Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-04
THE LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

GENERAL SHERMAN says he Will attend
no more soldiers reunion.
FULLY a thousand members attended the
Bankers meeting at Kansas City.
MARIE ROSE. the prima donna, and her
divorced husband have been remarked
after year S separation.
The Mormon bishop, KimbaIl. is dead
He was pardoned out of the penitentiary
by President Cleveland.
WET weather and high winds have
ruined the peach crop In New Jersey. In
Hunterdon county alone the loss will reach
800. 600
IT is reported that English syndicates
have already invested fifty million in the
purchase of American breweries and wheat
elevators
Rev. Mr.. WHARTON, of Milwaukee,
who it will be remembered purchased a
Dickle's worth of tobacco on Sunday
some time ago, has now been made the
subject of slander suit, growing out Of
that memorable transaction.
THE new Johnstown directory with tie
names as before the food has been pub
lished. The number drowned is put at
$500. 1t is impossible to obtain the exact
number.
KANSAS CITY.-The board of police
commissioners ordered the chief of police
to suppress the Salvation Army of this
city. The order was issued on account of
the numerous cases of peace-disturb-
ances at the army's headquarters.
ST. LoUIs.-It is reported that an offer
of 5l5 900 900 had been made for the trust
breweries of this city. There are eighteen
of the twenty-one brewies in the trust, and
they are holding out for $4,000, 900.
The Johnstown relief committee, it is
said does not know what to do with the
money now in its hands. 1T has been sug-
gested by ii sarcastic journal that it might
be a good plan to give it to the Johnstown
sufferers.
ASHLAND, Wis.-The census of Indians
just taken by Agent Leahy ON the La
Pointe agency, is as follows Red Cliff
reservation, 44l; Bad river. 100; La Court
grizzlies, 1,278; Lac du Flambeau, 655;
Fond du Lac, 749; Grand Portage, 294;
Bois Forte, 7l9; total, 1856.
THE Big Bend Tunnel and Mining Com
pany, of Butte county, Cal, has collapsed
Its capital stock was $40, 900, 900 of which
81, 600 000shas been paid in and sunk al
most beyond redemption Ray Pierce,
NJ. D., of Buffalo, was the head of the en-
terprise and owned from 60 to 70 per cent
of the stock
TIE boxing match at the San Francisco
club rooms between Warren and Murphy
championship, the referee became SO
disgusted in the sixty-eighth round that he
ordered the stage cleared and would award
the money to neither.
BUFFLo BILL has become so fascinated
with Paris that he is inclined to make that
city his home when he abandons his call
ing as Snowman He had fine suite Of
apartment in which he entertains hand
someIy. He has been purchasing some
fine paintings and is really looked upon as
an asthete of high standing He is still
pursued by women who have matrimonial
aspirations. In one week recently he re-
ceiyed forteen written proposals from wo-
men, some of whom are wealthy and in
good social position.
CHIcAGo. - An outbreak of small
pox, which may prove quite serious, was
reported to the Lake View health office
last Friday night The patient is son of
John Welter, aged IA, of wealthy parents.
The Weter family has Just returned from
Luxembourg via Hayrc, where on the l4th
inst, smallpox being reported there
young Welter was yacc;nated. The fam
lily sailed on the steamer Gascogne and
landed at New York ON September q.
The lcxt day, the family having passed
quarantine started west on the Delaware
and Iackawanna railroad, when the break
ing out on yomg Weter's face was motto
ed. 1t was thought then that it was a case
of measles When they reached Buffalo
they changed ears and took the Michigan
Central train and arrived i'll Chicago the
25th inst. The same day the boy was
taken to his home in the northern limits
of the city and physician who was called
in concluded that the boy had the small
pox. All the school children in the vicin-
ity are being vaccinnated today. There
is no doubt that hundreds OF persons be
tween New York and Chicago have con-
tracted the disease while no attempt was
made in Chicagoto isolate it for two days
after his arrival. and in the meantime the
boy travelled the streets and came in con
tact with many persons. nr, Wickersham
the health officer thinks the quarantine
officers in New York, We're very careless to
allow the case to escape their notice