Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-16
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

GEN. F. E. SPINNER is dying of cancer
at Jacksonville, Fla.
FAILURES in 1890 show liabilities of
$40, co., 900 more than in 1889.
THOMAS GREEN & Son, pork packers at
Council Bluff, failed.
NATURAL gas has been struck near
Bloomington, ILL.,
NEARLY all the Indians left Pine Ridge
agency on the war path.
THERE are 244, 704 Indians in the Unit
ed States.
i. WARD has teen offered $4,000 to
lecCdre in America on Africa.
TIE New York Grant monument fund
subscriptions now amount to Sl44 4l6.
The North Dakota farmers are forming
a combination to fight the harvester trust.
ELEVEN million acres OF the land in
the United States are owned by British
subjects.
Coz. THAYER Of Nebraska has ordered
the state militia to the frontier to guard
against an Indian Incur,lon.
GEN. MILES has taken command Of the
troops in the northwest and will person.
ally conduct operations against the
hostile Indians.
The net Indebtedness for New York
City is S97 .875, ,240 and that of Brooklyn
s38, l31 ,5G5.
THE Dleber Hampden Watch company
Of Cincinnati assigned tuesday with
s450 900 liabilities.
TERRIFIC snow storms prevail west of
the Missouri river and railroads in Kansas
and Colorado are biockaded.
AN illicit-whisky still with capacity
Of four barrels u day was found in Brook
lyn by revenue officers.
CLARENCE Dow, son of the Denver
banker, has been deserted by his skirt
dancer wife.
GEORGE NJ. SToRRs, soa of the late
Emery A. Storrs, Of Chicago, has again
been declared insane by the New York
lunacy commission.
STARTLING evidence Of rottenness in
the nffars Of the Sugar Trust will, it is
alleged, be presented in the reports of the
receivers.
TmE Parar rubber trust has been reor-
gani2ed and prices are likely to start sky
ward as the members control the entire
crop Of gum.
OWING tOa disa 1reencnt between the
coke operators and the furnace owners six
teen blast furnaces in the MahOuing val
ley Ohio will shut down, throwing TO-,
900 men out Of work.
TnE New Hampshire legislature after
canyassIng the vote for governor cast at the
November election declared that there was
no choice and elected luttIe, the repubii-
can nominee.
TnE will of the late Henry Field of Chi
4.
g., ,00n 900 in trust for the use of the widow
and her two daughters.
DECKER, Howell 4 Co, Of New York, |
who failed two months ago with liabilities |
Of Sl2, ,OO0,O 900, announce that they will |
pay their indebtedness in full at once and |
resume business.
CART PoRTEK Of the secret service !
gives warning c IA new counterfeit 81 bill |
which has the G eek letter b and the plate |
number 2265.
CANADA paper. suggest the purchase of
Alaska 10y the dominion "a solution OF |
the Bearing Sea trouble
Fur remains of Emma Abbott, the prima !
donna, will reach Chicago on Thursday. |
Public services will he held Friday after |
noon at : 0 clock
BosroN reports mircuuus cure |
wrought hy Koch s lymph Maggie Doyle, |
who ten days ago was dying Of coneump- |
ton, is now able 20 sit up and la. Il good
appetite
PROMINENT members Of the Fisher |
family IN the United States are perfectiug |
plans to secure f60, 900 600 representing |
the principal and interest Of loan made
10 the German government 10y their ances
tor $50 years ago.