Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-10-14
GENERAL NOTES

.InHN +. LYON & Co., OF Chicago, have
resumed payments.
THE chairmanship of the republican
state committee of New York is still held
| by Chester A. Arthur
| Two THOUSAND mill laborers at Muske-
gon, Mick, struck Oct -, for Ten hours
| per daY. and paraded the streets with a
band.
THE newest trouble among the Indians
/ in Arizona arose from the murder of a
White Mountain scout by the hostiIes
Chiricahuas, and a massacre is feared.
THE Rock River conference appointed
a committee of fifteen to try Rev. DR.. II
". Thomas for heresy, DR.. Fowler being
named AZ chairman.
q. w. IIoTcHKIss, secretary of the lum-
berman's exchange, reports contributions
oi about $4,000 by citizens of Chicago for
the relief of the Michigan uniortunates.
THE attendance at the semi-annual con-
ference of the Mormon church at Salt
Lake numbered fifteen thousand, includ-
ing delegates from Arizona, Idaho, Wy
omihg. and Nevada.
ALL the railways centering at Cleveland
run special trains each day to accommo-
date the thousands of visitors to the tomb
Of President Garfield.
PAYMAsTER ARTHUR has returned TO
Helena. Montana from a trip Of eight
hundred miles in an ambulance. While
at Fort Benton he learned that his brother
had qualified as president Of the United
States
The super intendent Of the Indian nor
NAL school in Virginia will take thirty of
the more advanced students to Dakota as
instructors of their tribes. and return
with an equal number of unwashcd reds,
BARTHOLOMEW, the Russian minister,
has during the summer season occupied
the elegant residence ofCaptain Downing,
at Newport. r. l. lie quietly left that
city October 9TH. without paving any bills,
and his landlord finds the house unfit for
a residence for swine
EIGHTEEN of Georges band of hostiles
surrendered At San Carlos, and were taken
10 Fort Thomas by Major Wilhelm. The
leader Is said TO be in concealment with
four men. Indian runners report that
nine of Lieutenant Bailey's scouts desert
ed. They are supposed to have gone to
join Chief George.
LAST Sunday night, SAYS an Annapolis
ulSPAACH ol the ON INST, the 4th class,
newly entered in the naval academy, was
hazed numerically The members of
the Srd class were suspected. and when
the matter was investigated to-day, re-
fused to indulge what they knew about il.
To-day, the whole class, 80 members.
were sent on board the Santee. They had
TO take their bedding and other articles.
and will have TO live on the ship until
further orders, not being allowed to speak
to each other.
THE republican state convention of New
York, met Oct. 5th. The anti-machine
people were in the majority, but they
used the power that circumstance
gave them rather mercifully. Senator
elect Miller was made temporary chair
man. The committee on credentials re-
ported against the machine delegation
from Oneida (Conkling'sl county and
against some other machine delegations
that were irregularly elected, including
one frgm one Of the New York districts.
The anti-C Conklins delegation from Brook
lyn was admitted also. Chauncey NJ
NJ. Depew was made permanent chair
mad. and was enthusiastically applauded
The following state ticket was put in
nomination: Gen. Joseph B. Carr, state
treasurer; Ira Davenport, comptroller.
Leslie W. Russell, attorney general; Silas
Seymour, state engineer, and Francis NJ.
Finch, Judge of the court of appeals.