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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
FOREIGN.

| FIFTEEN persons perished in burn
ing spinning mill at Aix-la- Chapelle
| Francs.
THE French government has sent
troops to Riom, to quell a riot by six
| hundred convicts in the prison az that
| place.
The English pr.vy council has re-
sclnded rule which prohibited the land.
ing of live cattle from . vessel that had
! touched at Il sch 0duled port within 80
| days.
| NJ. DE FREYCINET will instruct the
| French Minister abroad to ascertain
whether the governments to which they
are accredited will support the exhi-
! bition which it is proposed to hold in
| France in 1889
| THE King of Bavaria has forbidden
| the cabinet to interfere with his exchG-
quer. The members of the cabinet will
all, therefore, resign. The debts Of the
King amount to 100000 marks.
Mr.. MICHAEL DAvITT approves the
| proposition to buy out the Irish land
| lords, and suggests an Anglo-Irish ar
| bltratIOn commission to settle the terms
| of the purchase.
TIE lower house of the Prussian Diet
| reelected Herr Won Koeler, president,
and Herr Scholtz, minister of finance,
read the budget, which showed deficit
of 1 ,230, 600 marks.
THE municipal council of Halifax, n.
s., has requested the Dominion govern
ment to take such steps as will lead to
reciprocity treaty with the United
States. Falling to secure a satisfactory
treaty, the government is requested to
place a sufficient number of armed YES
sels along the Canadian coasts to pro.
tect Canadian fisheries from American
enCroachmentI.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES,

A SOLID ice bridge has formed across
the Niagara river, below the falls.
A GAS vein yielding two million cubic
feet per day has been developed al
Findlay, Ohio.
THE Hon. John Sherman was re-
elected United States senator by the
Ohio legislature Wednesday, receiving
81 votes, to 62 cast for Judge Thurman.
Gov. BATE has commuted to five
years the life-imprisonment sentence of
VIM. Spence for the murder of ex-U Uni-
ted States Marshal Wheat in Nashville,
Spence is seventy years old and feeble.
EDMUND RICHARDSON, the owner of
nineteen cotton plantations, with an
income of $1,000, 600 per year, dropped
dead in the street at Jackson, Missis-
sippi, late on Monday night, leaving
four sons and a daughter.
Miss KATE BAYARD, the eldest un
married daughter of the Hon. Thomas
+. Bayard, secretary of state, was found
Saturday dead in her bed. Heart dis
ease was the supposed cause, as shs had
been under treatment for heart troubles
for nearly a year. Miss Bayard was
mus cular, full of vivacity and courage,
and aa accomplished equestrienEe.
GOVERNOR LARRABEE, was indicted
into office at Des Moines, Iowa. Thurs
day, the inaugural ceremonies attract
ing large concOur7e. In his message
the governor recommends a strict en-.
forcement of the liquor law, and pledges
himself to unhesitatingly use his au-
thority in the matter. The retiring
governor, Sherman, also advised that
the statute should be vigorously en-
forced.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
GRIM

TaE wife of Charles Mayes, of Jack
son. Ga, has been arrested on a charge
of having poisoned her husband.
Mr.. PATTIsoN, late city treasurer of
Indianapolis, Ind, is a defaulter for
Sl12,s74. He tenders property assessed
at S67,050.
SUNDAY night Henry Brown, farm
er who resides near indianapolis, shot
and mortally wounded his servant
girl VIII ON he mistook for a burglar.
AT the Schuyler, Neh., Jail Tuesday
morning q prisoner named Lataar
killed Sheriff John Degmau, who had
held office but five days, by striking
hum on the head with a piece of scant-
ling.
THE negroe waiter, William II. Brown
yesterday pleaded guilty of killing an
other negroe, a cook, named Charles
| Roberts, on a dining car on the c. s n
w Railroad, last summer, with butch
er-knife, during quarrel, and was SEN
fenced by Judge Tuley, to ten years in
the ponitentisry.
SIX of the convicts who recently tun-
| neled out of the Coal Hill (Ark.) mine
were brought back Thursday by an old
farmer named James johnson. who
captured the desperadoes while they
were sleeping in hay stack. johnson
| was armed with only . double-sarreled
shot gun, one of the barrels of whic b
| was useless,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
ANOTHER GREAT MAN DEAD.
Geo. e. Pomeroy, the Founder OF tho
Express System In tho United States,

A dispatch from Toledo, Ohio, saws:
Geo. K. Pomeroy. Sr., one of the
leSdlng citizens of Toledo, and the
founder of the great express system
of the country, died from a stroke of
apoplexy st the age of 70. This an
nouncement will recall to old resi-
dents Of New York State the early
days OF the express and postal sys-
TENS. Ia 1S41 Pomeroy esta blished
the first express line between ALBANY
and Buffalo, a portion of the distance
being by stage coach. For the first
few months he was his own messenger
and clerk, but later Henry Wells be-
came an assistant, and VIM. Hsrnden
opened line from Albany to New
York. Adams was also later on
clerk and in year the line was ex-
tended to Boston. Pomeroy also car
rled the first money by express and
became so popular that Erastus Cor
ming, Rufus King, Watts Sherman
and others assisted him in making a
daily Instead of q weekly line. The
dali y Inc reached Buffalo thifty-six
hours ahead of tbs mail, and Pomeroy
conceived the idea OF running an in
oSpeuuSnI hlaIl. he issued tne hrSt
paid postage stamps in 1914, and
a year later they were adopted by the
government, thus reducing postage
from 25 cents to 5. He was arrested
a score of times for violation of the
postal laws, but won every case.
Pomeroy was also the first man 10
submit to the postotfice department
plan for the distribution of mail on
the cars, which suggestion was acted
upon, and the present system is the
result. He was also founder of the
Detroit Trihune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
Actresses Husbands.

NeW YORK Telegram.
The most conspicuous appendages
to theatrical performers just now are
the husbands of actresses. Several
separations and divorce suits have
made the subject public. The belief
is common among actors that no mar
ital union between an actress and a
non professional man can possibly
last agreeably, and the exceptions to
that rule are invaribly met by the re
mark, or its equivalent, "Wait and
see.
Modjeska is playing Camille here
once more, just after the marriage of
her son. II am delighted with his
choice of wife," she says. mot only
because the girl is lovely, but especial
ly that he did not wed an actress. Ny
own case proves nothing. As a gen
eral thing, little happiness results
from matches between women on the
stage and men off" We have in
New York numerous exhibits proving
that Modjeska is right. There is one
man who was for many years the
managing clerk in wholesale house,
with an income of S4, 600 a year. He
fell desperately in love with a girl
who sang in a comic opera chorus.
They married and lived quietly for a
few months, when she insisted on lc-
turning to the footlights. She then
advanced rapidly, while her husband
retreated correspondingly into the
background. Her acquaintance grew
numerous, and he became wildly iesl-
Gus. He was obliged to be at his Of
fee during the day time, while she
was at liberty. Next ne neglected his
business to run up town for look at
what she might be up to. That soon
lost him his place. Since then he has
lived on his wife, her salary being
ample, and he a convenience. She
has grown more and more open and
bold in her disregard of his feelings,
and now of nights she coolly parts
from him at the stage door, after the
performance, TO drive away in her
carriage TO keep trysts that are scarce
ly a secret. Only his unexpired love
keeps HIM attached to her, and he is
about the most miserable being to be
seen around town.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22

IT is believed that the mechanics
and inventors are rapidly coming in
TO a better knowledge of the laws
that govern the sudden expansion or
explosion of heated wster in steam
boilers. II is probable that disaster
like that OF the Sultaaa, IN the Missi-
ssippi River during wsrtimes, will
never be repeated. 1t is now well es-
tablished that supsr-heated steam is
not explosive. 1t is also believed
that low water does not occur in
many of the worst explosions. The
scientists, therefore, are now dealing
with the explosion of heated water it.
self, and the boiler OF the future, it is
believed, will be the one which shall
interfere the least with the supply OF
water-that is, shall give it the least
play and offer it the fewest sudden op
portupities of escape, from the care
less or thoughtless opening of valves
and throttles. The idea seems TO grow
that while a chest OF steam may be
opened with safety, the outflow and
inflow of chest of heated water
should be automatic and gradual,
The mixing of pure water is held to be
as dangerous as the making of nitro
glycerine, and it is held that the prac
tice of holding people to account fol
accidents caused by the prevalent sys
tenn of boiling water for steam ha.
been nothing short of barbarous.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
which settlers have located in large
numbers.

which settlers have located in large
numbers.
The Register and Receiver of Public
lands, at Pueblo, Col, reports 30 the
General Land Office that he recently
had hearing in % cases of illegal
homestead entries which had been in-
part.nent. None of the claimants ap.
pearing the entries were Cancelled.
In the contest in the patent offlce be
tween Escard and Drawbaugh, to deter
mine the question of priority of inven-
ticn of the form of the telephone in use
in the signal office, the examiner has
decided Drawbaugh to be the prior in
ventor.
THE secretary Of the treasury has set
tied the long pending controversy in
regard to the material 10 be used In the
construction of the government build
ing at Pittsburg, Pa, by instructing the
supervising architect to award the COZ
tract to the lowest responsible bidder
for furnishing granite.
THE value of breadstuffs exported
during the twelve months ending Dec.
81, last, shows falling off from Sl47,-
000,000, to $129,000,0O0, a decrease of
SIS, coo, 900, The exports Of petroleum
during the calender year just closed
were 1924 ,280, an increase Of about
$l0O, coo from the previous year. The
exports of beef, pork. and dairy pro-
ducts in 1885 were $93, 7l3,000, as against
$685. 449, 152 in 1884.
The agricultural department., IN its
report on the years crops, just out, puts
Illinois at the head of the cOfn-growing
states, her acreage of corn exceeding
any other by 100000 acres, ard the
amount produced being 25,00O,000 bush
els greater than any other state. Iowa
ranks second with Missouri third. Hi
nois also leads in the production of
oats.
REPORTS received at The office of the
general superintendent of the Life
Saving Service show that fifteen YES
sells were driven ashore within the scope
of the operations OF the service on the
Atlantic coast in the great storm of
Friday night. The crews of fourteen
vessels were rescued and oxe, that of
the schooner Mary G. Farr, which came
ashore in flames in the middle OF the
night near the Spring Lake Station, N.
j., was lost.
THE Treasury Department is inform
ed that Norman ii. Camp, formerly as
sayer in charge of the assay Office at
Boise city, Idaho, who was removed in
April last, has been convicted at Boise
City of eInbezzlement of $11 ,507 of the
funds of that office and sentenced to
five years imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $4,000. The Department Of
Justice has instituted proceedings to
recover the deficit in his accounts from
his bondsmen, who are residents of
this city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22

THE presidential succession bill has
now passed both houses of congress,
and needs but the presidents sigma,
ture to become a law. This important
measure provides that in case of the
death, removal, resignation, or inabiI
ity 10 serve Of both president and
vice president, the cllice shall devolve
upon the secretary of state, and then
upon the secretary Of the treasury,
secretary OF war, attorney general,
postmaster general, secretary OF the
navy, or secretary of the interior, in
the order named, should further va
cancy occur.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22

TIE question whether a woman is .
person has just come up in Minnesota,
this time in connection with cemeter-
les BY the statutes 'any number Of
persons not less than seven" may form
cemetery association. At a meeting
lately held in kasson, Mimi, TO form
such an association, woman's name
was proposed as one of the trustees,
A doubt was raised whether women
were legally persons, and it was de
cided to exclude women until the next
annual meeting, by which time legal
advice could be obtained. Mrs. Ii. NJ.
White, one of the excluded, wrote to
the attorney general at st Paul ask
ing his legal opinion as to whether
she was a person. The attorney gen
eral promptly replied that she was
and that the opposition could have no
ground to stand upon, runlesS those
who hold that women are not persons
should contend that they were an
gels, aud hence would never require
burial"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
a DUTY ON PETROLEUM AND SHIP TIM

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The tress.
ury department is in receipt of in
formation that the government of the
Netherlands is considering a pronos;-
ton to assess duty on petroleum
and ship timbsr--artcles which have
hitherto been on the free list.
A NEW FORM OF INQUIRY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-It is report
ed that the finance committee of the
senate, st Its meeting this morning,
determined upon new form of in
quiry to bs sent 10 the heads of de-
psrtments, to elicit information with
respect to the nominations which may
se under consideration. The reason,
also, for making the removal will be
asked. In fset, all the papers relat-
ing both to appointment and removal
will be called for.
THE DAKOTA DELEGArIoN CALLS ON
THE PRESIDENT.
w ASHISGToN, Jan. 1a.-The mem
eers of the Dakota delegation, headed
by judges Edgerton and Moody,
called on the president this afternoon
by appointment and formally pre-
sented the claims of that country for
admission iRte the Union, with the
view OF securing his aid and co-opera-
ton IN attaining that end. The
president showed a decided interest
IN the subject, many features of which.
he said, were new TO him, and in the
course OF the informal conversation
he remarked that the question should
be impartially considered from a
judicial standpoint of right and
justice without regard solely to its
partisan aspects. He certainly i'm.
pressed the delegation with the belief
that he proposed TO treat il on that basis.
He assured them he would give the
matter careful consideration and do
what he thought right in the prem
ises- The delegation thanked hina for
the interest he had shown in their
cause ard departed we'll pleased with
the interview.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
The United Kingdom.

MEETING OF THE NATIONAL. LEAGUE.
DUBLIN, Jan. 9-The regular fort
nightly meeting Of the National
league was held here this afternoon.
Deasy, member of parliament for
West Mayo, occupied the chair, az.
IN an address said he cared neither
about the proposed coercion or reform.
The Parnellites were masters OF the
situation, and before the end of the
year Ireland would have It's own par
lament.
Redmond. member Of parliamen
for North Fermauagh, SAID: Eng
land has enemies everywhere, and the
first blow struck at ireland would ire
a train perhaps l.ading toa successful
Indian mutiny, and fighting the Rus
slams into London to stable their
horses III the house of commons No
power on earth could prevent IA retail
IatIOn by the Irish. The Parnelltes
are resolved TO persevere in their de
mand for home rule.
FEARFUL AUTHORIZATIONS OF BOYCOTT
TING.
LONDON. Jan. 19.-The Telegraph
says condition Of great alarm exists
III the Dublin Commercial circles,
owing to reasonable fears regarding
an extensive boycottiEg system which
it is thought will be inaugurated.
MARRIAGE OF AN EARL
LONDON, Jan. 10. The Earl OF Air
lie was married to day to Lady Mabel
Gore at the ST. George church The
church was crowded with people and
the members of the Tenth Huzzars, OF
which regiment the earl is lieuten-
ant, lined the aisles. The Earl OF
Arrsn gave the bride away, and the
Prince of Wales sigAed the register.
There were eight bridesmaids.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
In the Ballroom.
Detroit Free Pres


Major-Who is that young lady on
the opposite side of the room.
Wldow-That IS my daughter. This
is her first season. She is not quite 19
yet.
Major VIII you please introduce
meg
Widow-Certainly. Rosa, nay dear,
this is Maj. Guns. Major, my daush-
ter. Rosa
Rosa-Good evening. So yoa were
in the war'
Majsr-Yes, ! enlisted after the bat
tie of Bull Run and served until the
close.
Rosa-My dear father was KILLED in
that battle.
The major was buried in a deep
thought
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22

THF progress of the state OF South
Carolina during the years 1876 has
been most surprising TO those who
have not had close and conservative
view of her affairs The figures given
by the Charleston News and Courier
are taken from the L nited States cen
sus of 1880 and the state census Of
1885. Tbs increase in the value of
real and personal estate has been
nearly seventy per cent, while the
decrease in the public debt has been
more than half million dollars. In
1880 the value of the production of
the state and of agricultural machin-
cry was s73, 1S9. .S79 in 1885 the value
is $114, 90S. 677. The individual de-
posts IN state and national banks dur
ing the past year show an increase of
$911 ,6S6. The review shows that III
five years South Carolina has added
$50, 800, 900 TO the total wealth of the
state This is showing of which the
Palmetto State may reasonably be
proud.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
DECAY OF THE TEETH.
what Is the Cause of It!-Some Old
Fashioned Notions Explo ded.


The London Lancet quotes John
Hunters statement that the decay of
the teeth is disease which seems to
be peculiar to youth and middle age :;
the shedding teeth are subject to if, if
not more so, than those intended to
last through life, and we seldom or
never see any person whose teeth be
gin to rot after the age of so years, !"
and adds: This last fact is notable.
If man can keep his teeeh until af-
ter middle age he may generally count
on keeping them to the end. There
seems to be sonse reason for thinking
that decay of the teeth is commoner
now than it used to be. Assuming
this TO be the fact, it would be inter
estiEg to inquire whether there is
anything ia our modern mode of life
which has a tendency to cause the
teeth to decay. The old-fashioned
notion about eating sugar and acids
and the like is exploded. Meanwhile
it may be worth asking if want of
vigor observable among certain classes
of children and young children is not
due to the increasing artificial char
acter Of the lives the young lead with
diminution OF fresh ain and exercise,
and that aggravation of mental tasks
and Erain and nerve worry which
chatacterizss the educatieuary and
developmental stages OF our modern
life. The young people of America
are particularly subject to decay of
the teeth, and the young people of
America are conspicuous for the ad-
vsnced mental culture and the protec
tive care bestowed upon them. They
are fed and dressed like adults, and
they are forced IN an intellectual
sense. to the serious depreciation OF
the organic material of which the
human body. with its brain and
nerves is composed. and of the vital
energy which it ought to be en-
| dowed."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22

Wm. c. Butts, Valley Falls, Ks
Hattie P. Balm, Great Bend, rs.
Max J. Alwens, Belleville, Ks
Miss Corador Clerk Blair Neb.
Edwa I'd T. Best Neigh, Neb.
John A. Framley. Stormsbu-gh, Nso
Albert Watkins Lincoln, Feb.
T. W. Hendon, York. Neb.
I. E Wilson. David City. Neb.
John S Kittle, Seward. Neb
Edward h. krier, Plum Greek. Neb.
Alvin S. Marsh, Red Cloud. Neb.
Jas. NJ. Murray, Fremont, Neb.
Simeon Sawyer, Fairmount, Neb
A. P. Sharp, McCook. Neb.
Geo. d. Shopen, Superior, Neb
s 7. Sturtevant, Fulertown, Neb.
q. P. Tracy, Wilsvern, Neb.
S. Corning Judd, Chicago, Ills
H. Q. Goodrich. Jerveyville, Ills
Chas. l. Haskell, Virginia Ills
Captain John G. Walker, to be chief OF bureau
of navigation, with the relative ranl; OF commo-
Capt Montgomery Sicard, to be chief of bureau
of ordnance department Of navy, with the relative
rank of commodore.
Commodore Stephen B. Luse to be rear ad-
miral
Commodore John Lee Davis, to be rear admiral.
And a long list of other naval appoint
mentS.
Geo. A. jerks, assistant secretary of the inte-
rior.
Henry T Muldrow, first assistant secretary of
VIM G, Mclean, first deputy commissioner of
pensions.
JoSepn j. Bartlett, second deputy of pensions.
Robt b. Vance, assistant conmiSs ioner of pat
entS.
James W. Whelpley, Of New York, assistant
treasurer cf the U. S
VIM. E. Smith, of New York, assistant secretary
or the treasury
Conrad n. Jordan, of New Jersey, treasurer Of
the U. S.
Col. Jno. Gibson 10 be brigadier general
Col. Absalom Baird TO be Inspector general with
rank of brigadier general
Capt. Henry j. Farnsworth TO be inspector gen
eral, with rank OF major
First Lieutenant Francis B. Jones to be assist
ant quartermaster with the rank of captain.
Second Lieutenant Sidney E. Stewart to be
first lieutenant in the ordinance department
c. A. Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, to be secre-
tary of the legation at Rome
BENZ. F. Jonas, Of Louisiana, to be collector of
customs at New Orleans.
10 be civil service commissioners:
Alfred P. Edgerton, of Fort Wayne Indiana.
William l.. Trenholm, of Charleston, South
Carolina.
Dorman B. Eaton, of New York