Of the Lady of
Lyons, nj Nashville, Tenn, recently.
She Is threatened with pneumonia.
The condition of DR. J. Marion Sims,
who lies dangerously IL ofplcuro-pneu
monia, Mt his home i'll New York city,
WAS unimprovcd on the 30th ult., still
some hope of his recovery is expressed.
Ills age is against him.
Governor Mcclellan, Of New Jersey,
has declined TO accept the presidency
of the New York Underground railroad
company, 10 which he was recently
elected. He viii 90 abroad with his
family in April next.
ghe Rev. DR. Sullivan, hate of Chi.
cago, now of Montreal, prcnc he'd re-
Gently III his church in the latter city
ON The Theater,' lie declared that
the theatcr was not by any means MS
bad rs il was represented by some of
the Montreal clergymcn.
Anthony Doltcrs, u native of West.
phalia, who participated on the French
side in the battles Of Leipsic, Borodino,
Austcrih and Waterloo, died recent
" ut Wheeling, w. Va, in his 93d
year.
Mondays New York Graphic said:
"Mr. r. T. Barnum, Congressman s. S.
Cox and District Attorney Phelps, who
al l,,al Il IL,
i'll Of late, were NIL able TO sit up,
dressed u portion Of the day yoster-
day
The confederate General Loring,
who refused To live in the United States
after the close of the late war, and who
then entered the service Of the Khe-
dive Of Egypt, is now 4 candidate TO re-
place Jones rs United States senator
flom Florida.
Gustaye Dorc is working every night,
and sometimes almost MI night, on his
illustrations Of Shakespeare plays.
Some Of the drawings are said to be
extraordinarily powerful. He thinks
that "Coriolanus" is the poets master
piece.
General jeff. G. Davis widow has or
dered i monument for his grave like
the Wool monument at Troy, y. Y.
Tie shaft is 10 be draped i'll the nation
nj flag, and an acorn-the badge Of the
generals corps-inclosed in wreath,
viii be engraved above the base.
The mother Of Colonel Jonathan
Merriam, Collector of Internal Reycn-
ne fol the Springfield Tazewell dis
tri't, died near Arlington, Tazewell
comfy, III, Sunday, in the seth year
Other age. She came 10 this state aSa
Baptist minister's wife in 1896.
The sculptor Simmons IL at work in
Rome modelling the statue of the late
Oliver +. Morton, the Indiana states
mGn, for the indianapolis memorial,
AMI it willrepresent him ~ in the net
Of speaking with his right hand raised
III one Of his fayorite gestures.
A bronze statue Of General Phil Kear.
ney was unveiled in the military park
M Newark, ~ j., last Sunday. Gov
cr1or Mcclellan, General sherman,
General Grant, General Hawley and
several other distinguished military
mn and civilians attended.
The celebrated New York lawyer,
Chirles O'Conor, has recently become
a citizen n Nantucket, Mars and re.
Inoitishnd his piti1enGhin i'm Now York