Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-08-12
GENERAL NOTES

+. II. RoGERs, United States consul al
Vera Cruz, is dead
CoLLEcroR ROBERTSON, of New York,
is pestered by applicants for appoint
lncnts.
Bisnor +. O. Haven, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, is lying at the point OF
death at Portland, Ore
THE wife Of Gen. Alexander McD. Nc.
Cook died at a hotel in Salt Lake from
grief at the death of her mother
A NEW granite monument. costing - OuO
has been placed over the grave Of vii
liam NJ. Tweed. in Greenwood cemetery,
New York.
MRs. i q. HAETsnoRNE has rendered
the free use of her Newport villa for Sep
temher and October 10 the president and
Mrs. Garfield
REv. w. J. RUrLhDs,E, of jacksonville.
Ill, who was chaplain Of the i4th Illinois
infantry during the late war, has been ap
pointed chaplain Of the Joliet peniten-
tiarY
ONE hUspRED counties in the region
adjacent 10 Kansas City report largely
increased acreage III corn, but figure cut 4
smaller supply Of hogs than last year.
Az extensive bed Of hituminuus coal
ias lieen discovered at point twelve
miles southwest of Marshall, Tex. Ihe
deposit lies hnt eight feet below the sur
face
RonERr FRYER, Of New York has made
4 model for an ocean steamer which will
be marine velocipede on three wheels.
with which he expects To gain two DAYS in
crossing the Atlantic.
II will require 81 500 to help tie Provi-
dence baseball club through The season
This statement was made at a meeting of
the stockholders, and the ensuing debate
prompted four designations from the
board, but they were finally withdrawn
The city engineer Of Montreal has
found a woman who for sixteen months
has been engineer in hoot-heel factory.
has perfect knowledge Of her business
and never had an accident.
Ar the general election in Utah, the
lack of interest was shown bv the fact
that the county in which Salt Lake is sit
uated, which includes three mining
camps, cast only So votes, OF which the
Gentiles had liz.
THE reported arrest Of Patrick Grove.
of Peoria. on the order of Attorney Gen
eral MacNeagh, for constructing Internal
machines to be shipped to Europe. is now
admitted TO he a hoax. Grove is serving
the city as = lamp-lighter
NATHAN CLIFFORD, one Of the Justices
of the United States supreme court, died
nj Cornish, Me, aged IS He had twice
been member of congress, was attorney
general in the cabinet Of President Polk.
and subsequently minister to Mexico
Orro NEARS is en- reute To the new Ute
reservation in Utah. and will be ioiued AT
Salt Lake by Commissioner Rlssell. The
Ctes will next month be escorted to their
new home by six hundred soldiers. Major
Berry will continue as agent.
THG postal sutkorities of Canada and
the United States have resolved to have
sill mail pouches sorted over at some point
in the Dominion and returned to their
proper place, after which international
pouches are 10 be used.
JoSePH Mck,Y, the late millionaire
dry goods merchant ct Montreal, be-
queathed large amounts to religious and
charitable institutions. among them being
81. 600 10 the PresbvterianS The family
is To receive $4,000. and two faithful
servants pittance Of 800 each
Tue executive committee OF the nation
al soldiers reunion is in session at Gin
cinnatl, arranging details for September.
Private Dalzell sent in letter asking
that a special invitation be extended to
Boston Corbett, the SLAYER of Wilkes
Booth, and transportation be furnished
him. as he is living in poverty in Phila-
delphia.
ANTHONY {. HEsING has sled in the SUI
perior court of Chicago, bill in chancery
attacking the validity of the ordinance 10
yacats La Sale street. The document is
directed against w. L. Scott and the Off
GERS OF the board OF trade and of the CITY.
and boldly declares that Scott bribed ten
aldermen with S25 600 10 vote for the ordi-
nance. The court is asked to declare the
ordinance null and void, and 10 enioin the
erection OF building on the vacated
AsYSpIcATE of American. French. and
German bankers has resolved 10 construct
a canal from Baltimore to the Atlantic.
across the peninsula of MARYLAND and
Delaware, at an estimated cost of IS COO
600. The Sassafras route is the one Sc
lected, and the cut will be l20 feet wide.
70 feet deep. and require eighteen months
to complete. Baltimore commerce will
thus gain 22o miles OF sailing.