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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Josh Billings Jaunt.

met Josh Billings wondering aim
lessly down broadway, writes a New
York correspondent. He had not been
seen in New York for several months.
eve thought you were dead" said |.
The philosopher neither laughed nor
sneered, but looked solemn. "Not
dead, said he, and drawing me to one
side in a nook, he told me all about it.
He has just returned from long jaunt
through New England and Canada in a
top-buggy. So excited is he over this
way of seeirg the country that he is
telling his friends with wild, sweeping
gestures, that it is the only way to travel.
You would naturally suppose that when
his tall, round-shouldered form, sur
mounted by big solemn face, framed
with long, struggling locks, made its
appearance in u village, it created a
sensation. 1t did. A crowd would sur.
round him and Mrs. ]. B., who held
the lines all the way, before he could
alight from his carriage. The crowd
would clamor for speech, and he
wuuld agree to read them his lecture
on "The Probabilities of Life"-the
same old lecture under new name, he
says, which he has been reading for
nineteen years. 1t is very peculiar
lecture, just as everything about the
man is peculiar. There is no more be-
ginning or end to it than there is to
circle. 1t is made up of two and three
line paragraphs that have no conEec-
ton or dependence upon one another
whatever. He cannot write in any other
atvln IIIct ho off Nfy n
expand one of his aphorisms, he says,
it loses its essence. Taking his note
book from his pocket, he showed me
how he wrote his sayings. His ideas
come to him without effort, and they
are jotted down on the spot, but thought
is afterward given to them to test their
truth, and to improve their form. He
has his own notion of humor Accord
ing to his theory, these can be no
humor that is not based upon truth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
President Arthur's Tilt With a Re.
porter.

A good story is afoat among journal
lists and politicians in New York. Not
long ago Sun reporter called at Presi-
dent Arthur's house in Lexington ave-
nue.. Aleck Howell, the Presidents
colored major domo, answered the bell.
FL recognized the reporter as an old
newspaper acquaintance in custom
house times.
"Aleck, when does the President go
to Washington the reporter asked.
Tomorrow night was the reply"
"Has Mike Cregan, Johnny O'Brien
or Barney Biglin seen the President
to-day"
The question was overheard by Gen.
eral Arthur, who stood in the hallway
taking his leave of Police Commission
er Stephen H French. 'Let that man
in, let that man in,'' he said IN sharp
tones.
The reporter entered the hallway.
The President severely rebuked him
for speaking so Familiarity of Cregan,
O'Brien and Biglin, as to call them
Mike, Johnny and Barney. "Your
lack of manners is so great" said he,
"that it would not surprise me to hear
you speak of my friend, Mr.. French,
as Steve"
"Oh, no." was the prompt reply, 81
always call him Proxy"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
GENERAL NOTES.

BISHOP TALBOT, OF the Episcopal do
cese of Indiana, has decided, in view of
his poor health. to resign his Office.
A HoMs for aged ministers is talked OF
by the New Jersey Baptist association.
tTHERE was no truth in the report that
Vanderbilt has acquired the Boston,
Hoosac Tunnel ard western railroad
THE London Telegraph states Count
DeLesfeps has completed grand scheme
which will result in shortening by three
days the time for the passage of ,essels
through the Suez canal.
THE negroes of Rhode Island assembled
at Newport recently and resolved to give
their political support to whoever showed
the most regard for their rights and feel
ings, and demanding a fair representation
in Office
JUDGE WALDO CoLBURN, of the su-
perior court of Boston, has been appoint
ed to the supreme bench of Massachusetts,
to succeed Judge VIM. G. Endicott, re-
signed. Judge Colbarn is the third dem
ocrat whom Gov. Long has appointed to
the supreme court during his term of Of
fee
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
CRIME.

JosLPs PARISH, one of tine most dan
gerous confidence men in the west has
been captured in indianapolis.
"DAeo Pkrx," an italian fruit vender
OF New Orlesrs. inspired by jealousy,
killed his. auadroon mistress and her
mother with razor.
JOHN BLACK, well-known merchant OF
Pekin, Ill.,, is said to be a defaulter for $15.-
0oO, and to have sailed for Germany two
weeks sgo.
FRANK JANIS does not bear up we'll in
confinement, and is looking pale and ill.
Three indictments are standing against
him. but il is uncertain when he will be
tried.
Four thousand decks of Mexican monte
cards were seized at Laredo by customs Of
hcers. These cards were being smuSgled
through 10 Galveston, where they were
worth 800 pack.
AN alleged swindling concern doing
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
From Every Cline.
From the New York Herald,

The statistics kept at Castle Garden
show among other interesting things
the number of aliens landing at this
port from each of the countries of the
globe. A statement of this sort, cover
ing the nine menths that have elapsed
since the 1st of January, 1882 has just
been prepared. OF the whole number
efforeign steersge and cabin psssen-
gerst there were 206, ,597 adult males,
104 $40 adult males, and So, ,166 chill
dren who were under II years of age
From England there came 33, $50 per
sons; from Ireland, 1860; Scotland
II ,445; Wales, S,446; Germany, 159,
Gil; Austris, 2,144; Hungary, 6,913;
Sweden, Sz,675; Norway, 1881; Dem
mark, Il, ,342; Netherlands, s. COO; Bel
gium, SIS; Switzerland, 9S12; France.
S.573; Italy, 22,505; Roumania, 90;
Greece, 80; Spain. ], ,229; Portugal. 6:
Russia, 14,el4; Luxenburg, 4e4; b.
hemia, 6, 227; Turkey in Europe, us:
India, 5; China. 277; Japan, s; British
East Indies, IL; Africa, 104; British
America, sos; West Indies, .351:
Mexico, 256; Central America, 152;
South America. $50; Sandwich Islands,
/: Australia, 81: New Zealand, 9; Ice
land and Greenland, 5; Bermudas, 80.
The total number who came from Eu-
rope was S91, 42S. A
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

The skeleton of II full-gro|n n 10
don has been found in the Cowee tun-
mel, on the Duckland branch of the
Western North Carolina railroad
When the monster WAS discovered the
convicts fled in terror, and it was by
hard work that they could be induced
TO return TO their picks. 1t was found
six feet below the surface of the earth.
IT was in perfect state Of preserva-
ton, and crumbcd to dust rs sDen as
exposed to the air.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Patriotism in Disrenute.

A Memphis magistrate had before
him enc morning a young man who at
a masked bali the night before had
figured as George Washington, to
whom however his resemblance was'so
entirely superficial that he became
drunk and abusive before the night
was over. The magistrate psonornc-
ed sentence in the following homely
but emphatic language: "Now, if
you had got drunk as private citizen,
and had cussed and ripped around as
such, l should have fined you IS; but
inasmuch as You appeared at the
masked ball and committed the of
fense while personating the character
of George Washington, the revered
father of his country, / viii have TO
gently stick you for $40. / won't have
this patriotism business brought into
disrepute.o
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Thar Eaan To the Iaft


In London and indeed In all of Great
Britain, all persons, or teams, or trains
keep to the left. It puzzles an Ameri-
can for some days when his heart
moves him on the stairway or sidewalk
to turn to the right to pass some other
human being that thar person does not
reveal any such instinct. He or she
turns to the left, and has never perhaps
imagined the existence of nation
where there are such words as keep to
the right" Some wise men affirm that
the English method Is the better as to
the drivers Of wheeled vehicles, for by
turning to the left he can see where his
wheel Is and where is the wheel of the
party he Is passing. Be this as it may,
one learns 10 few days to turn to the
left, and on returning to America he
must spend few days In learning 70
pass to the right.-Sscing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

Workmen are now digging trenches
around the open space in front of the
old Second Reformed church, Albany,
N. Y, for an extension to the market
which now occupies the site, and their
spades are throwing up from day to
day the bones Of ancient knickerbock-
era who were laid to rest more than q
century ago in what was then peace
ful graveyard. Thee relics of the col
onial period are carefully preserved
and will bo reburiod when the work is
Ipnn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

business at Montreal under the name of
the Empire Implement company has
come to grief. The farmer was the par
ticular object of the csmpany's a;ten-
tions.
In public school at Leavenworth,
Kan, w. &. Rosa, acting as monitor"
tried to report boy of IL years, by
the name of Winters, for whispering. Be-
fore his intention could be fathomed the
latter rushed upon the smaller boy and
plunged knife into his side, inficting a
mortal wound.
ROBERT FORD, who was tried at Plat,s-
burg, Missouri, for the murder of Wood
Hite was acquitt ed by the jury after for
tY-one hours balloting. He walked over
to the telegraph Office and sent the news
to Governor Crittenden and the chief of
police of Kansas City.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

ABOUT mile north of Newport, Vt. ,
the line of the Southeastern railroad
runs through the farm of Thomas
Farrant, who claims that he has never
been paid for the damage done his
farm by tho road. Therefore, week
ago, when the company began to set
posts for u wire fence along the line,
encroaching, as he claims, still further
upon his land, ne sent his men to cut
down the posts. This continued for
three days, until the corporation was
obliged to withdraw the men, for the
present at least.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
vllIWnunaa NIarkaa

MuwAuxEH. Nov. S.-Elouf-In light de-
mand. Wheat-Quiet and steady; No. 2 hard
O9; No. 2,93h; 93H for seller November
uary; 931i for seller the year; No. 8, so. Corn
Quiet; No. ,, ia; rejected 6sK. Oats
Weaker; No. 2, 34 white, 36. Rye-Quet.. and
unchanged; No. ], IS; No. 2, So Barley-Low-
err No. 2,72; extra No. s, "a. Provisons-Lower
Mess Perk-ls.l5 for seller cash and November;
1885 for seller January. Lard-Prime steam,
ll.S0 for seller cash anu November; lilo for
seller January. Live Hogs-Easier; 6.25a675.
Butter Firm, and in good demand. Cheese
Stead. Eggs-scarce; 2iG26 Receipts
Flour. l4,s2s; wheat, S2,4se; barley, 81, lao.
Shipments IA, ,2s5; wheat, ,350 barley,
Is ,299
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

INNOCENT LOOKING barrels Of potatoes
sent from Nova Scotia to parties in
Boston, have been found to contain
tubs of butter and other table COM
modites nicely packed therein. Now
all such merchandise is sent to the
appraisers Office, where there is an ac-
cumulntiou
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
A Dog browns a squirrel.

The son of J. G. Maxwell. of Butter
fy Valley, Plumas County, shot large
gray squirrel that was up tree. The
squirrel was not hurf, but jumped to
the ground and was at once pounced
upon by dog. The squirrel seized
the dog by the lip and held 30 fast that
he was unable to shake It of. After
struggling with il for brief time the
dog ran to stream near by, plunged
the squirrel into the water, and held
II there till it was drowned--G G.eearile,
C7I.. BulIsiss.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Wheat for Feed.

Don't sell any sprouted wheat for 60
cents per bushel il you have anything
you can feed it to. Z is good feed to
fat hogs or cattle. Grind it and feed
to the latter ON chaffed hay, straw or
stalks. It can be fed the same way
also to horses, but be careful about the
quantity, it is very hearty feed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Great Fire in Pittshurg.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 7.-shortly
after two o'clock this morning fire
started in the center of the Oliver
wire mill on the south side, and within
three minutes the entire wooden half
of the mill, covering half square,
was in flames. The alarm was quickly
sounded, but the portion of the build
ing on fire could not be saved ard in a
short time was in ruins. The mill was
the largest wire mill in the country and
filled with the finest machinery. AL
kinds of wire were manufactured, the
annual product being $4,000 tons. The
loss is 100000, and is fully covered by
insurance. Eight hundred men will be
temporarily thrown out of employ
ment.
The fire originated through workmen
placing a lighted lamp near a barrel OF
oil, thele ehy causing an explosion. The
insurance was $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

THE Pope of Rome, in an incyclical
letter To the churches, issued yesterday
hits the nail fquarely on the head"
when, lamenting the dearth of Christian
virtues in the nineteenth centuary, he
declares that "the greater part of the
men to-day are seeking to revel in lux
ury, and, being extravagant of their
own goods, are greedy after those of
their neighbors."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
A Dress barometer for Women.

"Are you going down town this
morning." asked a South End belle OF
her friend. "Why, do you know, ]
haven't thing suitable to wear"
"Where's that big ruffied suit?" 'Oh,
Fm not going to wear that I've
worn that three times already, and
George says look like a picked chick
en- looking through a hedge In it, !" and
she obliged herself to wait for a couple
of weeks for seal-skin sack weather
to appear. Whit a woman needs is q
dress barometer that shall decide Just
what she shall wear every day.-Bos&o1l
II<Ie
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

Ir is understood at Washington
that the United States Government will
be invited to select the President of the
International Commission, organic d to
determine the value Of property des-
troyed at Alexandria during the late
war in Eyynt.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

The dedication Of St. Michael ceme-
terry makes the tenth burying, ground
for Louisville; the EASTER. cemetery,
with thirty thousand graves, has the
most buried.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

The Washington city savings bank,
which suspended in 1873, owing 81
100000 to depositors, has just paid its
last dividend, making dollar for dollar
restored.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

A JOINT OF the vertebIn Of some un-
known sea monster was recently found
in lower Florida. The bone measured
81 feet in circumference and weighed
Is nOunds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
The Pamous India JuggIers.

A Hindoo, Iectaring y Brooklyn, sald
of the famous India jugglers: "Jhey
can swallow q chain and make it ciink
in their stomach, and also can swallow
a sword. The Magic trick is one OF
their best feats. They procure small
piece of wood, and having planted it in
the ground they ask the bystander what
fruit he would prefer. The juggler,
wrapped in sheet, will crouch TO the
earth, and through q rent In the gar
ment one can see him cut himself with
q rszor under his arms and rub q piece
of wood in his blood. The tree then
comes forth, first as a spYout, then full
of leaves, and finally bearing fruit"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

The Mexicans are considering the
subject Of IL reciprocity treaty with the
United States, the scheme being re-
ceived with little favor, as the reve-
nucs of that government comes
mostly from import duties
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

THERE were 1913 deaths in Chicago
during October, being 262 less than for
the corresponding month last year.
About one-balf of the deaths were of
infants, under 5 years Of age.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

SEVERAL white men Of Anderson
county, kentucky, induced an old ne
gro named San B1hlnuon to drink
pint OF cheap whisky at one drink He
did 40. and died.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

The negros of Buckingham county,
Va, have forcibly taken possession OF
the colored schools taught by whites,
and refuse to let them be continued
unless colored teachers are employed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

SEVERAL villages were destroyed by
an earthquake in Northern Syria (Asia)
Wednesday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

A SEVERE shock of earthquake-'he
third in eight days-occured in Men
docino county, California, on the 9th
nit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
A memorial tablet of sheet brass anG

A memorial tablet of sheet brass and
black marbel, to DIR. Leonard Bacon,
was recently put in place in the Center
Church, New Haven, Conn. The de-
scendants Of DR.. Nathaniel w. Taylor
have placed In the same church . sinni-
lar memorial; il is on the north side,
directly opposite the DIR. Bacon tablet.
Above the inscription IL medallion
likeness of DR.. Taylor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

A DISASTER is reported to have over
taken the Danish Arctic exploring ex-
pedition on the Siberian coast.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

SHIPPAN point, at Stanford, Conn, 1t
is sal !, has been bought for summer
resort by syndicate controlling 81
SOC, 700.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
sENrrsELLs are still guarding the tomb
of Gen. Garfield.

EXTREME cold weather is reported in
Russia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Important Decision in RCasu Involv-
ing the validity of the iowa prohib-
1tOry Amendment-Judg Hayes Of
the DavenpOrL District Court
Tells why the Instrument ~ no pnrt
of the Law,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ga cold mis-
ty rain set in this morning, and con-
trary to expectation the first three
hours polling showed only light vote.
Toward noon the weather became
somewhat clearer, the vote increased,
and everything generally was quiet,
although the police had to be called
this morning ta quell disturbance in
the Fifth ward.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Reports from
Pennsylvania show that Beaver Is de-
feated by $1,000 msjority.
Connecticut.
HARTFORD, Nov. THE was fair
and 8 vote quite full throughout the
state. There has been a falling of
from the vote of 1880, the republican
loss being very much greater than the
democratic. It Is probable Eaton is
elected to congress from the first dis
trict. The probability il that the
democrats have elected the state tick.
ct. Congressman Waite. republican, L
undoubtedly elected IN the third dis
trict. Towns Just Eeard from give
Buckley, 2,72S; Waller, 2,22S; against
3 vote in 80 of 3. .259 republican, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

CHICAGO, Nov. The republican
county ticket is elscted by 5000 ma
jority. TIE republicans elect three
congressman in Cook county, and the
majority of the legislative candidates.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10

HALIFAX, Nov. As far as ascer-
tanned, 81 persons were burned to death
in last nights fire, s men and % wo-
men,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-08

COTToE GAMBLING Cotton ganh
ling is now about as lively as noll
gambling used To he, and the results
are about as bad. During tie year
ending May 81, 1881, the legitimate
sales that is, sales for delivery
amounted to 31O, sic bales Ia the New
York Cotton Exchange, whilst the
sales on margin for purely speculative
and gambling purposes were Is, 72l,
500 bales, so that for every bale sold to
be delivered there were seventy five
bales sold with no intention on the side
either of the seller or buyer OF any de
livery Of actual bales. These were
merely betting on future prices in a
form that made the bets legal obliga
tons. Needless to say hat most of
these millions Of bales sold on specula
ton had no actual existence. A small
army of brokers-callsd scalpers-livt
upon this continual bandying about Of
bogus cotton, and all their living comes
out OF the margins put up by the gamb
lers, who, on the average, lose all the
money they invest sooner or later.
Even those who make fortunes by sue
cessful hits never keep them long;
the money goes away as it came. A
dealer in cotton for forty years told a
reporter that no calculations made by
sven the most experienced and best in
formed cotton merchants have been or
are of any value whatever in forecast
ing the future.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-08
reputation. In 1870, however, there

reputation. In 1870, however, there
We're 4.237 tanneries in the United
States, employing 20, 7S4 hands, using .
capital of $42. TO, sos, paying in wages
S1,934, 4l6 annually, producing leather
valued at $50, l60, 883, using more than
50, OC0, 600 worth of bark, nearly 9.OOO.-
900 hides, and 9, 664, eco skins. There
was also 3,Os5 currying establishments,
employing $1,000 hands, absorbing
sl2, 900, 600 capital, and producing
s54, l9l, 167. There were. moreover.
3,15l establishments for the manufac
ture of boots and shoes, employing Oh
7O2 hands, with a capital Of $37, 5Is,-
0l9, paying In wages 81, 5O4, 444 an
nually, using IS, SOP, 7l8 worth of
leather, manufacturing boots valued at
1913. S4s 2O3, with a production valued
at $l47, 7O4, coo.
The growth Of the iron and steel in
dustry has been equally remarkable.
In 1910 we produced but so, 900 tons OF
IRON and u largest furnace could yield
but 800 tons annually. In 1880 the
product was los, OOU tons; liz 1910, 3l5,-
100 tons; in 184S, 500, 900 tons; 1860,
900, 900 tons In 1880 the iron and
steel works OF the United States pro-
duced 1925, 100 tons, as against $780,
al5 in 1870. The capital invested was
$3.50, GIL ,SS4; the number of hands en-
ployed was lac, 97s; the wages paid
amounted to $50 .476, 1855; and the value
OF all the products was 1896, 557, 685.
In the manufacture OF machinery the
capital invested has increased from
SIS, 900 900 to $40, 900. 900 in twenty
years, and tie annual value of the pro-
duct is more than $40, 600 900
The aggregate annual product of the
manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries Of the United States is now more
than six thousand millions of dollars.
OF this vast product less than two hun.
dred millions are exported. And Of the
50, OOO, 600, Go procaced By agriculture
less than lo per cent. is exported. On
the self supporting power of the Ameri
can people and on the mutual relations
existing between our industries we can
dwell as Americans with the most pro-
found satisfaction. | have alluded to
the producing power OF the American
people, but In order to understand the
relations which ex st between our in
dustries we should not forget our con-
Stunning capacity also Of the $15,
5000 900 produced by our various
industries, nearly $l4, 600, 600, 900 are
consumed at home. 1t is the home
market to which the American produ-
Ger turns most naturally, let his indus
try be what i: may.