Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-09-05
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

! AN earthquake that lasted thirty sec
onds occurred Oh the Island of Jersey
THIS years hop crop in this country
Is estimated to be about one-fourth short
OF the average.
| THOMAS &. PAGE, of Dubois, Wash
ington County, ILL.,, was committed by
! United States Commissioner Bradford
at Springfield for passing counterfeit
money.
THE United States steamer Kearsarge
has received direct orders at Gibraltar
| from Washington te make cruise along
| the north ana west coast of Africa.
AN Ottawa, Ont, dispatch says the
cattle trade with England has proved
many will go out of the business. One
firm has dropped $3.50, 900.
THE Dominion government isannoved
at the presence of Riel in the northwest,
having received intelligence that Big
Bear and Lucky Man have left their
reservation and gone TO confer with the
renegade.
THE inner safe of the First National
Bank of Albion was forced opened Mon
day. Although those present at the
opening made no authoritative state
ment, it is generally understood nothing
of any value was found.
A TRAIN stopped at dra W bI idge near
Pensacola Monday on the Pensacola ana
Atlantic Railroad. Seeing no signals to
move the conductor went forward and
found the watchman murdered, and his
body laid on the track.
DIR. SALMON, chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, says he has found
eight cases of pleuro pneumonia among
cattle in the vicinity of Chicago, and
ten cases in other parts of the state.
THERE was a parade of the trades
unions of New York City, with 10000
men in ths procession. The demon
stration has no political Significance.
THE liabilities of r. Wenrich, the
great sugar reiiner of Vienna, Austria,
whose failure has been heretofore re-
ported, are $4,000000. The failure is 1T
trlbuted TO the Over-productIOn of beet
sugar.
MABLE, the 15-ye0r-old daughter of
John Y. Griffith, prominent stockmap,
shot and killed herself at her home in
Shenandoah, Iowa, Sunday during a fit
Of temporary insanity.
WHILE an excursion boat was on her
way Sunday TO Linden Grove, Staten
Island one Of the excursionists attempt
Cd to steal sandwiches from the bar,
when the barkceper struck him with a
club. The crowd then seized the bar
keeper End beat him to death with
glas es, plates, and pictures.
DURING the storm Sunday off the
Newfoundland coast fifteen fishing
smacks were lost at Outer Cove, the
schooners Petrol and Elizabeth were
sunk in White Bay, and fishing smack
with four men aud two lady passengers
was lost off Cape Broyle.
THE weather was unconf0rtably
chilly throu hout the east Tuesday
night. The mercury sank below so
d, grees in some localities Some damage
is reported by frost in the eastern por-
tion of New York State and in Vermont
and New Hampshire.
THE directors of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, at meet
ing in New York Tuesday, agreed upon
a plan for the reorganization of the
company, but the details will not be
made public until Sept. 10.
THF "triking coalminers in the Hack
Ing valley, Southeastern Ohio, engag-
cd III riot pus violence, attended by loss
of life and property. Governor Hoadly
dispatched troops to the sCcae of the
trouble. and is there to-day iii person to
investigate. No further violence is re-
ported.
OHIo'S wheat srop of this year will
yield 1892 969 bushels. of excellent
quality. This is the largest crop of the
State, except that of 1880, when the
yield was As. $40. 600 bushels. The oat
crop will produce % S93, G63 bushels. or
about 81 > bushels To the acre The
barley crop will yield ohout !, ,000, 900
bushels. Corn has suffered fro.h drouth
and is about 9per cent. of an average
In the case of w. F. Storey, of the
Chicago Times, the jury in the Probate
Court, after taking the testimony of
witne Friday decided that Mr..
Storey is dementcd and incapable of
managing his estate. Judge knicker-
booker will appoint Il c0nServator, but
is not definitely know. when or whom.
LIEUTENANT GREELY has received
from Command, + Cheyne, of the British
Navy, Congratulatory dispatch. A
telegram was received from Captain
Bedford PIN requesting Greely's pres
ence ut the meeting of the British Asso-
citation at Montreal Sept. l. and NJ de
Lesseps has sent letter congratulating
Greedy upon the scientific results of his
expedition.