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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
WHY the Minister Ceased to Wonder at
Remarkable Miracle.
Denver Tribune.

Apropos of the Egyptian trouble, we
wish to relate little story, the circum-
stance of which occurred during our
trip to the Holy Land several years or
more ago.
He was devout Christian, and rad
made the study of the Bible and a
proper understanding of the Big Book
the highest aim of life.
When he arrived at the Sea of Cali
lee his heart was filled with awe, and
he felt enervated and cleansed by the
thought that he was gazing on the very
came spot where his Saviour once
stood.
Approaching the boatman, he ad-
dressed him in his choicest Arabic,
and, with Bible and commentary in
hand, awaited an answer.
"Ahl what smatter til yer? Why
don't yer talk the United States p
asked the man contemptuously. He
was real live Yankee, who was pick
ing up a living by ferrying tourists
across the sea.
$50 this is the Sea of Galilee," de-
veutly murmured the searcher after
knowledge.
"Ya.as."
"And this is where our Saviour
walked upon the waters?'
"Ya-ars."
Glow much will you charge to take
me to the exact spot?"
"Wa-al, you look like a clergyman,
an won't caarge you nothin'."
The deyout one boarded the boat,
and at last was pointed out where the
miracle is said to have occurred.
After gazing at the waters, and dividing
his time between glances at his books
and devout calculations OF satisfaction,
the searcher signifed his willingness to
return.
"Charge you $40 to take you back"
said the speculative Yankee.
"But you said you would charge
nothing"
"Naw, didn't. Nothin' to bring you
out; twenty to get back-"
"And do you charge everybody $50
to take them backT asked the aston
ished searcher."
"Yaas. That's about the fgger."
"Well, then" said the devout one,
as he went down in his clothes, mo
wonder our Saviour got out and
walked
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Insuited the Orchestra

A curious, and, to the performers,
not a very pleasant incident. happened
a short time ago at the Cnateau d'Eau
Theater. The occasion was the attempt
to give "Don Pasquale" in French. In
the middle OF the opera Mile. Mineur,
who was singing Norma, suddenly stop
ped and said to the leader of the or
chestra: 3You are accompanying me
abominably; besides which you sup
press all the ritsrneM." "Well, ! wont
accompany you at all" replied n.
Bourgeois, who Immediately left his seat
followed by the rest of the orceestra,
walked out. The curtain was ruDg
down and the lesee rushed after the
musicians and attempted to induce
them to come back. They refused abb
solutely. The curtain was then raised
again and an actor addressed bimsalf To
the audience, asking: .Connot some
body play the pjanof" An old lady in
the audience quietly left her seat and
sat down to the piano and acc0mpan-
led exquisitely during the rest of the
performance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

AFR. SPEAKER kEIFER got back to
Congress this fall on very narrow
margin, but those who supported him
for Speaker, and whom he rewarded
by making them chairmen of some
standing committees, seem to have
been badly left. Among these are Page,
OF the Commerce Committee, who had
charge Of the River and Harbor bill;
Orspo, of the Banking and Currency
Committee, who did good work in that
position, and had charge of the Nation
al Bank bill; Williams, OF the Foreign
Affairs Committee; Pound, of the
fnohc Lands Committee; Burrows, of
the Committee on Territories, who had
charge OF the Dakota bill; Amos Town
send, of the Committee on Railways
and Canals; Van Voorhis, of the Com.
mittee on Mines and Mining; Shelleu-
berger, of the Committee on Public
Buildings; Hszelton, of the Committee
on Pacific Railroads; Young, of the
Committee ON Patents, Crowley, Of the
Claims COMMITTEES; Pacheco, of the
Committee on Private Land Claims;
Neal, of the District of Columbia Com
mittee; 0rth, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform, and
Deering, Robinson, Bragg, Hubbell,
Willis, Erett, Urner, McCook, Aldrich,
Prescott, Updegraff, Camp, and others
who keld chairmanships which were
more or less ornamental.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Southern News.

Sweet potatoes average about 90
cents per bushel in Georgia.
The United States jail at Fort Smith,
Ark, contains 100 prisoners.
Cotton seed is bringi,gl 15 cents per
bus hel in Georgia.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, received it's
first hogshead of new tobacco last
week.
The south sends $S,0o0,000 worth OF
cot,onseed oil to Great Britain annaul.
ly.
The Nashville market is abundantly
supplied with venison from the Cum
berland Mountains.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky,
has thus far pardoned every man who
was convicted of carrying concealed
weapons.
The house in which William Hoop
er, one Of the signers of the deciara-
tion of independence, was born, in
Wilmington, N. c., was torn down last
week.
The new directory of Knoxville,
Tenn, gives the population OF that city
at IL ,15l.
Chicago parties have recently pur-
chased 800 acres Of land in Leon, Co.,
Ala, for 80 cents per acre.
A boy near Danville, KY, swallowed
a chestnut while laughing, which lodged
in his windpipe and killed him in two
minutes.
The musical festival at Charleston,
S. c., last week, was the first ever at
empted in the south.
The mace and sword Of state used in
South Carolina in colonial days, are
still preserved. They were brought TO
this country in 1923.
DR.. E. Heidsingerfelder, OF New Or
leans, in the past forty-one years has
performed the rites OF circumcision on
., 115 children.
Two years ago so little dried fruit
gas shipped from Tenn. that it was
scarcely worthy of note. The business
has now grown to be one OF the most
important in the state.
The cotton crop of Texas is so large
and pickers so scarce that great deal
of the staple will remain ungathered,
thereby entailing heavy loss on the
planters.
Several Chattanooga, Tenn, youths
filed large can with water, sealed it
up tightly, and then, after placing it On
a hot FIRE, stood by to see it burst.
Willie Dugger was SO badly scalded
whe1 the explosion occurred that he
viii loose bis eyesight and probably his
life.
A movement is on foot to induce the
planters to make change in their
method of shipping cotton, and TO re-
duce the weight ofa bale to 100 pounds.
There is said to be no good reason why
cotton should be packed in cumbrous
bales weighing 500 pounds. Egyptian
cotton bales weigh SO pounds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
DIR. HamiltOn's Bill.


EXPLAINING HIS CLAIM OF $25. 900 FOR
ATTENDANCE ON PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-Dr. Frank
H. Hamilton, of New York, in submit
ting to the board of audit his bill
amounting to 5000 for services rem
dered to the late President James A.
Garfield, wrote to Judge Lawrence as
follows:
In the presentation of claim which
/ know cannot be paid out of the sum
of money ($S5 000l placed at your dis
posal by congress, my intention is only
to indicate to you what | would regard
as minimum compensation for SINH
lar services in the case of private citi-
zen who was pecuniarily responsible,
and who would not be embarrassed
by such payment, l will further
say that while / do not make
for myself any relative claim, |
must protest against the presentation
on the part of one of the physicians in
attendance Of a relative claim, to the
effect that he is entitled to receive
NooOiO NV ASO VI any OeLC1 iAil 0lCAhh
in attendance" which claim was laid
before the house committee, and may
have been laid before your honor.
The letter was accompanied by q
statement of the nature, of the services
rendered at the conclusion of which
DR.. Hamilton said:
The circumstantial statements
make with great reluctance; but they
seem to be rendered necessary by the
fact that there are intimations to the
contrary contained in the report of the
house committee, and obtained appar-
emily from sources which the committee
considered reliable. Moreover. con-
gress has chosen to place the payment
of the medical attendants upon a
purely business basis; and your board
has therefore properly instructed the
chairman to describe fully the services
rendered" The lie item which | have
to present your board as the basis of
my claim is my long attendance upon
the late president as q consulting su r
geon, with its accompanying RESPONSE
bilities, which God forbid | shall ever
again be called upon to bear.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
CRIME.

THE man charged with an attempt on
the life of Justice Lawson, of Dublin,
proves to be Pat. Delaney, who was once
sentenced to seven years penal servitude
for highway robbery and firing upon an
officer.
OFFICER CRewE, OF Brooklyn, in at
tempting to disperse crowd of Itslians.
was assaulted with sticks and stones, and
was compelled TO shoot one of the rioters
in the side.
RgvENuE officers in New York have ar
rested Geo. ID. Bayard and Gustave F.
Perremond, liqucr-dealers of that city,
and j. ii. Busted, diatiller Of Wesifield
Mass, for defrauding the revenue by using
stamps the second time.
AT a meeting of the higher Mormon
priesthood after the late conference,
President Taylor gave instructions that
bishops and councillors can only hold their
position by becoming polygamists. One
apostle has lately complied with the
order, but another resigned his office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
SecOr ROheSnn'S House for Sale.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Whatever
Robson may be in other respects, he
is not fool About the first thing he
did after his defeat was to come to
Washington and put up his big house
for sale. When he began it he counted
on getting into the senate, and on
career in Washington social life. That
is all changed. and he proposes now to
sell the house. The prospect is that
mis- is not the only house that will be
thrown upon the market by defeated
republican leaders. Owning big house
in Washington will hereafter be one of
the things that will not count in favor
of public man VINO came here poor,
as Robson and Blaine and some others
did.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Three Of a Kind.

The president of q matrimonial as
sociation entered into q contract with
the s1andlady" Of q boarding house,
agreeing that IL she would keep three
kinds of meat On the table he would
board with her three months. The
other day lawsuit grew out Of the
contract, and when the case came up
for trial the president Of the matrimon-
ial association made . statement de-
claring that liver was the only kind Of
meat furnished By the landlady. The
woman in reply said: Judge, I prom
ised to keep three kinds Of meat, and ]
have: at each meal I have had beef
liver, hog liver, and sheep liver. II
that amt three kinds of meat I'm will
ing 70 surrender my experiences and
hire out as z. professional yellow fever
nurse" The judge decided that the
woman's idea of meat was correct, and
accordingly threw the unfortunate
president in for the costs. Buffalo
Nuyier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
GENERAL NOTES.

SkNAToR HoA2 is to be succeeded by
Governor Long, whose seat in congress
will fall to Lieutenant Governor Ames.
TIE revenue cutter Corwin destroyed
an Indian village on the coast Of Alaska,
on Saturday, where the warriors had
seiz d 4 steam launch and made prisone rs
of two white men.
GlN. ORp failed in his effort with Pres
ident Gonzales for the amalgamation of
the Mexican Southern road with the Ori-
entail. Jay Gould will secure modifi-
cation of the Oriental grant in regard
to the forfeiture of the concession, and re-
commence work.
THE defeat of Horace +. Page, repub.
lican, in the Second district of California.
is now assured. Michigan has chosen six
democratic congressman, Wisconsin six,
Iowa four, and Illinois ten. The demo-
Gratis gain four congressman in Indiana.
The Legislatures of Illinois and Wisconsin
will on Joint ballot be anti-republican,
New Mexico has elected Tranqui,ina
Luns, republican, delegate in congress.
Cleveland's majority in New York is now
estimated at 10000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
frcm the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY FoLGgR has authorized the
assistant treasurer at New York to antici-
pate the payment of called bonds at the
rate of S5,000,00 per month without re-
bate of interest.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER has re-
quested the district commissioners at
Washington TO remove Detective George
O Miller fer betraying the interests Of
the government in the star-route cases.
IT is rumored that since Mr.. Robeson' s
defeat for reelection to congress his wife
has decided not to move into their new
Washington house this year, and it is
probable she will again go 10 Europe With
her ehild1en.
Ex-SURG EoN GENERAL BAkNEs contin-
ues in such feeble health as to cause his
friends great anxiety. DR.. Woodward,
another of President Garfield physicians,
is also very low. Dr.. Woodward 3 friends
have no hope Of his recovery.
Mr.. J.. u. LATTER, OF Chicago, has
bought the large ndpieasant dwelling on
Lafayette square owned by the widow of
Governor Marcy. He wanted to keep
house but found it cheaper to buy, as his
offer of 81 goo mouth for seven months
for certain furnished house which he
fancied was refused. He was told he
could have it for year at that price, but
for no less period.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The Ninth District.

STEVENSON CLAIMS HIS ELECTION.
Special to Madison Democrat.
MARINETTE, Nov. At is impossi-
bic to answer your telegram with abso-
Lutte accuracy. Official returns from
but five counties are known positively,
seven counties are known semi-official-
ly, while but little is known of the other
three. From private, and what con-
slider absolutely reliable, information,
1 am satisfied that my majority win be
800 or more. / believe there is no
doubt of my election, and consider it
simply question of majority. You
may say that claim it by 800 or
over. ISAAC STEVENSON.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Another 6rip-Car Fatality.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11-Another grip car
accident resulting fatally occurred at
halfpast 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
this time being caused apparently by
the victims own ignorance or careless.
ness, and in no wise attributable to any
lack of care or negilancs on the part
of the company's employees. Michael
Connolly, of No. loo East Twentieth
street, was the victim. He stepped
from the Car while it was in motion.
He is the 18th victim.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The Pay OF Men Who Run Railway
Trains.
Buffalo Express.

Engineers on the Central Hudson
road are paid three cents q mile, and
firemen receive just one half that rate.
Passenger conductors are paid $50 q
month, and, in some instances, SO
more. As the engineer has control of
the brakes the eld-fsshioned brake
man is displaced by "trainmen," who
help ladies to seats and also assist
them in coming snd going. These men
men receive $50 month, but the man
on the last car has So additional, as
his responsibility is greater. In case
of any delay he must so back on the
track to flag approaching trains, and
may be left behind. Bsggagetnen are
paid 500, though in some instances
where the route is of unusual length 1t
is increased to $40. Station agents
are paid $50. aud ticket sgents lex
ceptin cities) $50. This class are the
poorest paid of all railway officials, as
they are closely confined and serve
long hours, but there are so many
women ready to accept such work that
women's pay becomes the standard.
The track boss is paid AS q month.
Switchmen and higmen have only $50.
and yet this is one of the most re-
sponsible positions on the road
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The Westphalia.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The steamer
Westphalia will forward all her passen-
gers direct to London, and herself pro-
ceed to Hamburg as soon as she is suf-
fciently repaired to undertake the
trip. This will probably be tomorrow,
as she is not much injured. Nothing
as yet is heard from the first officers
boat and its six men.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE ste amship
Meruya reports that when going into
Falmouth she passed white boat cal
rying red flag and having five men,
out twenty miles east of Beachy Head
This was nine hours after the West
phalia collision, and is supposed to be
the missing boat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

UNDIsMAYED by the failure of another
young lady, Miss Florence Kelley,
daughter of Congressman William ID.
Kelley, and Miss Frances H. Mitchell,
both former students Of Cornell univer-
siiy, have made application for admis.
sion.to the university of Pennsylvania,
the former ~ special student in Greek
and the latter in the junior class The
trustees nre To consider their applici-
ton at II special meeting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Two deaths by yellow fever and nine
new cases are reported from Pensacola.
THE wooden railroad bridge across the
Susquehanna river at Great Bend was
burned Tuesday.
A LOSS of 100000 was caused at To
ronto, Saturday, by the burning of the
storehouse of the Hamilton and Western
railway.
A PANIC was created in the st. Law
renee Catholic church, New York. by
the falling Of portion of the ceiling,
three women fainting, but no one being
seriously injured.
JoHN O'CoNNoR, formerly Catholic
priest, attempted to lecture in public
hall in Toledo, but so loud were the
threats 10 kill him that he was taken to
the station by the police, followed by
over 1000 persons, one of whom hit him
with a stone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

Or the members of the house commit
tee on commerce, the committee which
prepared the River and Harbor bid,
chairman Page and Mrssrs. Richardson
Chandler, White and Ross have been
defeated for re. election. Messrs. Town,
sends Of Ohio, Ward, of Pennsylvania,
and MoLane, of Maryland, were not re-
nominated. OF the fifteen members of
the committee, tho only ones returned
to the Forty eighth congress are Horr of
Michigan, W1shburn of Minnesota,
George, of Oregon, Guenther, of Wis.
consin, Reagan, of Texas, and Herndon
of Alabama,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
PATTPS PAY.
Refusing $500 a Night for Forty
Nights In Brazil.

Refusing s6.3o0 a Night for Forty
Nights In Brazil
New YORK, Nov. lis it true that
Patti is to have 100000 for four
months in Brazil in 1882
The question was asked of Colonel
Mapleson last evening at the Academy
of Music.
the offer from Brazil is better than
that," replied the impresario. 81 saw
letter in which q proposition was
made to pay her So 500 q night for
forty nights, and that amounts to 252,-
900. If she sang twice week, her
engagement In Brazil would continue
for FIVE months. The aggregate Is
large, but for 3 single night I paid the
largest price paid for an evenings per-
formance in America, in paying Mile.
Patti $S. coo night IN Cincinnati"
HAS Patti decided to accept
''She viii not accept. Money Is no
object to her. 1t took me four months
10 persuade her to come TO America
and she cried like q child when she
Quilted her castle home. Those rich
Brazilian planters would give almost
anything to get the diva down there"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The State Elections.

The state elections ON Tuesday re-
suited as follows.
DEMOCRATIC. - California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kan
sas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Missouri. Nevada, New York Una
Jority (190.00o), North Carolina, Penn
sylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas.
Recommendations, Iowa, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and New Hampshire.
In some other states part of the re-
publican ticket was elected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Indian Agent Tiffany.

s NEv YORK, NV. 14-Ex Indian
Agent j. G. Tfany, indicted in the
Arizona territory for embezzling
moneys and government property, ag-
gregating about $4,000, gave bail in
the sum Of SIS, 900, to appear at the
opening of the United States district
court in Tucson, Arizona territory, the
iirst Monday in February, to plead to
indictment. ]. B. Cornell, merchant,
became his hondsman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

IN closing his speech in Boston Tues
day night, Guvernor-elect Ben f. But
Ter said; For myself, | have but one
pledge to make, and that Is, that no
one OF you shall ever regret the vote
that you have given this day, and that
1t shall ba my ondeavor that in this
commonwealth every man shall enjoy
equality of right, equality of power,
equality of burden, and equality of
privilege under the law"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
NO. Is.

committee say: "During the week
past We were informed by the commit
tee from the board of direction, that
the success of the exposition is already
assured and that little space remains.
They generally desire our citizens to
loan the exposition from their rich
and varied art collections of some few
of the most noteworthy examples in
all branches of fine arts. especially
paintings"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
She was Deaf.


AND OF COURSE ON THE TRACK.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14.-Last even
ing, as Rebecca I. McGill, sister of the
president of Swarthmore college, was
crossing the tracks of the West Ches-
ter railway at Swarthmore, she was
struck by locomotive and fatally in
jured. She was deaf and consequently
did not hear the whistle of the advanc-
ing train. Only short time elapsed
between the accident and her death.