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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19
q. &, smith,

ATToRNRY AT LAW, Dodgeviile. Office opposite
NJ +. Church. Attends TO the general practice
of law IN the circuit courts of the state, aud the
county court in all probate matters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19

WEDNESDAY, January 10th, 's3.
The County Board met pursuant
to adjournment Roll called; al the
supervisors present excepting Mcssrs
Arneson, Grant, Paulson, Rowe,
Stevens and Walsh Journal read
and approved
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19

REPORT OF COUNTY CLERK.
County CLERKS OFFICE
Dodgeville, Wis Ia E. 1853
To the honorable Board OF Supervisors OF Iowa
county. Wisconsin:
GENTLEMEN have the honor herewith to sub
nit report of the receipts and disbursements
OF XIV Office from November lst 1881, 10 Janu-
AIRY lst 1888, both days inclusive:
T. M. GoLDswoRTHY IN ACCT. WITH IOWA COUNTY
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The committe on Treasurer ac-
counts made the following renNrt:

Otal s...,., ...--e4,".' "
JAMES CLEMSON, County Treasurer.
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PROCEEDINGS
REPORT OF COUNTY CLERK.

Of tie adjourned Session Of the Lo,ca
County Board Of Supervisors.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19
PHYSICIANS.
william Eastman, NJ. D.,

HOIuoPATHC PHYSICIAN AND SCRGEo&. sue
cessor 10 DR.. II. w. Osborn, at Office lately Oc
cupied by Dr. Osborn, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19

Referred to committee ON clerks accounts. who
reported favortbly and the board adopted the
:
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Balance on hand ..,...Sl
SETTLEMENT OF r,NES FOR ISL.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
POLLY WANTS A CRACKER.

~~~ A0AV
Custer county is in urgent need of
a session of the District court. The
books and papers of the County Clerk
and County Commissioners have
been seized by the Sheriff of that
county, and now it is very important
the act of seizure shall be sustained
by the courts. Judge Conger is sus-
pended. He may be reinstated. It
is stated he would decide the act of
the late Legislature by which one set
of men was legislated out of office and
another set legislated in, is unconsti-
tutional. Such a decision would be
embarrassing. Therefore, while Judge
Conger Is attending the farce of an
investigation of the charges preferred
against him the little matter may be
satisfactorily arranged without inn
-pertinet interference. By all means
give Custer county a court immediate
ly. Give it two courts. 1t is a large
county and may be able to support
dual courts as we'll as dual commits
sioners and dual clerks. Don't let
Custer county suffer for want of a
court, even if another should be COM
PEELED to break off in the middle of a
trial to supply her. Custer'county is
weeping for a court.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
The Conkllng Matter.

NEW YORK, March 23.-Conkling's
friends expect his release on bail to-
morrow. At the examination yester-
day were several California friends,
who appeared to sympathize warmly
with the prisoner. The Post this
evening says of the coroner's jury
verdict: We suppose it is intended to
De equivalent to justitiable homicide,
out the true reason why Conkling
Killed Was that he had what he ought
not to have had, a pistol in his peck
ct. Ii no pistol had been there he
would probably have left the room
and gone for the police. A nervous
man with a pistol Is pretty sure to
draw it if he feels excited or thinks
himself in danger, and when he gets
IL into his hand he does not know
what he does with it. II is monstrous
mat any jury should sanction the no
lion that a man may 60 to Il private
mouse armed, to take his sister OF ma
lure age away from her paramount
with whom she was living %volnntari'
~, and Kill tue paramount if he meets
with resistance.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

Those Montana journals that have
shown such virtuous indignation
over the action of the late legislative
council in the Hamilton-Bach con-
tested election case have not a word
to sayabout the Cook-Cutts contested
seat in the late Congress. The Re
publican majority kept a Democrat
out of his place until the last day of
the session and then declared the
Republican, whose voting qualities
they had until that moment re-
tanned, was never entitled to his seat.
This fact seems to have escaped the
notice of our Republican cotempora-
ries. They probably have been look
ing too intently at the other OK that
was gored.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

The will of Ex-Governor Morgan,
Of New York, says an exchange, is
singular in several respects. 1t be-
queaths property estimated at fully
$25,OOO,OOO, yet it is drawn so care
fully that there will be no opportuni-
ty for a legal contest, even if any of
the heirs were inclined to dispute its
provisions. The testator, after pro-
viding literally for all his relatives,
leaves one-half of his estate to chart
ties and educational institutions,
stating in his will that he believes
this to be an equitable division.
Whatever may be the opinion of his
heirs, they bid fair to make an ex-
ception to the usual rule and to rest
content with the money that has
been given them.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

ST. LOUIS, March PA dispatch
from Muskogee, Indian Territory.
says a company of soldiers from Fort
Gibson has gone out to arrest the
belligerent Creeks. Troops from
Fort Reno will co operate and the
hostile forces will be compelled to
disband. 1t is stated if this action
be followed by the prosecution of the
hostile leaders and an impartial in
vestigation of the cause of the out
ereak, peace will be restored. Other
wise there will be continuous trouble
among the Creeks.
Two men, Woodward and Clark.
who robbed the county safe at For
syth, fancy county, a few DAYS ago.
were captured in Stone county and
about halfo the stolen money re-
covered.
A prairie fire on the sheep farm Of
~. Z. Crocker, fifteen miles from
Arkansas City, Kansas, Sunday. de-
stroyed 400 sheep.
TORONTO, Ont, March 22.-The
following message has been received
from Col. D. E.. Winton, secretary to
the Marquis of Lorne: at affords
The Governor General great pleasure
to transmit the following: Authentic
news concerning Her Majesty. the
queen, says: Her Majesty is suffering
from the effects of a slight sprain Of
the knee, and soon will be well.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
To Show Cause-qood Friday,

New YORK, March GA writ of
habeas corpus and certiorari WAS is.
sued by the Supreme Court to-day in
the case of Geo. w. Conkling, Jr.,
held for shooting and killing Wilbur
Il. Haverstick, commanding Coro-
ner Levy to appear ana SHOW cuuse
tomorrow why the accused should
not be admitted to bail. Conkling's
counsel claims as the shooting was
justifiable, his client should be adj
mitted to bail
Good Friday is observed in the
churches here and Brooklyn by SER
vices which are largely attended.
Many of the courts adjourned for the
day, and the Produce, Stock, Cotton
aud Iron aud Metal Exchanges are
closed. AS the day is not a legal
holiday the banks, custom house,
s~ub-treasury and public offices are
generally open as usual.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
MiSCfnana0na

LOUISVILLE. Ky. March 22.-The
Jury IN the case of George ". Les. OF,
trial for completely in the city hall
1ra'lds, have disagreed.
IAN ANTONIO, March 22.-Richard
CoWiey, a lunatic, who escaped la5t
nlght, went to his mothers house,
draggedsher from bed. and dealt her
w fatal blows with all AK.
BOSTON, March 22.- The executive
council rejected N. \. ilymrtoI'
nominated for state insurance com
missioner by Governor Butler. Inc
iatter Immediately renomiIltea
flymptOn for the Office.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-A clreu-
lar has been sent to Treasurer Glliii-
Ian, and all assistant treasures au-
thorlZlng them to commence the pay
ment of the interest due on April ISL
on the 10th inst. without rebate. 1he
interest amounts to $737,575. About
oO.eOO checks for the registered inter
est will be mailed IN season for pre-
sentation on the Goth inst.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Mormon Converts - Fight Be-
tween Cattle men and
Mexicans.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March ga
strong effort is making in the South
toward conversions to Mormonism.
A presiding elder of the Mormon
church has just arrived in Nashville,
and is arranging for the migration of
converts to Utah. He says there are
now nine Mormon missionaries at
work in the South. One hundred
and fifty converts will leave this
city for Utah tomorrow.
A Tombstone dispatch this after
noon says a report reached the city
OF a terrible conflict between cattle
men and Mexicans, in which about
SIX men were killed. It occurred at
Morrison's ranch at Barbacamari
thirteen miles from Fort Huachuca.
Unable to learn any cause at this
hour, but the trouble is probably the
o%utgrowth of a dispute between fac
tons.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Crop Prospects.

ST. LOUIS, March 23.-Reports of
the winter wheat crop from over 200
counties in those parts of Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Texas where winter wheat
is grown. show in Missouri and Kan
sas its condition is good, the average
fully equal to last year and the dam
age so far no greater than usual at
this time of the year. Tennessee and
Illinois give fair reports. Kentucky
and Indiana, especially the latter,
show considerable damage. From
Texas reports are meagre, but good
as far as they so, and from other
sources it is learned the condition is
generally good with a fair, prospect
for a full crop. Reports also show
there is still q very large amount of
last years orr chop in the states
named. A dispatch from Topeka,
Kansas, where the Kansas State
Miller's association is in session,
says the millers present express the
opinion that the wheat prospects of
that state are very favorable and pre-
dict that with good weather the
yield will be from 0 1000, 900 to no.
Co., 900 bushels.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
More Wigglns' Trash.

OTTAWA, Ont, March 22'-JOhn
Webster, a farmer and contractor of
Ottawa, now of Moose Jaw, 43 miles
from Regina, in the Northwest Ter
ritory, writing to a friend here under
date of the 18th inst, speaks as fol-
lows of Virgins storm: The storm
commenced on the 9Th at noon, and
continued with terrible force until 2
a. ~. on the 9th, when it
reached its greatest height. The
wind blew Is miles an hour and the
air was ore mass of snow. II you
were ten feet from your door you
could not find it again, and you could
neither stand nor breathe in it with
out shelter. This is the greatest
storm of the century. In the middle
of the storm, a gun was fired announ-
cling that a person Was lost i'll the
centre of town; none, however, would
veture to the rescue, as they were
afraid of getting lost themselves.
After two hours hard fighting with
the storm, a party got safely in a
large store 5Ox10O feet, and two stor-
les high. 1t was blown over. Many
small shanrles and houses also col
tapsed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Under the head of "Northern Paci.

Under the head of Northern Paci.
fic improvements" a recent dispatch
states the company has purchased a
tract of land in st. Paul, comprising
400 acres in two divisions. On the
property, it is estimated, 200 miles of
track can be laid, exclusive of depots
:or freights and passengers, cattle
yards, shops, elevators, water works,
etc. On forty-eight acres purchased
from Mayor Rice, forming a portion
of the easterly purchase, a grand
union depot will be erected, into
which the trains from all connecting
roads will run. Every facility for
tracks will be given the connecting
roads now built and the new ones ex-
pected. Among the latter is notably
the Chicago and Rock Island. Huge
slaughter and packing houses IRE pro-
)ected to kill and cure beef brought
from Montana, Dakota and Washing
ton.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Foreign News.


DUBLIN, March 22.-The grand ;,r,,
n r"no louhd a true bill against Hod-
nen Or having a posted a package
eontalnlng dynamite, and addressed
Earl Spencer" '''ou
LONDON, March ga St. PETERS,
pug correspondent says the Car has
deceived letters threatening him with
aeatn II ne does not pardon the i'm.
prisoned Nihilists. VIC I'LL
UAPEToWE, March 22.-The Beers
nave invaded Jembul and thew ref"se
TO leave, and are massing troons thera
CErT1NJE, March 22.-Stefan Var.
6ltza, a brother of the former Voivo-
&C. g mas been shot dead in a bazaar at
ncutarl by a Matassiori rihesmon az
Inc murder causes much excitemant
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

The prohibition movement in Iowa
has received another severe blow.
Governor Sherman refuses to call an
extra session of the legislature to
submit once more the prohibitory
amendment on the ground that no
amendment to the Constitution can
be submitted at an extra session.
This decision of the Governor will
jeopardize the success Of the Repub-
licans ofthat State at the next Presi-
Dental election, as the temperance
people will made an out and out
prohibition campaign. Under the
circumstances Iowa cannot be safely
counted on for the Republican Pres
idential nominee.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
New York Legislature.

NEW YORK, March 22.-In the
Albany Senate yesterday a bill pro-
hlbiting contract labor, a bill repnlat-
ing theuse of convict labor, and a bin
Civ ing the convict a share in the nrn.
duct OF his labor were all:killed. In the
house a bill prohibiting the mannfaco
ture IN prisons of shoes; stoves and
ron hollow ware was killed. while .
bill prohibiting stove manufactura NV
convlcts got only as far as the com,
mlttee OF the whole which if is
tnooght will be the limit of it's prog
Henry Kino, charged with arson in
London, traced and arrested in Utah
~ his extraditlen demanded hv
england, was to-day delivered tn
Pritlsh authorities. The writ Of
haDeas corpus was dismissed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

The utterances of O'Donovan Rosa
should not be taken as the express
sions of a representative man of the
Irish people in America. His glorl-
fcation of the recent attempt to blow
up government buildings in London
and his public endorsement of such
methods of assassination are repudi-
ated by every true son of Ireland.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
war Among Milkmen.

GOSHEN. N. Y, March Pa very
large meeting of milk-produceIs was
heli this afternoon, and additional
Subscriptions sata s5,t were received. A com %o
mittee was appointed to meet the
dealers Of New York and accept or
reject reject any proposition a they may
deem most expedient. They are also
instructed positively. in the event OF
a failure to arrive at a settlement, 10
procure horses, trucks, etc, to order
the milk sent forward and place 1t IN
the hands of small dealers and con-
sumers at a reduced price from That
of the New York Milk Exchange. NO
milk will be shipped till the matter
is settled. The New England milk
producers in the Housatonlc valley
are taxing steps to unite with Or
ange county in the struggle.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
BANQUET to Henry Smith.

New York, March 22.-Wm. Hen
ry Smith, general agent Of the assocl-
ated press, was formally welcomed to
New York tonight at a banquet CIV
en- at the Union Club and participated
in by representatives of the bench,
bar, banks, insurance companies, rail-
roads, telegraphs, and varied mercan-
tile pursuits. Speeches were made
by Whitelaw Reid, editor of the T1ib-
une, Hyde, of the Equitable Insur-
ance company, Judge Noah Davis,
chief justice Of the supreme court,
Chauncey M. Depew, John A. Stew
art. of the Union Trust Company,
General Porter, H. w. Alexander,
Erastus Winans, and others promi-
nent in the various walks of metro
polltan life. The occasion was a
pleasant one.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
pau,a Deficit.

MoNraoMERY, Ala, March Sine
deficit of' Ray, late bookkeeper OF the
1Merchents and Planters bank, IS
nisced a. $4,000. The bank meets
serve and accumulation, and reduc-
mo it's stock $4,000. These amounts
w,il nrevent any demands on q
stockholders for additional paymenI.
Rav's hondsmen will pay $lO,UUo;
The cause was cotton futures ana
cards..
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

Governor Butler has locked horns
with the Executive Council of the
Massachusetts State legislature. He
nominated N. A. Plympton for
State Insurance Commissioner. The
Council rejected him, whereupon
Butler Immediately rehominated
him. The odds are in favor OF
PIympton's ultimate confirmation.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
The Panama Canal.

LoCKPoRT, N. Y, March 2s-
Austin Spaulding of this city has
closed the contract to construct seven
miles of the Panama Canal beginning
on the Panama side. Steam dredges
and derricks to be used in prosecut-
ing the work are now being built
in this city. Spaulding will 90 to
Panama the first week in April and
will begin work upon the Canal
within six months.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Escaped Prisoners

SAN FRANCISCO, March %
Boise City dispatch says: -Four nr;a
oners confined in the Territorial npo iis'
Tertiary, overpowered two on pen.
this afternoon while at work at " tps
stone quarry. and made their esco ,ne
They took with them the weanonse e:
the guards. VI
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

To those who contemplate suicide
hy hanging, the experiment of DIR.
Hammond will he consoling. The
Doctor, who by the way is a son OF
DR.. w. A. Hammond of New York,
has experimental with himself and
learned that death by strangulation
produces immediate Inconsistencies,
and so prevents pain.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
Trial of Conspirators.

DUBLIN, March 23.-The trial OF
Nugent and twelve other members
of the Armagh Assassination Society
on the charge of conspiracy and muir
der continued at Belfast. Counsel
for the crown, in closing the case on
his side; sought to convict O'Dono-
van Rosa, John Dewey, James Red
path and p. J. Sheridan with the
society, which he said promoted the
conspiracy. Judge Lawson, charg-
ing the jury, spoke strongly against
the prisoners.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
TIE SITUATION IN CUSTER
COUNTY.

From the Yellowstone Journal Of
the 18th inst. we learn that the old
Board Of Commissioners met on the
preceding Tuesday and drew the
grand and petit juries, and transact
ed some routine business, and had
met again on the above named date
for general business. Also, that the
new Board had met Wednesday, the
18th inst. and on account of the re-
fusal of Clerk Stilwell to recognize
the validity. of their organization
they appointed George Myers clerk
pro tenn, and adjourned to last Mon
day for the transaction of any bust
ness that may be brought before it.
Furthermore, q citizens meeting had
been held on the evening of
the 18th inst, at which
the newly appointed commissioners
said they had served a notice
upon the County Clerk, calling him
to act with them, and had interviewed
the old Board, who had refused to e
cognize the law which had created
the new Board. A resolution was
passed at the same meeting, being in
substance that Messrs. Bryan, Miles
and Van Gaskin, the new County
Commissioners, should take possess
sion Of the county records and all
other county property, and that all
persons present declare their deter
mination to stand by the new Board
in the matter of carrying into effect
the act relative to .vacating the old
Board of Commissioners, as stipula-
ted in the bill which had previously
passed the Legislature. A motion
was also unanimously adopted, that
each person there present was deter
mined to stand by the new Commits
sioners in the event of their demands
not being acceded to. A committee
was appointed on finance and gensS-
al business and the meeting adjourned
subject to call.
From the foregoing it appears Gus
ter county has two f~ull-fledged Boards
of Commissioners and two County
Clerks, each prepared to tr~ansactsuch
business as may properly come before
it. The end is not yet, and he who
can indicate it is gifted with the spirit
of prophecy.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24
JUDGE CoNGER.

The MINER does not feel called up
on to defend Republican officials fol
their short comings. If it took upon
itself the task there would be little o.
no room left in its columns for othel
matters. But justice, common decen'
cy and the truth of history protest
against the unfair treatment Judge
Conger received at the hands of the
Inter Mountain last evening. Judge
Conger is suspended from the exer'
else of his duties pending an investi-
CATION OF charges of gambling
and drunkenness preferred against
| him. The Inter Mountain
notes this item ia the press reports
and then travels out of its way to inn
plicate that gentleman in the Custer
county imbroglio. Judge Congel
may be a gambler and a drunkard'
He may be eve worse. He may be
as great an ignoramus, or knave, as
some other Federal officials living
not q thousand miles from Helena,
but he certainly does not deserve the
following notice which our evening
contemporary gives him: "Dissatis-
faction with Judge Conger's conduct
as a citizen has for. some time existed,
and in Custer county. this has been
intenslfied:into disgust at the failure
of the court over which this judicial
officer presides to afford the citizens
relief from the dishonest action of
their county officers"
It lie implied if not directly charged
in the above excerpt that Judge Con-
ger did not do his duty in the matter
referred to-. Now the facts in the case
are these. The Judge was satisfied
that the acts Of the Commissioners
of Custer county demanded an in
vestigation and charged . late
grand jury of that county to that eff
feet. Subsequently suit was brought
against them, but the very parties
who were instrumental in bringing
suit afterwards petitioned for its
dismissal. The Judge hesitated
some time to dismiss it but as he could
not very well act as prosecutor
and judge in the matter he finally
complied with the prayer of the petit
TONERS. These are the facts as We
learn them from reliable parties.
The Inter Mountain oracle probably
had no knowledge of them, or he
would not have referred to the Custer
county matter in connection with
the Judges suspension. Judge Con-
gers suspension is but another link
in the long chain of evidence that a
Republican administration is too
careless in its appointment of Federal
officials for the Territories. Judge
Hoover, of Arizona, is anoth-
er instance Of this fact.
There is a remote possibility
that in the course of time it may
dawn upon the minds Of vi Repub-
lican masters that if the people of the
Territories were consulted in the
matter of the appointment of men to
govern them that fewer mistakes
would occur. 1t is not necessary to
hunt up third rate politicians in the
pineries of Michigan to send to the
Territories in the capacity of Federal
officials when better men may be
found among the people to be served.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-24

A complete list of the name and
postoffice address of each pensioner
of the government, together with the
annual rate of pensions, date of orig
inal allowance and cause for which
1t is allowed, will fill six volumes of
$50 pages each. And still names are
being received to be added to the
list.