Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-06-10

reds who ride in to draw rations are
abundantly supplied with the best arms.
WILLIAM MALONE. Jr.. was married al
Petersburg, Va, to Miss Mary A. Tanner
Mrs. Senator Malone viii sson go 10 Eu-
rope, where she intends to remain for sew.
eral years and educate her daughter
TORONTO has the strike fever. 1t has 50
far, attacked the Brotherhood of (Grand
Trunk Railroad) Engineers, who want %
per cent. more wages. The shoemakers
struck for 10 per cent. and the bosses have
yielded
JOHN w. WHITE, of ST. Louis, has been
financially mired by operations in wheat
and stocks. Out of liabilities or $4,000,
Chicago and Toledo grain merchants are
to suffer somewhat.
THE American Bible Society will. for the
present, adhere TO the old version, or
king James Bible" of which they have
many thousand copies on hand, out of
! .042 900 manufactured last year.
THE court of claims has decided that the
Union Pacific read is subject to the limited
rates for postal-cars prescribed by the re-
vised statutes, and cannot be allowed extra
compensation.
In removing two bodies from contiguous
graves in the cemetery at Idaville, Ind, it
was found that nothing was left of one but
bones, while the other had turned to flint
and weighed three hundred pounds.
THE Boston nine beat the Cleyelands.
s to 4, by which figures the Worcesters
vanquished the Detroit club. The Chica-
goes won a game with Troy, 4 to 8. and
Buffalo beat Providence, to ..
A RAILWAY ticket war is liable to break
out at Kansas CITY the agreement as to
rates having been broken bv the agent of
the Rock Island road, who sold two un-
limited tickets to Buffalo for $25 EACH and
refuses to redeem them.
THE greenbackers of Iowa nominated
Hon. d. M. Clark, of WAYNE county, for
governor, and Hon. James M. Holland, Of
Henry county, for lieutenant governor.
Mrs Mary r. Nash, of Des Moines, was
selected for superintendent of public in
struction.
AT the annual meeting of stockholders
of the Northwestern railway, held in Chi
cago, the old officers were reelected, but
the Vanderbilt interest caused the substi-
tuition of Anson Stager and Frederick w.
Vanderbilt on the board of directors for
d. 2. Morgan and Frank Work.
THE Illinois legislature has reached an
adjournment. In the senate chamber
George Terwilliger, the assistant secretary,
was presented with handsome gold
watch. A bill to make decoration dav
legal holiday passed without dissent. The
house put through the senate bill provid-
ing for immediate settlements between
county and town collectors.
) ORRIN HICKoK had arranged TO trot st.
Julien on the Detroit track against the
time of Maud S. In trial, the flyer went
TO the half-mile pole in l06, and was COM
ing home at a 2:10 gait when he stepped
In hole and nearly fell over on the track
The injury will prevent his starting this
week.
THE New Y ork Legislature has passed
bill providing that steamship companies
shall be taxed 81 for each steerage passen-
ger landed in New York The object of
this tax is to provide for the expenses at
tGndant on the inspection of emigrant-
carrying vessels, and other expenses.
The bill now awaits the Governors sigma
ture.
HANLAN, the Canadian oarsman, refuses
to row on any other waters than those OF
Toronto Bay. He says that if Ross con-
sents to row there he will put up $4,000,
and will geS another person who with
Ross shall put up So 900, making purse
of $1,000 for the winner. This is in an
swer to the challenge Of Mr.. Kennedy, Of
Portland, Me-, who offers to put up 81 800
if Hallan and third person unknown
will row in New England.