Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-04-29
IN 4 NUT SHELL.

Private Dalzell." of Ohio. who was
recently appointed to an $500 posi-
ton i'll the pension Office, at Washing
ton, has declined the post.
Ex-Judge Barrett. of Vermont, has
been retained by Alexander Stewart, of
that State, III his suit against Judge
Hilton Ill regard 10 the settlement Of
the will of the late A. T. Stewart
The Congregational Church 1T Hol-
brook, Mass, has been seeking Il pastor
for nine years, listening during that
time to sermons by 240 candidates.
One of the grounds on which an Ohio
wife demands a divorce is that her hus-
band habitually sleeps with pistol in
his hand.
The lawsuit brought ~ the self
styled daughter of the late Cardinal
Antonelli to get possession of his prop
erty, has been finally dismissed by the
Italian courts.
The latest elopement in Cincinnati is
that of a Mrs Fais, aged about 40, who
went off with Constant Keller. aged 10.
The woman leaves husband and a
family of children. several about the
age Of her latest love.
On the first of April st. Louis boys
had cards printed bearing: these words,
"kick me. They were adroitly pinned
to the coat-tails of rising politicians,
and created much merrlmcnt in the
town.
The late Amelia 4 Cobb, of New
York, hequeathed $50 900 to Presbyte-
rian missions and charities, and $4,000
to found three scholarships III Presby-
terrain theological seminarics.
Bismarcks physician has forbidden
him TO attend church, saving that he
must devote all of Sunday to rest
That doctor could make plenty of
money in this country, if he only knew
lit.
The finances of the negro churches
at Cartersville, Ga, are managed on
sound business principles. Every mem
ber Is assessed % cents Il month, and
failure to pay is followed by c~nulsion.
Worth lately made for an English
lady what is reported to be the hand
soonest cloak which ever left his shop
1t is of green velvet, bordered and
trimmed with tails Of Russian sable.
The cost was IS 800.
| AT Ottawa, the Canadian capital, two
respectable girls were arrested by the
police for wearing hats which the
guardians of public morals thought
cloud" The girls were bailed 10y the
mayor of the city, and the policemen
lectured
Gladdis Homan of Mapleton, ILL.,,
was asked to get up iii time for break
fast, instead of lying in bed all the fore
noon. She ut once committed suicide
by taking poison, with u view, rs she
explained III Il letter, of showing the
family that she never intended TO rise
The time of year has come round
when the woman is boss of the house
it is house-cleaning time, and we here
by extend to the inundated, crushed
and sorely abused "tyrant man" our
heartfelt sympathy.
A man in Ancona, Italy, having mar
ried one of the twin daughters of
widow lady, after her death married
his mother-in-law; the latter died, and
then he espoused the remaining daugh
ter. He is bound to exhaust the family
and have the house all to himself
The Scottish steamer Resolute, dur
ing the New Foundland seal fishery seu-
son. is reported to have taken $4,000
seals, and had ut the date Of recent
message to Dundee, 5000 on board.
The Dundee steamer Narwhal, fishing
at the same place, is supposed To be
full, and ten other vessels are reported
to have been among the pack, although
!, their catches are not given. The catch
of the Resolute alone will yield about
$150,000
Frank Bush and his wife, Of Clarion,
Ohio, agreed at their marriage that if
any quarrel ever arose between them
it should be left to the decision Of three
, referees. Mrs. Bush lately visited her
mother, and refused to return home.
The case was fully presented TO the
, referees, who decided that the wife
f was wrong, and must go back to her
husband. They also voted to censure
, the mother-in-law.
Mrs. Dr. Brown, Of Ludington, KY,
, died recently. and property amounting
, to $4, 100000, according to the will Of
, her deceased husband, will now go to
r Bishop Kahn, Of Richmond, Va, for
the benefit of the Catholic churches Of
} that city.
The following is from an advertise
ment published at Bristol, Conn.,:
"Lost, strayed, or stolen from his be
reaved household, one red-headed man,
five feet and eight inches tall, full set
of false teeth on upper jaw, and one
real one on lower jaw. Please cause
said man to be arreated and returned
, to his bereaved wife.
Melville Griffin deserted his wife at
) indianapolis, and eloped with her
cousin Mrs. Griffin followed the
! couple, and, at the conclusion Of an
interview, said to her rival: "My hug
, band evidently loves you better than
me. / will get divorce, and God will
provide some way for supporting my
self and children" :" The words had
. powerful effect on the mans new
/ partner, and that night she committed
, suicide
9 A Cincinnati young woman killed
e her baby by stabbing it thirteen times
with knife. The only witness of the
Y crime was her lover. Ohio law does
8 not compel husband to testify against
r his wife in criminal trial, and there
2 fore the marriage of this couple was
} considered a sure way of saving the
r prisoner. The authorities undertook
r to prevent the union, but were not
sufficiently vigilant, for a marriage
ceremony was surreptitiously, though
: legally, performed in jail.
The United States is likely to become
burdened by the extent and variety of
its public parks. Aside from its vast
domain, it has parks like the great
Yellowstone region, the island of Mack
inaw, the Yosemite, and others, to
which is to be added park of 500 acres
on the York river, TO be known as La
fayette park The tract contains the
house in which Washington dictated
the terms of surrender to the British at
XlrIrAn nur., and haa haor r,nrohaead hu