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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
Blaine as an Author.

WASHINGTON, July Pax -Secre-
tary Blaine's book Twenty Years of
Congress is to appear in October
next. 1t is said to be written in dis
passionate strain, and will afford little
satisfaction to the adversari9s of the
Maine statesman The period covered
is from 1861 to 1881. or from Lincoln
to Garfield. Blaine has not depended
upon his recollection of what oc-
Cured, but has gone to the archives
of the capitol, or delved among the
musty records and reports. He does
not wish his work to be considered
one of Renaissance, but rather as a
history of two important decades.
AN ELABORATE INTRODUCTION
deals with the causes that led to the
civil war, and then the war is taken
up and dealt with in all its phases.
The style and method is described as
picturesque and Macaulayan. Under
the caption of THE Anti-Slavery
Pioneers, Blaine says in his book:
In the early days of the agitation
the abolitionists were prescribed
and prosecuted class, denounced by
both the great political parties, con
demned by many of the leading
churches, libeled i'll the public press
and NAL treated by furious mobs. In
no part of the country did they CON
stitute more than a handful of the
population, but they worked against
every Encouragement with a zeal and
firmness that bespoke intensity of
moral conviction. They We're, in a
large degree, recruited from
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,
who brought to the support of the
organization the same calm and con
sistent courage which had always dis
tinguished them in upholding before
the world their peculiar tenets of re-
ligious faith, caring nothing for
prejudice, meeting opprobium with
silence, shaming the authors of
violence by meek remonstrance,
relying on moral agencies alone, ap-
dealing simply to the reason and the
conscience of men. They arrested the
attention of the nation by arraigning
it before the public opinion of the
world and proclaiming its responsible
ity to the Judgment of God
I'm the light of the present day,
when slavery no longer exists IN the
land; when speech is absolutely free
in and out of congress, it is hard to be-
lieve that, during the presidency of
Mr.. Van Buren and under the speak
ership of Mr.. Polk. the house of rep
resentatives voted that every petition,
memorial, resolution, proposition or
paper touching or relating in any way,
or to any extent whatever, to slavery
or the abolition thereof shall, on pre-
sentation. without any further action
thereon. be laid on the table without
being debated, printed or referred. >
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
The Dreaded Plague.

SU'Ez, July 24.-Cholera has broken
out among the soldiers of the British
Forty regiment, which recent
ly arrived here from Cairo. Two
members died.
New York, July %. The New
York papers all sound the alarm of
the probability of this country being
visited by cholera after that dread
disease has ravaged Europe The
Tribune says: The United States
will share in any dangers Of infec
ton to which Europe may be ex-
posed In 1882 cholera was carried
by emgrant ships from Ireland to
Quebec, and thence along the ST.
Lawrence and through Ontario 10
Detroit In 1918 the pcstilence was
imported in ships arriving at New Or
leans from Havrc, and was commu
nicatcd rapidly To st. Louis CIncin
natl, and Buffalo, and subsequently
carried across the plains to San Fran
cisco. In 1866, New York was the
distributing point from the cmigrant
ships If Europe suffers this year
from the pcstilercc its ultimate ap
pearance in the United States may be
accepted as foregone conclusion.
The World says. Each succeeding
return Of the scourge to northern cen
tres of civilization has been attended
by steadily reduced bills of mortality,
and so well known were the local con
ditions necessary for its propagation
that the neighborhood IN London in
which it would appear and 10 which
IL would be confined were accurately
designated in advance. With this
knowledge and all our improved san
I itary facilities it would be the crown
ing negligence of the century if the
Indian pestilencc should be allowed
to again ravagc any of the cities Of
northern Europe
/ The Times SAYS: We know enough
of cholera to know that hygienic
measures are much more cfiectual
with it than therapeutic. or TO put il
in English, that il is more easily pre-
/ vented than cured 1t is a warming to
set and keep our houses III order. 1t
Z is very hard TO enforce measures Of
prevention upon the Egyptians. Fatal
istic beliefs and filthy habits alike offer
passive resistance To the enforce
ment of such measures. The real de-
I fense Of this place against pcstllence
! is in the lower bay. ! single import
ed case Of cholera in the city will be
an Impeachment of the efficiency Of
4 the health officer, whose powers to
protect the public are ample. The
vigilance of the officers at quarantine
ought to be doubled at the stimuli
4 taneous threat of cholera from the
east, and of yellow fever from the
south.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

zed, and one of them nearly covered
with warts. They have not been cap
tured
MAJ. BURT of Des Moines is at La
Crosse in the interest of his son, in Jail
for bigamy. The latter ran away from
his home to seek his fortune. At Apple
ton, Wis, he opened a begnio and mar
ried one of the women occupants. He
then went to Green Bay on spree and
shot man. for which he served two
years in the penitentiary. On his release
he went to Florence and married another
woman of the town, but firing of her he
went to La Crosse and married third
woman. The father then gave him
farm, but wife No. had him arrested.
Wives No. and will prosecute their
husband jointly. But senior was an of
ficer in the confederate army, is worth
100000 and says he will give $4,000 to
clear his son.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

IT is is "A topic of congratul alton to
dawning The canvas i'll both Ohio
and Iowa. has already been arranged.
In Iowa the two competing candidates
Foraker and Hoadley-live neigh
bors at Cincinnati. and are personally
on the very best of terms. 1t has been
agreed between them that there shall
be no blackguarding no ISLANDERS, no
dirty words or work of any kind.
This is all very right and proper, but
II remains to be seen whether their re
Spective friends will, through all the
excitement of the canvass, be able to
wage a war on a peace basis. In Iowa
series of joint debates have been ar
ranged between the republican and
the democratic candidates for governor
the Hon. b. Il. Sherman, the present
Executive of the State, who is the re
publican nominee for reelection. and
the Hon. l.. G.. Kinne, his democratic
opponent. The times aud places
agreed upon are as follows; Inde-
pendence, Wednesday, August 20;
Postville, August 30; Webster City,
Tuesday, September IL; Cherokee,
Thursday, September 1s; Atlantic,
Thursday, September IS; osceola,
Thursday, September 20; Mount
Pleasant, Tuesday, September 2s; De
Witt, Friday, September 2s; Cedar
Rapids, Saturday, September 80; Des
Moines, "Wednesday, October 3.
Both contestants being able speak
ers on the stump, and the chief ques-
ton being prohibition and the tariff,
the people of Iowa will no doubt flock
to hear these joint discussions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
MGEocH's PLANS.
His Situation Described by Him
self.

Seif.
MILwAMKEE, July 24.-In an inter
view with Peter McGeoch, who. in
answer TO question whether he pro-
posed to engage in business again.
said: Il can't tell The fact Of the
matter is, | am as yet unable To tell
what | shall do; | feel utterly Ilazed
and bewil6ered. Why, Just think of
it; on that Friday / had 500. 600 to
my credit in bank, and by Saturday
they took $500. 600, and would have
taken s50e, 600 more if | had permit
ted 1t, 1t is not what l would do, but
what | can do. really don't know
what my resources arc, Ny property
is heavily mortgagcd The gentle
man who Just left the office is
one of my partners from Chicago.
Tie had called to ask me the same
question that YOU asked me. / would
not engage in business again, at least
not that kind of business, if it were
not that wish to pay my debts.
lis 1t your intention 10 put up the
other so cents ON the dallars"
,'On that point don't wish to pa
rade myself. | prefer To leave my
actions to speak for themselves, and
avoid all newspaper notorietv, thing
that | never courted. | don't know
what | can accomplish, but do know
what | should like and shall aim TO
do.
The affairs of McGeoch, Fvering
ham \ Co. have been settled up, and
the creditors paid 80 cents on the dol
lar. Everybody seems To be satisfied,
except few lawyers with itching
palms, who expected TO divide up the
property of the firm among them
selves and let the creditors sweat for
their money. The time consumed in
etfecting the settlement was little
over u month, and the expense at
tending ii was n little less than SEQ,
OO0 The firm nj tho time of its fail
llre owed ST, 600, 600, S4,O5o, 600 was
held by the banks, secured by col
lateralS amounting To ~, 9oa0, 600.
leaving difference of $3.50, Geo.
There was due other creditors about
ST, $50, 0OO for which margins and ST
curitieS aggregating 500, ,oao, leaving
an unsecured Indebtedness of ST, 400,
600 10 meet, of which 500, 600 was
raised. The Union National bank of
Chicago hela a claim of ST, 600, SIS,
600 OF which was secured To oh
tain the banks consent To rclinquiSh
its claim temporarily to the latter
amount III order to effect com
promise, MesSrs, Hamill, GeddeS \
Singer had to give a personal bond
for the amount, otherwise the whole
scheme would have fallen through
The work Of the receiver, John L.
Bensley, is comrlimented on all
sides, and will probably result in
the enactment of law 10 preserve
bankrupt estates from drifting into
the clutches of the legal fraternity IL
be eaten up
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

The spirit III which some of the
magnatos of the Western Union Telc-
graph Company allude to the striking
operators, does not promise an early
settlement of the difficulty. Russell
Sage, JAY Gould's ally III all stock
jobbing operations, and the ShrewdcSt
and most unconscionable gambler i'll
Wall street his speciality is selling
puts" and calls s. says:
The ca, my will not compromise
and the public will sustain the com
pany III its position. Why, there
would be no use for directors if we
should allow a parcel of operators to
regulate their own wages. The whole
thing is ridiculous and absurd must
say that am surprised that the men
should have struck. l looked for bet
ter things from men SO intelligent as
most operators are. They have put
themselves on a level with miners and
laborcrS, with the most ignorant men,
who are satisfied with 81 day. You
would expect that they would strike
for better things Take them back
Not one of them, unless he gives up
his connection with this brotherhood.
On no other terms will one of them
ever work for the Western Union
again, If have anything to say about
"a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
EDISON'S OPINION.
He Thinks the Operators Should
SuCCeed---The Labor Combi-

NEW YORK, July p, Thomas \,
Edison, the electrician, says the tcle
graphers should and he hopes they
will succeed. Only Il few operators of
operators of any kind were idle at the
time of the strike, and those were in
competent When asked if lac thought
the strikers would be victorious he re
piled: II think they will; for they
are backed up by labor organizations
which will support them for some time.
They receive 10 cents week from 500,
600 members Of the brotherhood IN
the country This, with what the
strikers have saved, will enable them
to stand out Il long time. The opera
tors have been preparing for the strike.
1t was now or never with them, aad
they all came to the conclusion that
now was the best time To strike blow
for higher wages. The strikers are
led by men of good Judgment, and
this is good thing i'll their favor.
thing the strike will spread, said Mr..
Edison, in conclusion; n great many
laboring men get enthused over a
strike and it becomes contagious.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
The Strikers.

CHICAGO, July 24.-No attempt has
been made to resume work at the
rolling mills in South Chicago. The
2.OO0 men who made a demand for
increased pay still remain idle. The
Mason & Building association, which
made such prolonged fight against
the Bricklayers' uniou early this sum
mer. yesterday decided to concede TO
certain labor demands Of the union re-
specting the employment of non
union workmen. The builders ex-
plain their action on the ground that
the great body of men brought to the
city to take the places vacated by the
strikers early in the season have since
ioined the union.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

MAJOR GENERAL +. O. O. Ord, of
the United States army ton the retired
list, died at Havana, Cuba, last Mon
day, of yellow fever. General Ord
was one of the ablest officers of the
Union army during the war of the re
belIion, and continued in the service
subsequently, until last year, when he
was retired on account Of his age. He
WAS 65 wears old.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
Chicago BrickIayers Gain a Point.

CHICAGO, July 24-The Master Ma
sons and Builders association, which
made such a prolonged fight against
the Bricklayers' Union early this
summer, yesterday decided TO concede
eertaid later demands Of the union re-
specting the employment Of non
union workmen. The builders sx-
plain their action on the ground that
the great body of men brought to the
city TO take the places vacated by the
strikers early in the season have since
joined the union.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
The pays News.

Eleven deaths from dysentery
have occurred at Watseka, Ill. since
last Monday.
Nothing has been done towards
resuming work at the South Chicago
Rolling mills.
Several large stores were burned
out at Memphis to-day, causing loss
Of about 800, 900.
The Baltimore and Ohio ticket
Office at Pittsburg, Pa, was robbed of
81, 900 in case early yesterday morn
ing.
Richard l. Dugdale, noted lit
erary light, died of heart disease at
New York yesterday, at the age OF AZ
years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

THE telegraph operators of this
country on the 10th, inst, formally
carried into execution their threaten
ed strike. To what extent the tele-
graph companies will be crippled in
their operations, remains To be seen ;
but whatever embarrassment may re
suit will no doubt be of temporary
character.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

THE estimated yield of wheat and
barley in California this year, as re
ported by the Committee on Informa-
ton and Statistics of the San Francis
60 Grain Exchange, is 81 ,S42, 600 cen
tails of wheat and SITS, $50 centals of
barley The actual yield in 1882 was
22, ,5O7, ,S72 centals Of wheat and Z, 141, :
140 centals of barley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

OF disease whatever bc its direct proSenitor.
Promptiilde in resorting To remery IS the only
safe course, no matter how trivial the aiment
may seem. As safeguard against rurther dam
age to the system. sure 10 ensre. IL the prelimin-
airy symptoms are IiiSres .ared. few medicines can
be recommended with such confidence in cases Of
dyspepsia. liver complaint, con stipation rheuma-
tisnl, kidney disorders and maiarisl fevers the
national corrective, HoStettcr's Stomach Bitters.
Pure, botanic prompt and thorough, it amply de-
serves the fsthrcposed in it by the inhabitants Of
this continent. and Of others where nlalarial dis
orders to which it IS specifically adapted ex-
ceejinSiy prevalent Its remedial Is IS widely
recognized as its preventive efficacy and the fact
has been frequently brought to the knowledge Of
its proprietorS> by physicians and others, that il
has entirely eradicated disease in obstinate cases
where only temporary reiies had been obtained up
10 the time of its use
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

GOLD in paying quantities IS report
ed to have been discovered in North
ern Indiana. 1t is startling to learn
of the discovery Of gold in paying
quantities in that State in any other
than a Presidetial year. In Presi-
Dental years that State discovers
whole ebarls" full of cash.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
THE LOTTERIES.
Suit against the Postmaster Gem


WASHINGTON. July 23.-It is under
stood that Colonel c. w. Moulton
will enter personal suit in the name
of NJ A Dauphin, against Walter G.
Gresham for 800, 600 damages. The
ground of action is that Mr. Gresham
exceeded his authority as post
master general, IN that there
was no evidence before him
when he made the order of July
9. 1888, that Mr. Dauphin was engag-
ed In a scheme or device for obtaining
money through the mails by means of
false and fraudulent representations
or promises. The counsel for Mr..
Dauphin claim that the order of Feb.
20. 1850, in which Judge Key said that
he was not satisfied that Mr.. Dauphin
was engaged in such scheme or de
vice. revoked the order of Nov. 13,
1872, and that no evidence has since
been propueed that he is 50 engaged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

William Harrison Mckinney, a
Choctaw Indian, has been graduated
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
at Roanoke College, Salem, Va He
is the first Indian of full blood, to be
graduated at Virginia college He
was presented the English prize schol-
arship by Charles Dudley Warner
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27


THE publication Of the names of
from the government, as ordered by
the last congress, will do much toward
sitting out the imposters This publ
cation ought to be bound i'll parts by
counties, and a copy should be place d
in the postotlice of every town, where
il can be examined AS closely as the
poll list The receipt of Il pension is
not stigma of disgrace, but II token
of honor, and there ought to be no
more precious heirloom in II family
than a certificate showing the clam of
II veteran, or n widow or an orphan
upon the gratitude of the country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

STORMS in Dane and Iowa counties,
Wisconsin, did great damage Satur-
day, and portion of the city of Fond
du Lac was submerged Saturday
night by the giving way OF dams in
the creek, which was suddenly over
flown by deluge OF rain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

SIX persons are known to have been
k;lled and many injured by the cy-
clone which swept through portions..of
Minnesota on Saturday, and the loss
of property is estimated at $500, 600.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

Money is very abundant in Ameri-
can markets, especially in New York, "
says the Nation of the current week,
land looms at unusually low rates y
per cent. for call loans. But, it adds,
capital seems more reluctant than =
few weeks ago to make long invest
ments. Many persons are apprehen-
siye that, with large crops To move III
the Autumn, money will be tight,
and this, with other less prominent
influences, has caused avery decided
movement in the last ten days to sell
new railroad bonds and other sim
liar investments made few months
avo
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

The foreman OF the star route jury
who found Dorsey and Brady not
guilty, and likewise Rerdell not guilty
Of olfcnses which he himself con
fessed, now frankly admits that the
services of Dorsey to the republican
party were SO great that it was mean
and ungratefuI to prosecute him. The
next move will be to start a party sub
scription to make good in Dorsey s
pocket the expedited profits he was
compelled to disgorge i'll his defence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

Miss Susan B, Anthony will reach
home from Europe next month, and
will at once begin work on the third
volume of her history of woman suff-
rage.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

There is great difference between
one who can feel ashamed before his
own soul, and one who is only asham-
ed before his fellow-men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

THE branch between the Govern
ments of England and France appears
to be rapidly widening ana may
.uant,,ollv result in an open rupture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

Talking of big feet, here is case
that beats even the St Louis ladies.
The left shoe of Miss Fannie Mills, of
Ohio, who weighs 109 pounds, is six
teen and onehalf inches long, the
right eighteen inches in length; the
left is seven and one-half inches
wide and the other eightinches. The
right instep of the shoe measures
nineteen and one-quarter inches, and
the left seventeen and one-half in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27

wARRESroS. N C.-Rev J. z C. Rarham says:
4 used Browns Iron Bitters II Is complete
storstive, tonic and appetizer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
4 Romance of Moose Lake.

The people residing i'll the vicinity
of the Guided Moose lake are busy with
a romance just now. 1t seems that
on the banks of the lake resides Elijah
Camp, an Indian guide. He has a
beautiful daughter Emma, who has
developed into a noble-hearted and
loving woman. For some years a
family named Mead, who resides at
Sing Sing. have made it their prac-
tice to spend the heated term at the
Indian guides humble home. In the
Mead family there is a young man
named Gabrial Mead, and quite natur-
ally he fell III love with the beautiful
Indian maiden. and last spring he
made her his lawful bride. When the
elder Mead learned of this he was
very wroth, and forced his son to
desert his young and beautiful bride,
which he did Five months ago he
took her to his arms beautiful loving
bride, and to-day she wanders along
on the banks of Moose lake with a
broken heart and blasted hopes
Elijah and his deserted child have re
Gently been twice to Sandy Hill, and
Gen. Charles Hughes has the case in
hand, and already has opened his legal
battery on the Meads, and anybody
that knows the general can guess
about how the matter will end. En-
ma may lose Gabriel, but Gabriel
will wish before the general gets
through with him that he had stuck
to Emma.-Troy IN. " Telegram.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
LAND OFFICE CIRCULAR.

Unlawful lncloSure of Public Lands.
WAsHINGToR. July 24,-Another
circular has been issued by Commits
sioner Mcfarland, of the general land
office, to registers and receivers of
United States land offices and special
agents calling their attention to
the unlawful inclosure of public
lands. and directing them to
promptly report the number
and extent of all such cases with
necessary corrobarating evidence that
they may be transmitted to the de
partment of justice The circular con-
eludes as follows:
The department has no authority
to remove fences or prosecute tres
passers, and when the cases nave been
referred to the department of justice
for appropriate action, the duty of this
department is performed and its juris-
diction ceases"