Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-05-15
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

A NEW ocean cable has been success
fully laid between Havana, Cuba, and
Key.West. Fla
ABOUT two dozen steamers are now
due at Quebec owing to the heavy ice
in the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
A LARGE number of employees have
been discharged from the Portsmouth
IN. FL )nsvy yard, and work in all the
departments is suspended.
GEN. WEAVER, of Iowa, is throwing
his influence in favor of State Senator
Charles E. Whiting As the fusion can
didate for governor OF that state.
THE bill passed by the New jersey
legislature preventing railways from
leasing their roads or franchises with
out legislative sanction has become a
law.
JAMES r. OsGooD & Co., publishers,
and the HeIiotype Printing Company,
of Boston, made assignments Moniay.
Osgood & Co.'s liabilities are about
$500 900. with assets between 5000, 200
and 100000.
THE Canadian journals are calling for
the immediate fortification Of Esqui-
mault harbor, commanding the entrance
to British Columbia waters. Although
an imperial naval station, as well as a
valuable Canadian port, it is almost de-
fenssless, and would fall "a easy prey
to Russian war ships.
In the Interstate drill at Mobile, Ala,
the Busch Zouaves, of st. Louis, took
first zouave prize and Chicago second.
The prizo of 500 for the best drilled
col e I6I fn TaI hot
of the Chickasa W Guards. The encamp-
ment closed on Saturday with sham
battle bstween sixteen companies.
Two Of the revolutionary leaders who
oraert and participated in the burning
of the city of Colon (AspinwalD, ON the
isthmus of Panama, recently, were
tried by court-martial and sentenced to
death, and in the afternoon of the same
day were taken into the midst of the
ruins of the burned portion of the city
and hanged.
ALL was quiet Tuesday at Lemont,
but bitter feeling against the military
was manifest. The militia officers re-
fused to testify at the inquest, and the
cOroRer's deputy who went to the camp
to serve subppnas was compelled to
leave without discharging his duty.
Captains Bell and Smith were at one
time threatened by mob near the post
office, but suffered no bodily injury.
Sheriff Hanchett issued proclamation
calling upon the rioters to disperse and
announcing that persons who desired
to return to work would be protected,
and that unlawful idling or lettering
would not be tolerated.
LORD LANsDowNE, the Governor Gen
erGl of Canada, who is very polite to
visitors Of distinction, was lately misled
into inviting to the vice regal mansion
at Ottowa a person whose name on the
books of the hotel corresponded with
utes before dinner the guest telephoned,
Cant 90. Fm stuck for pair of even
ing boots" "Come on! Never mind
that" was the reply of the Governors
Aile-de- Camp. He did come, but prov
ed to be the wrong man, boisterous,
commercial traveller deCked out in
snowy chains and rings. But the Gov
ernor General mado the best of the mis-
take, and the guest never learned how
he had the honor OF beiug received at
his Lordship's table.
THE result of the special election in
the Thirty-fourth Illinois Legislative
District, for the choice of a successor of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT democratic men,
ber of the house, was republican vic
tory, notwithstanding the fact that the
district has always heretofore been
strongly democratic. Mr.. Weaver, re-
publican, is ele cted by over two hundred
majority. This gives the republicans
majoriy of two on joint ballot of the
two houses, and changes the majority
in the house from the democrats TO the
Although the republicans s
will now have majority of two on
joint ballot, every republican vote will
bo necessary TO elect republican sesa-
tor; 103 vot, s. which constitute quo
Ium, being needed to elect.