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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
FIRE In NEW YORK.
Loss of Property Estimated At Five
Million.
Several Firemen Killed and Others
Injured by Explosions.

Broadway was visited at 5:45 O'Clock
Monday morning by the fiercest ard most
disastrous fire that has occurred there for
fifteen years. In one hour and a half
four immense business houses were des-
troyed and others seriously damaged.
The total loss is estimated at S1,5C0 600
About halE an hour after the fire was dis
covered an ex plosion occurred, by which
Assistant Foreman Michael Reilly was
fatally injured, and seyera! others more
or less hurt.
The fire was discovered in the basement
of the building at $40 and 551 Broadway,
occupied by Henry Rogers. The flames
made rapid progress, ring their way to
the roof within a few minutes and driv-
ing the fremen on TO the adjoining build
ings. They then turned their attention
to tine surrounding property. At 7:15,
one and one-half hours after the first en-
gine arrived, the interior of the build
ing was consumed and the flames were
mounting high above the roof. Next,
flames were seen to issue from No. 553,
appearing on the fifth floor and spread
ing rapidly. A few minutes afterward
terrific explosion occurred, followed by a
shower of bricks and iron which fell into
the street. Assistant Foreman Reilly was
caught uuder the bulk of the falling de-
bris and fatally hurt. Chief Shay had a
narrow escape. A piece ot iron weighing
at least $50 pounds, fell at his feet. 9th
ers narrowly escaped the flying missiles.
number of firemen received trifiing in
iuries. Soon No. SAT began to burn. At
s O'Clock this building was a mass of
flames from cellar to roof, and the upper
floors of No. 545 were burning, but the
flames had been checked at No. 543, and
in ihe rear of the burning buildings.
The flames were kept from spreading
to the buildings on the opposite side of
the street. The interior of double build
ing No. $40 and SCI Broadway, was like
glowing furnace and the front had bulged
badly. The fremen were ordered to
stand clear. A few moments after
ward the entire front came down with a
crash. From this time on the fremen
gained on the flames, and at 8 O'Clock the
fire was fully under control. The firms
who lost by fire are as follows: No. 545
Broadway, Robertson j. KauGmann, trim
mings; p. K. Wilson, laces; Stern, FaIk &
Co, clothing; N. Cemper, Innings. No.
547 Brodway, F. Bianchi, feathers and
flowers. Nos. $40 and 551, Henry Rogers,
fancy goods; j. l.. Libby & Co., clothing:
Feith / Nelson, fancy goods; c. A. Yost,
clothing; Malerlinson L Co., clothing.
No. 553, Jerkowski & Ernest, clothing;
Mitchell 4 Picard, clothing; Louis Metz
ger, importer.
Insurance adjusters this afternoon esti-
mate the total loss at fully S2,000,O00.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
The Liquor Traffic.

The senate committee on fnap ce listen
ed to an argument by Sen. Frye on his
bill giving the consent of congress that
the laws of the several states relating to
the sale of distilled and fermented lia
uors within the limits of each state may
apply to such liquors when they have
been imported in the same manner
when they have been manufactured in tn
United States. The senator represents
that the exemption of imported liquors
from the operation of state laws is inter
fering with the temperance movement in
Maine.
A communication was transmitted to
the senate on the oath from the COM
missioner of internal revenue showing
the amount of revenue collected on liq-
uors since the present system of internal
revenue taxation went into effect Sept. /,
1862, down to jane g. 1887. During this
period there was collected from special
taxes on distillers $25, ,12S, ,S19. on brewers
$4, 932 1888, on rectitiers 81 7,270,O79, and for
capacity taxes 81, ,S32, ,467. The production
of distilled spirits during this time wes
1,6Q6, ,S65, 1914 gallons, and of fersnented
liquors 269, 1888 barrels. The amount
of tax collected on the spirits was $1,O99,-
379 $50, and on ferminted liquors $249,-
246, ,1l9.
The most industrioasly bedeviled COM
mittee of the house is the committee on
alcoholic liquor traffic. They are over
whelmed with petitions and letters from
people who have "views" in regard to the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors.
Numbers of these people chiefly women
well advanced in years, have called upon
members of the committee, some to urge
legislation and Others to assure the com
mitteemen that they have the prayers of
all good people.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
News in Rriet.

PREsIDENT FAIBoHILD, of Oberlin col
lege, Ohio, is 80 years of age.
HIGH license IN Philadelphia has wiped
out three fourths of her saloons.
A NAV coal bed has been struck near
En- poria, Kan, at depth of 80 feet.
MANY Dakota towus have suffered for
coal on account of the recent blockade.
DEEP snow in the Michigan woods has
interfered with numbering operations,
aud many mills have shut down.
AT Fort Keogh, Montana, the mercury
within the last six months has ranged all
the way from 13O above zero to 65 be-
low.
LETITIA MCCULLOUGH, widow of the
actor, John Mccullough, died Sunday
morning at Philadelphia, from cancer.
Boston harbor is frozen over as far as
the Narrows, and steamers and ferryboaIs
can ouly proceed with great caution.
VIsCoUNT DAs NoGUEIRAs, the Minister
for Portugal to the United States for the
past ten years, died at Washington Tues
day morning.
THE Rev. C. E. Ellis, of the Unitarian
Church, Kalamazoo, Mich, will be exoner
ated from the charges of swindling, after
a searching investigation just completed,
and re- EN- ployed as pastor.
The coke operators of the ConnellsvilIe
district propose TO shut down the ovens
two days each week, the object being to
reduce the output.
A SALE of $7,144.G0O per cent. bonds
has been made by the st. Louis and San
Fransico Railroad tc q syndicate of Ger
man bankers IN this country and in
Eupope.
JOHN I. ALLEN, ex-State Treasurer of
Texas, expired at Galveston, to which city
he bequeathed S15O,00O for the establish
ment of an industrial school.
THE Omaha, Yankton and Northwestern
Railroad, to extend northwest from
Omaha into Dakota Territory, was incor-
porated at Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday; CAPT
tai, $3000,00O.
The iron steamer Constance, of 563
tons burthen, belonging to the Bristol
Steam Navigation Company, has been
wrecked at Plymouth during fog. Three
persons were drowned.
PROBABLY the best lookout point or
natural watch tower in the world is Caddo
Pdak, in johnson county, Tex. 1t is a
beautiful truncated cone, rising 300 feet
above the level of the surrounding coun-
try, and from the top of it on clear day
one can see distance Of 800 miles up
the meandering Brazos river.
DURING 1887 the new railway construc--
ton in the States of the Northwest
amounted to 3,205 miles of track. Oge
thousand eight hundred and ffty-seven
miles of new road are now under con-
struction, 5.059 miles of new road have
been located and surveyed, and 4 524
miles are projected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
\ Bear pcttt> a Train
lsVvv!}ie >I.a.N South.

There are good many bear stories so
lng the rounds nowadays, bat we have one
which actually occurred in this parish re
Gently. On small plantation mile or
two above Bayou Goula, black bear WAS
seen 10 have entered q turnip patch and
at once proceeded to help himself to As
many turniPs as his appetite demand
ed. 1t Is said that Colored han wit
messed the unauthorized leyity of Mr..
Bruln and determined that he would en-
ter the patch aId drive the invader out.
Acting ON the impulse he INN ediatelv en-
tered the l9cluSuGe and started in Bruins
direction. A socn as the mans presence
became known to the beast he discon,
tinued his vegetable repaSt with the cvi.
dent intention of embellishinE II with
meat and with ears thrown back and
head erect he started toward the son Of
| Ham with the apparent Intention of test
ng the qualities of his makeup. The
darkey saw him coming, and at once de
cided that he did not wish to drive has
beurship from the field ami rather than
attempt it he would leave the field him
self. So he graciouslv turned HIS face
IN the opposite directio" aud made
for the railroad. Tbe bear appear
"a W bC NbNldliN III NIDtt, anu
willingly followed his visitor, accelerat-
ing his speed rs he travelled. Sambo imi-
tated him and quickened his pace. And
thus they had 1t for some time straight
up the railroad run bear, run man, and the
devil take the hindnost. Suddenly the
colo ed man heard a rumbliug noise down
the track and knew az once that the px-
press train was coming. In a shors time
1t hove in sight running at the rate of 80
miles an hour. When the train came in
sight, the colored man Jumped from the
track and continued his Wild flight or the
side of it, The bear also heard the noise
and looking around saw the iron horse
with Its red lights and Its terrible whee2
ing and putting, rushing madly upon him.
He seemed to lose all thought of the man
and turred his atEeHtiou TO the new foe
which threatened him. Rearing detantly
upon his hauRches, with his fore feet ex
tended, he snarliugIy awaited the oucom-
ing train. lie hadn't long 10 wait, and
the pondorOus engine, with its long and
heavy laden train. struck bold bruin
amldshipe and in a jitfy sent him TO tn
happy hunting grounds to join the mem
bers of his family who had preceded hIm
there. He was skinned ON the spot Ivy
piccemeai We suppose-and the colored
man who had been racing with him en-
joye6 slice of hapless Btuin for supper.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
Criminal.

DLN DRIsOOLL a des sperado and murder.
er was hanged at New York on Monday.
CoFFEY, the condemned murderer, who
cut his throat in the Plttsburg jail a week
ago, died Tuesday morning.
Two of the defendents in the indian
apol1s talIy-sheet cases, Coy and Bern
hamer have been found guilty.
THREE negroes were taken from Jail at
Plymouth, n. o., by party OF masked
men and shot to death. The prisoners
were charged with the murder OF a ped
dler.
Mr.. CHARLES B. HITCnCOCK and his wife,
who removed to California from E!gin,
III, in 1876, have been murdered and
robbed near their home, near Los Ange-
les, Cal.
THE investigation of tbs affairs of the
Central Bank, of Toronto, discloses a
condition of affairs very similar to those
of the ruined Fidelity, of Cincinnati.
AT New London, N. Y, Monday night
Mrs. Richard Lester, aged 40, had her
throat cut by a jealous lover, who was
locked up. The victim cannot live.
GANG of boys aged from II to 16,
were arrested at Lafayette, Ind, Wednes-
day, for committing numerous roberies,
and they confessed to belonging to an
organized gang for that purpose.
ISAAC N. STANLEY, ex-paying teller of
the first National Bank of Commerce, of
Cleveland, Ohio, who embeZzled 100000
of its funds, was Wednesday sentenced to
five years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
TsE United States Supreme Court Mon
day affirmed the sentence of death passed
upon Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias W. II. Max
| we'll, who murdered c. A. Preller in a St.
Louis hotel in 1875.
NEAL MoDEAGUE, the Winnetka butcher,
who was tried for the murder of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson in 1884, was killed by u
soloonkeeper at Church's Ferry, d. T., on
Saturday night.
A PARTY of masked men attempted to
rob an express train on the Wabash rail
road, east of Kansas City, but were foiled
by party of officers who had received
notice of the intended attempt.
The First National Bank of Auburn,
n. Y, has closed its doors pending an in
vestigation into its affairs by the United
States Bank Examiner. The Ca.hie; ard
! bookkeeper are mysteriously missing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Accidents and Failures.

Smallpox epidemics are raging IN De-
troit and at Victoria, British Columbia.
TIRE in Philadelphia, Tuesday night.
destroyed $1,000,000 worth of property.
W. j. II. GORDON, a manufacturing
chemist at Cincinnati, assigned, with Ia
| bilites of 100000.
SEVERAL children were suffocsted IN
burning dwelling house IN New York
| Monday morning.
The Hoiyoks envelope factory at Holy
oke, Mass, was burned Oh Sunday. Loss
! 1926, 600.
AN assignment was made Monday by
M & T. Solomon, tobacco dealers at New
York. They gave preferences for s6l,352.
THE round house of the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Co., and twelve locomotives,
have been burned. Loss. 100000.
A HOTEL, a dry-goods store and num-
Der of shops have be:n destroyed at We
way, Ind.
A CONFEDERATION ia the business por-
tion of Newark, Ohio, Tuesday night, con
sumsd or damaged. S20O,Oo0 worth of
property.
MANY vessels are in peril on the New
en- on the Nantucket shoals.
HAPPY MEDIUM, the famous trotting
stallion, valued at $4,000, died Wednes-
day morning. He was owned by General
w. L. Withers, of Lexington, KY.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Ballou Gar
field took place at Mentor, Ohio, Monday,
the remains being placed beside those of
President Garfield in the vault at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, the Same day.
SEVEN trackmen, riding in the caboose of
a Bessemer Branch freight train, were
severely injured, near Lawrence Junction,
Fla, Wednesday, by another freight run
ming nto their train.
FRED SWANSON, of Rockford, ILL.,, fell on
the rollers of a straw-cuttilg machine
Tuesday, and his left arm was drawn into
the knives aud chopped off little by little,
until the shoulder was reached, before the
machine was stopped.
The Western Theological Seminary of
the Presby yterian Church, at Allegheny
City, Ia, was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of $4,000 Saturday morning, and
twenty two studeuts lost all their effects.
BY the destruction by fro of the fine
new joint passenger depot of the New
York Central, the Michigan Central and
the Grand Trunk Railway Companies at
Niagara Falls, $50 900 worth of property
was consumed.
THE Adrian, Mich, clergyman, the Rev.
G. p. Blanchard. whose church doors were
closed against him because of his improp
er advances to Mrs. Mcdonald, of his
church, on Monday published card of
confession, in which he asks forgiveness
of the lady, her husband and his God.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03

Children sometimes astonish their
elders with their acuteness of reasoning.
Don't put the little ones Off too suddenly,
or tell them somo plausible story, when
they como with their questions, but give
them a chauce, as did the sensible grand
father in the following anecdote and
perhaps they II find out reason as good
rs could yourself:
A little girl, 6.years old, was on a visit
to her grandfather, who was New En-
gland divine, celebrated for his logical
powers.
"Only think, grandpa, what Uncle Rob
ert says'
"What does he say, my deary'
"Why, he says the moon is made out of
green cheese. II Isn't at ali, Is itY"
"Well, child, suppose you find out your
self"
How can |, grandpa"
"Get your Bible and see wnat it saysY'
where shall | beginY'
Begin at the beginning"
The child sat down to read the Bible.
Before she got more than half way
through the second chapter of Genesis,
and had read about the creation of the
stars and the animals, she came back to
her grandfather, her eyes all bright with
the excitement of discovery:
i've found it, grandpa. Ii isn't true,
for God made the moon before he made
the COVE"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
THE GOVERNMENT AND TINE TELE-
GRAPH ;"

THE GOVERNMENT AND TINE TELE-
GRAPH "
The above is the title to the first
article in the February Forum, by U. S.
Senator s. NJ. CulIom. 1t is such an ar
ticle as the whole people should read.
Senator Cullom has set forth a good many
facts that are aew and instructive. The
manner in which the Western Union
.ouopoIy has plundered the people of
this country for aquarter o. century is
excellently handled and the way the sena-
tor has skinned that monopoly is refresh
ing. The senator has a bill before the
u. s. senate TO establish a postal sele
graph system and the arguments in it's
favor presented in his article in the For
um are simply unanswerable. Senator
Sawyer's friends say that it
was simply a question of courtesy
due himself and his committee
which caused him to object SO emphatic
ally 10 the resolution adopted early in the
session, taking this and similar bills from
his committee. His enemies say he is
hostile TO any such bill and proposes to
prevent any postal telegraph bill from
passing. 1t will be well to watch the fu.
ture action of the senate in relation to
postal telegraph legislation. The time
is coming when the country will have a
postal telegraph system, and it is not
far of either. Senator Cullom may not
reach it this session bat if he persists he
will in the near future, and in so doing
will render the country valuable service
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
The National Capital

A BILL is before congress to pension
teamsters of the Mexican war.
DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT receives 500 a
week for preaching in Plymouth Church.
Beecher's salary was $500 a week.
ONLY twelve Indians are left of the
tribe of 1000 who inhabited the Yosemite
Valley few years ago.
The Louisiana Republican State Con
vention has nominated a full state ticket,
headed by ex Governor 81. G. Yarmouth
for Governor.
THE president and Mrs. Cleveland, it is
said, have consented to visit the Florida
sub-tropical exposition, the 22nd of Feb
ruary.
LAMAR was confirmed by the Senate for
justice of the United States Supreme
Court on Monday. The vote stood 80
yeas to % nays.
The Secretary of the treasury has sub
mitted to Congress an estimate of $685.
600 for range lights at the entrance of
Duluth harbor.
The president has sent the nomination
of j. R. Roosevelt, of New York, to be
secretary of the legation of the United
States at Vienna, to the senate.
Mr.. YoUMANs, chief clerk OF the treas
ury, says he has not resigned, but that he
is thinking of it, and that if he shall re-
sign it will be simply to resume the prac
tice of law.
THE House of Representatives has
brought the Thube Carlisle contested seat
case TO final termination by voting to
seat Mr.. Carlisle.
The comptroller of the currency has
been informed by telegraph that the First
National bank of of Auburn, n. Y, closed
its doors this morning by reason of a
heavy delfacation on the part of its cash,
ier, Charles O'Briep, who is new supposed
to be in Canada. The amount of the de-
falcation is not stated.
POSTMASTER GENERAL DICKINSON has
signed parcel post convention, to take
effect March 1st, with British Honduras
The convention permits transmission oI
parcels not to exceed in weight elever
pounds.
The Indiana Wool Growers association
at Indianapolis, Wednesday, passed resc
lutions indorsing the action of the Ohic
wool-growers in appointing committee
to present to Congress sch edule of tariff
on wool and its products.
An earnest desire is manifested by 6
few members of congress, among whom
Gen. Browne, of indiana, is most prousi
nent, to have this congress pass law to
cripple the operations of lottery com
panies, if not to suppress them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
DINGLEY'S S BILL.
Ii is Reported FavorabIy to the Hous.

committee on banking and currency to.
dag reported favorably to the house Mr..
Dingley's hill, authorizing tho secretary
of the treasury to invest the money de
posted by national banks for the retire
ment of their circulation in the purchase
of L. S. bonds at current marke rates. The
bonds so purchased, with the interest ac-
cruing, are to be held in trust and for the
payment of the circulating notes of banks
which have deposited the lawful money
for such payment,
The committee reports the amendment
limiting to So per cent. the amount that
may be invested, and authoriz ng the sec
retary 30 sell the bonds redeemed if it be
necessary to redeem the circulating notes
outstanding.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
Cable Flashes.

SPECULATION in coffee aad sugar have
led to several suicides at Hamburg.
TIE MARQUIS OF Butte has presented
chapel to Catholics of Rothesay. to cost
SIG 600.
MEDICAL repor is from San Reno con-
Time to speak favorably of the condition
of the crown prince.
Mn. GLADsroNE's trip has proved very
beneficial. His health and spirits are
better than for years.
The London Times sacs it has autho-
ritative information to the effect that the
crown prince is progressing rapidly to-
ward recovery.
In the City of Mexico the average
winter temperature is 5S III the early
morning, IS at noon, and 50 at midnight.
THE Spanish government has given
orders to English houses for camp equip
age and hospital and other stores suffici
ent for force Of 25 coo men.
The Bundesrath has ordered the ex
pulsion from Germany OF the Anarchists
Ehrenberg, Schopin, Ignaz, Mezler and
Haupt.
ApvICEs from Massowah say that King
John ha. moved his camp two days near
Abyssinisn troops began on Tuesday last.
Ras Alula is with the king.
The socialists attempted to hold meet
ing in Trafalgar square, but were pre-
vented from doing so by the police, who
arrested two of them. There was no
disorder.
Nh. GUILMARAEs, a Portuguese inventor,
Is said to have made g new repeating gun
called the Archimedes which require.
neither powder nor pressed air. 1t is
an arrangement of extremely powerful
springs, and is .aid TO carry quite as far
as any ordinary army rife.
Tnr porte has prepared to reply TO the
| recent demand of Russia for erreas of the
/ war indemnity. The governments states
| that the delay has been due to famine.
| which has made it necessary to divert
/ titles from the indemnity fund.
| TuK new CON mittee which is being or
ganized to receive MIR. John Morley and
! the MARQUIS of Ripon, on their arrival at
Dublin, already numbers three thousand
| persons, and includes three peers, many
aristocrat., nineteen bishops, srd 2o4
magistrates.
LOUISE Mitchell, the notorious French
| female Anarchist, had marrow escape
from assassination at Hsvre. While she
was addressing an Anarchist mseting s
| man in the audience fred a revolver q,
her. wounding her in the head and des
troying one of her ears.
A MUTINr broke cut among q train load
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
Pensions ID Miscnnsin rrnnle

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3I.-The following
Wisconsin people were granted pensions
Tuesday:
Original: James O'Rourke, Milwaukee;
john OlesOn, Northfeld; Arnold New
comb, La Crosse; John Johnson. Wau-
watosa; Herman Afll!ot, New London
Increase: Samuel NJ. Horton, Perley
Benjamin z. Tubbs. Hebron; Abraham
Rammau, Sparta; Warren Trask, Rice
Lake; Andrew Nichols, Sparta; George
NJ. BidweIl, Evansville; Daniel Davis,
Bangor: Adam Englerth, Northwalk; G.
A. Bayington, Valley junction; Anton
Lawrence, Madison; Alfred 2. Markham,
Eagle. Reissue and increase: Andrew
Hill, Emmett; Ulra d. Wood, Black
Earth: VIM. Willis, Flintville.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-03
A FREIGHT WAR IMMINENT.

The Burlington Northern Makes a Ten Per
Cent Reduction - Managers Organization
Bursted.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3l.-The railroads of the
northwest are apparently in for season
of demoraIized rates and Il freight war.
A. meeting OF managers today the St
Paul road filed notice OF Withdrawal, but
the chairman ruled that it was IN
necessary, as the organization was built
up on the Burlingtou's guarantee that
the Burlington L. Northern would main
tain rates and that having been with
drawn the organization no longer ex
isted. 1t was resolved to continue the
association ten days longer and then
hold another meeting to consider the
situation. The Burlington Northern
has signalized its independent position
by ten per cent reduction on all classes
from New York to st. Paul and Mime
aDolis,