Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-08
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
A copy of the Scott liquor law of
Ohio has been introduced In the New
York Legislature.
Miss Weller is the name of plain
tiff in breach of promise case in
London, and Mr.. Dickens is her
counsel.
Jefferson Davis has been formally
invited to address the Legislature of
Mississippi upon the line of Sergeant
5. PrentiSs.
When w. HI. Vanderbilt is out
driving his full outfit, including
team, harness, cutter, and cloth
lug, is estimated to be worth 500
00O
At the wedding of the Marquis of
Kildare with the Lady Hermione
Duncombe he presented each of the
orldemaids with q specially ordered
watch.
Almond trees at Shasta, Cal, are in
full bloom.
\ steam whistle is used in Grinnell,
la as Il fire alarm.
New York postmen carry alcohol
lamps to thaw out letter box locks.
Sixty-two new pupils for the Indian
training school kave arrived at Car
isle, Pa.
In PHILADELPHIA "society"ls report
ed to be uncommonly gay and lively
this season.
Paganini's successor is said to have
been found in a young German violin
lst named Oodrizek
George w Cable, the author, is i'll
with intermittent fever at the resi-
dence of Mark Twain, in Hartford,
Conn.
Rev. William T Chase, pastor of
the Central Square Baptist church at
Cambridge, Mass, has resigned to ac-
cepta call to Minneapolis
Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldridse, wife
of the author, is described as one of
the most picturesque women In Bos-
ton, by one of the papers of that city.
Mrs. McElroy, President Arthur's
sister, held a reception at the White
House Saturday afternoon, which was
attended by nearly 5000 persons.
After an entertainments at Pana,
Ill, for the benefit of Emma Bond,
unknown persons hung Judge Phil
lips, who presided at the trial of Mont
gomery ct al, in effigy on the com.
mon.
The court of cessation at Rome, has
decided that the real property of the
propaganda must be converted into
government stock. The vatican thinks
of appealing to the powers.
A remarkable advance in the price
of tea is noted at present throughout
the country. Speculation is rife in
New York and is extending to this
market. The cause is a very short
crop in this staple.
The leaders of the gathering at the
depot at Paris, when the Comte de
Pals left for Madrid, and when cries
of Long live the king" were raised,
have been sentenced to eight days
imprisonment.
A majority of the Milwaukee bar
has petitioned President Arthur that
he appoint, in case of the retirement
of Judge Drummond from the circuit
bench, District Judge Charles E. Dyer
to that position.
Governor Sherman sent message
to the Iowa senate, accompanied by a
report from the professor of veterina
ry science, showing that case of
pleuro- ro-pneumonia had never existed
among the live stock of the state.
A new sheep disease in the Montana
ranges is decimating the herds. The
animals suddenly swell up, bleed at
the nose, and expire in a few min
utes. Hundreds die in day and
there is no means of diagnosing or
preventing the malady.
During the past three years 135 or
ganizationS with cOntrivanceS for the
transmission of intelligence have
been incorporated in the state of New
York under the telegraph companies
act ald the capital represented az gre
gates 1926, 000,000
This, which a physician writes, is
for the benefit of the young mans
best girl: The first effect Of ice
cream is to lower the temperature to-
ward the freezing point, as it stands
below; therefore the stomach must
overcome all this and furnish addi
tional heat before digestion can begin.
Where there was not power TO do this
| have seen the chill not only arrest
digestion, but stop the action of the
heart; and then there must be prompt
help or prompt death.