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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
NO. 26.

point was that in the recent elec,
ton. Conventions were held by the
two political parties, and the Mormons
agreed to support the democratic can
oldste, but when the time arrived they
decided upon one of their own clan. a
bishop, and elected him to the lesisla-
ture. All orders relative to the conduct
of affairs are sent from Salt Lake sew
eral months in advance of any import
ant event, and the teachers are careful
TO post the polygamists accordingly.
Praselyting is sctiyely C .ried on; the
young converts, some not mere than
fifteen years of age. and of both sexes,
sre first sealed to the church and
taught to ignore the laws of the United
States. AT q recent ceremony in the
endowment house the United States
flag was spit and trod upon, which so in
csnsed one of the male candidates that
he renounced his allegiance to the
Mormon church and left the scene,
although several of the elders at
tempted to forcibly detain him. All
these points will be fully explained to
congress before Delegate Singiser re-
turns to Idaho.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

Two men in police uniform recently
called at the house of gentleman in
Boston who was giving fancy dress
ball, and insisted that the company
must separate. Not at all, said the
host; this is a private house." Very
well, sir" said one of the policemen,
"here are my orders, and | must take
the names of all who are present" "Do
So" responded the host. The police
men went 10 work and put down all the
names. making everybody suprcmely
uncomfortable. Directly they had done
SO, one of them walked ur to table
and poured himself out glass of
champagne. What right have you to
drink my wine?' roared the host. 81
supposed, when I was invited" re-
sponded the policeman, that refresh
ments were ircluded;" and, amidst a
roar of laughter, he showed his card.
Both the men were siS,ply invited
guests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Vanderbilt.

HIS TRIP TO THE WEST POSTPONED.
New YORK, Jan. S0.-The report that
Mr.. Vanderbilt had abandoned his
much advertised excursion has created
some surprise and curiosity. The ru-
NOR was circulated this afternoon that
Mr.. V. had received notice of plot to
kidnap him and hold him for ransom
This frightened him and he gave up
going. To settle TIE matter reporter
called at Mr.. Vanderbilt's residence
this afternoon and interviewed him.
When the reporter ascended the steps of
Mr.. Vanderbilt's mansion, he saw on the
outer door of the porch little bronze
plate, stamped with the words: "Press
| the button and pass through the cor
ridor." Close by was an electric button,
as big around as copper cent. After
pressing the button, the caller at Mr..
Vanderbilt's house turned the knob of
| the door, and the door opened. As he
stepped into the lobby and turned to the
| left, the inner door slid back, and
porter appeared.
The porter said that Mr.. Vanderbilt
was in, and led the way to the recep-
ton room on the north side of the
house. The reception room was very
| dark, heavy door curtains shutting out
| the light which would have come from
the parlor on the northeast corner.
Stepping between the folds of the cur
tain into the parlor the reporter found
Mr.. Vanderbilt seated in Il low
easy chair, with his feet stretched
out toward cracking wood fire. A
pile of books was on the comfortable
at his left, and on his right hand, tossed
| in disorder on the floor, were number
| of morning newspape rs, as if he had
thrown them thelc when the light be-
came too dim for reading. The room
was full of shadows, disturbed now and
then by the flashes of the wood fire.
"Well, sir, what can l do for you p
said Mr.. Vanderbilt.
at is said that you have abandoned
your western trip"
mo, that is not true. 1t is true that
have given up my intention of start
ing Gn Wednesday,. But [ am surprised
| that that is known so soon. Why, did
not tell my family till last night that
should put it of. The bad weather was
my reason. Friends advised me tha.
it would be much pleasanter three or
four weeks later"
Were you going to the Yellowstone
Park?"
eyes, all through the west"
els not the weather much milder out
therc?'
March and April are very mild
months in that section"
SIS this to be merely pleasure trip,
Mr.. Vanderbilt Z"
'Only a pleasure trip. | have no
other reason whatever for making it."
"Have you heard any talk Of an al
legged plan to kidnap you in the west
and hold you for b ransom? The
story goes that such reports have had
something to do with your change of
plans"
Mr.. Vanderbilt leaned back in the
broad chair, laid his head on The back
and said slowly, as he glanced through
the rorth window and up the avenue:
Now, as to this ransom business, it
is simply impossible. Why, they
couldn't kidnap me if they wanted to.
No one knows five minutes ahead
where am going to be. 1 have got
things so fixed that l can GO in any
| direction at any moment, so, you see
they could hardly lay any trap for
| me-"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

The recent c)ld snap of four days
suration WAS one of the coolest in the
history of Wyoming territory. The
mercury ranged from zsro to So below,
with slight wind. The fall of snow was
light 80 that winter-cured grass, on
which cattle and sheep fed while roam
ing the plairs, was not covered. The
animals can withstand any tempera-
ture while feed is abundant. The losses
were scarcely sufficient to notice. A
few sickiy calves in each herd succnmb
ed. Sheep suffered none. Thirty mil.
lions Of dollars are Invested in this ter.
ritory in ca'tls, sheep, aud horses. and
as these live outdoors all the year the
weather is an important matter. Stock.
growers are pleased with the satisfac-
tory outcome of the storm. At the
cffice of the secretary Of the Wyoming
Stock-Growers' association it is learned
that the storms caused no mortality
am.ng stock worthy of mention. About
sixty head were killed by cars between
Cheyenne and Sidney. and probably
one hundred between Sidney and
Oyaialla. The cattle killed took refuge
from the storm in cuts along the
road.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
9ENERAL NOTES.

PuLLMAN's Palace Car Company has
Seclared dividend of per cent.
Rad CLOUD was given a reception at
New Haven Conn, Wednesday. President
Porter and faculty, of Yale college. were
present.
The Judiciary committee of the Maine
legislature yesterday voted to report that
the bill char ginS the state election from
September to November is inexpedient
legislation.
G. BRropY, who PLAYED in the Cleve-
land base ball team last season, and is
now residing at Lansingburg, N. Y, in
tends to SO into the business of healing
the sick, claiming to have that gift BY
being the seventh son of a seventh son.
HEAVY property owners of Chicago
have met and resolved to try and have the
laws OF Illinois 40 amended as to allow q
larger number Of insurance companies to
take risks in Chicago. The number row
allowed to do business cannot furnish the
city sufficient insurance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
A Prisoners Ruse.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 30.-A case al
most unprec dented in this state has
just occurred in the Office of Governor
Foster, which is no more or less than
the revocation of pardon uncondition-
ally granted by Governor Foster on the
19,R of October last. The party is
Isaac Knapp, who, at the October term,
1877, o! the Sandusky common pleas
court, was convicted of murder in the
second degree and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. The parden was
granted on the certificate of DIR. Gay,
who said the convict was suffering from
tuberculous degeneration of the lungs
and was in imminent danger of death.
Warden Thomas conceded with the
views of DIR. Gay.
II has been recently ascertained that
the pardon was secured by fraud, and
that Knapp had been chewing soap for
some time In the prison, thus causing
the frothv, sickly hue of his counten-
ance, whichimight be mistaken for tuber-
cuious degeneration of the lungs. I'M
mediately after reaching home Knapp
boasted how he ''beat the pen," as he
termed it, and in few days he was
apparently as well and hearty SIS any
man in Fremont. He loved to tell the
modus operandi of his anti-fat process,
and dilated on the way he ate the
hari soap furnished to convicts. Since
his pardon he has been in all kinds of
trouble at Fremont, ruling every body
and everything with hign hand, and
it was on the petition of large num-
Der of prominent citizens of that place
that the action of the governor wa.
predicated.
But once before in thei history of
Ohio has such course been taken.
DUring the administration of Governor
]. ID. Cox. similar thing was done
and the prisoner returned to the peni-
tentary. Legal advice taken by Gov
ernor Foster has been to the effect that
as the pardon was secured by fraud, it
ia without any force or effect and
Knapp was therefore. an escaped con-
vict. He has been taken into custody.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

MANY Of the visitors at M)unt
Desert in tbs summer Of 1878 have
pleasant mem orie5 OF tho steamship
Cimbria, sunk recently in the North
sea with 30 many persons on board.
She was chartered NJ tn " time by the
Russian government, filled with officers
and scamen, and sent to cruise along
the New England coast in anticipation
of hostilities with England during the
Russo Turkish war. in which event
her passengers were to have manned
several ships that Russia had bought or
contracted to bay in this country.
For some weeks the ClmbriA lty at
anchor off Southwest harbor on Mount
Desert island, aud the Russian officers
exchanged civilties with the summer
residents on shore.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
A BUSTED BOILER.

BUSTED BOILER.
MAUcH CHUNK, Pa, Jan. S0.-The
engine Nescopil blew up this afternoon
on the Lehigh Valley railroad. Jonn
Miller, engineer, August Youngblood,
brakeman, Lewis Cover and r. Nuss,
brakemen, were injured.
AT ELKHART.
ELKHART, Ind, Jan. 30.-At about 4
O'Clock yesterday morning the large
band manufacturing establishment
known as Conn's horn factory, together
with its valuable tools and machinery,
was consumed by fire. This was one
of the largest manufsc ctories of the kind
in the world, and threw about 1C0 men
out of employment. The loss is close
20 $50 600.
BURNED TO DEATH IN DETROIT.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 30.-A house
burned at Petoskey yesterday morning,
and an old man named Gere, aged 70,
perished in the flames.
IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.--M. Lamante &
Co., candy manufacturers. 270 South
Clinton street, was burned out this
morning. Loss, $18 coo. Insurance,
$1,000. The building was owned by
3. +. Fox and was damaged $1,000
worth.
DANGEROUSLY ILL.
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 30--Walter F.
Pool, member Cf congress elect in the
first district, is reported dangerously i'll.
CTR lNtrp cIrNp
NORFOLK. Va, Jan. 30.-Two river
steamers "Luroy" and "Grace" were
in a collision in the fog to-day and the
latter sunk. r. H. Wood, passenger
who had been in Norfolk buying a
wedding outfit, was drowned. Other
passengers escaped serious injury.
James Robinson, fireman, was badly
injured.
FROZEN IN.
HALIFAX, Jan. 30.-About hundred
vessels, potato laden, are frozen in the
bay, and are not expected to get out be-
fore spring.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 30.--Brof. Alex
ander Domily died to-day, aged 49, He
was at one time U. S. munster to Cen
trail America.
IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30.--A FIRE
broke out IN large three story brick
building, $50 North Broad street, &C.
cupied by L. Knowles & Co., CONNER
cial merchants ard dealers in flour and
grain. The flames spread to 254 and
256 street, occupied by E G. Gra-
ham & Co, and then to j. Allen &
Co., flour and grain commission
erchants, and Edmund Hill & Co.,
machinists, and to the facteay uf ]. b.
Ryan & Co., Broad and Vine streets,
and to the four story brick building on
Vine street, above Broad, occupied by
E. L. Athbury &: Co. as fsur ware
house. In the last named structure
about 600 barrels of -four were stored.
The stock OF L. Knowles & Co. is equal
ly large.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

A MAINE detective is hanging indict-
ments over the heads of prominent
gentlemen Of Boston, who have
been shooting moose and deer in his
state, or who have been particeps Grim
inis in the business. The fact that n
guide brought down the game incrim-
mates whole party, thus making the
honor OF an indictment less sought
after, and it is said that a certain Mas
sachusetts congressman and several
official bigwigs, if they ever set foot in
Maine, will be clapred in Jail and fined
800 for ick shooting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Criticised by Carlisle.
THE WAYS AND MEANS TARIRF BILL.

THE WAYS AND MEANS TAklhF BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Representa-
tive Carlisle tonight went through the
principal features of the house tariff
bill. He says:
The ways and means committee have
brought forth bill that nobody under
stands. Attempts in the committee to
get at something definite were sum-
marily voted down. Duties were taken
off articles of hign price, and raised on
the necessities Of life in order that the
result might be seemingly reasonable
reduction. II was a seesawing match,
reducing here and increasing there,
and always putting it heavier upon the
masses of the people. By changing
from specific to ad valorem and vice
versa, duties on articles were seemingly
reduced, but really put higher. THIS is
especially the case with cotton and wool
en- goods, and cotton ties. Cotton and
WOODEN goods used by the poorer classes
were given such rates Of duty as will
make it imwossible for any of them to
be imported. Duty on cotton ties by
juggling it from 30 much per hundred
weight to so much per pound, is raised
to such figure that it would practical
ly make cotton growers pay a bonus Of
100000 annually to the cotton ties
manufacturers of the country. The
duty is so fixed that all Kinds of iron
that manufacturers who use lower
grades, will have to buy from the
Bessemer Steel companies. The duty
for such sugars as are fit for consump-
ton IS raised SO as to be prohibitory.
On the lower grades it is lowered. AS
the lower grades have to 90 through
refining before they are fit for use, con
sumers of sugars have to pay an enor-
nous bonus To the forty or more sugar
refiueries this country.
Mr.. Carlisle gave an emphatic no
when asked if he thuoght the tariff bill
would pass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

THE members of the Oliva Blptist
(colored) church Of Lawrence, Mass,
are considerably exercised because
their pastor, James M. Powell, has run
of, they sty, with all their money,
and lett them sadly poor and demoral-
izsd. According to their statements
he has gone off with 1850, the pro-
ceeds of fair held for the benefit Of
the church. The receipts of the fair
were $500, but Powell stated thai after
the expenses had been paid and one
third duo himself deducted, there re-
manned balance Of SIG t. the credit
Of the church. He then presented a
bill of $l5 for extra services, which
left the congregation 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Flax and HEMP.

New YoRR, Jan. 30-TEe fax and
hemp spinners' and growers associa-
ton of America held their first meet
ing to-day. Resolutions were adopted
urging immediate action on tariff, as
this particular industry is paralyzed by
the present uncertainty and hundreds
of imployes are idle. A committee
of three were appointed to present the
resolutions to congress. Constitution
and by laws for a permanent organizi.
tion were adopted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

day, in joint convention Of the legisla.
ture, stood: Ferry 45, Stout AZ, Ham
hah IL, Hanchett 8, Willets z, scatter
ing 5.
Second ballot: Ferry AZ, Hanchett
z, T. W. Palmer 9, Wille;s Z, Hannah
z, scatt ring 3.
Third ballot: Ferry 46, Stout 40,
Hanchett 6, Willets 8, Palmer s, Ham
nah 5, scattering Z.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Washington.
DEUsTER's BILL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-Representa-
tive Deuster wis. introduced reso-
luton authorizing the commissioner of
agriculture to send seeds, plants, grain,
ETC., not required by the department,
to sufferers by the disastrous floods in
Germany, and to receive from private
sources donations in grain, seeds, ETC.,
and provide for their proper storage,
shipment and distribution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Richard X. Fox.
EDITOR POLICE GAZETTE ARRESTED

EDITOR POLICE GAZETTE ARRESTED
New YORK, Jan. 30 Richard 4.
Fox, proprietor of the Police Gazette,
and VIM. E. Harding were arrested on
a charge of arranging a prize fight be-
tween Slade and Sullivan. In the po-
lice court they gave bail to appear for
examination, Fox IN q card claims
that the interference is a police out
rage. He says that if sparring enter
tsinments are illegal, then dueling in
the drama is illegal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
A Eireman's Enrfnne.

The San Francisco (Cdl.) Chronicle, in
an article on the Fire Department of San
Francisco, gives the following from Asst.
Chief Engineer Matthew Brady II have
been subisct 10 an sggravating pain in
my chest Tor over four years. l resorted
to various modes of treatment 10 obtain
relief. l hsve had my chest terribly
blistered. No physicisn could tell what
was the matter with me. Two weeks ago
l commenced using st. Jacobs Oil. II hrs
CT red me"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
News by Wire Reduced to
Close Quarters for Con-
venient Reference and
Easy Reading.
CRIME.

PATsEY EARLY, lad of 10. in the Four
Courts Jail, at st. Louis, waiting trial for
murder, Wednesday. threw himself head
long from a third-story window to the
pavement below and was killed instantly.
The officers of the Pacific National
bank, Of Boston, were indicted Wednes-
day upon evidence obtained from a writ
ten agreement which came into possession
of the receiver. Willful misappropria-
tion Of bank funds is the charge.
On the death of John Broad and wife at
Atlanta, Ga, who left 40, 900, no will was
found. A nephew was approached by let
ter and offered the missing document for
$500 without questions. He made the
purchase and the will was placed on rec
ord. The administrator brought suit to
break the document, and the superior
court decided that it was forgery. Two
witnesses to it have been arrested,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Senatorial Contests.
MINNESCTA.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 80 0.-This has been
the most exciting day of the deadlock.
1t was rumored that a combination
had been formed this morning, but
nothing definite could be learned.
The ballots disclosed the fact that an
attempt had been made to unite upon
C. K. Davis, but the combination was
not strong enough. Davis is an old
Wisconsin man. Windom's friends
are in despair and concede his cleo
ton now impossible. His vote fell off
to-day from the fifties to 80. The last
ballot stood as follows:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
Word to Pensioners.

WAsHIsGIos, Jan. 30-Secretary Tel
Ter writes q Pensioner: Soldiers are
not entitled to land unless they go on
the tract and settle uron it and improve
and cultivate it. The psnsioner COM
planned he sent money to firm in
Washington that offered to locate and
sell 160 acres of land for soldiers under
the soldiers' homestead Law.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
A Terrific Storm.

denver, Jan. GA terrific wind
storm again visited this city at an early
hour this morning. A dozen or more
buildings were demolished while roofs
CT many more were torn off. and in
some instances carried 250 feet. Dur
ing the storm another electric light
tower was blown down and a car on q
circle railroad was blown from the
track. Several persons we're seriously
though none fatally injured. In sever
al instances the roofs sud debris were
blown In one direction, while in the i'm
mediate neighborhood others were car
ried in an opposite direction. A eingu-
lar feature is that the wind came in
gusts, each succeeded by few mo-
ments of perfect calm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

A WELL DRESSED an. handsome wo-
man, apparently about 80 years of age,
escorted by an intelligent looking mid
die aged gentleman, entered the record
er's office in 81. Louis Saturday after
noon and applied for a marriage license.
Clerk Kinney put the usual questions,
and the lady said that she was already
married, but had sued for divorce;
thst the man she wanted TO marry was
On his death bed, and desired to be-
come her husband before he died, and
that she applied for the license with the
san c.ion Of her present husband, from
whom she would soon be dive reed, at
the came time introducing her escort
as The husband and AS her witness.
The couple seemed to be intelligent.
The application was, of course, denied.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02

THAT necessity is the mother Of In
vention" is practically illustrated in a
novel plan adopt ted by an ilIiterate
hunter, which has recently come to
light in Springport, near Oswego, n. Y.
TO evade the $25 penalty of the wise
law makers for hunting rabbits with a
ferret. Riley N'hipple has tame rat
which is sent into rabbit burrow with
string attached to its caudle appen-
dage. The rabbit, frightened from its
retreat, falls an easy prey to the hunt
er's dog, while Riley coolly pulls out
his substitute for the unlawful ferret
and places ii in its cage, ready for the
next rabbit victim.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-02
ACeufroIIing Voice.

81. LOUIS, JAN 30.-The Giobe-Dem
ocra. has it from good authority that
the Cnicago, Burlington & Quincy
road has obtained . controlling voice
in the management of the Denver and
Rio Grande, and win shortly undertake
the operation Of that ine.