Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-13
THE LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

CALIFORNIA sent 3,500,00O pounds of
honey to Europe last year.
ALL the Cronin suspects with the excep-
ton of Woodruff will be tried together
He will have separate trial.
TmE sum Of $4,000 has been subscribed
by the WOmns Club, of Decatur, ILL.,,
for the erection Of clubhouse.
Miss LINCOLN. daughter of Minister to
England Robert Lincoln, has become an
acknowledged belle in London.
JAMES +. CAMPBELL. of Butler county
has been nominated for Governor by the
Ohio State Democratic convention at Day
ton.
KANSAS CGTY-E. D. Hewine, president
Of the Cherokee Cattle company, says that
the repoIt Is that the Texas fever exists to
an alarming extent in the territory, are
greatly exaggerated.
HELENA. Mont. The largest bar Of gold
ever cast in the world was turned out at
the United States assay Office here ON
Wednesday, Its weight is five hundred
pounds. and is worth little over Sl00, 900.
THE entire catch of the Alaska Fur
Company fol- the last year, consisting of
forty car loads Of sealskins, passed over
the Union Pacific yesterday. The furs are
consigned to England.
The physicians who attended Mrs George
Coons, who died at Little Sandusly. Ohio,
pronounce the disease from which she died
to be genuine Asiatic cholera.
HERBERT SPENCER's health is greatly
improved, and he will soon resume work on
his synthetic philosophy. Having built
up his system physically. he will now do
the same thing philosophicaIly.
Ar the conference of the coal operators
ard miners at Joliet. Ill.,, Monday, "A set
tlement of the trouble, except in the mines
of w. l.. Scott. was practically effected,
and the miners will resume work at an
early date.
PIERRE. S. D.-Orders have been re-
ceiyed here from the secretary of the in
terror by the Indian agents and police
across the river to watch for all intruders
and arrest any who attempt TO enter the
Sioux reservation lands. A portion of the
garrison from TT. Suly are stationed here
with strict orders to head off boomers and
ntruders.
WINNIPEG. Man Reports from every
district in Manitoba and the northwest in
dicate iirst-class wheat crop. The whole
country is busy threshing and the crop
will all grade No. / hard Several car
loads have already been shipped. About
twenty new elevators have been built in
Manitoba alone.
KANSAS Cry During circus process
sion the brake ON a band wagon failed to
work while descending one of Kansas City
steep hills and the wagon coasted to the
bottom where it overturned and was com
pletey wrecked. Six of the occupants
were seriously injured, but none fatally.
THERE promises to be another serious
international question added to that of the
fisheries and the invasion of Behring Sea.
Can boys of Maine pick bueberries in
Canada The Maine youths who crossed
the boundary line lhe past week to gather
bmeberrirs in Naewis bog were ordered
back by the Dominion Off. crs of customs.
4 LARGE number of famous men were
once book agents. Among them We're
George Washington, Longfellow Bret
Harte. Jay Could ex-President Hayes,
Daniel Webster, Gen. Grant. Ralph Wal
do Emerson and Prince Bismarck. The
latter sold Il book called "BIumenback's
Autgechichte die Wesselgung i'll der Spie
geleisen." Nobody slammed the door in
his face.
HENRY GOMEZ, negro, was appointed
postmaster at Lawrence, Ala, 10y President
Harrison, a short time ago, but the white
citizens both republicans and democrats,
declared that he should never act. The
government owns no building in the town,
and consequently Gomez had to rent a
building This he did on Saturday last,
with the intention of taking possession
yesterday, but ON Sunday night the build
ing was burned down, and now property
owners are afraid to rent to the negro.
Gomez says he will not relinquish the office,
and that if he is not allowed to perform
his duties, the office will be closed. and cit
izeus he compelled to 60 elsewhere for
their mail.