Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-26
THELATEST TELEGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

MRS. FRANCES HUDSON BURNETT is TO be
paid 81 800 gear for editing the chill
dren's department of a syndicate of
English and American papers.
The Trans Missouri Railway Associa-
ton has refused to grant cheap rates to
the knights Tempiar triennial conclave
to be held at Washington.
A SHOCK of earthquake lasting half a
minute was plainly felt at Pennington,
Maine, Sunday night, but no damage
was reported
JUDGE HORTON has denied the third ap-
plication of John Z. Beggs, the Senior
Guardian OF Camp 20, under indictment
for the murder of DR.. Cronin, for a writ
OF habeas corpus.
CHICAGo.-The Inter Ocean Is authority
for the statement that rumor was in cir
le.ion Wednesday that the Northwestern,
MissOur. Pacific or UHion Pacific was
about 60 buy a controlling interest In the
Chicago and Alton.
New YoEK.-The steamer Caroline
Miller arrived here Wednesday from
Haytien ports. Captain O'Brien said
that all wss quiet at Northern Hsytien
ports and denied the story that Legitime
had found 1t necessary 10 enlist fema!s
troops.
SOME genius has discovered a way of
making old potatoes look new by soaking
them IN preparation that makes the
rough outside skin peel off, and leaves
only the smooth inner skin like that of
new potato.
MAYOR GRANT, of New York, has sent
request to prominent men representing
over 81 800, 100000 to be present at
meeting to discuss the advisabiiity of
holding an international exposition at
New York IN 1892.
Our of LOG persons treated within
period of eleven months at the Pasteur
Institute at Rio de Janeiro only one died,
and that one neglected to follow the
treatment as directed. In sixty-tWo of
these cases the dog by which the patient
was bitten was unquestionably mad; in
the other 1t was impossible To determine
possitively the dogs condition.
ROCKFORD, IU.-For sometime Mr.. and
Mrs. George j. Saessmlloh, an aged
couple, each over 50 years of age, have
been IN poor health. Late Friday night
they got on street car and weLt to the
end of the line, walked to the river, tied
their arms together, and jumped in. The
bodies have been recovered four mil"s
below the city. The only cause known
for the suicide Is Old age and poor health.
The oldest printer in California is Jose
de la Rosa, who now lives at San Diego.
He will be 100 years or age next January.
He was sent by General Santa Anna to
Alta, Cal, In 1888, to publish news
paper, and selected Monterey for the
place of publication. He has a wonder
ful memory and is in control of all his
faculties. He is said to have III manu-
script life of Santa Anna and a history
of California from 1880 to 1880. He
spends most of his time ut present
smoking cigarettes end conversing upon
the Interesting episodes of his long and
adventurous life.
AN illustrstion of how muoh our coun
try Ia enriched by European immigration
il seen from the fact that one steamer
recently took twenty eight Italians ba *
to Italy, each carryi Ing from $4,000 to
SI5 900 earned in this country, but taken
back to be enjoyed in the old country.
Probably each one Of the twenty eight
had voted, or been voted, a dIB5n times
in this country, and SO helped TO decide
our great questions of political economy.
How MANY words can be written on
postal cardP There has just been a COM
HSblblOh bLhbhR biiS sbcnOk phSlS W uS-
oide this question, and Sylvanus Jones,
of Richmond, Va, HAS taken the prize
which was offered for the largest number
of words by writing upon card 36,764
words. Mr.. Jones Is shorthand writer
employed by the Brighth0pe Railway
Com pany, OF Richmond.
HURoN, ID. T.--The Milbank, Egan d
Sioux City Railway Company have com
pleted organization, signing articles OF
incorporation, fixing the capital at 81
100000 and electing w. M. Brooke, of
Brookings, president The Duluth, Nil
bank, Huron j Chamberlain Railway also
completed organization with S3,000,000
capital, for line from Morris, Mum,
where it connects with The lit lie Falls j.
Dakota division of the Northern Pacific,
to Chamberlain on the Missouri River via
Milbank Clark d Huron. The distance
is about two hundred and fifty miles. ID.
W. Diggs was elected president.