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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
CROP PROSPECTS.
The shnning OF Official Returns

Washington, June 10.-The June re-
turns 70 the department of agriculture
show a slight increase N the winter
wheat area seeded, but the breadth hsr-
vested may be possibly million acres
more than in the last crop, largely from
Kansas and California
The condition Of winter wheat still re-
mains comparatively high, though
II has fallen three points during the
last month and averages SO for the coun-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Under Martial Law.

JoHNsTowN, Pa.-At noon ON Thursday
the boroughs of Johnstown and the Rd
joining b0roughs, or what Is left of them
Practically passed under martial law
Adjutant General Hastings says he has
not declared martial law yet The soldiers
are on guard and no one is permitted be-
tween the lines without an order from
The Adjutaut General. The sight-seers
are debarred altogethe and the town Is
inaccessible except to news paper men
and other men who have business there
Every point is guarded, and soldiers
patrol the dividing line. They are very
ac inc, and the deport themselves like old
veterans. They guard the approaches
religiously aud have orders to stop any
one who crosses the line. A special
guard will have to be put on at Kernville,
MillevaIe and Cambria City, and other
points, aud this alone will take egiment
OF soldiers. The Adjutant General was
at first back ward in ordering out any
troops from the fact that it would na =
ally create the Impression that there was
trouble here. The only reason for calling
out the troops is to relieve the Pittsburg
and Johnstown policemen, who have had
little or no sleep for several dgys.
A Nameless HerO's Ride.
JoHNSTowN, PA naneless Paul Re
we're, lies somewhere among the dead.
Who he is may never be known, but his
ride will be famous in local history.
Mounted on big bay horse, he came
riding down the pike which passes
through Conemaugh TO Johnstown, shout
ing his portentous warning; run for
your lives to the hills! Run to the hills"
The people crowded out of their houses
along the thickly settled streets, awe
struck and wondering. Nobody knew the
man and soma thought he was a maniac
and laughed. On at a fear ful pace rode
this man, shrilly ringing out his awful
cry. Ia few moments, however, there
came cloud of ruin down the broad
streets, down the narrow alleys, grind
ing, twisting, hurting, Overturnlng, crash
ing, annihiiating the weak and strong.
1t was the charge of the flood, wearing
its corOnet of ruin and devastation which
grew at every instant of its progress.
Forty feet high some say, thirty accord
ing 70 Others, was this sea, and it trayelt
vi h swiftness like that which lay hid
den in the heels Of Mercury. On and
on raced the rider, and on and on rushed
the wave. Dozens of people took heed
of the warning and ran up to the hilis.
Poor, faithful rider! It was an unequal
contest. just as he turned across the
beidge, the mighty wave fell upon him,
and horse, rider and bridge all went
down into chaos together.
The rescuiEg parties who are at work
on the mass OF unburned wreckage in the
river above a-g finding bodies and frag-
ments of bodies at the rate of from ten TO
fifteen an hour. In other parts of the
submerged districts many bodies are
being taken out. A careful estimate at
this time of the bodies recovered every
where puts it at from 700 to 800. The
total loss of life must certainly be from
5000 to 5000. The dead are being pick
ed upin all sorts of unexpected places.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Milwaukee Mans Good Fortune.

MILWAUKEE, June 10.-T. C. Crawford,
year >so popular newspaper man of
Milwaukee, and lately widely known as Z
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Times for several years, and afterEard of
the New FORK World, and more recently
London orrespondent for the latter
paper, il going as press agent for the
Buffalo Bill wild west show, aud his SAL
sry and percentage will amount to from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

works sre gone. The populstion took
refuge ina church on the hillside and are
left entirely destitute. Most OF the men
of the town have gone TO work along the
railroad, helping in repairing it, but
their families are left stsying
wherever they can find shelter.
CINCINNATI, June 6.-Portions of the
wreckage OF the Conemaugh valley began
to pass this city today. Not much of it
WAS caught, and nothing of interest or
value was found.
BERLIN, June 6.-The North German
Gazette, speaking of the Johnstown
calamity, says: Americans are always
charitable. The condition of the suffer
ers by Johnstown floods demand German
assistance
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
A Desperate Attacks a whole Town.

ST. LoUls, June 10. - Information
comes from Carthage, No, of desperate
battle between the citizens of that to xn
and an unknown desperate who entered
the town armed to the teeth and moun ted
on roaming steed. He announced that
he had come to take possession of the
place. He fired at d number OF citizens
without hitting any one, and then rode
out of town. A posse followed and cap
tured him, after killing his horse and Sc.
verely voupdiug him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

The Forum TOR une contains eleven
papers of unusual inere-t. The contri -
button of Senator Edmunds upon the
subiect of "Corrupt MethO Is in Politics" D."
conta Ls a lull recognition OF great Al d
threatening evil, and some practical sug-
gestions III 10 remedy. DR.. Henry ID.
Chaplin treats on "Pceventa5le Causes of
Poverty" arguing that the source of all
lasting Improvement must bs the home.
w. Blackburn Harte, CANADIAN journal
ist, aims TO show that Influences now at
work in the Dominion, must reeult ia the
final absorption OF Canada by the United
States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Verdict In BishnnS : Case.

NEW YosK.-Much interest was aroused
in the Bishop inquest Wednesday, by the
presence of DR.. Edward Z. Spiizka, the
famous specialist as an expert. He said
he had known of cases of death during q
cstaleptic state, aud had known of q
case of cstale psy when the rigidity of the
patient during the attack had lasted two
months. He favored an early p-st-mor-
tenn after death from catalepsy, but said
even the experienced eye could be de-
ceived By the indications of death. The
coroner's jury in the Bishop case found
the case of death was coma, and thsi
the doctors acted in good faith though
hastily. The doctors were then dis
charged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
WHO WILL BE APPOINTED ,

RumOrs of Attorney General Miller for AS
sOciate Judge, but it is Denied.
NEW YORK, June 1O.-A Tribune de-
spatch froru IodianapolIs says a gentle
man who is intimate with the president
aud attorney general Miller says Mr.. Mil
Ter will be appointed t. the place made
vacant by the death of Justice Matthews.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-Those who
have the presidents confidence deny the
statements from Indiananapolis, saying
the president has appointed Nj. .Matthe VS.
successor, but it is not Mr.. Miller.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Caused by the Break OF an Axle.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, June 1O.-The west
bound train on the Leh1gh Valley rail
road, due here at o'clock. broke an axle
on one of the forward passenger coaches.
The car dropped, and the remaining
ones crushed against it, and all were
precipitated down an embankment,
seriously injuring sixteen passengers,
but none fatally.
ST. LOUIS, June l0.-As the Iron
Mountain passenger train was rounding
the last curve before reaching the depot
tonight the engine jumped the track and
dashed into an adjoining building, doing
considerable damage and Instantly kill
ing John Gebbard. None of the passen-
gers were hurt, but several train men
were severely injured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Ex-senator sabiu Wants a Divorce

ST. PAUL, July 10.-Habituai drunkness
is the cause of s1 Senator Sabin seeking
a divorce. His wife is an inmate of an
inebrate asylum at Flushing, L. L., who
before her marriage was addicted TO the
use of morphine, and during the ssna-
tors career was one Of the brightest
society lights
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

WASHINGTON, June 10th.-The folio wing
changes we're made today III Wisconsin
postmasters: s. Weldon, appointed at
Bangor, La Crosse county; A. j. Caldwell,
al Oconto Falls, OooDto couuty;S. Sloggy,
at Ontario, Vernon county; Il. f. Khorr,
at School Hill, Manitowoc county.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
Adam Forepaugh was butcher in Phil
adelphia whenihe decided to go into the
show business

By law recently enacted in Denmark,
aman found drunk il carried to his own
residence, and the saloonkesper Who fur
nished him tho last drink has to pay the
expenses of his transportation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
An ind0lenf Organ

When the liver is indolent. it must necesssr-
iy be when IL fails to secrete the bile in sufficient
quantities 20 meet the requirements of digestion
and evacuation, it should be set at work with
Hostetter's stomach Bit:ers. The healthful
stimulus to activity impaired by this incompar
able alternative, speedily eyiaces itself in de
parture OF the uncomfortable sensations In the
right side; the nauses; fur upon the tongue; in
digestion, and sick headache copsequeu upon
inactivity of the liver and the diversion OF the
bile from its proper channel. Irregularity 81
the bowels is always and painlessly reformed by
preferred both because it is safe and more efsics
cious. TO blue pill calonel and drenchinS pGrg J.
tives Of every class Ii cures aud prevents fever
and ague. and rheumatism
Patrick Moran, a well known Wis on
Gin Central conductor, died at WaQkeshs,
Friday, of infamm alton of the bowels
after an illness of i've days.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

MINIATURES, June l0-Wheat-Elsier; "A for
seller cash; 749s for seller July. Corn
Firm; No. 3, "a Oats Firm: No. > white,
s6lbas7- Rye-Frm; No. l. 42ls Barley
Dull; No. ?. 81. Provlsions-Steady Pork
HIS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

GENIAL, lively, brilliant Frank Hatton,
eIpostma ater gen raj, WAS Oh one of the
trains that were delayed at Altoona, Pa,
by the terrible food that caused the dis
aster at Johustosn. H, set to work as-
sisting the press in collecting ard report
ing the news like the live, wide awake
Journalist tha: be Is.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
WAS KILLING JUsTIFIBLEY
Louis Burke of Ashland Brought to 1riaI 70
Murder

Louis Burke Of Ashland Brought to trial 70
Murder
ASHLAND, Wis. June lot took over
tso hours TO summon jury In the case
against Louis Burke, for the killing of
Alex Montgomery, last February. 1t viii
be remembered thst he butchered
him almost into quarters with an
axe. TRe victim IingereI several days
and died without 5 wCrd. Montgomery,
1t Is alleged vas on terms of intimacy
with Burke's wife, and when the latter
learned the fact he went TO where his
victim was sleeping when he assaulted
him with doubls-bitted axe. Burke's
defense Is thought TO be good.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
A Destructive Fire

VIENNA, Alstriai, June I0-The town
of Sebataz, IN Austrian Gaiicis, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire today.
Many lives we're lost
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

syw scheme of insurance has been
established IN Ell gland for the beneht OF
wage workers. They are insured against
the time that they are iavoiuntsriiy un-
EN- pioye !, and for such time receive ten
times the amount of the premium pa'd
when ont Of work. If the workman was
offered work st reduced wages, the
society decides whether the fl shall 1e
accepted or the workman come uPo" Its
funds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

Is IT not astonishing how differently
people will SEE the same thingY Perhaps
it would be more proper TO say, how diff
ferently they rem, mber what they have
seen, for the impression convey ed from
the eye 10 the midd is often modifi d or
enlarged by u Somparison of notes by the
witnesses. Ole may be certain that
thing occurred in this or that way, but in
conversation with another who has seen
it, or even in trying to complete the pic
tuIe in his own mind, his confidence may
be shaken ans he he led to adopt differ
eut view. The difficulty of retaining the
impression of the moment in a tangible
and connected shape is particularly try
ing to newspaper reporters when they at
tempt to write out from memory any
scene that they nave witnessed. The main
points are perhaps, clear enough, but the
connection between them may be indis-
tinct aud the fort to supply the little
missing links of the story is often the
chief mentsl trouble encountered in writ
ing it. Now the reporters memory is
necessarily, to II greater or less extent,
trained TO retain accurately what he sees
and hears, and when he is so frequently at
loss to reproduce it, there is no occa-
sion for surprise at the failure of the
others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

POLITICAL device II about To be used
for oam paign effect in England by the
Gladstone liberals. In IRISH tviotioHs
huge battering ram, known aS Baitoure
Maiden" has been ruthlessly empioye 10
destroy the cottages of tenants. OF this
an excellent copy has been made, and that
will be taken on u tour through rural Eng
land, to illustrate the addresses of speak
ers favorinV Irish home rnle, AID to i'm
press the sturdy yeomanry with proper
sense OF the amenities of Irish landlord
ism
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

ZONE touch of nature makes the whole
world kin" Tho contributions to the
Johnztuwn sufferers are coming rapidly
from the south. Charle on, X .chmond,
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Nashville Memphis
and New Orleans are vying with each
other TO get their relief
most speedily upon the ground.
Within "A few minutes, ON Monday, $l5,
600 were subscribed at the New York
stock exchange, and $4,000 at the pro-
duoe exot ange. The same day a meet
ing of hu ,iness men WAS held and 10000
voluntarily given on the spot. In Phila-
dolphia FlOO,OOO was subscri bed as fast
as sigma ures could be taken. Chicago,
grateful for aid once sent 10 her from
all Uhri1tiandom has cent forward u mag
niiioent donation, and ia raising more.
The Grand Army of the Reprbhc all
through the country Ia active in the
good work. The Legislature of Massa-
chusetts voted $25 600 and that of Con
neotIout $4,000 for the relief of the suf-
ferers. Money has already been sent
from Englan !.
THE Gar IL greatly disturbed by dire
prophecy made twenty ears ago bY a
gypsy fortune teller hat he would not
out!ive his turry ak h birthday. He is
now nearly 81 ears odd, and the cloud of
the forecast darkru. his already sombcr
and unhappy life. When MonmOth CROSS
ed from the Tow countries TO lead the ILL
advised anG III planned uprising against
James H., au old crone is said to have
cluug to his stirrup reitsratlng the warn
ing, Beware the Rhine" Monmouth
laugh and said that the WORDS must be
u good augury, for he was not far enough
away from the Rhine to be safe. The
well concerted attack upon the royal
force at Sedg moor WIS only prevented
from being IA complete surprise and IA
victory tor the pretender by the inter
position of broad ditch, called IN local
phraseology a Rhine" So the story
runs. and history is full of such, but 1t
seems odd to encounter one in the full,
light of these later years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

The Philadelphia Times say that the
losses 10 property on the SusGuehanna
river in Pennsylvanla will exceed those
west of the mountains. This means that
more property was destroyed on the river
named than was de-troy,d d in the valley OF
the Conemaugh At Williamsport on the
SusqueAeuna, large numbers of mills
were swept away, an. from one hun
dred to Two hundred lives were lost.
The indnstri,s of that community are
mainly swept eEay by tha unprecedented
hOoda.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14

was locked up at police headquarters by
Inspector ByrDes' detective tonight, at
o'clock, who is supposed TO be another
man to be credited 10 the arrest list in
Cronin murder. The man was hustled
into the building by the back entrance
and locked up. His name is withheld.
The man Maropey is John d. Maroney,
q dry goods merchant. He has been
prominent figure in Irish affairs for
many years, pee ally u he land league.
He has often spoken pubiJly againsf the
use of violence in behalf Of Irleand. Very
little is known of McDOusld. Both pris
oners were taken before Inspector
Byrnes IL the afternoon. They denied
any knowledge of the crime. They said
they had never been TO Chic ago or in its
vicinity. They admitted that they were
members OF the Clan na-GeeI. lmmedi-
ately after the prisoners arrest they were
taken TO the Tombs police court. The
prisoners will be held for murder in Sc
oordance With the instructions given
Inspector Byrnes from Chicago.
An evening paper prints this of Ma
roney: He resided once in Philadelphia;
that he was eventually com PEELED 70 leave
the city and since that he has been under
derstood 70 have performed missions
of q private nature in connection with
the -na-Gael. On the occasion Of
the queens jubilee, few years ago,
Maronsy was one of the number of men
VINO went tc England with tbs fluids of
a revolutionary organization for The
avowed purpose of blowing up several
public buildings. Msroney blew up
nothing and two of his
com panioas were arrested. Msroney
has never had any regular bus;nes, but
has been generally well supplied with
money. One of the charges made
against Sullivan's administration was
that 800 of the fuDds of the CJsn-nc-
Gael went into To. mems furnIshin,
business which Msroney carried on Ia
Philadelphia aud in which he failed"
Maroney xns one OF the men
who before Cr.nins body was found in
the sewer was most pronounced In his
opinion that the doctor had not met with
foul play, but had left Chicago to avoid
disgrsce, resulting from some scandal
with which he was professionally connec-
ted.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21
Human Hair.

Four hundred halrs of average thickness would cover an inch of space on woman's head. The blond has about 10000 flamentS to comb and brush, while the red-haired beauty has to be satisfied with SS,000; the brown-haired damsel may have 109.- 900; the black haired but 102000 Few ladies consider that they carry some forty or fifty miles of hair on their head; the fair halred may even have to dress seventy miles of threads of gold every morning. A German experimentalist has proved that a sln- gle hair will suspend four ounces without breaking, stretching under the process and contracting again But the hair thus heavily weighted must be dark brown, for blonde hair breaks down under two and one-half ounces. No wonder, then, that "bes uty draws by single hair The ladies have been trying to let the hair fall down on the nape, and not to wear It high on the head, as formerly. But the attempt will prove abortive. Young ladies with pretty necks like to show them, and rebel at thls decree. This is unquestionably intellect and a thousand other charms displayed in the high dressing of the hair.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21
Origin of the Name rncnma.

It may be added that the name Ta- coma was never known till Theodore Winthrop's remarkable book, ''Tha Canoe and the Saddle" appeared in November, 1862, says The Portland Oregonian. In 1852 Winthrop went to Panama for William L. Aspinwall, and visited California and Oregon the next year. In August, 1853, he wa:: at Puget sound, and resolved to return to the east across the plains. Hia book, written in a somewhat sopho- morical style, but remarkable for itc poetic, imaginative and descriptive passages, gives an account of his voy- age with Indians in a canoe through Puget sound and his horseback ride over the Cascade mountain from Nes- qually to the Dalles, with Indian guides. In this book the great mourn tain gets the name Tacoma. Win throp professes to have obtained the name from his Indian guides, and he gives his imagination play in super natural legend of the mountain. It is probable that the name Tacoma" waa result of his effort to reproduce OF initiate a word given him by his guides, who were Yakima Indians, and that the word was a common ons used by these Indians as a term for all snow white mountain peaks. Ths name of the city of Tacoma was taken by its founders from Winthrop's book. Winthrop was killed at Big Bethel, Va, early insthe war of the Rebellion, and "The Canoe and Saddle" witb other books he had written, and which evidently had lain some time in hD desk, was published immediately after his death.-Seattle Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

A short time ago at Stumpton, Me Lean county, H., occurred the death of the oldest horse ever known to have lived in Central Illinois. We are in- formed by those who claim to know that the horse was forty years old last spring. He was known far and near as the "old war horse" He was owned by Mr. Robert o. Arbuckle, a farmer near Stumptown. Mr. Ar buckle purchased hlm April 6, 1865. MT. Louis L. Hendryx bought hlm be- fore the war, and sold him to Capt. Nichols, who rode him through the war, and the horse was in many a fierce conflict. Of late years he had been an active feature of several sol dlers reunions. He was of the Nor gan stock, and was always Tn good health and did considerable farm work up to within a short time of his death. Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

A physician reports, in 5he Age incline Wiener MedIznische Zeltung. the case of a man, aged 54, who sui fered five days and nights from bic coughs. After trying all the ordinary measures without avail, the writer fell back upon household remedy as last resort, and ordered teaspoon ful of pulverlzed sugar with an equal volume of vinegar, to be taken at one dose. The hiccoughs stopped imme- diately, and did not return for six hours, and then ceased again upon a second dose of the remedy.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

Sir William Gull, the scientist, says that when fagged out by professional work he recruits his strength by eat ing raisins, and not by drinking wine or brandy.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

The whole number of awards of all classes given by the international jury of the Paris Exposition is as follows: S90 grand prizes, 5,599 gold medals, 11,104 silver medals, 10,985 bronze medals, and 9,027 honorable mentions.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

Queen Victora's crown, kept with other royal regalia under strong guard at the old Tower, and worn only on state occasions, Is worth S600,000, met ai, gems, and decorations included.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21
Just Think of It!

A Cincinnati girl 15 years old dug her elbow into policeman's ribs with such force as to crack two of them, and yet she called it light dig. Sup pose that girl grows up and marries and hears burglars some night and kicks that elbow out for her husbands side !-Detroit Free Press,
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

Blood travels from the heart through the arteries, ordinarily, at the rate ot about twelve inches per second; its speed through the capillaries is at the rate of 3-100ths of an inch per second.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

In nineteen years nearly 329,000 matrimonial bonds have been severed in this country. The United States has the reputation of being the busiest divorce factory in the world.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-21

Quill tooth-pick come from France. The largest factory m the word is near Paris, where there is an annual pro- duct of 2O,OOO,OOO quills. The factory was started to make quill pens, but when these went out of general use It was converted into toothpick mill.