Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-23
THELATEST TELEGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

BISMARCK has beeE decided on as the
| Capital OF North Dakota.
Or the 100000 qualified voters in New
York city, only l4,ooo pay taxes on prop
erty.
The Northwestern people talk seriously
of the project of a railroad from Spokane
Falls TO Alaska.
WRIT OF habees corpus in behalf Of
Jake Kllrain was Issued at Baltimore and
he was released on 1000 bonds.
MHs. SARAH ALrHEA TERRY has caused
the arrest of Judge Fields, charging him
with completely in the shooting Of Terry.
Hon. SAMUEL s. Cox is said to be the
| only living man in public life, Who vOt-
ed for the admission of Oregon as a
state Feb. 10, 1859.
Ar Philadelphia, Catherine Mulig, aged
55 years, placed washtub under a hy-
drant, put her head in the tub and turned
on the water, remaining in that attitude
until she drowned.
PITTsBURG. Serious trouble or q
long continued strike has been averted
at the Sligo iron mills by the firm &C
ceding to the terms demanded by the
employees. Muck bar from the solar iron
"OI NJ VIII l1OL Do lSSucu utECdILbG
PITTsAURG, Pat is believed the riot
ous element has been entirely subdued in
the coke regions. Fifty sheriffs are
guarding the men at Hecla, the scene o f
the recent riot, but no trouble is expect
ed.
THOMAS A. EDISON the inventor, has
been decorated by King Rumbert, of
Italy, With the insignia of Grand Off
Ger of the Crown of Italy, thus making
him Count and his wife Countess.
AT Duluth, Mimi, Judges SteaTn and
Ensign, O f the Circuit composed of ST.
Louis, Lake and Cook counties, have de-
cided that the Scheffer drossed-beef law
was unconstitutional, being an lnte rfer-
ence with inter state commerce.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Commander-in in
Chief Warner of tho G.. A. r. has oOm-
pleted his report for the past year which
will be submitted to the Milwaukee en-
campment. The report shows a total
membership of 4l3,228, an increase of
50,0l2 members during the year.
MICHIGAN girl was forced by her
parents to go before a Justice OF the
peace and stand up with man whom she
lid not wish to wed. To every question
where the marriage ceremony requires
the bride to say 'Yes," she distinctly re-
sponded "No." The justice pronounced
the pair man and wife, but the Supreme
Court has declared the whole ceremony
null and void.
CHIoAGo.-The anti Cronin section of
of the Clan-na- Gael drew large crowd
of people on Thursday. The speakers
were escorted to the grove by the Clan
ma Gael guards, Hibernian files and Chi
oago zouaves. 1t was after L O'Clock
when they arrived. They were Senator
Thomas f. Grady, of New York; Rev.
George w. Pepper, of Ohio; Hon. O'Neill
Ryan, of ST. Louis, and Judge Fltzger-
aid, of Cincinnati.
On Wednesday last, as Judge Stephen
j. FIELD, of the United States Supreme
Court, stepped into the depot dining
room at Lathrop, Cal, and sat down
at the table, Judge Terry, who
happened to be on the same taain, walked
up behind hIm and struck him a blow
upon the face. A Deputy u. S. Marshal
who had been appointed Judge Fields
body guard sprang to the rescue and
shot Terry through the heart.
THERE are great many deaths oc-
curring in the Conemaugh valley which
cannot be accounted for on any other
ground than that they are largely the re-
suit of the severe mental aud physical
suffering the people have endured. Like
the great blizzard, the Johnstown flood
victims were not all numbered with the
dead at the time of the disaster, and they
may continue to drop away for months to
come.
ARoUT one hundred and fifty thousand
persons have gone to the top of the Wash
ington monument since October of last
year, when it was opened to the public.
In this number were relic fieRds, who
stole number of the brass letters in the
block presented by the Swiss confedera~
tlun. The rest of the letters have been
removed and the inscription cut il the
stone.