Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-15
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

THE population of Texas up to Janu
ary, 1887, is estimated to be 2,025,00O
an increase of 2611a per cent siLce 1880
BUSINESS failures of the week numbe,
3O3, against 332 last week, and 2s9 for IN,
corresponding week of 1888.
ME-. j. Z. G. CvTTRILL, a high degree
Mason ard 4 leading lswy er and polite
ian OF Milwaukee, lied az MilTsukse
Friday, Of softenIbg OF the brain.
The bill Offering 5000 for the arrea'
of the sasa-sns OF John Nj. Clayton ~as
passed Friday by me A'kalsas ltglsia
ture.
FIVE yeas ago good specimen OF e
mummy could be Obtained il Allen Grle
for 50. The price has nov advanced to
$I5, with 81 * ra for rea.Oid veteran.
MRs. MARY CLEMENT LzAvITT, the tenn
persnce missionary, preached before the
queen of Madaxasc tr, who presented her
with 800.
Ar Pine LAKE, N. Y, party Of twenty
four loggers we're cro-eing the ice, hen
it gave way and seventeen of the twenty
four were drowned.
Is the invrstiz alton of the Riverside
Peniteutiary a Pittsburgh, several vii
nesses testified 80 cases of revolving
cruelty practiced on the inmates.
EAnrHoUAKE shocks were felt at Charles
ton, San Francisco, Los Angeles S tn
Bernarcino and Colon, Cal. No dam
age was done.
NEW YcRK.-The Brooklyn street car
strikers, or about tSo-ifths Of them re
turn,d 10 work aud cars are running reg
nj Zriy nm oil h.. fTk.. M,
were not discharged.
A NEGRO boy near Camden, S. c., los
dollar that belonged TO his mother
lie felt go bad shout it that he began cry
ing bitterly, end did mt stop for twenty
four hours, and then he died of exheus
tiOn.
THE visible supply Of wheat and corn is,
respectively, "a 874 338 and l3 32329i
busheis. since last report wheat de r.
oreaaed S2l 1856 bushels, while corn il
creased 956 $50 bushels.
HAaRIsBUHG. Pa-IB The nouse to-day
"A bull was introduced prohibiting trestiEg
and making it penal Offonse punishable
by fine OF not less than $50 or over
800 for any one to treat another in in
to1icGtiDg liquors.
The steamer Harold, which arrived at
New York, reports II fierce fight IN Hayti
Legitime's feet bombarded the town of
st. Marc and afterwaTd, sheered off,
leaving on shore large body of soldiers
who were merollessly slaughtered by the
followers of HipPolyte.
OWING to the persrstent and bitter war.
fare waged by the Rockford clergy
against the charity ball, it was not much
of success, only forty couples being
present. greaa many, however, bought
tickets and sent the money to the hospital
guild
MrFFLINTowN, Pa.-Ihs pupils at the
MoAlisLervile Soldiers Orphans sohoo',
eight mites from here, have been attack
ed by an epIde mlc OF nervous insanity.
Twenty-Five boys Rre affected and all the
physicians here have been sent for. A
physician who has returned from the
place says he is unable to account for
the strange actions of the boys.
Not TO be CutdOne by John Sullivan,
Jake KIlraIn has taken heavily 10 drink.
The only form OF puRilism popular with
the prominent singers Is hitting the
bowl
John Wauamakei, of Philadelp phia,
never drinks, amok, =, drives fast horses,
goes yachting nor plays billiards. He
never went 10 II theatre or circus, Natur-
ally he hns IA SiOO000 halo around his
head IN the eye OF good republicans.
During his visit to W ashIn gtou, Gov
ernOr Ilil remarked 10 Il reporter: 81
do not drink, but do not propose t. sRy
what any body else shall do think 81
American citizen enouid have manhood
enough To enjoy all his rightr judIoiou-ly
fAF In - . and m thn MT of
the community at large