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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
FOREIGN.

SIR PETER LUMsDEN, British Com
missioner in Afghanistan, arrived IN
London and received an ovation.
TT is repOl ted in Athens that grave
political disturbances have occurred in
Crete. No details could be learned, be.
cause the revolutionists have cut the
wires.
ANTI-JEwIsH riots have broken out
again in Vienna, and the shops of the
Jews raided. Forty persons are report
ed rs severely wounded.
PRUSSIA has prese ented scheme in
the BuEdesrath for canal from the
North Sea TO the Baltic, to cost 156,-
600, 900 marks, Prussia t. pay $1,000, coo
and Germany lO6, 900, 600.
A successor to Dr. Rohlfe, the Ger
man agent in Zanzibar, has been ap-
pointed. A map recently published by
tie German foreign office makes Nitu
a possession Of Zanzibar
IT i, reported that the overtures of
the Porte for an alliance with Russia
have met with a rebuff. Russia. it is
claimed, expresses herself content with
the present status. of the Afghan ques-
ton and holds that an alliance with
Turkey Is not now necessary.
Tie trouble between China and Japan
over Corea was settled by both govern
ments agreeing to withdraw their troops
from Corea The suZerainty of China
over Corea was said to have been rec
ognized by Japan, and the disputed
question of sovereignty over the Loo
Choo islaads was given to Japan.
BmRBHoM's circular states that the
present wheat acreage of the United
Kingdom of Cheat Britain, is 10 per
cent. and perhaps 10 per cent. below
last years, and that this short acreage,
combined with the growth of the crop
itself, will cause deficiency in this
years product, as compared with last
year, of 1000 0G0 quarters.
RAINE, the new Uaited States consul
at Berlin, III aR interview, says that he
has undertaken the task of reviving the
commercial relations Cf Germany and
America. The depression in trade
will soon convince the American people
OF the necessity of abG:doning their
policy of the last twenty-five years.
Mr. Raine believed there would be no
difficulty in removing the point of diH
crance between the two countries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
ACCIDENTS.

TRUAX's hotel known rs the ''lnte,
lakes, at Saratoga lake, n. ", was de-
stroycd 10y fire.
On the trip of the steamer Caspian
from Baltimore to Liverpool Chief Engi-
neer Browne committed suicide by
jumping overheard.
TIE error of drug clerk at Chicago
caused the death of MISS Emma Weber,
a handsome young lady, aged % years.
The clerk put up aromatic s. irits of
ammonia instead of aromatic spirits of
rhuharh, as prescribed.
j. COLES, proprietor of the Johnson
house, Nashville. Tenn, shot himself
through the head, dying instantly.
coles was regular att "ndant during
the Rev. Sam Jones revival and seem
cd deeply affected. 1t is supposed his
mind became impaired. lie left Il note
saying: Il can live no longer. Good
bye to all who know me, for ! am gone
forever and ever"
A SINGULAR accident occurred dur
ing Il recent ram storm III Chattanooga,
Tenn. A boy was crossing n railroad
track, and had Just put his foot on one
Of the rails when lightning struck 1t,
and the boy fell dead. An examination
showed that the heel on his left shoe,
the one that touched the rail rs he was
in the act of crossing, was torn off and
the shoe cut as if by knife. His
clothes were rent i'll one place, and the
crown of his hat had been completely
severed from the rim. but not a bruise
or a scratch was anywhere 10 be found
ON the h,'iy,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
CRIME.

DIR. n. YOUNG, a leading citizen OF
Niuct macs, Indiana, was accidentally
shot dead by uarret Robertson, while
hunting.
SAMUEL NARBARouGH, Of Oakdal;,
Tenn. shot his srother Talbert, !hroug h
the Heart, killing him instantly.
Ara farm heuse near Eiwardsport.
Indiana. Fred Grotegout and wife were
found to have been killed with a razor.
The circumstances indicated that Gro
tegout became insane and committed
the deed.
TaE Cincinnati Police Commissions rs
found Inspector of Police Dunn and
Chic Of u ,tsctives Wappenstein guilty
of blackmail AMI dismissed them from
the force.
AL TAIKINGToN, sheriff of Idaho
county, with posse of thrSe, shot and
| killed horse thief named Fox. at Lap
wal Agency, Idaho I. Fox resisted ar
rest and drew revolver on Taikington
/ All four fired. ipfiicting fatal wounds
| The Coroncr's inquest returned a YER
diet of iustifi able homicide.
| PAUL HOLDER and son John, aged
/ Il. of New York. were murdered a.
| the Sabinas mines IN the state OF Nutvt
Leon, Mexico. Mr.. Holder was the
manager of the mines at Sabisas, anc
one of the most promixsnt mining mel
in Mxeico Il is supposed that th'
mu rdsr was oemmItted for the pnrpos'
of robbery.
HARRY CHAMPLAIN, residing with hr
mother at No. ST. West Seyent. stree
| Cincinnati, went home in an intoxicat
ed conditioS, and alarmed all in th'
house. He struck lady visitor with ;
chair, and grossly abused his mother
He broke away from the family ana
got carving-knife in the kitchen. DR.
f. T.. 10y, his brother-in.law, on being
assaulted by Champlin, shet him will
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
THE ROSE FEVER"
a Peculiar MaIady Brought on by
Flower Poison.
Pittsburgh Commercial. Gaz tie.


Doctor, l thought you would
never come. can't stand it much
longer" said young man to a Gin
cinnati doctor. "Ivego such pain
in my head. First it was a headache.
then my lead got cold and the pain
concentrated between my eyes.
When | breathe through my nose it
feels as if my brains were being pulled
out"
"Humpb - said the doctor, "been TO
the flower show?"
prise, 1--WE been there two or three
times"
"Well, you've got rose fever. Some
times it's called hay fever. Some
flower has poisoned you. | have had
lot of patients like you this week. "
When the patient had been pre-
scribed for and had departed, the
writer, who had been somewhat sur
prised at the diagnosis given, remark
ed;
"Were you jesting about that mans
complaints"
mo, certainly not. | have had
number of patients this week who
have bad the same trouble. Some of
them have not had as severe an ats
tack as this man has, but complain of
unusual pains in the head which they
cannot account for. 1t is a queer dis
ease, and yet it is perfectly explainable
on a natural aud reasonable basis.
Plants and flowers possess ia nearly
every instance some good or bad pro.
perty. A child at play in the garden
may take fancy to eat the leaves or
the seeds of a pumpkin and no harm
results. The next minute or two the
little thing changes its food to jImson
seeds AID then there is funeral. In
some cases it is the root only OF the
plant which is poisonous or beneficial
and it may have to be treated III a
complicated way before its qualities
can be extracted. In other plarts it
is the leaves alone which contain the
properties, and then again ia many
other instances they are contained in
the flower. II is not, perhaps, the
whole flower which is of use. 1t may
be the corolla, or the calyx, or the
stamens, or the pistils, or the petals
which are charged with good or evil
And then, too, as you have often
heard no doubt, the same flower or
some other vegetable matter does not
affect all people alike Hay and rag
weed are the best known causes of
this species Of catarrh, and its name
hay fever, has been given to it on that
account.
"There is no determining what
flowers have and have not this infu
ence, Some people are affected by
tuberoses, others by lilies of various
kinds. know big, strong man who
is thrown into perfect agony by the
slightest smell of flax seed when pre-
pared for poultce. Another man of
my acquaintance would be made
violently i'll if buckwheat flour is
cooked in a building where he is. All
these things are perfectly explainable
on scientific grounss, which / don't
propose to enter into now, but if you
will inquire among the people who
have been to the fiowershow | am
sure you will find many who have
nad sudden headaches aud trouble
with catarrh after leaving the flows
erS -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
Central America.
REBELS AT WORK.

LA LIBERTAD, via Galveston, June
3. The rebel Menendez occupies
Santa Ana, Chalehuapa and Att
auesapa with strong force. The
Mendista General Rivas has twice
been driven out of Cajutepeque which
place is now occupied by the national
troops Rivas, however, romans in
close proximity threatening an attack.
The Nationals have large force
under arms, battalion of Nicara
guans crossed the river Lempa yester
day, and another battalion is march
ing on to Coatepeque.
Everything hinges on the attitude
Of Guatemala, which country's men,
Endez reports, will assist him, in
which case the whole of Central
America will become involved. III
Guatemala remains neutral, the Saa
Silvadorian government will prob
ably overpower the reyolutiOnlst5
within a fortnight.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
Wa ShingICn.
To-DAY's APPOINTMENTS.

To DAY APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, June s. The presi-
dent to day appointed the following
postmasters:
f. p Rutherford, Clarksville, Tex.
Martin Y. Daggett, TuScola, Ills
Chase Adams Auegan, Mich.
VIM H. Bennett. Long Branch, n J.
Benz. ]. Loutham, Longansport Ind
Jas V. Ward, Cherokee Iowa.
b F. Ross, Cobden. Ills.
Edwin Fl. Coils Martinsviile, Ind, vice F. g.
Bain suspended.
The president made, to-day, the fol-
loving appointments:
Ts be marshal. Edward NJ. Boyken, for the dis
trict of South Carolina.
Robert s. Kelly for secretary of Montana.
Romulo Martinez, for secretary of Mexico.
To be U. S. attorneys, John F. Gibson, for the
east district OF Virginia.
g. Van Hoarsefe, for the southern district of
Illinois
Anthony c. Campbell, for the territory of Wy
oaning.
at Tracey, Mimi
RECEIVERS AT LAND OFFICES:
PIX Wiser, at Tracy. MINI
Joseph Hm, Beatrice Neb., vice wm. II Som
msrS resigned
o. C. Hals Is Crosse, Wis
W. 4 Edgar, trenton, Mo.
PoSTMAsTERS:
Martin V Daggett, at TtIscai. III. vice H r.
IngrahaTn. resigned
Villas DENIES THE DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, June s Postmaster
General Villas to day denied that he
sent dispatch to Chicago touching
the threatened strike among the rail-
way postal clerks, as stated in Chica-
go. He says there need be no apsre-
hension of strike among the railway
mail employees. 1t was possible that
few clerks who felt that from their
ineffciency they had no chance of re
naming in the service, had endeavor
ed to effect combination among the
older and more efficient men. but they
had failed in their ATTEMPT
The Official Postal Guide, for May,
contains notice, over the signature
of the postmaster general, that effi'
cient and honest railway clerks who
have not turned their attention toward
political service during their labors,
need have no fear of being disturbed
in office. That declaration in regard
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
The Straw Braid Tree of Japan.
From the Japan Herald


Within the last three years quite a
new industry for Japan has sprung
INTO existence-the manufacture OF
straw plait or braid for mems hats and
women's bonnets for use abroad. The
first year .the export consisted of
some 5000 pieces only, the next it
increased to $4,000, aud the last of
nearl y 1000, 600 pieces of sixty yards
each. The price, of course, varies ac-
cording to the season and quality of
the article, ranging, we 5elieve. from
so sen down to as low as 25 sen per
piece, the latter icing, We understand,
the price just now, owing to the fact
of the season being over, for it has TO
reach America in time to be made up
by the hat-makers for the summers
trade. There is also an immense pro
duction in China of the same article,
which has existed for many years
past; the price there, no weyer, mostly
rules considerably lower than here,
owing to the cost of Chinese manufact-
ures being generally less than the jap
anese ask for their wares. The Japan
ese plait ordinarily commands a bet
ter price abroa {, as the straw of which
it is made is brighter and winter in
color; it is also mostly very neatly
made, owing to the deft fingers of the
japanese being admirably suited to
the work. This industry, which
bids fair to develop into larger and
larger proportions, IS an especial
benefit to the farming class, the raw
material costing nothing and the max
ing of the plat furnishing occupation
to the female branches OF the family
during leisure hours and winter nights
when work outside cannot be followed
The money earned being 50 much clear
gain, it is a welcome supplement to
the income of thousands Of poor and
industrious families. We observe
that the workers at the village of
Omori, near Toxic, are about holding
a competitive exposition, TO test the
dexterity of the plaiters and the qual>
ity of the article turned out by them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
'afely corralled and carefully guarded

safely corralled and carefully guarded
by his cowboys. 1t is purely specu-
latlve scheme on that gentlemsn's
part, however, as the poor brutes are
securely seGned, aud will be finally
slaughtered when there is a corner in
robes.
To sum the matter up. these figures
of the hides and robes exported from
this section represent about two thirds
of the actual number of animals kiil~
ed. Fully one third of all the great
host decayed with their robes around
them. No more than two thirds of
the skins were saved. A traffic in
their bones has sprung up, which will,
IN year or two, clean up the great
buffalo cemeteries of the west, leaving
Eot one remnant of great race of
animals in the country that was once
their homs. At nearly every station
on the railroad last year could be seen
piled up for shipment the chaotic an
atomy OF countless thousands of buff
faloeS. Cattlemen were paid 50 and
50 wagon load for them. Cowboys
with little else to do, and even lazy
Indians with an eye TO the almighty
dollar, went into the scavenger busi-
ness and collected buffalo bones for
lucre. Fer months car load after car
load, to the numbsr of thousands,
passed eastward to Minnesota.
Indiana, Illinois, where they
were turned to account as fer
tllizsrs. Ev II the skulls and
bones that surveyors have stood UP as
sighting points have been picked up
and carried off, such is the demand
for them. Delivered at the factories
the frames are worth $25 a ton, the
freight charges ranging from S. to SO
per ton. Horns alone bring $40 ton,
and are extensively used by makers
of umbrellas aud fans. From a por-
ton of the lead glue is obtained, and
the neck bones and shoulder blades
are worked up into the popular buff
falo horn buttons. A great many of
our buffalo bones, horns, and hoofs
are annually shipped to England.
and, after being turned over once or
twice by the cutlery factories of Shelf
Eeld, come back to us in the shape of
fine knife handles and other articles
of finished cutlery. England also i'm
ports great quantities of beef shanks
for the manufacture of fertilizers.
There may be few herds north OF
the international boundary line in the
Canadian northwest, but either Riel's
sharpshooters or Middleton's militia,
or both together, will make short
work OF them before many months
There Is no use of enacting any saw
ing laws for their protectlon in our
country now, as there are none to
protect. The harvest of skins has
ended The American bison is an
extinct animal. But if they can, let
them take comfort i'll the reflection
that, even though slaughtered and
sweat from existence by the white
race, they have been of some use as
buttons, fans, umbrellas, and the like
to the generation of man and women
that is dying with them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

NEW YORK has law, r, Gently sn-
acted, forbiddiRg the sale of any
canned fruit, veg, tables or other
articles of food ualess the cats or
Jars ,hal be labeled with the name of
the packer and the quality Of the
articles so packed. The law is TO 60
into effect January /, 1886, an! vas
enacted for the purpose of preventing
fraud aud imposition in these popular
articles Of food. The law should alss
have required the dats when the goods
were put up 10 be stamped on the cans,
as Que af the worst frauds in the
business is the selling of stuff two or
three years old for freshly packed ar
ticles. Ii TIE law works we'll in New
Yoik. il should he enacted Sin other
states.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
Short Stops.

The Hessian fly has greatly damag-
ed the wheat crop in California.
The revised Bible was placed on
sale in New York bookstores Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Lucy Smith. aged SO years,
was killed by the cars at Manistee,
Mich.
S. S. Cox will leave for Constanti>
nople early in June, and be banquet
ted before he goes
John Sherman will be i candidate
for reelection TO the United States
senate from Ohio
Many me nbers of the Salvation
army were injured by mob at Sacra-
mento, Cal, Wednesday evening.
The Canadian Bank OF Commerce,
Chicago, was swindled out of 81, 900
by forged letter of credit.
Gen. Middleton has received in
siructions to war the Indians till he
crushes thena. Poundmaker and his
band are still on the war path and
very bold.
The autopsy on the body of Odlum,
who jumped from Brooklyn bridge,
shows that the ribs were broken on
both sides and that internal injuries
were received.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

THERE have recently been made in
ST. Petersburg some experiments with
pyronnphtha, an illuminator which
Brils!ein, the celebrated Russian
chemist, thinks will supersede kero
Gene. II is said to be wholly free from
danger of lire and burning kerosene
is cnsilyeX!inguished by it. Pyronaph
tina itself can be readily put out by
water. II barns with bright light
and gives oil no smoke or vapor, while
the fact that it is n residual product
of the Raku distillauou of petroleum
makes it cost less in Russia than kcro
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

NIcroR Hudo is said to have owned
only piece of ground in Paris, and
that was purchased recently. 1t is
situated on the avenue which bears
his name, and he intended soon to
erect Il house on il. II is covered with
trees aud has bright patch of lawn.
lIugo's fortune was invested in per
sonaI securities, and chiefly in Bel
gum National Bank shares, English
cpnsols and Flench rnteS. The entire
fortune is estimated at some thing over
4 600 600 francs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

IT il SAID on good authority :Ecct
cycIones always originate in equa-
tOrial regions, but never occur within
eight or t"n degrees Of that IIEe.
Another thing that IS peculiar is, the
whlrI from right to left IN the northern
and from left TO right in the southern
hemisphere. Masters Of sailing vessels
caught in one Of these cyclones by
knowing It's laws of direction can
easily sail out of its course.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

THE Supreme Court Of the State Of
Pennsylvania has decided that the
snIe or purchase Of a life insurance
pnIiry is illegal and void, even when
made in good faith and with the
knowledge and approval of the com
pany. Such transactions, il is held,
are contrary to public policy and the
Just principles of life insurance, and
amount in reality TO gambling Oh the
duration Of human life.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

IL is reported from Paris that ex
periments made in the hospitals show
that sulphide Of carbon is the best
agent 10 restore the normal acton Of
the bowels in case Of cholera II has
restored Ia consciousness in thirty
seconds hySterIcai patients, who pre-
Vious TO its adminisLra' were in
sensible To even th pricking of
NJ JIcg
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

EXPERIENCED lumbermen have al
ways held that timber cut in the
srriug was not durable for building
purposes. Recent scientific invNstiga-
tons sustain this belief. 1t is shown
that the richer the wood is in phos
phnric acid ans potassium the more
likely it ~ Ia rot and mould wood cut
IN the spring contains eight times as
much of the former and five times as
much Of the latter as when cut III the
winter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

IN making SoundlngS IN the sllm
soil of the Nile vall,y, two baked
bricks were discovered, one at a depth
Of twenty and thu other twenty -four
wards. III we estimate the thickness
of the annual deposit formed by the
river at eight inches y century, says
Professor Jolly, we must assign 10
the first Of these brick an age of
t2,oOO years, and to the second that
of $4,000 by the rseans Of aualo-
gous calculations, Burmcistcr sup
poses 72No0 years to have elapsed
since the first appearance Of man
upoa the soil of Egypt, and Draper
attributes 10 the European man who
witnessed the last glacial epoch an
antiquity of more than $4,000 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

A TELEGRAPH operator who copies
directly from the sounder upon
type writer is reported from Nash
Vile, Tenn, the first and only opera
tor IN the world who has succeeded in
doing this One night recently he re-
ceived and copied 5000 words of
press matter, delivered it to the news
editor in handsome type writer copy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

TREES computed 10 be over five
thousand years old have been found
IN Africa, aud a cypress in Mexico is
said To have reached still greater
age. The Oldest individual specimen
of any species in fact the oldest Iiv
ing thing on the globe is probably
the cypress of Santa Maria del Tule,
in the Mexican State of Oaxaca, If
estimates of tree ages are To be relied
upon, the life of this venerable forest
monarch may have Spanued the whole
heriad of written history. At last ac-
counts ii was still growing, and ia
1901, when Humboldt Saw il, it meas,
urrd fnrty~two feet in diameter. one
hua lrtd ara forty six IN circumfrr-
encr aud two hundred and eighty
Two feet between the Sxtrvmities of
two oppo,ite branches.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

IT appears TO be decreed that horse
racing shall lie banished from the
State OF New York. Before this year
is out, every race course IN the State
and every trotting track of importance
will be shut up. The sport, with the
pool selling, will be transferred TO
New jersey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
Lurking Dangers for Deceiyers,
Philadelphia Call,

Mr.. Shabbygenteel-"Well, my
dear, I've made all arrangements for
closing up the front of the house for
the season"
Mrs. Shabbygenteel-''r glad of
that. l want to get the windows
boarded up ahead of the De Riches
this season, anyway"
The carpenters are coming to NOR
row
We'll, but don't forget to notify
the police"
.sTo watch the houseG Nonsense.
We
mo, no, 10 keep from arresting US
when we sneak III and oug the back
way"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12

THE crop prospects in Iowa are re
ported excellent. In some parts OF
Illinois corn promises exceedingly
well, while in others it is doing badly.
In Wisconsin and Minnesota chinch-
bugs have made their appearance,
and in Indiana and Arkansas the
seventeen-year locusts have come in
gWarmS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
General Dispatches.
WANT TO BE RELIEVED OF ToL

WANT TO BE RELIEVED OF TOLL.
MONTREAL, June S-A special
meeting of the board of trade, corn
exchange, shipping interests and smar-
chants generally. was held here to-
day, at which it was determined to
petition the government TO relieve
shippers using the canal from paying
toll.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-12
The Lion and the Bear.
STILL UNSIGNED.

LONDON, June s-The Pail Mall
Gazette. IN an article inspirited by
L.ssar, of the Russian sle>,ol- Of the
Afghan boundary commission. admits
that the settlement OF the matters In
dispute with Russia. IS still unsigned,
and attributes the present delay to the
hair splitting or quabbling of Gran
vile.