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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
"reminiscences Of Charles Dickens.
AI.Irtgra TrCTITv,a

Dickens was only 33 when when | first
saw him: being just two years Dy junior
/ have said what he appeared to NE then.
As knew him afterward and to the end
of his days, he was a strikingly manly
man, not only in appearance but in bear
ing. The lustrous brilliancy of his eyes
was very striking. And L do not think
that L have ever seen it noticed that those
wonderful eyes which saw so much and
SO keenly were appreciably, though to
very slight degree, nearsighted eyes.
Very few persons, even among those who
knew him well, were aware OF this, for
Dickens never used glass. But be CON
tinually exercised his vision by looking
at distant objects and making them out
as we'll as he could without any artificial
assistance. It was an instance of that
force of viii IN him which compelled
naturally somwhst delicate frame to com
port itself like that Of an athletic. Nj
Forster somewhere says of him: "Dick-
ems habits we're robust, but his health
was not" This Is entirely true as far as
my observation extends
OF the general charm of his manner
despair of giving any idea TO those who
have not seen or known him. This was
q charm By 10 means dependent on his
genius. He might have been the great
writer he was and yet not have warmed
the social atmosphere wherever he sp-
peared With that summer glow which
seemed 70 attend him His laugh was
briulful of enjoyment There was q pc
caliar humorous protest IN il when re-
counting or hearing anything specially
absurd, sstwho would say: " Pom my
soul, this Is too ridicuiUs, This passes
all bounds" and bursting out afresh as
though the sense of the ridiculous over
whelmed him ike tide, which carried
all hearers away with ii and which well
remember. His enthusiasm was bound
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
News in Brief.

THE Blair Educational bill has passed
the Senate by a vote of 80 to %.
THERE are said to be more than 10000
Northern visitors in Florida this winter
The Frankfort (Mich) Lumber Com
pany has suspended, and selected trus-
tee 20 wind up the business.
KELLER, TRoUTMAN & Co., dry-goods
dealers at Logansport, Ind, have failed
for large amount.
THE strikers IN the coal mines of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company will return to work.
The the union painters at Pittsburg,
Pa, have decided to strike March l, and
establish cooperative shops.
The American LoStery company of
San Francisco ives raided by the police
Friday, and the entire operating force
was captured.
THE Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company is about to erect a fine
new passenger depot at Milwaukee, to
cost upwards of $250,000.
A snowstorm has blockaded the PensyI
vania Railroad, shutting out eastern coke
shipments. The line refuses freight cars
for points east of Altoona.
JAMES CALVIN, the pitcher, has signed
the contrac5 with the Pittsburg Ball Club
for next season. Galvin's salary will be
$4,000, of which ne will receive 81 600 in
advance.
Dr.. r. LOCKE, better known as 'Petro-
leum V. Nasty" died at Toledo, Ohio, on
Wednesday. The immediate cause of his
death was consumption.
IT is now seven weeks since the Cunard
steamer, Demerara, left Liverpool for
Genoa, and nothing has been heard of her.
She carried forty-One persons.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINs publishes let
ter announcing that he will not be can
didate for the Presidential nomination in
the Republican National Convention.
THREE thousand employees of the RO-
chester shoe factories, who have been on
a strike since NOve.nber, have gone back
to work at the old terms.
Miss KosE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND is
engaged on a new book. This time she
will give the public new life OF AUre-
illus Augustine, or as ne now is known,
st. Augustine.
TWENTY FIVE per cent of the coke ovens
in the Connelisville region have been
shut down for the purpose of restricting
production. This will throw 1900 men
out of employment.
THE appellant court has handed down
its decision affirming the action of the
lower court in the two Cook county
Doodle cases, the one against Mcdonald
and MCGarigle, and the other against the
twelves boodlers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Temperance in Washington.
Washington Letter.

In Washington the human calves of
both sexes are put where they belong-in
the background. The mistress of the
house de jure is mistress de facto. The
young girls stand at their mothers side
or pour tea quite humbly, and perform
such graceful, subordinate, girlish parts.
OF the young men too much cannot be
said in praise of the general tone of man
ners. AS for drunkenness in society it is
not putting it too strongly TO say that it is
practically unknown. At large ball two
or three years ago young man-a regu-
lar hard case-by some means was invited.
He drank too much, and had to be put out
By the butler. 1t created q scandal which
has not been forgotten yet. Ncr is the
general and commendable temperance in
society the result of preaching or of a
"movem ent." II has simply grown grad
ually with the refinement of the people.
Washington, it must be remembered, is q
great wine-drinking place. at tluncheons,
teas, and receptions wines and punch are
served in abundance; but Washington men
take them moderately, as French gentle
men take their light red wines and Eng
ish gentlemen their port and sherry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Swelling the Pension Roll,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The following
Wisconsin people were granted pensions
Monday: Widow OF G. SchIotthauer,
Madison; father of j. DslIigne, Green
Bay; G. Blum, Pewaukee: w. j. Honey
comb, Shullsburg; d. Il. Legrant, Glen
wood; NJ. G. Short, Brandon; B. L. Hall,
Tomah; l.. Otte, Sheboygan; II. s. Rice,
Downing; j. Donahoe, Caeenovia; NJ.
Balt1s, Auburndale; w. II. Vickers.
New Diggins; NJ. G. Peck,
National Milwaukee Home; o.
T. Harwood, Piainfeld; G. B. Foss,
p Iainield; w. wilkins, Preston; ]. Wells,
River Fails; j. Keller. Ssuk City. III.
Moriarsy, Mauston; E. j. Newhall, Cam
bria; NJ. Burnes, Spring Green; L. L.
Ropdick, EIlenboro; II. n. Mckee, Plover;
S. L. Ewing, Viroquai Ii. e. A. Gilstad,
Cylop; 4. Baker, Brodhead; b. Stoll,
Lancaster; @. o. Harrington. Stoughton;
q. Olsen, Depere; j. p. Weter, Depere,
l.. Douglass, Waldo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
COST OF INNING COAL.

Exact data as 70 ths cost of mining
coal have been difficult to obtain in the
west. When the miner finds his own tools
powder, oil AID other needful things
working in the dark, subterranean cham
bers from 500 to 1000 feet from the en-
trance, in constant danger frcm fire.
damp and accidents from caving roofs
and otherwise the compensation paid is
Is cents per ton. That, then, is prime
cost TO employers. Ten cents more would
certainly deliver :he mineral at the pits
mouth or at the works erected to break
and assert it into sizes in most use, and
10 more would spout it upon coal cars for
transportation elsewhere. Not to be too
minute, instead of 50 cents we will call it
30 cents per ton on the rail. Anthracite
Is special deposit, owing its name to
the fact that it was changed probably by
subterranean heat after its formation,
the more volatile parts being expelled.
This process of nature was somewhat
akin to the production of coke by arti-
hcial heat. From this most perfect kind
the gradations continue through all other
layers to the highly impure bitumiuous,
such as sbounds in several western states.
The usual distinction, in common Ian
guage, is between hard and soft coal. All
hard coal, without reference to its lality.
i nsually sSyled anthracite with rs yvh,la
in fact it may be highly bituminous. The
true anthracite is comparatively limited,
while the varieties less pure are innumer-
able. AID still they are all classed alike
| in western markets. There is no tariff
tax on anthracite as such, but on all other
grades it is IS cents per ton. Nova Scotia
| geoiogists have not, we believe, classed
any of their deposits as anthracite, and
yet for all purposes they are quite as good
as any mined i'll Pennsylvania.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
TrEspAY,s VIEWS CONDENSED.

Miss josie Holmes was released from
jail Tuesday. This finishes up the last
of the eight Fidelity indictments.
{ Croft, Bennett & Co., iron manufac
turers of Pittsburg made an assignment
Tuesday. Liabilities about 100000.
Gsorge Coiliss, the eminent mechoni-
cal engineer and manufacturer of Proyi-
dence, X. l., died Tuesday of heart dis
ease.
The association of the chamber of
commerce of the United Kingdom un-
animously favor an arbitration treaty
with the United States.
Rev. j, C. Price, (colored) president of
the Livingston college. Salisbury, N. c..
has been appointed by the president,
minister resident and consul general Of
the United States to Liberia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
1HE OBITUARY RECORD.

William Smith, register of the United
States land ofiics at Crookstop, MINI, ia
dead.
John A. Paige, prominent business
man and one of the Oldest residents of
Oshkosh died Sunday.
Mother Superior Domnomo. of Little
Sisters of the Poor, died q: Grand Rapids,
Mich, of Inflammation Of the Iungs, aged
Il years.
The Hon. Jessie q. Benson died at lis
residence near DoEagiate, Mich, aged
81 years. He settled there in 1893, was
prominent republican politician and
and held several offices. He was elected
state senator in 1858, and was widely
known.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

The passage by the Senate of the Blair
bill-so aptly described by the New York
Evening Post as "a bill to promote
mendicancy"-is a mistake, in whatever
light it is viewed. There is absolutely no
excuse for the measure, even on political
grounds; for the best intelligence at tie
South unqualifedIy condems it. 1t is to
be hoped the House may have the wisdom
to defeat it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
WASHINGTON JOTTiNGs.

Senator Hampton amuses himself dur
ing debates by making and throwing
paper boomerangs.
The government authorities estimate
that the government has been oefrauded
out of S2,00O,0G0 By the Illicit traffic in
opium.
Mrs. Hicks -Lo-d has been making q
sensation in Washington with her dia
monds. When she wears them she is al
ways accompanied by detective. Wash
ingtoniens feel very much hurt at this.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

The re entry of Sir Michael Hicks.
Beach into tie British cabinet will silence
the rumOrs that he is contemplating an
anti-coercion campaign. The order
against the continued prosecution of
newspapers which print the reports of
national league meetings is connected
with the return of the ex chief secretary
of Ireland to Office, and the statement
is made chat Balfour's policy is TO be
moderated. But the tory does not temper
the wind to :he shorn lamb of Erin for
any length of time.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Bank of Ellsworth is being organ
lied with a capital of $4,000.
Oshkosh business men are asked to
subscribe money for the erection of
new exposition building.
Racine prohibitionists have organized
for the spring campaign and will place a
municipal ticket in nomination.
A movement is on foot amongst the
business men of Merrill TO erect a large
and handsome hotel the coming summer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
sQUIBS

1t is said that one person in 4oG wears
an eye-glass. This should be Iopked
into.
The coal miners are not the only ones
that upset our equaninity- Sometimes
it's the minors in our own household.
How does the modern firt resemble the
ancient Pharisee? Aus.-They loved to
be seen of men.
The whisky tax should be allowed 70
stand. Come men drink whisky until
they can not stand; but If the tax can
stand it is the duty of the country to let
it remain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

NOTHING could be more fitting, since
the will not consent of Blaine and the
won't accept of Sheridan than for the re-
publicans to nominate Chauncey M. De-
pew. But one thing does not appear
quite right. It il proposed to nominate
with him Harrison of Indiana. Why not
make the other man Jay Gould? If the
greatest railway magnate in the country
is to have the first place, the second
greatest railway king should have the
next place. Then when they get in, the
Standard Oil company, the sugar trust,
the Western Union Telegraph compan
and the lesser monopolists could divide
up the smaller offices and the people
could be collected into some large stall
and be sold out to the best bidder. Then
this would be the greatest government on
oarlh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

who were recently Imprisoned. arrived in
London and received an ovation from
10000 persons who had gathered at Eus-
ton Staten to welcome them. The
weather was bright and frosty. Mr..
O'Brien and Mr.. Sullivan were escorted
by an immense procession to Hyde Park
where meeting in their honor was held.
The procession entered the park at $3.50
O'Clock. Forty thousand persons were
assembled there.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

The Death of d. r. Locke, of the Toledo
Blade, removes one of the most interest
ing "reminiscences of the war period. As
the writer of the Petroleum V. Nasby
letters he contributed very greatly to the
humor of the period, and the ridicule he
showered upon the Confederacy, coarse
as it was, unquestionably aided the union
cause materially as ridicule often does
the cause in behalf of which it is employ
ed. In his later life Mr.. Locke has been
chiefly conspicuous as successful news
paper man and an ardent advocate of the
temperance cause, to the support of which
the late convert.-DetrCit Free Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
CONGRESSIONAL
TUESDAY Feb. IA.

Senate. - The resolution introduced
by the committee on commerce, in re-
porting on the river and herbor bill, to
set out important facts bearing on each
of them, was reported and agreed to.
Sen. Hawley addressed the senate in op-
position the Blair educational bill. The
senate bill to provide for an Indian
school at Carson City, New, was passed:
The following bills were also passed.:
Appropriating $4,000 for the sub tropi-
! cal exposition at Jacksonville, Fla. for
the relief of David l.. Brainerd and
! eighteen privates of the United States
army who were with the Greeiy expedi-
ton in the Arctic regions (as commuta-
tion for fuel and Quarters). The bill to
| provide for the mpulsory education of
Indian children was discussed at some
| length.
HouSe.-Mr. Mills, from the committee
on ways and means, reported the bill to
provide for the purchase of United States
bonds by the secretary of the treasury.
Committee of the whole. Mr.. Caswel
| wis, from the committee on judiciary
| reported the bill for the relief of import
ers of animals for breeding purposes.
| Committee of the whole. Among the
| executive communications presented to
| the house was one from the secretary of
war in response to the resolution calling
/ for information relative to the plan and
scope of official records of the late war.
Retired. Mr.. Cox n. " introduced q
bill for the payment of S2,292. .657, the
amount paid by New York city for prin-
sipal and interest on bonds issued 20 the
| union defense committee OF New York in
81 and '62. Referred.
WEDNESDAY Feb. Is.
Ssnate.-After 2 sharp discussion be-
| tween Senators Hale, Blair and Plumb.
| the Blair education bill was passed by
| vote of 80 yeas 10 % nays. Yeas
| Senators Allison, Berry, Blair, Bowen,
| Brown, Call, Cameron, Chandler, Colq uitt.
| Cullom, Daniel, Dawes, Dolph, Eustis,
| Evarts, George, Hampton, Hoar, Hearst,
| Jones ark Mandersop, Mitchell, Nor
| rill, Palmer, Pasco, Payne, Platt. Pugh.
| Quay, Ransom, Riddleberger, Sawyer,
| Stanford, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller,
| Vance, Walthan. and Wilson. of Iowa
| Nays-Aldrich. Bate, Beck Blackburn,
| Blodgett, Butler, Coke, Davis, Farweu.
! Faulkner, Frye, Gray, Hale, Harris, Haw-
| ley, Hiscock, ingalls,, Jones of Nevada.
| kenna, Morgan, Plumb, Reagan, Sabin,
| Saulisbury, Spooner. Turpie, Vest. Vor-
| hees, Wilson of MaryIand.-29. Pairs
/ Cockreu and Edmunds, German aud
Sherman. The house bill for the appoint
ment of eleven division s1perintendents
/ of the railway mail service was taken
I from the calender and amended by rnak-
ing the nsmber "two in addition to those
before authorized" aud passed. Ad-
| journed.
Hoase-In the house to-day Mr.. Per-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
AdUlterations in Spiritual Food.
TIE interior

Wouldn't it be good thing if we were
as particular about our spiritual diet-if
we were as afraid of poison in 1t, ard
if We anal!zed it as carefully as We do
the articles that go upon our tables? But
We are not. Sometimes our tastes are so
depraved that We seem TO prefer q poi
soned spiritual diet to one which comes
to Us with celestial purity
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
A Wealthy Syndicate Buy the Chippewa Falls
Wooden Mill.
A Crooked Chinamnn Of Rice Lake

A Crooked Chinaman Of Rice Lake Run In
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Feb. 2l.-John
Ah Wing, celestial of Rice Lake, was
arrested to-day on charge of having
obtained goods under false pretenses. All
Wing purchased a bill of groceries
amounting to $3.50 from Post q Dillon
wholesale grocers, OF this city, repre-
senting himself to be worth many times
the amount. After the goods had been
delivered it was found that he had de
frauded his creditors.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

GERMANY has its eyes and spies on Eng
glish strong places as well as on French.
The arrest of a culprit at Chatham for
selling the secrets of English fortresses
will be apt to bring the gravity of the
German system of espionage home to
John Bull. Hitherto he has looked on
with great complacency at the revelations
of the German spy system in France and
Russia. Now, however, that he finds the
Berlin information bureau engaged in
making maps of the English defenses, he
may take another view of the wisdom of
letting Bismarck rule Europe to mis- own
satisfaction.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Death Of Il Green BaY PhYsician.

GREEN BAY, Wis, Feb. 21.-Dootor
Andrew Monroe died to day of oneurism.
The deceased was born in Glasgow, in
1881; educated in Glasgow university, and
later took a medical degree in the medi-
cal colleges of Edinburg. He removed
to Green Bay in 1864, where he has since
resided.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
VOL. xxi.

CANADA seems likely to anticipate us in
the matter of coast defenses, Gen. Mid
dIeton, who commanded the Riel expedi-
tion, is president of a commission to in
vestigate weak points on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and along the lake frontier
with veiw to Strengthening present forti-
fcations and constructing new ones.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Destitute Families.

The destitution among the families of
the miners that is being developed at
Shenandoah, Pa, is terrible and such that
it can not longer be hidden. One family
named Fogel was found to-day to have
actually been without food for two days,
and this children were so weak from fast
ing that when relief came it had to be
sparingly given to avoid killing them.
There were nine in the family. Another
family of six, named Burns, was in the
same state and one named Johnson was
almost as bad. They are but instances
that have many parallels. 1t has been
established that most of the contribu-
tiOns intended for the miners have been
absorbed by the railroaders, who have
been livirg in clover while their allies
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
FRANCE.
Another Speech by N. FIourcns.

aNVVHVT SVVVVH " II, FIOWTVTs.
NJ. Flourens, in his addresses TO the
electors of Gap, said: France desires
the progress of the democracy, which can
only be realized by peace. We desire all
Europe to do iustice to our loyalty to our
institutions, and the firmness of our at
itude everywhere should be recognized.
The consolidation of the Republic is the
best guarantee of the correctness of the
relations of France with all other ma
q,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Bismarck Sees Symptoms in Russia of GEN
eTal Desire for Peace

BERLIN.-Bismarck, at dinner given
by him Wednesday, TO members of the
reichstag, alluded in the coErse of his
conversation to the recent pacific utter
ances of some of the Russian newspapers
as symptom of a general desire for
peace. The Russian government, he said,
Influenced only few Journals in this di-
rection, while the rest took their tone
from their especial patrons.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
IN GENERAL.
Visible Supply of Grain.

Visible Supply Of Grain.
The following is the statement of the
visible supply of grain in store and ahoat
on Saturday, February IL, as issued by
the New York Produce Exchange: Wheat,
40,2S7,6l7 bushels - decrease. 799,027
bushels; corn, S. 339, ,l56 bushels increase,
522,0s6 bushels; oats, 5,lS1, ,5S7, bushels
decrease, 22l,23 bushels; rye, S61,2SS,
Observation-Disclosures, 2,1S5 bushels; barley,
2,S03, ,l69 Observation-Disclosures, 125, $50.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Nauv striking Miners Lose 7

Nanv Striking Miners Lose Their Positions.
MOUNT CARxKL, Penn. Feb. 21.-The
striking miners made rush for their
places this morning to find in many
cases they were not wanted, and many
we're turned away. The feeling is bitter
against the Reading company.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

THE point in Prince Bismarck's speech
in the German Reichstag, was his reveiw
prussia for 40 years back. He showed
how Russia usually threatened while
Prussia and Germany armed and the
Germany is strong enough to compel
peace. This will make interesting read
ing for the ear.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
Milwaukee, nnll niS

MILWAUKEE, FEB. 2l.-Wheat-Firm; 751s for
seller cash; 20 for seller March; ;S5s for seller
May Corn-Weak; No. 3. 451a. Oats-Dull;
No. ,, white, 50. Rye. Steady, No. 1, G1.
Barley-Lower; No. 2, 1915 Provisions Weak.
Pork-13 75G1IOO for seller February
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

Detroit Free Press: 1t is no compliment
to Blame that four-ffths of the people
think he is lying when he writes d letter
of declination.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

A RUSSIAN law forbids the use of excla-
nation points in newspaper articles In
that country. The czar does not pro-
pose to be interrogated in any manner.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24
st. Paul Has :. ''yoodoo" Queen.

Ia Il little one-story frame dwelling ON
9th street lives one of the most peculiar of
women. She is a voodoo queen, and is
absolutely worshiped by many of the
colered people of st. Paul. She is about
So years of age, as black as black can be,
with short, kinky hair, and deep set,
Lloodshot eyes. She foretells the future,
cures all ills, and can tell the lucky num-
bers that will win at policy. She has a
peculiar song which she sings on Friday
and wears several amulets. Her influence
over the colored of the city is said to be
simply wonderful.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-24

minneapolis Tribune: Clara Morris
declares that she uses real tears in her
affecting scenes. That accounts for the
onion odor noticed at the Graud the 9th,
er night. There were those present who
laid it to the bald headed gentleman who
is chained to the he-fiddle.