Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-10-27
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

HARMAN S. CoNGER. Judge of the
twelfth circuit Of Wisconsin, died at James
vile Sunday.
Four of the victims of the Hoosac tun.
mel disaster have died, axd two others Car
not long survive.
WESLEY RICKKrTs, JR., a well-knowr
young merchant of Baltimore, fell of
Smiths wharf and was drowned.
A COLLISION of passenger trains a.
Salem, Kansas. caused the infiction OF
serious injuries on several persons and
the destruction of both engines.
THE Illinois board of health repe rts the
prevalence Of smallpox in Aurora, and
urges upon all local boards the necessity
of vaccination before cold weather sets in
EUGENE BoGARDUs, the eldest son OF
the famous shot, was fatally injured by
being thrown from a train at Tailadega,
Alabama, by sudden lurch of the car.
PLEURo-PNRUMoSIA mas appeared
among the cattle near Lancaster. Penn.
}. Ii. Saunders of Chicago, president OF
the cattle comm ission. pronounces Balti-
more and the ad djacent farms hotbed of
the pestilence,
A BROKEN rail near Sandusky threw a
passenger car from the track, seriously
injuripg William FL. Lingard, Alice Lin
gard and several others who were taken
to Sandusky.
A FIRE which broke out on pier No.
at Philadelphia consumed two tug-boats,
the narrow guage freight depot, and a
large amount of freight, the loss being
100000.
DURING storm Sunday night at FAIR
field, Iowa, wild ducks gathered around
the electric lights in the tower and put
out all but one, breaking several globes
Nearly 200 dead birds were picked up in
three hours.
AN engine on the South Park road in
Colorado was taking a aat-car down a
steep grade when collision occurred
with mule which stood on the track
Conductor Bludsoe and two men were in
stantly killed, but the engineer and fire.
man saved themselves by leaping.
DURING Wednesday night, at hospital
in Montreal, conducted by the Sisters Of
Charity, Mrs. Joyce, the wife Of a mer-
chant, and farmer, who were suffering
from the delirium tremens, each sprang
from the upper floor and were found dead
on the grass plat in the morning.
NEARLY forty thousand citixsns of Pat
terson, n. j., have this fall been vaccinat.
ed, but three responsible physicians state
| that the virus used, which came mostly
from the Clifton farm, was spurious.
Smallpox is rapidly spreading.
Tux Irish National Conference assem-.
bled at Dublin Wednesday, Parnell pre-
siding. The platform was oecup ed by ,
umber of prominent men, including the
Lord Mayor of Dublin and the extreme
Irish members of parliament. Egan
treasurer of the land leagne, presented
his report, and stated that e250 600 passed
| through his hands. Psrnell presented
the programme of the conference, which
declares for home rule and the right OF
tenant-farmers TO become owners by pur-
chsse. He denied that there had been
any dicia,ioh from Irish- Americans, a.
| rerting that il there had been he, as least
would have disobeyed it. All the .paak
! ers united in declarin that the land ac
was an utter failure. Michael Davitt
while dissenting from ParnelPs land-re-
form scheme, will cooperate with hi m in
etectir the abolition of landlordism. All
amendment by Davitt to the oonstitution
regarding the Numerical membership o
the new council, brought T. P. OEonno
TO his feet, who charged DAvitt with try
ing to injure Parnelrs prestige. Davit
said gentleman would not have uttered
J the accusations NJ ale by O'Counor, an,
-. withdrew his -hendment to prove hov
| gropndless W re 0'Connor's statements.