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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Pacific Mail directory. at meet
ing Wednesday at New York, decided to
pass the next dividend.
BARrHoLpIs colossal statue of Liberty
will be unveiled in the harbor of New
York neyt September.
Two MEN crossed the ice III the bay at
Escanaba Wednesday an indication that
the docks Mt that place can not yet be
reached by boats.
MRs. HIRAM MCDoNALn. of Eau Claire.
Wis, has been rendered insane by relig-
ious excitement, and Friday attacked her
children. and wrecked the furniture and
windows in her house.
TuE authorities of Chicago have agreed
with the Wisconsin Central road to make
room for its tracks by extending about
forty feet the viaduCts at Canal and Hal
streets and Blue Island aud Central ave
nues. The company has let the contract
for laying rails To the heart of the city.
The sewing machine and rifle firm of
f. Remington & Sons, of lion, n. Y, was
Thursday afternoon placed in the hands
of receivers.
ONE of the elevators in the Chicago
board of trade building, while packed
with passengers, fell from the fifth floor
to the basement, ON account of the break
ing of a casting. No one was seriously in
jurcd.
The corner stone of the Illinois Sol
diers' and Sailors Home will be laid at
Quincy, Thursday, June ;, under the au-
spices and with the ritual of the Grand
Army of the Republic, with Commander
inchief 5. Z. Burdett in command.
EX-PREsIpENr ARrHUR's condition still
remains critical. The attending physi-
clan persistently refuses to inform the
public of Mr.. Arthur's true condition. but
it is known that the ex-president is a very
sick man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
CRIME.

DR. WM. CooPER, a prominent physician
of Kokoma, Ind, has been arrested.
charged with forgery by raising" the
amounts of notes due him.
EMMA FLEETWOOD was indicted at Mat
toon, ILL.,. Wednesday, for completing in
the murder of her father and mother in
April, 1884, the aged couple being slain
with an AK. after which the murderers
fired the premises. The accused woman
was lodged in Jail.
Mrs, II. L. Mason. of Rutland, Vt, was
arrestes for poisoning her son-in-iaw, ID.
c. Parker. who died in February. His
stomach was examined by a chemist in
Buffalo, who found large quantities of ar
Seuic.
THE federal authorities at Milwaukee
have arrested Robert Riley and an accom-
plice named Welch for using the mails to
defraud by means of a bogus lottery
scheme. They are believed to have secur-
ed $1,000 or so by the fraud. Riley threat
ened TO kill deputy marshal
DURING fight between boys, Saturday
night. at Danville. Ind, Terry O'Donald
was fatally shot by j. Il. Miller, l6-year-
old student of the Normal school. Miller
surrendered himself to the sheriff.
SIGFKIEp RiNDskoFr, prominent cloth
ing merchant of Appleton. Wis, Is under
arrest at Milwaukee charged with pro-
curing $4,000 worth of cigars under false
pretenses. He is brother of Samuel
Rindskotf, the famous whisky distiller
and democratic politician.
FRIDAY forenoon, at New Orleans, vii
liam c. Nessen, aged 63, shot his wife
twice, and then removing his false teeth,
put the revolver into his mouth. and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
FORTTGN.

CONFLICT on the Greek frontier is
hourly excepted. The Greeks have as
sumed a very provoking attitude, which
has had the effect OF making the Turks
furious.
FORTY lives have already been lost by
the fire in the Austrian town of Stry,
which is still raging. The mayor has re
quested that troops be sent from Lem
berg with appliances to extinguish the
flannel.
The first seizure of an American YES
sci for the alleged breach of the fishing
laws was made at Baddick, Nova Scotia,
on Saturday. The vessel is held pending
instructions from the Canadian govern
ment.
IN honor of his services rs mediator be
tween Spain and Germany in their dis
puto over the sovereignty of the Caroline
Islands, the Pope will invest Cardinal
JacObini with the insignia of the Golden
Fleece.
QUEEN VICTORIA and her daughter-in-
law, the Princess of Wales, have come to
an open rupture, owing to British inter
ventiOn in the Turko-Grecian question.
The King of Greece is brother to the
1 IlHCtSS bl w ultS.
AT crowded meeting of liberals and
conservatives iii the chamber of com
merce at Belfast, resolutions were passed
violently condemning the measures pro
posed by Mr.. Gladstone for the future
government of Ireland,
DIR. FEIsoH, the delegate sent by the
Austrian government to Paris to investi
gate and report upon NJ. Pasteur's system
of treatment for hydphOphobic diseases,
III public lecture has advised the medi-
cal profession of the Empire to adopt the
Nrench servants methods.
No less than sixty eight charred curpses
have been taken from the mines Mt Stry,
Austria, and twenty invalids died in the
fields after being rescued from the flames.
BloOdshed has i'll several instances result
ed from struggles for food, and farmers
have been forced to barricade their
houses
The situation in the east becomes more
threatening every day, and some sort of
outbreak is regarded in London rs likely
to occur at any moment. The apparent
aiiiliatiOn of Russia and Turkey bodies i'll
for little Greece, IA well rs for the Bal
kan states. while the other powers of Eu
rope, if not hostile to the Greeks, at least
desire to restrain their ardor and prevent
them pushing on certain disaster.
Mn. GLADSTONE has cabled his acknowl-
edgement of the receipt of the resolutions
adopted by the Quebec Legislature on the
10th inst. He also mailed the following
letter; Il am deeply gratiiied at the res
olutions adopted Ivy your honorable body.
1t is my belief that the people of England
who have partial responsibility for the
old misdoeds of the British government
and the people of Scotland, who have
really none, will both concur i'll the wise
and liberal views entertained by the Que
bee assembly
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
TO RETURN TO CHINA.
Cheng TSao Ju Takes His Official Leave of the
President

Cheng ISa0 Ju Takes His Official Leave of the
President.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.- Chang Tsao Ju,
the retiring Chinese minister accompa-
MED by Secretary Bayard, called at the
white house to-day and took official leave
of the president. In presenting his letter
of recall he said:
Mr.. PREsIDENT-I desire to express my
sincere thanks especially for the unvary-
ing kindness and courtesy which and the
members of my legation have received
from your excellency and the high officers
of the United States government residing
here. These tokens of good will have
given me much pleasure, because of
my conviction that they were given
to me as the representative of the
emperor and the government of China
and that they indicate a desire to main
tam the ties of friendship existing be
tween China and the United States. This
feeling is most honestly reciprocated by
the government of China, and now in
taking my final leave permit me, Mr..
President, to offer to you my sincere
wishes for your health and happiness. and
for most abundant prosperity of the
great people over whom you preside"
1t is always a source of regret
when kindly official and personal relations
which have grown up between this govern
ment and representatives of a friendly
sovereign are turned into a new channel
by his retirement. But the regret feel in
receiving from your hands the imperial
edict, summoning you back to China and
bidding you farewell is made deeper by
recollection of your high personal quail
tiles and unvarying spirit of courtesy and
good will, which you have infused into
the relations between your mis-
sion and this government. A vast
distance separates China from the
United States, together with remarkable
diversities in language, laws, customs,
and traditions of the two governments
and their people have, not unnaturally
made it more than usually difficult to ere
ate and maintain at all times that clear,
mutual good understanding SO essential
in international intercourse, and no one
more than yourself has recognized the
fact or sought more faithfully to over
come difficulties which have grown out of
race jealousies, competitions and rivalries
of labor. | recognize and thank you for
your earnest endeavOrs to create that good
feeling between your country and my own,
which | trust will continue to bear its
good fruits to both nationalities. When
you return to your own shores accompan-
led by the most cordial respect and sym
pathy of those who have known you, dur
ing your stay with US, l beg you will as
sure your sovereign, and cause your fellow
cOuntrymen to know, that | and my con
stitutional advisers truly represent the
great body of our countrymen, in profess
ing the most cordial and friendly senti-
ments toward China, and desire to con-
duct our commercial interchanges to mu-
tually satisfactory and beneficial ends"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
The Kind of License He Wanted.
Buffalo Courier.

The following story is told of 4 we'll
know gentleman OF this city, who recent
ly married belle from a neighbOring
Pennsylvania city after his case had been
given up as hopeless by all the managing
mammas of Buffalo. 1t seems that the
gentleman in question regarded his abne
CATION of bachelorhood with a sort of rue
full misgiving, which increased as the
days of his liberty waned.
His last revolt against the shackles of
matrimoney occurred when he was sent to
procure the marriage license, few days
before the ceremony. He sought the city
official who presided over the license de-
partment and asked gravely:
rs this where licenses are kept?"
Yes, sir answered the clerk. politely:
what kind of a license do you want, my
friend:"
We'll, what kind have you got?" re-
Joined our friend with superhuman grav-
ity.
The clerk had begun to look upon his
visitant as lunitic, but he obligingIy
ratified off hi, list
Give you license to drive hack, give
you license to pull teeth or practice
medicine, give you a pawnbroker's or
huckster,s license, give a license to keep
gunpowder in the house"
Stop" said our friend quietly; that's
what | want"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY MANNING is reported to be
much improved in health and receives Wis
itOrs.
THE secretary of the treasury has is
sued call for 3 per cent. bonds to the
amount of $l00O0OOO maturing June 1.
The senate Thursday passed bill ap-
propriating $4,000 in aid of a monument
at Plymouth, Mass.
A SUB COMMITTEE of the house committee
on Pacific roads, has decided to report
bill providing for the annual payment to
the government of $1,S12, 900 by the Union
Pacific for seventy years.
The house committee on foreign affairs
instructed its chairman to report favor
ably resolution appropriating S147, ,748
to indemnify Cinnamon for losses sus-
tanned by violence at Rock Sprinks, Wy
oming.
GENERAL MILES, in n letter to the war
department portraying the unprotected
condition of the Mexican border from Ell
PasO to the Colorado river, urges the APP
preparation by congress of 100000 to
strengthen the present forts or establish
additional ones.
ORDERS have been issued by the treas
uIy department IbE the HIIlUP OUT Oh Ine
revenue steamer Bear at San Francisco for
a cruise to Alaska. She is to proceed as
far north as possible, and to make a thor
ough search for the crew of the wrecked
whalea Ameythest.
THE House Committee on War Depart
ment Expenditures concluded the hear
ing of charges of irregularity in the ac
counts of the civil-service bureau, and
adopted a resolution declaring that the
evidence does not show the existence of
any fraud or corruption.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent to con
gress n special message urging the crea-
ton of Il commission of labor, charged
with the consideration and settlement of
controversies between capital and labor,
to be engrafted upon the bureau of la
Dor.
In the senate, Mr.. Cullom introduced
bill to increase the pension for total dis
ability to $72 per month. A favorable
report was made on measure for the
erection of proof hail of records in
Washington. An adverse report was sub
mitted on the bin to grant full pay for
life to all federal judges who may be
come 40 years of age or resign after thir-
ty years service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
HANGED BN 4 MOB.

Terrible Fate of Il Missouri Wife Murderer.
SrRTNGrrEIp, Nc, April -. At l.so
o'Io'k TINS morning mob of four hun
ured armed men surrounded the county
jan and began parleyiug with the sheriff
Tor the surrender of George Z. Graham,
wlte murderer. The sheriff would NOT
comply with their demands and tbev soon
battered the doors i'll and secured the pris-
oner. AT two o'clock the mob started
out OF town on Bonneville street with
Graham in their midst
When they unlocked Graham's cell. he
SAID, You can hang me, but by God, YOU
can scare me-. They tied his hands be
hind hlm and marched him through the
nan with rope around his neck. He
was rs white as sheet but never tiinched.
lie recovered his composure and replied
with ms old audacity, that when he got
out, he would give them straight talk -
lie was led out of the iail at the end of
the rope, placed i'll n wagon and the pro
cession moved i'll northerly direction
A crowd of spectators, numbering about
fifty, began following, but were halted
and
WARNED NOT To DO SO,
and only few of the most venturesome
NAN ''' htePlHS III the shadow of the
fences and trees. About two miles north
of the city they halted by a small scrub
oak tree. Pickets were thrown out to
keep all curious followers at a distance.
and preparations for hanging were hur-
rledly made. Graham was asked if he
bad anything further to say in regard to
the killing of his wife. Exactly what his
reply was Is not known. A cloth was tied
over his face, his hands bound behind
him, and as the rope was thrown over the
limb of the stunted tree, a dozen stronr
arms dangled the body of the wife mur
derer IN mid air. He literally strangled
to death.
a notice was pinned to the body saving,
We recognize the fact that our criminal
statutes are not equal to all occasions.
therefore, we have resolved to remove
from our midst the worst criminal who
ever infested our country. that we might
thereafter, and forever live and be without
his presence and vicious influence. We
heartily welcome all strangers to citizen
ship who are worthy of it. To sheriff
O'Donnell your mouth shut if
you recognize any of US or you will die
the death of a dog
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
Giving Himself Away.
Texas Siftings.

Nose Schaumburg was as mad as a
moist hen one day last week. In a voice
that quivered with rage he said to his
clerk, Ike Silverstone:
sit down dat desk at and write letter
vat l dictatet dot Joke Oppenheimer at.
Write | have written to you. who has
not answered dot ledder: Jake Open
heimer. Who had 1 dunned dime and
again! Jake HopPenheimer. Who has
paid no attenshuus TO dose duns: Jake
Oppenheimer. Have you got dot down
Mr.. Silverstone?"
Il have dot down"
Den conclude: Who vas tam scoun-
drel;' Have you got dat DOWN.
L have dot down.
Den give dot letter to me so l puts my
name to IT."
The clerk did SO, and hence the ccnclu-
sion of Notes letter read: Who vas a
tam scoundrel: Nose Schaumburg."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
shot himself dead. The woman is not
hurt. Jealousy caused the

shot himself dead. The woman is not
dangerously hurt. Jealousy caused the
tragedy.
In a hardware store at Kansas City,
Friday morning, Hiram L. Smith killed
George W. Armstrong with an AK. 1t is
generally thought that the murderer had
lost his mental balance on account of the
labor troubles throughout the country.
His wife states that he recently tried to
end his days with a razor.
Mrs. FRANK SCRoGGY attempted to poi
son herself and husband at Waterloo,
Iowa, Tuesday moning, by placing laud-
anum in the coffee. After breakfast she
informed him of what she had done, AVID
the administration of antidOtes prevented
fatal effects.
The two Weaver brothers were shot to
death by mob at Anthony, Kan, early
Monday morning, the mother and wife of
one of the meu witnessing the tragedy.
Two months ago they killed a man in
buarrel, and were brought to Anthony for
trial. The sheriff was taken prisoner by
the mob and his deputies surrendered,
the affair eliminating in the lynching.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
JEFFERSON DAVIS.


He Receives the GrandcS1 ovation ofhis Life.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 2S. Jefferson
Davis left his home nt BeauvAbr, Miss,
accompanied by his youngest daughter,
i'll n special car ut eleven O'Clock this
morning. They were III charge of a
committee of citizens of Montgomery.
who went to escort them. At the stopping
places between this city and
Mobile great crowds gathered, local
military companies fired salutes, children
waved handkerchiefs and shouted, and all
pressed to the car to shake the hands of
the man who led the cause of the south
during the war times. The train reached
here at o'clock tonight. The scene has
never been equalled and eclIpsed the in
augural reception of '6l. Houses were
illuminated, fireworks frightened the
heavens, the artillery doomed and a dozen
bands played, while the shouts of thous-
ands mingled with the roar.
Governor O'Ncal and staff were at the
depot to receive Mr.. Davis. 1t was diff
cult for the carriage in which he sat to
make its way through the surging mass
of humanity that blocked the streets.
The ovation was the grandset of his life.
The decorations on the houses are elabo-
rate, and United States flags float from
every window.
Mr.. Davis speech tomorrow will be
short. The occasion is lecture by him
and n speech by General Gordon III aid of
n monument to be erected here to the sol
diers of Alabama who fell in the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
4 BREAK IN THE LEvEE.
1t Will Cause Serious Loss to Farmers.

II VIII cause a Serious Loss to Farmers.
MEMrHIS, April 2S,- At 7:30 O'Clock to
night the levee ON the east bank of the
Mississippi river, forty-two miles south
OF Memphis broke. The break occurred
IN the fifteen feet high levoe, tn ee-ouar-
terS OF mile south of Austin, Mississippi.
y large force of men were employ
ed at the time Strengthening it, but
when II broke they ceased work. The
water that will pour through this break
Will find its way into Beaver Dam. Nazoo
Pass and White Oak bayou. IL Is feared
that portions of Tunica, Coahcm,
QWtman and Sunhower counties
VIII suffer, which if tho worst
Is realized, will cause serious loss to the
farmers who have already planted crops.
The break was 10 feet wide when the mes
sage was sent, Immediately after it hap
Pened, and nothing later can be ascer.
tanned to might.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The 9-year-old son of Anthony Elge II
of Williamsport, Ind, fell into kettle of
boiling lye Tuesday, cooking his flesh
which dropped from the bones, and caus-
ing death in few hours.
TIE furniture factory of A. H. Andrews
d Co, on Desplaines street, Chicago, was
Thursday morning burned to the ground,
the loss being about 100000.
The brick store at Latham, ILL.,, occu-
pied by Sheldon Bros, was destroyed by
an incendiary fire Friday morning, entail
ing loss of $4,000.
By the burning of a railroad boarding
house near the famous Kinzua viaduct, In
Pennsylvania, six Italian laborers lost
their lives, and two others were seriously
scOrched.
A FIRE in a new six x-stOry building run
ming from Broadway to Crosby streets,
New York city Ton the site of Harrington
d Hart's old theatre) Thursday morning,
caused 10. of 100000. Several mer-
camille establishments are among the
heavy losers.
THE village of East Lee, Massachusetts,
was inundated at O'Clock Tuesday morn
by the giving away of a dam at Mountain
lake, Eleven persons were drowned, and
several factories were wrecked, ivcluding
two paper mills.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-30
HUNTING THE APACHES.
Several More MeXieanS and Americans
Killed by the Apaches
surrounding the Indians.
A Break Occurs i'll Mississippi Levee,
and Large Tract of Country
viii Soon be Flooded.
Inc citizens of Montgomery. Alabama,
Make Great Ovation to Jefferson
paviS-NewS from Greece.
THE ApACnES.

They Kill Several MeNicaus and Americans.
Tucson, Ariz,, April 2S.-The Citizen
tins evening publishes the following tele-
gram from the Well & Fargo express
agent at NogsleS: About forty ApSches
passed mp the Santa Cruz valley early this
morning, killing several Mexicans and
AnerlcanS. They passed Calabaras about
q clock. In answer to q call for helm.
about 10 volunteers well armed left here
at eight O'Clock on special train from
IalabaraS; scouting parties have organ
i@eo and the hoStIleS were discovered in
camp two miles north of Calabaras. The
second train of volunteers left AT ten
O'Clock and word was shortly received
that the hoStileS were being corralled and
would be held for the arrival of the troops
Al noon detachment of the 10th cayal-
ary under Capt, Levo passed through
here enroute for the scene of action,
A company of cavalry also passed Crit
tenden about IL O'Clock, headed for the
same place. The third train left here
this afternoon with supplies. There was
intense excitement in town all day. and
business Is practically suspended. 4 dis
patch from Guayamas. Mexico, saws ten
persons are reported killed near CalaS.
baraS, and that dispatches To the governor
state that over ~ persons were killed on
a rancho near Casita. Mexican traops 90
forward tomorrow