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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
ChIcaQo Market.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2I.-F1our- Quiet and unchanged
Wheat-Strong and higher; trading more active
prices advanced 24829sc i'm sympathy with the
advance in corn; and provisions closed 2l4G2lac
higher than yesterday. Sales ranged: 963s0aS4
for seller November. closed gs9s; g6dsGga9 for
seller December, closed 9s;s; 953s0too fer seller
January, closed 991s 9s'sGG 1905 for scBer Febru-
ary, closed O03s; 10i4Gl07ls for sci er May,
closed 07l6; No. ., Chicago spring, g6l6Ggas1s,
closed 9s1a; Ne. Chicago spring, si160s21s No.
red winter, 9SlS01.00. Corn-Demand active
for ALL failures in May attracting the greatest at
tention. Excitement ran high at times through
all the hours Of trading; feeling greatly unsettled
and prices advanced 2tt216c above inside, closed
2G219c higher than yesterday; 52153A for seller
cash. closed, 53I8053A; 5ig5344 for seller No,
vember, closed 5334; 5014953 for seller December
ard tine year, closed SO; J05sn53}S for seller
January, closed 53Is; 5l0534 for seller Febru.
ary, closed 4s8; 53; 5EsG3G54 for seller May,
closed 565s Oats Firm and higher; 80 for seller
cash; 3UI403oLs for seller November 2a3sa13uAs
for seller December; 2Ssr93osS for seller the
year; closed 3O3E; 3og3)9s for seller January,
closed 30; E3i5Al3j for seller May; closed 35
Rye-Steady, S. Barley Dull aud easy. G2.
Flax seed-Firm,, 1850 asa. Pork Unusually
heavy; business greatly unsettled; prices huctua-
ting widely; opened 20430c higher, advanced TO
500 20 additional; receded 15120; rallied to 300
35: closed steady. Sales: 12s50i2! 0 for old;
i300A@13,s719 for new; l275lI 200 for seller No
vember; closed 1850 1890; 12 31g120O for seller
December, closed II s5ls12 90; Il 701l290 for
seller the year, closed l2s51i5 o.; ls50Dl3s5 for
seller January; closed 136214G13s5; 1320Oi4O0;
for seller February closed 13.0716dl400, 1890
II Is; for seller March; closed I3 i2ISGIf3 Is;
1330Gl14. 40 for seller May, closed l5310If4O.
Lard Irregular; opened 15020c higher ad-
vanced to 20021c additional; receded 5Gtl0c: raj
lied, 15GI20: closed steady. Sales: 7354G737n
for seller cash; 210725 for seller November.
closed 135; s JO1s.35 for seller December,
closed s3O1s 81 25GLs3J for seller the year,
8 251s55 for seller January, closed s.52I1G55;
s35GS.63IS for seller February, closed, s.G50
8 sG1z; s.70gs. m for seller March, closed s771a;
ss5gs. .9s11 for seller May. Bulk Meats In
fair demand. and higher shoulders, S.57; short
ribs, 80, short clear, 115. Butter-Qulet
and unchanged. Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
whiskey-S Steady and unchanged. Corn 10 Buf-
falo &C. Graiu ia store Nov. 25-Wheat, 9,030,-
900 bus Corn, 10000 bus; oats. $4,000 bus:
rye, 10000 bus; barley, 172o00. Total Of all
kinds, f673, 600 bus. Receipts Flour, 200;
wheat 10. 500 corn, z2 800; oats % 200 rye, 90.
900; barley, $500 Shipments Flour, 1900;
wheat. 900; corn, 1890; oats, 1900; rye, a.
Ooa. harley 200
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
A BOYS BATTLE FOR LIFE
The Thrilling Adventure of Little
Lad who May Yet BE President.
yaldiSta Times.

While Captain r. 3. johnson, of
Clinch County, was helpinga party
of twenty-five or thirty mea naul for
trout in a mill-pond the other day, his
little son, Joseph. had most thrilling
experience. Master Joseph carried a
bag, or corn sack, ia which to carry
the jsh when caught. When loaded
with as many as he could carry he
would take them out and make de-
pOSit and return for more. In max
ing one of these trips, while wading
through water about three feet deep
some distance from the fishermen, a
monster alligator, said to be of un-
usual size, rose suddenly right at the
boy and seized him by the thigh A
desperate struggle ensued-the boy
battled for his life and the alligator
for his prey. 1t so happened that the
bag, which hung by the boys side,
was caught in the alligator's mouth
with the thigh and it proved sort of
shield-lessening greately the lneisions
made by the brute's teeth, and thus,
perhaps, preventing a shock to his
nervous system which might have
made him succumb without the strug-
gle which saved him his life. BY an
etfort-one of these superhuman
efforts which come to men when only
facing death the boy tore his bleed
ing flesh from the alligator's jaws.
The monster grimly held to the sack
moment with the delusion, perhaps,
that he still had his prey, offording
the boy an opportunity to escape.
He had hardly extricated himself
from the jaws of death before the
fisherman, alarmed by the struggle,
We're at hand, and another battle
enSued. Thirty men, armed with gigs,
poles, pocket-knives and such other
instruments of war as were at hand,
charged upon the monster. Being IN
three feet of water the gator had con-
siderable advantage, but those men
had their blood up and were not to be
outdone. They poled and punched and
harpooned him until the brute was
almost outdone, when one of the party
made bold to seize him by the tail.
This was signal for general assault.
In less time than it would take to tell
it number of the more daring had
him by the tail and legs. There were
too many of them for the gator to
slap around with his tail, peculiar
mode of gator warfare, and he had to
give up the fight. A harpoon was
plunged into his mouth and. then IT
was safe to approach hlm with pocket
knives. Soon his head was severed
from his body and the victorious party
marched out of the pend with the
monsters head on apole
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
For the Boudotr and Dinner-Room

For the Boudoir and Dinner-RoOm.
Gold screws, with diamond heads,
are the latest things for the ears.
Society girls this season are disposed
to wear all their clother as tight as
they can get them.
Nothing go better together, says a
Baltimore epicure, than fried oysters
and celery salad.
New dinner cards are in tie forms
and shapes of musical instruments,
from the brass drum TO the French
horn.
Frames of white lace over tufted
bright colored satin are the newest
for the family photographs in the
parlor.
Fancy aprons for ladies who do
their own busting" cost about as much
as the wages of the hired girl for a
month
New dessert dishes take the form of
curled leaves. with fruit attached to
the handle or under the edge for
decoration.
Old-fashioned palEl-leaf fans paint
ed and decorated with ribbons are
now the most fashionable for fire
hand screens.
Full dress for ladies this season will
mean very little dress about the neck
and shoulders, which is good for
pneumonia
1t may be mean to give away secrets
and tricks of the trade, but the New
market and coachmen' coats worn by
the ladies are padded on the hips and
elsewhere.
Napkins. towels, fDger-bowl mats,
and other table linen are frequently
given gold thread borders and fringes.
and sometimes the whole stuff is
damasse, or brocaded in gold.
Alta recent fashionable dinner
party the round table had a tall
handle in the center. upon which was
affixed a very large japanese UNI
brella, with lighted lanterns hung
around the edges.
At several of the recent brilliant
weddings ehoirs of boys have sung
some appropriate hymn as the bridal
party entered. The effect was exceed
Ingly good, being novel departure
from the usual routine.
Fancy stationery is properly voted
vulgar. There is nothing more gen
teel than plain white paper and
envelopes, and it Is still more .1gen-
teelr and after the manner of the
.'oId school people TO use sealing
wax.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
THE RUINED VILLAGE.
The Burning of Albany.

ALBANY, Nov. 27.-This village had
bitter experience early this morn
ing. While roaring fire was sweep
ing through the business PARTON Of
the place, consuming everything in
its path, frigid atmosphere was nip
ping those who endeavored to stay
the progress of the flames and those
who were forced to leave their fire.
sides in hurried manner in order TO
escape death. The fire broke out at
o o'clock, and from the outset was
beyond the control of the village
firemen. In a short time the entire
business portion of Albany was a
ruin. Both printing offices and the
postoffice were destroyed During the
progress of the fire Edward Dodge was
killed by a falling wall. Thomas
Dorman was so badly Eurt that he is
not expected to live John Lemuel
was seriously but not dangerously in
jured. Thomas Grevenor, Chas.
Matheis and Thomas Holloway were
also seriously hurt w. NJ. Roberts,
Fred Roberts and Charles Roberts
were badly bruised and burned Many
OF the unfortunates barely escaped
with their lives, being forced out into
the biting air in thlnly clad condi-
ton The pecuniary loss will exceed
$50, 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
The Gentleman.

HarperS Magazine for December.
To find a satisfactory definition of
gentleman is as difficult as to discover
the philosophers stone, and vet if we
may not say just what a gentleman
is, we can certainly say what he is
not. We may affirm indlsputably that
a man, however rich, and of however
fine a title in countries where rank is
acknowledged, if he behave seitishly,
coarsely and indecently, is not a gen
tleman. From which, young gentle
man, it follows, as the good professor
used TO say at college, as he emerged
from hopeless labyrinth of postulates
and preliminarieS an hour long, that
the guests who abused the courtesy of
their hosts upon the late transconti-
mental trip to drive the golden spike
may have been persons of social emf
nence. but were not in honorable sense
gentlemen.
1t is undoubtedly a difficult word to
manage But gentlemanly conduct
pressions which are perfectly intelll-
gible, and that fact shows that there
is distinct standard in every imtelli-
gent mind by which behavior is
measured. To say that a man was born
a gentleman means not at all that he
is courteous. refined and Intelligent,
but only that lac was born of a family
whose circumstances at some time had
been easy and agreeable, and which
belonged to a traditional good socie-
ty." But such man may be false and
mean, and ignorant and coarse. Is he
a gentleman because he was born
such: On the other hand, the child of
long generations of ignorance and
laborous Doors may be humane, honor
able and modest, but with total ignor-
ance of the usages of good society.
He may be as upright as Washington,
as unseltish as Sidney rs brave as
Bayard as modest as Falkland. But
he may also outrage all the little social
proprieties. Is he gentleman because
he is honest and modest and humane ?
In describing Lovelace, should we not
say that he was a gentleman? Should
we naturally say SO of Burns! But,
again. is it not joke to describe
George the Fourth as i gentleman,
while it would be impossible to deny
the name to Maj. Dobbin!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
Serpaant Mason.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Sergeant
Mason passed through this city this
morning on his way to Locust Grove,
Va, where he will join Betsy and
the baby" He thinks of taking a
situation in Chicago.
GOING TO MAKE A SHOW OF HIMSELF.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 27.-Sergeant Ma
son has accepted engagement with
Manager Harris, and will shortly ap-
pear at the museum here. Betty and
the baby will not be exhibited.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
SIaughtering Wild Ducks.
Baltimore Snn

The most remarkable duck shoot
ing ever done il the valley was had
on the lake at the fair grounds at
Staunton Virginia, by FIVE gentlemea
one morning this week. About one
hundred wild ducks had been counted
on the lake, which remained during
the noise and crowd of the fair. On
the morning in question Colonel
Bumgardner. Charles L. Cooke, G.
Men. Whittle and H A. Brown went
out to the lake at daybreak and open
ed fire on the ducks. The firing was
kept up for about two hours, during
which the ducks would fy up in a
circle around the town and settle
down upon the water again, until at
the end of two hours there was not .
live duck to be seen on the pond, and
the one hundred birds were floating
dead on the surface of the water.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, Nov 2l.-Four-pnl and un
changed, Wheat-lIigher; ola for seller No
vember; 9734 for seller December; gsfs for seller
January; f03 for seller May Corn Higher; No.
., 52Ss; rejected, 40. Oats Weaker; No >, 29ls
Rye-Steady; No /, 56ia; Ne, ;, 10 Barley
Steadier No ., 59ti; extra No 3, 30. Provis.
ions Higher; mess pork lsG0 for seller Noscm
Der; 10 GO for seller January. Lard Prime
steam, $50 for seller November; 3. - for seller
January Live hogs Higher; iSoD4so Butter
Quiet and steady Cheese Nothing done, Eggs
Unchanged Receipts Flour, $4,000, wheat,
10000; barley, 30,eo0 Shipme It's Flour, $1,000;
wheat 1900, barley, $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
PARDONED.
Sergeant Mason The WOuId-be Slayer
of Guiteau Pardoned by President


Word from Washington says The
President to day pardoned Sergeant
John A Mason, of Battery II. Second
Artillery, I. S. A, sentenced to inn
prisonment for eight years in the
Albany penitentiary for attempting
to mmd der the assassin Guiteau. The
pardon was forwarded tonight and
will reach Albany Monday. An order
will be issued at the war department
defining Mason's status in the army.
Mason was tried before general court
martial at the Arsenal in this city, in
November, 1881, the president of the
court being Lieutenant Colonel Miz-
ner, of the Tenth Infantry, and was
sentenced TO be dishonorably discharg
ed the service, with forfeiture of all
pay and allowance due or to become
due, and Imprisonment as above stat
ed. With large subscriptions for the
benefit of his family We're united
numerous petitions to the president
for the complete pardon of Mason and
his restoration to the army. These
petitions were brought in large num-
bers from every section of the country
by committees of the Grand Army of
the Republic and other organizations.
One committee, representing the
Soldiers and Sailors League of New
York, came here with a monster peti-
ton, comprising l, ,104, 600 names, rep
resenting every State and Territory
and county in the United States. The
whole number of signatures to the
petitions was more than 1900, 900.
His family, comprising Betty and
the baby" are now living in Glendale,
Orange County, Va, IN comparative
independence from the amounts that
were subscribed throughout the coun-
try for their maintenance after Mason
was sent to prison. While Mason's
ofliense is looked upon as one of the
highest of military crimes, that of a
sworn guard attacking defenseless
prisoner, most military men sympa-
thize with him, and feel that he has
had sufficient punishment for his
crime.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30

was recommended to clemency. 1t is
said that case has been made up in
southern city TO be submitted TO the su-
i.remes court, in order that the lottery
question may be definitely settled.
THE coroRer's jury which investiga
ted the capitol disaster at Madison, Wis
consIn. found Contractor Nowlan guilty
of grave error in improperly repairing
a second-story pier, and censured Ar
chitects Jones and Koch for designing
the interior without due regard for its
safety.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
Master Fred Fentnn fell

Master Fred Fenton fell from the
topmost limb of an apple tree He
was picked up and carried to the house
in an insensible condition.
After watching at his bedside many
weary hours his mother perceived
signs of returning consciousness.
Leaning over him she asked him If
there was anything she could do for
him, now that he was beginning to
feel better.
Should she bathe his foreheadl
Should she fan him or change his pill
lowl Was there anything he want
ed,
Languidly opening his eyes and
looking at her. the little sufferer said:
Yes, mamma; want pair of
pants with a pocket behindI"
He got them
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
How Chinaman Can Be a Marques.

London Illustrated News.
In the matter of the Marques
Tseng, "H. A. g." recently from
Shanghai has kindly enlightened me
on this point:
There are five degrees of nobility in
China, for the Chinese terms of which
it became necessary to find approx
mate English equivalents. Hence the
use of Duke, Marques, Earl, Wis
count and Baron, as applied to the
Chinese high officers of State.
These titles are conferred on deserv
ing subjects, and are hereditary in the
following limited sense: The eldest
son of am official who has been made
a Duke becomes at his fathers death
a Marques; the Marques eldest son
becomes at bis fathers death an Earl;
the Earl's son becomes a Viscount,
and so on, there being a fall in rank
in each generation until the peerage
is extinct.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
The Iowa POol.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27.-S. S. Mer-
rill, manager of the Chicago. Milwau
Gee & st. Paul railroad, left for Chi
kago this morning, accompanied by
General Freight Agent Bird, to attend
the meeting of the Iowa freight line
pool on Wednesday, St. Paul officials
say the situation is unchanged They
claim to be carrying GO per cent OF
the stock and freight, and get from
the pool only 20 per cent of the stock
earnings. They ask that stock and
freight either be diverted or that they
be granted a larger per cent If such
an arrangement can be made they
Will remain in the pool.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30

raid and a fight, if the weapon s not
Immediately surrendered. Tbs ter
rorism in which the Washoes a'e held
by the Piutes. themselves tie least
wariike perhaps of all the American
Indians excepting the Washes, would
be ludicrous we're it not almos pitiful.
Low and dispicable as the Pnte may
be, it seems to afford him satisfaction
to know that he is the master of some
body. Personal encounters between
members of the two tribes are of fre-
quent occurrence, and these form the
basis in the minds of the genial Piute
romancers, of the bloody battles so
often reported as having taken place
in remote localities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
Morning Mists

And night dampS generate malarlal disorders and
rheumatism in those obliged to be abroad in them
The farm labOrer. the early rising artisan, ana the
night toiler find in UpStetteUS Stomach BtterS
genial protection against the effect Of exposure 10
the weather and damp fptid air and also pleas
ant means of ccuntrractiug the effects q tNct.s-
siy IN ticua or wearineSs induced by the lack Of
due measure oC natures sweet reStorer sleep
They who work early and late the year round
ueei occasionally, the he1lthfu stimulus impart-
t,,i nv a wholesome, tonic like this To All its pur
itv and efficiency as a reneiy and preventive OF
disease commend it. Ii checks iucipient rheuma-
tisu and masarial symptoms, relieves conStlpa
ZION ivs;,epSia and biliuuSneSS. arrests premature
decay of ths physical energies mitgares the in
frnitieS OF age aud hastens couvaleSceace
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30

4 novel wager was decided at the
fair grounds in Sherman, Texas.
The bet was that mule could not
move sack of salt ten feet. the mule
being at one end of 200-foot rope,
two inches in diameter, and the salt
tied to the other end. the mule not to
waver more than two and one-half
feet either way from straight line in
pulling, and If the sack was not NOV
ed in the first pull, three trials were
to be had The stakes were S125 against
pair of mules. On the first pull the
sack of salt was moved four feet Con-
siderable money changed hands on
the result The loser turned over the
lost mules with grace and dignity
betitting the occasion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30

WITH charming modcsty, the Fond
du Lac Common wealth has no word
to say respecting the revenue district
consolidation. The one redeeming
circumstance of this supino surrender
of the executive department to the
bosses is that very genial journalist
is kept in place i he presumably
desires to continue in.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
The Times-Democrat.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Sam. J..
Randall has received from Major
Burke, proprietor and editor of the
Times Democrat, the following dis,
patch: with the highest respect and
warm personal regard for Carlisle, of
my native state, l find him supported
by all leading free traders of the
country. Our convictions regarding
the best interests of the growing in
dustrial south dictates the expression
of the Times-Democrat's preference
for the election of Randall for speak
er. The Times Democrat opened in
support of Randall Saturday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30

Two gay young l.ochnrVars created
II sensation Sunday i'll the Staid town
of Solomon City Kansas, by eloping
in broad day light with two blooming
maidcns. The irate parents gave hot
chase. but the Quartcttc of lovers took
to the woods. intercepted Il preacher
in his peaceful return from worship
and by forccful methods persuaded
him To tie two nupitlal knots IN aS
many minutes. When the mad and
frothiug sires had found their trail
and arrived upon the scene a minute
later four hearts were beating as two
and the scene that cnsucd could not
reud them asunder. The glib roman
Ger who gives these horrible details as
a special telegram to the metropoll-
tan newspapers casts suspicion upon
his varacitv by his terms. Who sup
posed there were WOODS enough in
Kansas to shelter couples fleeing from
cnraccd parestSl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
A Cotton Mill for Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Nov PA number of
the leading capitalists of this city
have called for meeting Friday to
organize stock company with $500,
600 capital to establish mammoth
cotton mill with a capacity of 1000
looms, for the manufacture of sheet
ings and muslins.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
A TRAMP WITH A ROMANCE.
Zach CIendenth, Heir 70 a Fortune


In an Ohio Jail.
BELLEFoNTAINE, O., Nov. IA
tramp named John Williams, 33 years
of age, was lodged in Jail here about
three weeks ago on complaint of farm
ers. 1t was decided TO make an ex-
ample of him, and try him under the
Ohio tramp law. His trial is set for
next Wednesday. Last night Allen
G. Shepherd, Of Springfield, Mass,
arrived here from Lynn. Mass. He
has proved conclusively th2t the
tramp is none ether than Zach Glen
denth, who has been missing for eight
years. His father, now dead, was an
extensive planter in South America.
He left a large fortune amounting TO
500, 600 TO his nnissing son. The
mother of the tramp, who is con-
firmed invalid, lives in New York,
but is now in Europe in search Of
health. 1t is thought the fellow is Of
,insound mind.