Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
THE LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE Lottery Company has offered the
Louisiana State government Sl.OOO,OOO d
year for a renewal of its character.
THE marriage of Miss Lily Rosecrans,
daughter of General Rosecrans, to Gov
nor ToOle, of Montana. was solomnized at
Washington Wednesday.
|, Hon GEO. H. PAUL, of Milwaukee, was
stricken with paralysis at Kansas on
Tuesday, and it is feared his case is serious.
Mrs. CATHERINE SHARP, of Philadel-
hia, when a little girl sold milk to Gener-
al Washington and his staff from her
father farm. She is now ll2 years old,
and her mental faculties are unfounded.
JOSIAH STANFORD. brother of United
States Senator Leland Stanford, and Cal
ifornia pioneer. died at his home in Oak
land, Cal, Wednesday night, of heart
disease.
A YEAR ago two Davidson Mich men
went to court over an SlS item. The case
has finally been decided by the supreme
court, and the costs have been an even
5000.
FARMER BAKEY, of Fine Gold, Fresno
County, lost fine horse one day last week.
He had an autopsy held, which showed
that death was caused by a large catfish
in the horses throat.
THE literary production of Mexico is
quite wonderful. Ore of her latest bib
biographical lists mentions no less than
10000 volumes by 5000 native Mexican
authors. The first book printed on this
continent was published in Mexico.
PORTLAND, Ore Two girls named
Mcdonald, aged nine and twelve years,
were Thursday evening playing on the
approach to a railroad bridge across the
river here when they saw train coming.
Becoming frightened they jumped into the
river and were drowned.
H. y. MORSE. who has been an official
in the Chinese service for nearly twenty
years, and who is now on a visit to his
home III Boston. says the average con-
sumption of opium in China is about an
ounce per capita for each adult indi-
vidua!.
Ara meeting of Methodist Episcopal
preachers at Baltimore Tuesday, it was re-
ported that in the past twenty-five years
the MethOdists have built 5000 more
churches than the Presbytcrians own in
the whole country, 1000 more than the
CongregatIonalists, and 5000 more than
the Roman Catholics"
A STONE coffin in Il tomb in Canterbury
Cathedral on beng opened was found to
contain the body of an ancient archbishop
fully vested. 1t is thought to be that of
Cardinal Stephen Langton, who sided with
the barOns in extOrting Magma Charta
from King John. Although buried six
centuries ago, the features were still per
feet and the vestment quite sound.
GREENsBURG. Pennsylvania. - T. Y.
POwdprly J. s. Byrne and Peter Wise
have been acquitted of the charge
of conspiracy preferred by Edward CaIla
CHAN, The costs were placed on the county.
The main portion of the testimony for the
commonwealth was given by Callaghan,
and was IN rciicration of his former
tory
. CHcAGo.-At the session of the
Illinois State Homeopathic medical asso-
citation continued Wednesday in the ad-
dress of p resident Gordon. among other
things, treated of hypnotism, spirituaIism
and other occult forces. While denying
the belief in wha is most frequently adyO
Gated 10y the followers of these sciences,
he acknowledged the uncountability of the
many relations between mind and mind.
He believed that hypnotism deserves fur
thTr investigation.
ASHLAND, Wis-Instructions have
been given the chief of police to
order all gamblers, 'pluggers" and worth
less people to leave the city on short order.
Ashland has always been infested with
large number of this Glass; and ut present
there are no less than one hundred we'll
dressed sports who derive their support
from questionable sources. Thesevultures
swoop down upon the horde of woodsmen
who come from the lumber camps every
spring enticing them to low resorts, and
many of them are feeced III a single night
of their whole winters earnings. This
state of affairs has long been disgrace to
the city. and the new order will be
source of conglatulatien to every honest
citizen.