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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
FOREIGN.

TIE Chinese gov .rnment has ncgotl-
atqd two loans, one of four million
taclS and one Of two millions.
THE German reichstag has adOpte d
the bill providing for the subsidIzing Of
stt amshIp companies.
LORD DUFFERIN and other Indian
officials are doing their best for war on
the grounds that the present is the most
favorable opportunity, and that the
chance is unlikely ever to r"cur. If
the Indians hate the English they GER
tainly hate and dread tie Russians
more.
THE English preparations far exceed
what the newspapers reveal. Every
movement of the Russians are rapidly
getting ready fleet of swift privateers,
and England is doing likewise, only she
doubles the number. To sum up, par
lament believes in peace, @nd the court
is certain of war.
DISPATCHES from Guliran and Penideh
show the situation ON the Afghan front
Ter to be unchanged. The commission
under command of General Sir Peter
Lumpden has completed the bases for
the dclimitation Of the boundary and
are still awaiting the arri 1al of General
Xelinow, the Russiac Commissioner.
RUSSIAN subjects of the conquered
countries in Central Asia are saio to be
ripe for revolt, and to be eagerly look
ing for an Anglo-Russian war, which
wuGtd enable them to rise in rebellion
and attack the Russian army from the
rear.
THE Nizam of Rawul-Pinde writes
concerning the threatened Russian in
vasion: The Indian people consider
that Russi rule means despOtiSm, cor.
ruption of JGsticc, tyranny, and oppres-
sion. Russirn may introduce cIvillzl-
ton into khiva and Bokhara, but in
India her rule means retrogre. sion"
COLONEL. BtRNEJo, commander of a
Spanish cavalry regiment, has been ar
rested on charge of conspiring to re-
store the Republic of Spain. A cor
poral and two IolicCmen have been con-
victed on a similar charge in Pamplona,
province OF Navarro. Their trial re-
vealci the existence of a powerf u
and energetic organization devoted y
accomplishing revolution against Il
monarchy il Spain. Troops lave ela
sent in large numbers to Corona, where
a Republican coup is feared.
DISPATCHES oC the 30th say that it is
impossible to predict either peace or
war. The strongest phenomenon of the
whole situation is that dlametricalIy
opposite opinions are held by the two
clrclds eaCn of almost equal influence.
We'll informed politicians are convinced
thtt he whole thiHg Is q miNtuc OF
freight and cauard. This is the opinion
of Lords NoIthbrook and Harrington.
In9ppi all the ministers are TRANQUIL
while court circles are convinced that
war is in vitable. In German mediation
lies the great hope of peace. Recent
seuuiiAgs ut Berlin Indicate that Bis
marck is little inclined TO prevent enc
mics which he hates ami fears most
from cutting each others throats. The
Car is in pitiable state, dreading on
the one hand Nihilist hembs and on the
other tie deposition by mildcr leaders,
who prefer his brother Constantine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
CHICAGO Marker.

CHICAGO, March sl.-Floar- Very quiet aud
feeling easy: about unchanged. Wheat Quiet.
lower and fairly active at the opening; declined
a46G1c az the opening, ruled quiet and steady Hue
tuated within Nc, ruled weak and closed ltsc
under yesterday; ,4lSl1st4 for seller cash; 7ItS
for seller March; s434 for seller April; 1sls for
seller May; SlSs for seller june: No. > Red, Slts
Corn Quiet and shade lower; futures closed
under yesterday; 3Tl40AOla for seller cash.
Sats for seller March and April; 4134a4lla for
seller May; Il7s for seller June. Oats Quiet
dull and weaker, kGtEc lower; %. .dlSo for seller
cash; 2sla for seller March and April, 3lt4 for
seller May, 4l9s for seller June, Rye Dull; 6eSs
Barley Nominal; G2G63, Ti~othy seed Steady,
prime, 1856 Flax seed Steady; No. /, I.i0
Pork Bctve early, declined l5QsO rallied 5Dloc
and ruled steady To close: ii.G5Q0ia 20 for seller
cash and March; II G7tGG1l10 for seller April;
If1st3DtlSO for seller May; II Sita01i9O for
seller June Lard-Msderately active ana easier
declined 5Glt16 rallied 2ld@Sc, and closed steady
G., for seller cash, March and April; So06 SEW
Iof seller May; G.9O6692I6 for seller June.
Shoulders, i500iG0; shert clear. 4o1G.i5;
short ribs, 5.aOG5 92IG whiskey Unchanged at
Ili.
CHICAGO. March 3l.-The Drovers' Journal re
ports: Cattle Receipts 1900; slow, best grades
steady. common shade lower; shipping steers
4.e565 g5; cannes and butchers common TO
good : 5014 10: stocIiers and feeders, } boIi 80
Hogs-Receipts, Is 900; weaker and tec lower;
rough packing, 4e50Lio; packing and shipping
44o046S; light, 4,350i65; sklps, a5o94ea
Sheep-Recepts, 600; slow; inferior to medium
s750l@5; choice, 2250415
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

WINNIPEG advices of the Both, state
that only two or three officials here can
get any reliable information from the
seat Of war. The news received here is
transmitted to Ottawa, and government
officials now have full control of the
wires and posters are up in all public
places calling for volunteers, and indi-
cations are that trouble is more serious
than is generally known. Rumor has
it that Crozier and his forces were
forced to disbard after a skirmish in
which q of the troops were killed.
Nothing can be learned positively re.
garding this, as the officials will not
divulge anything.
a DISPATCH from the City of Mexico,
SAYS that over twenty Mexican military
officers have gone to Central America
to join the forces of San Salvador and
Nicaragua against Guatemala, and
that the war feeling is rapidly extend
ing and growing stronger. A large
public meeting was held Thursday
night, at which every speaker advocat-
ed determined aud aggressive action
towards Guatemala. An intense fee
ing Of hatred toward Barrios was man
ifested, and the meeting was frequently
interrupted by cries of Down with
BarrIos," Death to Barrios." 1t is re-
ported that the government is not
adverse to the pubic agitation against
Barrios.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
Will 1t Make the Desert Bloom!

tmlauelphla freSS
Can a desert be rendered fertile and
fruitful by putting a portion of it
under water2 On the supposition that
such a desirable result is attainable,
the French are about to carry out the
long talked Of scheme of flooding the
Sahara which is below sea level. by
means of a canal which will admit the
waters of the Mediterranean to the
depressed basins of the great African
desert, which are Immediately south
OF the French possessions of TuniS and
Algeria. BY this means it is expected
to overflow about 5000 square miles
of sandy and vast territory and create
an inland sea very nearly as large as
our own Lake Erie
The evaporation of water iu the vi
cinIty of a desert does not of itself
help the land. except to make its
winds, when off the water, less parch-
ing than they would be if the water
were not there. Thera must be moun~
tains or cross currents Of air of lower
temperature to cool the saturated
atmosphere and compel it to release
some portion of its water, else the
thirsty earth will feel the moisture
laden wind pass over it without receiv
ing from 1t single drop. The pro-
posed Sahara lake can not fail to
greatly increase the rainfall of North
ern Africa, where the Atlas Mountains
act as great condenser of moisture.
Perhaps by this means the fertile belt
which borders the Mediterranean will
be considerably widened, aud France
be repaid thereby for its gift of water
to the desert. At any rate, the pro-
iect is most interesting one, and we
hope the French people will push
through and prove by actual expert
ment whether or not it is possible to
reclaim aud render habitable any con-
siderable portion of the great Sahara
desert.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03

| s, 500, 600 worth of beef and $4,000
worth of dry-goods. Advertisements
for proposals Will be printed in Deme-
cratic newspapers hereafter.
In accordance with the provisions of
the last Indian appropriation bill Com
missioner Atkins, of the Indian bureau,
has ordered the removal of Joseph's
band of Nez Perces Indians from Indian
Territory. OF the 282 Indians compos-
ing the band 112 will be sent to the
Colville reservation in Washington
Territory, and the remainder to the
Lapwai reservation in Idaho Terri
tory.
SECRETARY LAMAR decided to recon-
mend the appointment of G. A. Shaw of
Boston, as Commissioner of Patents,
Mr. Shaw is well-known patent law
yer, and is regarded as good selection
He is an old Democrat, originally from
Portland, Me. Before the war he was
for time the General Superintendent
at Hartford, Conn. of Colts sewing
machine works. When the war Great
sewing machines, the works were closed.
and Mr.. Shaw removed to Boston.
THR Star says that "society circles
are not little disturbed at certain in
dicatiSns observable in the War and
Navy Departments which points to a
marked decrease in the number of
military and naval officers likely to be
stationed or allowed in Washington
Hereafter. Where details are necessary
they will be made, of course; but there
will be changes-those who have been
absent from their regiments for long
a L. Il
others less favored in the past VIII be
allowed to tase the sweets of capitoiine
life for while"
COMMISSIONER of Pensions Black has
decided that mother can not be al
lowed q pension as a dependent mother
and accrued pension for her deceased
husband for the same period OF time.
He says: Upon careful consideration
of the laws relating to the subject l am
of the opinion that when two claims ba-
come united in a person, making only
one beneficiary, that person can not be
allowedy either directly or indirectly,
the benefits of two pensions for the
same period of time. Such TN allo owance
would be contrary to the provision of
the statute, which declare the pension
laws shall not be nstrued so as to al
low more than one pension in the s2me
time to a pers on"
THE published reports of a stormy
scene between Senator Harris, of Tn
nessee, and the Pr, sident in reference to
the appointment Of Ex-Governor Porter
to be Assistant Secretary of State is de-
MED by Senator Harris. The appoint
ment of Mr. Porter was a surprise to the
Tennessee Congressional delegation,
who were pushing another man for the
the appointment, and during an inter
view with the Pres ideut touching Por-
ter's nomination Senator Harris askt d
the President whLther the delegation
were TO be ignored in selecting men
from the state. To this the President
replied that he had no such inclination,
but that the appointment of Governor
Porter was a personal matter with Sec
retary Bayard. who is his intimate
friend, and that on acrount of the conf
dental relations of tho occupant of that
position with the Secretary Of State he
cen sidcred the recommendation of the
Secretary paramount to all others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
The Families of Two Presidents.

RICHMOND, March "a -Cluverius,
the lawyer, in Jail charged with the
murder of Miss Madison, is q grand
nephew of President Tyler. The girl,
1t will be remembered, was of the
family of President Madison. No
move has yet been made to disinter
the girls body and to discover If there
was aay human cuticle under her
finger nails-correspopding TO wounds
On Cluverius' hands. This would be
very important evidence. But there
seems now no likelihood that what
happened in the interval before death
will ever be known. Doubt must
make in Cluverius' favor. It preba-
bly, can never be sufficiently estab-
lished that he struck the blow, and
that she did not throw herself into the
water.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03

TnE French are in fair way now
TO have II larger contract IL China
tran was at first anticipated. The
Chinese are not war like people, but
it appears that they have been sutli
cicntly imposed upon ny the lnsolence
of France to bring out all the lighting
qualities they possess. France has no
better cause for her war upon China
than that of making conquest, and a
people so little able to conduct Il mod
crately respectable government at
home, ought not attempt to govern so
far away from home. TIE new min
istry at Paris will be asked to aend
100000 soldiers to China, but even
this large army should not be allowed
to conquer 435, ,0o0,00 Of Chinese.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03


IrIS ALL THE WORK OF FRANCE
Tho uuv,IIauimous nolicv Of ;he
WASHINGTON oorerpmeut J.. the past
is tcSpopslbln for all the trouble now
going on in Central America The
revolution in Panama and the
bold undertaking of Etrrios 90 con
uucr S,, Salvador Nicaragua and
Costa Rica arc directly tho out
Growth of thr Frruch interests IN the
Panarsa canal. The French are at
tcnutiup tn form a government 10
consist of thc five states of Guatemala.
Honduras san Salvador. Njca.
ragua. and Costa Rica, to be
consolidated by Barri,s and them the
French will through the revolution in
Colombia, take from that government
the state Of parama und rs much
more ~ can be takeE aud unite 1t
with Barrios government with B1rrloS
the Ggure head and France tn" real
head All this is necessary to enable
tbat hsIf Governed Earopeau nation
10 control the canal and have a strong
footing on the American continent.
The seizure of the American steam
ship Colon at Aspinwall, is an early
example uf the amount OF respect that
will be shown the American flag,
American commerce and American
citizens by the new order of things
when once in good running order.
The government Of the United States
ought under no circumstances to have
permitted canal to be built across
the isthmus unless it had the absolute
control of it. much less to have per
mitted Francs 10 40 1t. Even now
the government will Gud that it must
do one of two things. VIZ: Send u
fleet of war ships down there
sufficient to take possession
of the whole miserable country,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
OFF FOR sAsKATcHEwAN.

MONTREAL. March S1.-The sixty-
fifth battalion of the mounted royal
rifles leave for the northwest TO-
morrow. They number $50 picked
men.
INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH.
CHICAGO, March ST. The Daily
News Winnipeg special saws that =
dispatch has been received from
Battleford, where great CONSERVATION
prevails, which says that the Pound
makers band have raided the town.
Ou their approach the entire settle
ment-men. women and children-re-
tired to the barracks, which are sur.
rounded by strong pallisade. and
fortified themselves. The Indians are
now raidiug the vacant houses and
helping themselves to whatever they
i, , want They have taken possession Of
the industrial school aud are now
going through it They are parading
mp and down the streets painted and
singing war songs. They were seen
from the barracks to he plundering
the store house OF the Hudson Bay
company.
The agent of that company and one
or two others started out to reason
with them. After going short dis
tance they discovered some Indians
trying to cut them off so they hasten
ed back TO cover. Several shots were
nred at them. Notwithstanding all
this the Indians profess to be peaceful.
They number several hundred. Two
of the government agricultural in
structors are reported killed, presum-
ably by this tribe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
General Grant.
His Condition Reported to be
Improving.
Washington News Present Il
Batch of Nominations.
Reports from the Troubles in
the Northwest.
Scraps from All Parts.
Gen, Grant,

New YORK, 4 p. m.-Dr. Douglas
has issued the following bulletin:
Gen. Grant improves in all re-
spects since yesterday. His sleep is
quiet and he is scarcely disturbed by
irritation of the throat. Local appli-
cations have reduced the amount of
secretion so the sutfocating feeling is
not so disagreeable. He takes his food
we'll"
$50 p. m.-Dr. Douglas returned
10 General Grants house and shortly
after he had disap Jeared within, a
Carriage containing Gen. Siekles and
J&dge Brady drove up. They enter
ed the house and remained about 10
minutes; when they emerged General
Sickles said: Il noticed no very
great change In the General ard his
voice was good. He was walking
about his room" !"
Said Judge Brady: Gen. Grant
is better, but his condition is critical
still. He has had two or three of
these attacks and may not be strong
enough to resist TIE next one.
Late this evening the following bull
,etIn was issued:
Gen. Grant has had very quiet day. the doc
tors met at p. m. and found the general i'll =
better condition than tue day before. He does
not speak of pain, only soreness in the throat;
the irritation which annoyed him Sunday is quite
alleviated; the pulse is the same as yesterday,
and the general condition encouraging for the
present He has just prepared for rest, ami the
symptoms promise fair night
(Signedl j. II DOUGLAS.
d.. Douglas remains at home dur
ing the night. Col Fred Grant re-
tired early IN the evening. He had
not slept in three nights, and was
nearly worn out. The difficulty
Sunday night was the result of exusa-
ton from mem SraneS of the throat
and nose, increased by nervous
apprehensions, that rendered the mus
cles of the throat more rigid and less
easy of management. These exuda-
tions, which accompany cancerous
diseases at certain stages, were less
copious to day, and the consequence
was a quiet day. The cancerous lump
at the end of the generals s tongue is not
yet active, and the trouble of the
few days past was the result not so
much of the development of the dis
ease as the consequence or the lower
vitality of the patient. Should Gen.
Grants demise soon occur it will be
because of failing strength and want
of vitality to withstand the
disease as it now is, rather
than from the disease itself.
The midnight bulletin ISSUED only
short time ago is as follows: Gen.
Grant has been sleeping nearly all
the time since o'clock. He has just
taken nourishment and appears easy.
His pulse is the same and his breath
ing free from distress.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
CRIME

A, A, KENDALL, postmaster at St.
Paul, Ncb., has been arrested on a
charge of defalcation. amounting to be-
tween 1,6O0 and $4,000.
As the result of a quarrel, Daniel
Mexicott, aged 10, shot his uncle,
Charles Mexicott, 12 years cid, at C4rle-
ton, Mich. nilicting a mortal wound
THE trial of Ozias Fletcher, indicted
for the murder of Otto Hope in Sugar
Grove township Kan,, III, last June,
and taken 10 Dupage county on 2
change of venue, commeaCed at Wheat
on Saturday.
JOHN LIPP, the postmaster arrested
last week for rihing registered letters in
the office at Lincoln, ILL.,, pleaded guilty
in the United States Court, Wednesday,
and was sentenced to three years in the
penitcntiary at Chester.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
ACC DENTS.

EARLY fruit and vegetables in Missis
sippi have been destroyed by heavy
freeze.
THE remains of another body were
found yesterday in the ruins of the
Philadelphia almshousa fire. This
makes twenty one bodies recovered {.
One inmate is still unaccounted for.
FRANK d. PORTER, of Ogden, Mich,
blew out the gas in the hotel At Battle
Creek when he went to bed. Blood
poisoning and mortified leg are the
results.
FOURTEEN business houses at Hen
dersontown, N. c.. We're burned, among
them those of Eli Davis. Cheatham &
Co., Lassiter e Son, j. l.. II. MissiIier,
Owen Davis, NJ. Dorsey, N. Summer.
field and j. w. French & Co. Loss,
5000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03
The Saskatchewan War.

ST. PAUL, March 31.-The Dis
patch's Winnipeg special says: A
Rattleford dispatch says that the In
dams are in possession of the indus
trial school They came yesterday
morning raiding farm houses on the
way. They have asked the Indian
agent, Rome, for a conference, but
the latter will meet only the chiefs
and on neutral ground. The Crees
and Stanchs, of Englehuls, keep aloof
from the movement. The scitizens
are confident of holding out until re-
Inducements arrive and all business
is suspended. Later dispatches says
the Indians are still encamped around
the agency. Dewdney is holding
parley with them by telegraph from
Regina, and a peaceful settlement is
expected. The reported trouble with
the File hill Indians is incorrect.
The Emonton wire is cut and trouble
is feared there.
MONTREAL, March 31-Rumors
Of the fenian influx at work in the
northwest are apparently credited by
the government, as special orders have
been issued TO commanders OF frontier
csrps 10 prepare for service. A special
agent of the government who was all
through the last fenian raid returned
from tc2T Of inspection along he
froaIier, and reports immense num-
.,ers of suspicious locking fellows at
St. Adams, Fort Coviagton, Platts-
burg and other places. He antici-
pated trouble. He has notified the
government that the militia, as gen
eral rule, is not By any means inefh-
Gent, but that the state lscks In every
reeuisite for force In field.
EXCITEMENT AT 11TowA.
OTTowA, March The excite
ment over the northwest disturbances
continues. This forenoon the shsrp
shooters under Capt Tood, organized
from various corps IN the city, net
at drill-haIl to make preparations for
moving to the front. The only news
received here this morning was
that fears were entertained In Winni-
pes ths. there viii be trouble over
tine meeting of the farmers union.
It Is intended to increase the mounted
police by 300 men, making their NUM-
Der 500.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03

TUE people Of New York CITY nave
been trying TO get bill through the
legislature changing the time OF elect.
ing municipal officers to spring a is
now done in nearly all the cities aud
towns in the country. The obj ct is
to AVOID the political deals that are
continually being made by politicians
Of both parties while the city election
aud the state election occur on the
same day, and the city generally goes
heavily democratic while the state
generally goes strongly republican.
The people Of the city complain that
bargains are made by which the demo
Gratis are given the city and the repu b.
licans the state and then both are
thoroughly pilfertd. The republicans
Of the legislature have just
KILLED a bill ia one house providing
for change OF the time of holding
the election, and another bill designed
for the same purpose is said So be Ger
tain to meet death. A republican
leader in the Iegislat ire is reported to
have said that republican party inter
csts wcro better subservcd by the
present law than they would be by the
change. If this Is SO there will be no
change while the party controls the
legislature, as the party interests a Q
always paramount 10 the public vel
far, with spoiIs-erahbmg politicians.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03

The United States wiz not likely
pass over the turmoil now going on
IN Central America without more Or
less trouble. The latest reports from
that portion of The continent is that
a party Of the Panama rovoiut'onists
have been engaged in high-hande2
depredations upon an American vcs>
sci and putting both American and
English subjects under arrest and in
prison just for love Of outlawry. 1t
will certainly be prudent for Mr..
Whitney to rub the dust Of off what
ever navy the government possesses,
and dispatch it down there to protect
such interests rs the people of this
country have there.