Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-28
Items from Pcck'S Sun.

At Il banquet the other even
ing Mr. Rcechcr paid 4 high tribute
to the inventor 81 the printing press
alleging that he was greater than
Grant himself. II don't seem
possible
lctl Davis has written y history
of tic war which will hc published
in the spring. lie has spent years
ON the work, and when eurncred
right down admits that il is the
only reliable history vet published,
Solou Chase, tho celebrated green
hacker Of Maine, VIII start On u
lecture tour next week and will
gradually tcGd westward, He will
speak nj all prominent points, on
the currency, and will keep il up
until the newt presidential election.
His heart is ii the cause.
\ bill has been introduced in
the Indiana legislature prehibiting
the marriage Of any person who is
a hahitual drmkard, m ineompe.
tent business party, or any ono who
has been convicted Of u crime. \
majority of the members arc sGii to
regard the bill ns Il personal insult.
The Only lung pad company, of
Detroit, has been compelled Is ask
nr an extension, also. This seems
10 DC 4 bad year for Pads, Some
of these pad advertisers will hc wise
TO wear q liver pad or u lung pad in
the basement Of his trousers IL blk.
ed newspapers editors get to calling
upon them
Prof Holden, of the Washington
observatory, has been secured to till
the place of Prof Watson AZ the
Madison observatory. Although n
young man Of thirty years.
Prof. Holden handles telescope
wicked, an ,an tnnnle ma astcro;d
out Of the highest branches with
the best of them.
The permanent exhibition at
Philadelphia, which has been CON
tinucd since the close Of the ccntcn-
nial, has been a losing institution
and ON Monday last the stock hold
holders met and closed il up. They
might have known better. Because
man will submit TO such prices
once in hundred years, it is no
sign he will do so right along.
a republican exchange says that
when the republican party was four
years old IL was vacinatcd against
defeat, and it took splcndidly. This
should have been made known be-
fore, and saved MI the trouble and
expense the democrats have been
put to, every four years. We won
dercd what was the NATTER that time
Tilden run for president, when the
republican party had varioloid.
Michael Cannon, at Marysvillo,
Mo, requested his wife TO open
boil on the side Of bis face. She
passed around behind him, took
razor instead of darning needle,
az he supposed, and cut his throat
from ear 10 ear. For time il was
feared the wounded man would die,
but il appears that he was in the
habit Of getting shaved at a five
cent barber shop, and he will pro-
bably pull through and come out
all right. Mrs. Cannon, IL seems,
was insane.
The vote on senator in the rcpub-
lican caucus stood IS for Sawyer,
% for Keys, 10 for Washburn and
Z scattering. So after all the chin
music Sawyer had a walk away and
our own and only kcyes never had
but a beggarly Is votes. If we
were Mr.. Keyes we would be so
mad we would never be candidate
for senator any more. The migrate.
fulness Of political parties is one Of
the meanest things in the world.
Condemn a political party that will
90 back on man that had il born,
nurscd II aud educated il until il
was Of age and big enough 10 60 in
To business OH its own hook.
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