Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-16
GENERAL NOTES


JhFFEfsoN DAVIS has declined an invi:
tation To visit the cotton exposition at At
lanta.
THE pedestrian contest ia Chicago he
tween Rowell and Dobler was hot one
for twenty miles, when the latter gave
out.
A MAn-PoUCH stolen from Carrots Sta
tiou, Tex, contained 81 900, and was
found on The prairie, unopened.
MAJ. NM. ARTHUR, the presidents only
hrotf er. Is 10 take a position on tie staff of
General Hancock. He has been stationed
Al Fort Benton as paymaster for the past
,hree years.
ALEXANDER BoYDEN, the inventor Of
malleahle iron, who for sears has been in
the almshou4e at Foxboro, Mas, passed
awsy at the age Of 81.
CHUNG ISAo JU, the new Chinese min
ister to Washington. with his wife and a
suite Of fifteen persons, has arrived
At San Francisco.
The Boston banks nave discovered that
in carting coin To settle balances AT the
clearing house a weekly loss of $500 taSt ;
plsce by reduction of weight.
LIEUT.. FLIPPER stated 70 the colrt-
martial that he had never appropriated a
penny of government money. or permitted
it TO be done, and that his troubles arose
in keeping funds III his trunk.
JouS H. KNOX. a nephew OF the comp
troller OF the currency. cam> 10 Chicago
some months ago and opened law cfice
but recently mysteriously disappeared.
| 1t is feared that some insane freak has
cansed his departure.
| The Pacific Mail Steamship company
| aroused the disgust Of the overland rail-
! roads by demanding a restoration of the
| subsidy OF $4,000 per month. Dillon and
/ Huntington walked out of the conference,
and ocean freights will be taken at any
price
TIE Grand Trunk managers have built
/ six monster locomotives and imported
/ somE English engineers, and threaten 10
ruu trains from Montreal TO Chicago at
the rate Of sixty miles per hour, iEcluding
sioppages.
! INFLUENTIAL Canadians waited upon
/ the premierat Ottawa to obtain i commu-
iation for Hayvarn, who killed fellow
aarvict in ST. Vincent de Paul peniien
tiary. The Law will take its courSe, aud
the murderer will be harg.d in Montreal
| at once.
The grand jury in session al Council
| Blufs, Ia. are Investigating case In
which the bogus gold brick game was at
i itiuHlth On al CtAlLcn NilU We
supposed to have 81 600 TO invest. The
confidence men were raided while rego-
iiating. and two Of the numbsr. "Doc'
Watson and Chas. Stevens were arrested.
AMoSG those in attendance at the Patri-
archs' ball in New York, the other even
ing, were Mr.. snd Mrs. Sartoris and Sir
Savilte Crossley, OF England, General and
Mrs. Grant. and Senator and Mrs. Cam
eron.
HENRY WILLARD is 10 expend 81 ,O0O. 600
m the erection Of a residence on Madison
avenue. rear Filtieih stree, New York
tSidDev pillon is buildipg mansion
which will throw Vanderbilt's into the
shade. Bonanza Msckay is arranging to
outrival all BY palace al Central park.
i WILLIAM BURKE, professional sneak
hief, said to hal from Chicago, was ar
rested NJ an express cffiee in Buffalo for
stealing sll1.0G0 in bonds from d. 2.
Eelis. of Cleveland. 1t appears that he
he and two companions ordered clethius
! IN Cleveland which was TO be shipped 10
Buffalo. IRE police thinkthat the others
I have the stolen securities.
The oSly witness in the Gniteau trial
/ the other day was Dr. E. c. Spiizka, of New
York, who thought the face of the accused
showed him 70 be moral imbecile or
monstrosiiY- Alter a careful examina-
tion, Sunday, the doctor became convinced