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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
INCREASING THE NAVY
within a Short Time Contracts viii
be Let for Eigh: War Ships.
treasurer Of the Insane Hospital at
Indianapolis Called Robber.
President HarriSon'S Civil Service Pol.
icy is Given Pretty Fully.

WASHINGTON, March 1I.-Uuless unfor-
seen OBSTACLES are encountered within
few months after the beginning of the
next fiscal yesr-July Ist-contrscts
VIII be let for the construction of the new
war vessels, which will in aggregate in
crease the tonnage of the navy by nearly
l3,ooo tons, slthough majority of the
new vessais will be small crafts com pared
with the monster iron clads OF Egrope.
they will embody in their construction
the latest approved idess of high speed
anS heavy armament, and will be very
formidable ships of war. When
Seoretaey Whitney reliuquished his office
he left, as legacy 80 his successor, the
responsibility of building eight new war
vessels, the authority for whose construc.
ton was given by the 50th congress, dur
ing Its session. The list includes three
OF 1000 ton cruisers, or gun coats, two
OF 5000 tons, an iro. clad of 500 tons,
prote, e,ted cruiser of 5 500 tons. and a
small gun boat of 500 tons burden.
ihe three and two thousand ton cruisers
are to have speed OF twenty knots an
honr, and be armed with very heavy ord
nance.
Designs for these vessels have already
been prepared by the naval board and
await approval by the secretary.
In addition to the vessels above des-
cribed, congress at the last session pro
vlded for the construction of four more
cruisers, including Thomas cruising
monitor, and in an emergency their CON
struction could be commenced within the
present year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

MINNEAPOLIS, March 1.-The Tribune's
Ashland, Wis, special says: The investi-
eating committee of the interior de-
partment has completed the work of
examinations as to whether there was
any fraud or trespass on Indian lands,
and agreed upon report which in sub
stance states that the charges made
against the operatives and officials were
virtually baseless.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE statistical
report of the department. of agriculture
tor March, relates to the distribution of
wheat and corn. The amount of corn re.
ported still on hand is 396 per cent
Ene surplus amounts to zoos, ,OOC
bushels, of which seven corn surplus
states have 49S 100000 bushels The
proportion merchantsble averages 81
per cent. which Is less than in 1884, 1886
or 1887. The average price is less than
IN December. The March average for
merchantable cOru Is 3S9 cents per
bushel; for unmerchautable, % s cents
per bushel. The Leneral average of seven
states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, 25 g.. per
bushel. The proportion of the wheat
crop on hand March l is less than for any
year since 1880 except 1882 and 1887.
The actual quantity on hama Is less Than
any recent year excep' 1882 and 1856, and
Is estimated at about Il2, ,0O0,O0 meas
ured bushels. The lowest state percent.
ages are IN the priacipal wheat growing
states, as follows: Ohio, -, Michigan,
%, Indiana, "a, Illinois, %, Wisconsin, 2S,
Minnesota, 26, Iowa, 81, Missouri, -,
Kansas, "a, Nebraska, 81, Dakota, ~. Ia
these states the quantity on hand Ia less
than in March last by about p, 900, 900
bushels.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

ONE very comfortable piece of statistics
has been furnished by the Chatauqua
association. 10 the effect that over three
thousand years would be required for any
one person to read all the literary works
now in existence that are recognized as
standard.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
Rpsioned Ihpir nfficps.

WAsHINGroN, March 11.-Judge Cary,
solicitor of the treasury, has rendered his
resignation to the president, to take
effect upon the qualification of his sue
cessor. E. B. Youmans, chief clerk of
the treasury department, has placed his
resignation at the disposal of Secretary
Window. This is position of conf
Dental character, and will probably be
among the e rst to be considered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
Notifying the Railroads

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The inter
state commerce commission has issued
an order supplementary to the circula r
made public few days ago, no tifyIng
all railroad companies that advances or
reductions in joint tariffs must be plain
ly printed and publicly posted, the same
as was ordered concerning individual
tariffs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
THE NAILLEss HORSESHOE.
1t Will Prove.of Great Advantage In Ever
Way.

II Will Pr0ve.ot Great Advantage In Every
Way.
The London Times announces an in
vention which is called the "nailless
horseshoe" Ii is one of the difficulties
in the use of the horse that if he casts q
shoe you are in peril till you reach the
nearest blacksmith, and then are de-
lsyed fifteen or twenty minutes till the
shoe Is put on. The street car horses
and team horses are subject to the same
delay, and ia time Of confect and war,
when every thing depends upon the GER
'aIhty of the supplies, the loss of horses
shoes often delays team wagon at q
moment when the detention is fatal to
militsr. movements. The invention Of
naiiless horseshoe removes this Difficult.
ty, The shoe is so adapted to the foot
that tie driver or tesmster can put On
the new shoe within three minutes, and
it will servs every purpose end will
remain Cd as long as q shoe that is
held by the old method of mailing.
This new shoe pinches the edge Of
the hoof at certain points, and is held
on mainly in this way, no nails being
driven into the hoof. When IL is re-
membered that at least one horse in
every forty is injured by the driving of
nails into the quick of the hoof, the
value of this invention, not only il say-
ing time in shoejng, but in removing its
perils, will be seen. II is not known
that the invention has yet reached this
country, bu. it is claimed that it has
been successfully employed in England,
and that il ~ill work revolution in the
shoeipg of horses everywhere.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
A Conspiracy Inquired Into.

CALCUTTA, March 11.-An official in
quiry has been ordered into the charges
that Maharsion, of Cashmere, is impli-
Gated in a conspiracy to poison the
British resident and other reasonable
practices. Maharaioh ia imbecile AMI is
wholly IN power of his ministers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

PORTRAIT of Benz amin Franklin, done
in pastel by French artist, when Frank
lin was minister of France, has been
presented to the New York Metropolitan
museum of art by Henry s. Stanford,
formerly our minister to Belgium.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

was taken TO prevent Phelps crossing the
border, bus nothing was hesrd of the rob
Der until the midnight train srrived, snd
he was discovered as one of the pssseu
gers and arrested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

The Epoch, in treatiT z of typographi-
cal depravity, subj sct always of interest
to writer's, states the authority of
Kinglake, the hist orian, that the appella-
tion OF Napoleon III. as applied TO the
nephew of his uncle, originated, in SO far
as the uumeral was concerned, to q print
er's error. A minister, engaged in the
manufacture of public sentiment, wrote:
"Que te mot d'ordre soft 1iUe NupoleoniiF'
The printer mistook The exclamation
points for r man numerals, the people
took up the cry and the emperor was duly
ticketed.
PRIME Minister Crisp! OF Italy, finding
that his bill for the increase of taxation
which the heavy armament makes neces-
ssry would fail to pass the Chamber Of
Deputies, has resigned; and, If he forms
another cabinet, he viii be compelled to
give the left larger representation
Premier Tisza of Hungary will have rGre
good luck if he weathers the present
storm aud passes the army bill. Thus
are tho diplomatic allies of Bismarck put
to it to carry out the program of a great
central European league by which both
rance and Russia shall be held at bay.
TnE Pacific raIlr oads have finally driven
some of the California shippers into
rebellion against the rPtes, which have
long been Oppressive and exorbitant
After protesting in vain against recent
advance in rates on canned goods, the
shippers of this product have planned to
send 300 oar loads 10y vessel 10 New York,
and thence to Chicago, at 76 cents per
l 90 pounds or about half what the rail.
roads demanded for Il direct transporta-
tion frcm San FrAncisco TO Chicago. II
would appear from this that the trans
continental lines havg been trife too
eIaoting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
NATHANIEL.

Some ten years ago the old baron
passed away full of years, leaving behind
him a gigantic fortune. His three
nephews, Matheniel, Leopold and Alfred.
sons of Baron Lionel Rothschild, inheri-
ted the city business, while his vast riches
IN cash, lands, house property and secu
rifles were for the most part bequeathed
to his daug hter, the Countess of Ros eberv,
The three London Rothschilds of TO-DAY
bear little resemblance, either in face,
former business habits, to either their
late father or uncle. The elder Nathaniel
lately created Lord Roths ,hild, is a far
seeing man of great business capacity,
and under his guidance the great house
still maintains its supremacy in the world
of London finance. He is, however a
man who devotes his attention only to
great enterprises, and consequently a
vast amount of minor business of a yery
profitable nature that used to be executed
BY the Rothschilds has late flowed into
other channels.
His lordseip exoets as a diplomat and
his relations with Glgistore's govern
nent during the Egyptian affair we're
close and invaluable to his house. Sim
pie British axpavers, who paid any at
tention to the part England was playing
il the khedive's affairs for year or t~o
previous TO the slsughtering of the heroic
Gordon at khsrtoun, roundly asserted
that her expensive interference in Eyyp.
would nerer have been push ed so far but
for the vast interests of the RothschiId's
and their clients there at stake. The head
of the firm does not inherit his uucIe's
love of sport: he neither breeds nor runs
thoroughbred race horses and il rarely
seen in the hunting field, though in per
functory manner he still keeps up the
famed pack of stsg-hounds. His counsel
in fuaneial matters is highly esteemed
By her maiesty's government, and his life,
ike that of his predecessor, is devoted to
money gettiry. More Jewish in his ap-
pearance than either of his brothers. his
character and habit. also more clearly
indicate his Hebraicl origin.
ALFRED.
Alfred de Ro.hschild is also very recu
lar in his attention TO business IN athe
lane" He is not generally credited With
any particular aptitude for playing tbs
great game of finance, but has charge of
the routine busines. of the firm Almost
any morning on the stroke of IL his nea.
broughsm may be seen pulling up a. the
corner of Cannon street and St. Ssith-
ms lane, whence is elegantly attired
owner proceeds on foot to his Office. He
Il handsome man, of medium stature
and dark complexion, and his features
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15
A method q. n,.seryip0 the

method o: preserving the natural
color of no~ers consists of dusting sali-
cJlic acid on tire plants az they lie in the
press. and removing it again With a brush
when the flowers are dry. Red coIors in
particular are well preserved by this
agent.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
Ea st M adison.

DIR. and Mrs. A. f. Farnham returned
last Friday to their home in Buffalo N. Y.
where he holds an important position In
the Surg CT In .ti'ute Of rr Piece of that
city. While the DR.. appears to be well
satisfied wi h his position and appreciates
the many advantages that 1t brings to
his profession; yet he gives his own
State and people the preference, and
every thing else being equal, would pre-
fer to live among them. ue returus
much recruited by the few weeks Of rest,
which were not taken before thy were
needed.
The High School was closed last week
by The committees prems'urcly. They
Thought it not profitable to continun it.
The Primary School by Miss Lolita
Red Is giving excellent satisfaction.
The old iron of the factory ruins has
been picked up ane sorted and the appear
ance of the site Is there by much inpro-
we'd. Ed Bradbury does the hauling.
The Rowels started a six horse team
with a small advance crew of men for
the woods Tuesday morning.
1t Is expected tnat Rev s. G, Fletcher
of Dexter, will supply the pulpit OF the
Union church next Sunday foreno n
Previous to last Sunday, which was very
stormy, there had been NO break in the
seavces for twenty successive Sabba,hs.
In the last weeks REPORTER Is a chal.
lengc to beat Eugene rhomp,on's record
Of forging 1913 lumber-drivcrss oaks In
ten hours. Mr.. W. A. Smith in Witham y
shop accepted the challenge and has just
completed his ten hours work. The re-
suit was $500 well made calks sorted and
counted by his employer. The rest Of
the crew were present and are ready to
attest to the fact that Smith actually
made the above amount In ten hours.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
STATE EW s.

Col. II. G. Staples of Augusta Is visit.
ing Kennebec towns obtaining signatures
To a petition to Congress for an appropri.
alton of half uillion dollars for the i'm
provement of the Kennebec river.
George Beal and Arthur Richardson of
Clinton applied at the jail office, Krpne-
hec. Thursday and asked to he admitted
for the purpose of seeing Charles Beal,
the convict. On searching them the Of
ticers found liquor on Richardson and he
was arrested and put under bonds for ap
pearance In court In December.
Four thousand dollars have been raised
for making the examination for coal at
Small Point aud II is proposed to probe
the matter to the bottom this time.
Charles McIvor, late of Fredericton, N
b., committed suicide at Bangor. recently
He pat his face into the wasL bowl OF
water, while alone in his room and hell 1t
until he lost consciousness.
In some parts of Maine, dealers are
complaining of the poor quality of eggs
brought to market this fail. They stat.
that many of the eggs have been kept all
summer, waiting for rise In price. and
are very bad. One egg dealer offered 9
Belsast merchant china egg the other
day. The merchant afterwards said ii
was the best egg he had seen for q
month.
The Caribou Water Company began
pumping to ill the standpipe, Monday
aight. The town will have TWEEN .y-tv-
hydrants, for which they pay two thou
sand dollars yearly rental, and system
second to none In Maine.
Benjamin Y. Tuell, prominent citizen
If Sumner. died Tuesday morning at o.
clock aged 81 years.
The Church schooner Margurite will be
launched by the New England Co Bath.
today. She i. y four-master, designed
chiefly for the coal trade, and is owned
~ Taunton, Mass, parties.
Hon. A. H. Powers, ESQ. has brought
suit again sheriff Brown for the posses
lion of certain diamonds that Charles
Foster one of the men who robbed Peter
8ennelt placed In the hands Of Sheriff
Brown. to be given MIR. Powers in c0usid.
Grafton of services rendered In his defence
Mr.. Powers retired from the case before
toconousion, and, 1t Is said, Foster gave
The diamonds to Sheriff Brown Now,
however, Mr.. Powers claims the dIa-
mOnds and brings this suit against MIR.
Brown to gain possession Of them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07

Elections took place In ten States Tues
day. In five of them, Iowa, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Ohio and Virginia, a
governor and other State officers were
chosen, in New Jersey a governor and
members of the Legislature and in the
other four. Maryland, Nebraska, New
York and Pennsylvania, members of the
legislature and minor State officers were
chosen. In Iowa there were three tick
cts. Republican, Democratic and Labor /;
in ifsiiussacilu cts three Republican, Dem
ocratic and Prohibition; in Mississippi
there is but one, the Republican ticket
having been withdrawn because there WAS
no prospect that votes for 1t would be
honestly counted; In New Jersey there
are three, Republican, Democratic and
Prohibition; in Ohio there were four,
Republican, Democratic and Union-Labor
in Virginia there are two, Republican and
Democratic; in Maryland three, Republic
can, Democratic and Prohibition; in Ne
braska two, Republican aud Democratic J;
In New York four, Republican, Democrat
ic, Prohibition and Greenback. -Four of
the above contests excited great interest.
namely, those in Massac husetts, New
York, Ohio and Virginia. We give else.
where the result in brief as far as OBJ
tanned.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
Pishon's- Ferry

The ladies of the F. B. society met re-
Gently, and organized a sewing circle,
called the u Hing Workers. Mis-. Geo,
Barrett was chosen president Ms G..
IL. Pishon moderator: Mrs. C. Z. Board
man chaplain; Mrs. Rose Parker secre-
tary Mrs. Lila Manson collector; and
Mrs. Isaac keene treasurer. Its Object
is to raise mo. ey toward the erection of
Il house of worship. Mrs. Edmond Park
man will entertain the circle, at her home
IN Tuesday of this week.
The Ferry schools. Miss Knights Of
C"rnsi lille taught the fail term Of ne
school On the Fairfield side. The rin
on school will lie taught by Miss Nrltie
Brown. Ella Nclls has returned h,:ne
having closed her fall term of school
Miss Ncls hes taught her first schools
this year, and bids fair to hccomc a suc-
C, ss.ui teacher.
Ida Walker is learning telegraphy
Mrs. Hastings returned to her home in
iIlvernill, Mass. last week accompanied
by her niece, Miss Ruthie Smith.
Laura Fowlr is absent at her sisters in
Bingham.
In addition to the saw mill which has
be II bult here this year new gri,t lnill
IS now nearly ready to commence oper.
atoms.
The pupils of the school on the river
'ad, were invitod with their parents and
friends to a sociable, Frdiy evening al
at Mrs. j M. Lalley-. The evening was
pas ell all to quickly, with music, pl a.
SAINT converse and games by the little
folks. Among the guests were two young
ladies', students of the Skowhegan High
School, who had walked from town that
aft rnoon. a distance of six miles, to Wis.
1t relatives In the place. They seemed
as bright and entertaining as though thril
"bit of walk" had done them no horm
There is considerable sickness her at
present.
A young son of Mr.. Lane has typl id
fever. DIR. Lowe of Canaan attends lin.
Israel Richardson is quite sick.
Mr.. Eben Galusha, xho has been ca the
sick list, Is now recovering
l.. ID =cker. who has been laid aside by
over work, is now able to be abou End
attend to business again.
Nearly every one has THAT horrid
cold"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
South NcYridRewock

Monday morning two of our leading
spOrtsmrn, Mir. Ficd Spaulding the drug
gist ard Piof. II. Il. Hale, started on
their long anticipated hunting expedition
to Lexington and Dead River regions
They have for some time been preparing
FOR this trip, and Monday morning found
them up bright and early, loading their
necessary equipments on to a good-na-
tured looking blackboard Neither being
accustomed to the use of ardents, of
course none were found In their outfit
Besides ammunition and guns, their lug
gage was of qu tie a different character;
Mr.. Spaulding's consisting of box OF
doninoes, an abundance of pills, and
plenty of court plaster, while Hale's was
several pounds of tobacco and box Of
clay pipes. Everything being packed and
soaded, a notwithstanding Brcnco wa
backed in the shafts and Indications
showed n ha.ty distribution of the CON
tents of the blackboard or 4 trip ia the
wrong direction; but when Mr.. Spaulding
got well seated and tucked in, he sho wed
himself to be perfect master of the stua-
ton, and on they went. While cut of
from telegraph communications, their
many friends will contlde in their alb lily
to bag he game, and anxiously await
their safe return from the wild5 of north
ern Maine. M. M
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
SmlthHeld.

One of the liveliest business places In
this vicinity may be found at the Dodlin
Granite Quarry, where Col. |. S. Bangs
has just commenced work on the stone
for the $40 900 Omaha job The original
stone-quarry purchased by Mr.. Bangs is
n the town of Smithield but since his
tirst purchase he has not only made sew
sral addition. in the last named town, but
has also bought of Mr.. C. II. Emmons
one half interest In the old Laughton
quarry and several locations which are all
located in Norridgewock. There are now
employed on and about this quarry at the
present line about seytlltV-flye men. or
this number which work in the quarry
there are about forty live men, ten OF
whom are employed in moving dirt from
the surface Of the rock; the remaining
thirty five, with the exception of the
blacksmith and engineer, are employed IN
quarrylDg or otherwise in handling the
rock, Over this crew, at the present
time, NJ. n. Y. Boyingten has the super
vision. However. this is hat part Of
business transacted, for at the foot of the
hill, near the boarding house, is large
stone shed 100 feet long and another ont
of about the same dimension under pro-
cess Of construction, where the stones are
all to be cut before Deing shipped. III
addition to the she'd there j. 10 ne butt y
blacksmith shop, also business Office
| There are at the present time about nf-
teen Stone cutters at wnlk. end large
reii fore, ment expected ever IN, over
which the superintendent, MIR. NJ xer OF
Belfast, viii have entire control. Should
the coming winter prove As favorable as
the past for this kind Of business, it will
greatly facilitate the work on this JOB.
Mrs Frank NJ Rowe, wife of Mr.. l.. A
Rowe, a former resident OF this town,
died on the l4th nlt at Cumberland Mills,
of injuries received about a year ago OF
the cas-, while returning hons fr ~ b
visit in Massachusetts. Mrs. Row d'a'
about 40 years old and the Il iush,er ( )
ID aud Sarah Pierce, all Of VIII G were
residents of Smithiield for many Years.
.Joll aud Whiting succe' ded, with dog'
aud guns, in capturing live foxes IA ont
week.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-07
Browns Corner, Canaan.

We are glad to learn thai the lex on, 8
are convalescing. Mr.. Benji Crommet' +,
who has been quite i'll, Is much better.
and great hopes are entertained that Rev
james Tibbetts will recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney of Hartland ar.
spending short vacation with Mrs. W.
r. Bailey. Friday number of ladies
gathered and spent the afternoon very
pleasantly with Mrs. Bailey and her vis-
tors, taking tea, and then went home in
the early evening by moonlight.
Many of w. f. Browns friends will be
glad to learn that his health is improving,
so that he Is able to be about some and
meet with his friends. He has recently
been suffering with a bad cold, which has
kept him indoors pretty close.
Ezra Worthen was home sick for few
days last week; he is able to be at work
again.
Miss Mary Drew of Mednald. Mass,
who has been visiting friends in town,
Thursday went to Orono to spend few
days with her brother who Is attending
college there, before returning.
Mrs. Addie Goodwin is quite sick with
bad cold and an attack of asthma.