Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-23
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

TIN in large quantities has been found
! in Mason county, West Virginia.
THE Mexican Senate Thursday con
! firmed the reciprocal treaty between
! Mexico and the United States,
THE striking mill-hands at Grand
! Haven, Mich, all returned to work on
| last Thursday. They announced to their
eblpley ers tnat they were ready TO re-
sumo work at the prices offered.
Mrs. CYNTHIA FRANCIS. of the town
of Blooming Grove, near Madison. Wis,
died Thursday the 101st anniversary OF
her birth. She was born in MassachU-
setts, and had been widow for seventy
years.
THE Tmss-D .mocrat's Baton Rouge
special says: The democrat joint eau
Gus nominated j. 3. Eustlce for United
States senator to succeed senator Jonas.
Eu5tice was nominated on the first bai-
lot, receiving 5S votes, Jonas 53, ana
Manning 3
AT Water Vile, Miss, Saturday,
some persons emptied a bucket of ia:
over a MormoH elders head. In that
region the Mormons are making many
pr@selytes amOag the lower classes.
THREATS against the life of the
Spanish Consul at Key West were made
by drunken Cubans, and Commander
Bachelor, of the United States steamer
Galena, has been instructed to use the
naval forces to preserve peace am, pro-
tect the Consul.
THE American Medical Association
met at Washington Tuesday with 600
delegates present. DIR. Austin Flint,
the president, delivered the annual ad-
dress, making pertinent references to
medical code, the ovcrcrowding Of the
profession, and the granting of diplo-
mas by doubtful institutions.
G.. i. GnFILLAN, first vice president
Of the stranded Northwestern Car Com
pany, is of the opinion that the com
pany will work out of the present diff
Guilty in ton months. He says there has
been acknowledgement. but he believes
Che creditors will be paid in full.
A NEW YORK dispatch announces the
death at Nantucket, of Hon. Charles
OConor, the celebrated New York law
yer. He refused to support Greeley in
1872, and was nominated for presiJent
by the straight out democrats, but oniy-
received few hundred votes in the
entire county.
A CHICAGO dispatch announces the
death of Hon. Cyrus Ii. Mccormick,
the wealthy manufacturer and original
inventor Of the reaper. His father in
vented reaper as early as 1916, but it
did not work. The son took up the
work left by his father and in 1881 when
he was 81 years old krought out the
machine which gave him u world wide
reputation and made him millionaire. |
FERDINAND WARD, of the bankrupt |
firm Of Grant & Ward, made an assign
mcnt Monday of all lis property. his |
individual ind rbtpdness To be first |
wiped out and the residue To b! applied |
in discharging his liabilities as menber |
of the above firm. An attachment |
agtiast tn" property of Ere Trick ID
Grant was issued in the suit of Harry |
t. aud Frank c. lIollins and Fernando |
Iznaga.
Nix VANDERBILT did not transfer back |
the property mate over Ia him by Gen |
Giant before sailing for Europe, as stat !
ed. The deeds are srill on record, aud |
Mr., Nandcrblts word only says it Is a
'dGbt of honor. elc" Should he die to-
morrow his heirs could bold the entire |
property decided tn hun bv Gen. Grant. |
Gen. Grant drew the $l5. 900 interest on
the trust fund money May /, aad that |
wCut into the fin IHcial maplsUrom and |
wa. sucked down with all the rest, SO
that hc is literally without n dollar.