Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-09-29
PERSONS AND THINGS.

and when 100 candidates viii be run
ming for each Office. Unfortunately
for Denis scheme, the sovereign, by
the time he had taken drink with
100 candidates, would be too drunk to
deposit his snowflake.
The water at Poquetannoc cove was
phosphorescent one evening las. week,
and trail of light seemed to follow
the darting fish as they shot through
the water. The phenomenon was so
unusual that the people went off in
boats to witness it. Several who were
upon the water in boats declare that
the fish were so numerous and the
light so prevalent that the bottom was
illuminated, and crabs and eels could
be plainly seen.
On the morning of the 9Th inst.
eight Chinese highbinders broke into
All Gins cabin at Dutch Flat, Col, and
seized and carried off his wife. All
Gin gave the alarm, and large party
of white men started in persuit. The
kidnapers were traced to Coalfax,
thence to Indian Springs. About nine
miles from Grass valley the search
party visited the cabin of Chinaman
and found the stolen wife there. Two
of the thieves were captured and ar
rested, and the little Chinese woman
returned to her lord.
A 9-year-old daughter of Congress
man Van Voorhis, Of Rochester, was
playing on the lake beach, near Oh ar
lotte, with other children. Her dress
came in contact with fire the children
had built, and almost instantaneously
the little one was enveloped in flames.
Quick as thought her little brother,
but two years older, seized her in his
arms and threw her into the lake. She
was completely submerged, and was
taken from the water well drenched,
but the heroic act unquestionably
saved the little ones life. She was
somewhat burnt about the hands and
wrists, but escaped other injury.
Bernays, lawyer of Antwerp, was
found with bullet through his heart.
The case was at first regarded as sui
eide, but an anonymous letter, labori-
ously striving to make it appear an ac-
cident, led to the prosecution of two
brothers named Peltzer for his murder.
The trial, it is promised, "will rival
anything related by Poe 1t will
surely be exhaustive, judging by the
facts that $50 witnesses will be exam
med, and twenty writer's are occupied
night and day copying the documents,
which alone will take month. The
expenses up to the present have
reached $40, 900, and the indictment
fills big volume.
Mr.. Chas. T. Howard. treasurer Of
the Providence telephone company,
has invented an instrument which APP
pears to be valuable adjunct to the
telephone. Il consists of an ingenious
combination of switches and safety
catches, so arranged on the outside of
the building that by the simple turning
Of knob near the telephone all con-
nection with the outside wires is served.
The instrument includes lightning ar
rosters, and an arrangement against
stray electric light currents. By the
use of this attachment in places of
business, safety from lightning and
powerful electric light currents is Sc
cured by turning the knob when a
building is closed for the night.
The recent food in the San Marcos
river, near Dripping Springs, drowned
five out of Ben Taylor's family of
seven. The father, mother, ana three
children, with their dwelling house,
were swept away and lost. Two boys,
one y and the other years old, alone
escaped. The younger boy soon after
leaving the house, caught hold of q
log and hell to it; when it went under
he went under with it; when it rolled
over, he went with it. He went down
about four hundred yards belo" land was
thrown against bluff amongst some
trees. He let go his log and caught
hold of tree, where he remained I'M
til about daylight, then got out.
A little 7-year-old girl, daughter of a
lady living at Austin Tex, has been
complaining since last winter with q
pain in the side. She was examined
by q physician, and although there ex-
listed considerable swelling, no probable
cause for the pain could be detected.
The other day the pain was a little
more severe than usual, and upon ex-
animation by lady in the house,
about half inch of darning- needle
was found protruding through the skin.
The lady pulled the needle out, which
proved to be about three inches in
length, and had piece of thread at
tached The little sufferer is all right
now. The strangest part of the story
is that neither the child nor its mother
have any recollection of the time when
the needle was swallowed.