Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-19

stampeded through it All summer
long the workmen We're in the build
ing, and they are not yet through.
sentatives are TO be upholstered. and
the marks of congressional boot heels,
penknives and paper cutters removed.
A great many congressman freSco the
desks with their penknives; others,
again, divert themselves by scraping
the varnish off, and all of them give
their desks kick whenever they II,
to say nothing of pounding them with
their knuckles during the delivery of
soul-stirring orations. There is a
windmill in the basement, which has
been for many years the rival of Sen.
Morgan 1t has heretofore pumped
so, 600 cubic feet of air minute into
the senate chamber, but its capacity
has now been considerably increased.
CIVIL SERVICE.
1t was stated at the treasury depart
ment to-day that the civil service
commissioners have under considera-
ton the propriety of employing all
classes of clerks, messengers, and
other employees in the departments,
and to do so through competitive ex-
animation.
POLITICAL JUDGES.
The bar of the United States su-
preme court met this morning to eulo-
gize Jere Black and Montgomery
Blair But it was suggested, as they
were both prominent IN politics, it
would be wise to postpone their eu-
logies until after the November elee-
ton. So the formal eulogiss went
over to that date.
GENERAL SHERIDAN.
General Sheridan, when here
short time ago, declined to say any
thing about what officers will com
pose his staff when in command here,
as he had Uot given the matter any
thought. 1t is the general impression,
however, that his present aides-de-
camp will accompany him to Wash
ington.
Blue Laws.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. ia
L. Babcock, a rich carriage trimming
manufacturer of this city, was arrest
ed yesterday while out driving with
his wife near this city, and accused
of breaking the Sabbath. The charge
is brought under the old blue laws
passed in the early part of the last
century. When arrested, Mr.. Bah
cock was taken to the farmhouse of
Henry Platt, one of the constables
making the arrest. There he found
nearly score of other prls-
onerS, all in custody for the
same offense. The officers making
the arrest acted under the direction of
Grand Juror Thompson, of the town
of East Haven, to whom complaints
had been made by residents of the
the hamlet of FoXon that people from
New Haven were continually break
ing the Sabbah by driving through
the place, much to the annoyance of
its good people. Nearly all the pris-
oners were accompanied by their
wives or sweethearts, who had been
arrested as participants i'll the crime,
and there were loud complaints of i'll
treatment. They had been crowded
together like so many cattle the entire
afternoon in barnyard. rain falling
during part of the time. In the
evening they were arraigned before
Justice Tuttle, and all who could not
give $25 security to appear for exam
ination tomorrow afternoon were
locked up. No carriages were stopped
by the officers making the arrest, but
in every instance they took their pris-
oners at a point on the Foxen road
where nuts from a group of hickory
trees had fallen thickly on the
ground. Whenever a man left his
wagon to pick up the nuts he was ar
rested and marched off to the con-
stables pound. On the next day they
were arraigned and each offender
fined 81 and costs.