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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

A MAN named William Lewis fatally
shot and killed Molly Sells and John
Moore in Chicago Wednesday morning
They were all colored.
AT SwanebOro, Ga, Friday night
Charles Mock, negro, was lynched by a
mob.
RED LEARY" O'Brien, the notorious
Chicago crock, is under arrest at New
York for robbing an Albany man of
$4,000.
FRED ZErH, James Carpenter, William
Pagan and wife. o. 4. Petty and a
woman, name unknown, have been arrest
Cd at Beatrice, Neb., for passing counter
felt money.
In fght between the families of Colt
fish Keilam and August Blunt, near
Joliet, H., Tuesday, the latter's 10.year-
old girl was killed by Keelam. He is in
Jail.
F. W. DUNLAP, a deputy delinquent
mercantile tax appraiser of Philadelphia,
pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the
city and was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
Al Topeka, Kan, Elijah Watt, a
printer, shot and fatally wounded Miss
IL ltuih'c YIN pONIJDI, anu
killed himself Thursday morning. Jeal-
ousy is the cause assigned.
CHARLES GRAHAM, leading farmer
and prominent member of the Farmers
Alliance, committed suicide at Mexico,
Mo. Tuesday morning by shooting him.
self. Cause, business troubles.
THE London and Westminster bank, of
London, England was ropbed Monday.
The amount taken is estimated at over
million dollars.
TWENTY FIVE persons at a social gather
ing in Connecticut were poisoned by coffee
which some miscreant had pI.ced GRO
ton oil.
LOREN CORNER and William Beggs,
half brothers living near Violina, Mich,
quarreled over the Management of farm,
and the latter was killed in the fight which
followed
DE WITT c. CLARKE, of Peoria, Ill.,,
Friday committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. He has been
troubled with insomnia for some time
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
FIRES AND CAUALrIES

FURTHER serious damage is done by
prairie fires in South Dakota.
PRAIRIE fires ravaged half of the EN-
mons county, N. d., destroying three lives
and property valued ut Sl5O,OOO.
The Chicago & Iowa depot at Steward,
Ill. was entirely destroyed by fire Sunday
morning.
Two men ana sixteen head of cattle
were cremated in a wreck ON the Northern
Pacific road near Buffalo, ~ ID.
ELEVEN stores at Maquon, IT., were
destroyed by fire Sunday, including Il
bank, grocery, furniture store and sew
Aal shops.
A TwELvE-YEAR.oLD boy named Dtpew
was run over 10y an electric street car at
Bloomington, H., Saturday morning and
probably fatally injured.
JosEPu BIGGUs a farmer, of Eu Page,
Ill.,, was run over by the Alton train
Thursday and instantly killed
llATRICK O'RoURKE, we!rknown
farmer living east of Bloomington, Ill.,.
fell from an apple tree ON HI, farm and
was instantly killed,
THE Columbia chemical works, on Jay
street, Brooklyn N. Y. were totally des-
troyed by fire, Wednesday morning, The
loss will be over $1,000, 900.
FIVE farm hands engaged in fighting
flames several miles from Pine City,
Mimi, Thursday morning were surround
ed by fire and burned to death.
FIRE Monday destroyed the fair grounds
stables and two barns OF II. b. Sanborn,
ut Dallas, Texas, with nineteen horses,
Mr.. Sapbom' s loss is $4,000,
NJ. ID. JOHNSON, u loofer, working at
Joliet, Ill.,, and II resident at l49 Harvard
street, Chicago, had his head severed from
his body by the Rock island passenger
train Monday morning He attempted
to board the train while it was in motion.
FIRE Monday morning at Fort Worth,
Texas, destroyed the Ellis hotel, Il five
story structure with contents, valued at
sl30000, The store of Darlington &
Montgomery was also destsoyed; loss, Sl2,
600 Total loss, $3.50, 900; insurance, S22, .
600
FRANK MADDEN, employed in the Swift
4 Co. $ packing house, Chicago, was aC-
cidently caught in the machinery of the
elevator Thursday and instantly killed.
He has been living at 654 Forty-third
street and his home was in Canada.
A ROY named Emil Raheke, who lived
at 543l Bishop street, Chicago, was run
over by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
switch engine Wednesday morning, at
FNrty third and Loomis streets. He was
taken to the Mercy Hospital and died soon
after arriving there He was attempting
to jump on the engine when killed
TuE whole of the businos, portion of
Bradley, S. D., Is inashes. Seven general
stores and nil the stock, one bank building
and contents, one church, one dwelling,
one hotel are in ruins. There is no one
place of business left in the village The
total loss is $500 to $4,000, with very
little insurance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
WASHINGTON

THE government will refund $4,000, 900
of excess duty collected upon hat trim
mugs, emhroiderles, etc,
DAVID Ross, of Oglesby, Ill.,, has been
appointed an inspector of sugar IN the in.
ternal revenue department and assigned to
duty in Louisiana.
TuE report Of the census bureau shows
that there are 500 farms in the United
States, with total of l69,S57 acres, de.
voted entirely to seed growing. -
TuE government is about to prosecute
persons suspected Of stealing timber from
the Fond du lMC Indian reservation in
Northern Minnesota.
A STATUE of the pope was unveiled in
Washington Monday, 1t is present to
the Catholic university from a wealthy
citizen of New York, and is said to be a
work Of great artistic merit.
TuE president has mltigated the SEN
tence of colonel Compton, Of the Fourth
cavalry, who was convicted of negligence
IN connection with hwleSs acts of soldiers
under his command, TO suspension fron
rank and command ON half pay for twu
years
TuE president has appo.ted Lieu, Col
John W. Barlow, Capt Thomu, "
S, mons and Prof, A. I, Mosman "a, mcm'
hers Of the Mexican boundary commit, ion
to relocate the existing frontier between
the United States and Mexico, ives, u the
Rio Grnnde.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has ap
pointed Charles IL, Murray, Of New lyrh
/ City, a special assistant United Stltcs dis
trict attorney for the southern district q
New York to have charge OF all matters
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

BETWEEN Guatemala and San Salvador
u sCrape il brewing.
GENERAL LEIvA has been elected presi-
dent of Honduras.
SEVERAL seal poachers have been shot
in lehrnR sea,
The storm center of tho European war
scare veers toward Egypt.
TUE export of rye being prohibited by
Russia rye bread is now exported Instead.
LoCusTs are swarming all over Argen.
tine and the damage they are causing is
immense.
HURRICANE and floods damaged con.
siderable property in England and Scot.
land.
lr is reported that the king of Soryia
has been betrothed to the Princess Helena
of Montenegro.
Six hundred buildings only remain
standing ut Consuegra. Spain. There
We're 2, 100 before the floods.
TIM German emperor and his principal
military advisers approve the proposition
to reduce the term of military service
two years
BALMACEpA, who has been hiding in
Valparaiso, has escaped from Chill on
board the United States steamer San
Francisco, bound for Cslao,
ruE Turkish government has with
drawn its prohibition of the Catholic
European congress, to be held in Rome,
TIM Turkish government denies that it
has made any new arrangements with
Russia regarding the passage OF the war
ships of that nation through the Ddrda-
nelles
Ir il stated that the king of Roumlnia,
upset 10y the queens illness and court IN
trigues, has impaired to the Roumnnian
premier and others his desire to ahdicate
the throne.
AFTER consulting with the British
agents the sultan of Zanzibar has decided
to reconstruct the administration of his
government and TO appoint responsible
ministers in the different branches, he
himself receiving fixed civil list.
rur steamer California, from Liverpool
to Colon, was totally wrecked Sept 10 On
the north side of Oruba, near the coast OF
Venezuela The passengers and crew,
with the exception of the second engineer,
were saved
A dispatch from Algeciras, on the Bay
of Gibraltar, says that n collision between
. Greek and an Italian steamer occurred
off that port Tuesday, both steamers be-
ing sunk and thirty FIVE lives lost
| THE announcement is made that the
London and Westminster bank of London
has sustained loss of 81 900 600 by n rob
berry The search for the thieves has oeen
unsuccessful Sc far,
HER majesty's ship Goshawk has been
sent to Cape Judy, ON the west coast OF
Sahara, opposite fuerteventura, one OF the
Canary Islands where the Moors have re-
belled and threatened to destroy II factory
owned and operated by British subjects.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
4 PERFUMED CARAVAN.
A Rich Perfume Altar OF Roses Transport
dby DonkeYs.
Harper's Young People.


Every one knows how subtle, penetrat-
ing, and permanent is the rich perfume of
altar of roses. The larger part of the
worlds supply of the delicious scent made
in Persia, where there are many hundreds
of &C es devoted to the culture of roses for
this purpose.
At certain seasons of the year long
caravans of donkeys, laden with the altar,
and under guard of soldiers to protect the
rich body from attack by robbers, journey
from central Persia to the little port of
Bushire, whence it is exported to Bombay.
Other donkey trains similarly escorted
proceed to port on the Caspian Sea,
whence the altar is conveyed to 'ru ey and
Russia which, after Hindostan are the
largest consumers of the costly luxury.
When the wind is in the right direction
the approach OF one of these caravans is
announced 10y the scent long before 1t can
be seen, and the line of its progress can be
traced by the odor for days after it has
passed by.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
A READY LAWYER,
How Easily he Can Tack the Ship and
Change his Case.

A countryman walked into the office of
lawyer one day, and began his applica-
ton; Sir have come to get your adj
vice in case that is giving me some
trouble. We'll, what is the matter p
Suppose now, said the client, that a
man had spring of water on his land, and
his neighbor living below should build a
dam across the creek through h1th farms,
and it was to back the water up into the
other mans spring what ought to be
done 2''-'Sue him, sir, su9 him, by all
means" said the lawyer, who always be-
came excited in proportion to the grievance
of his clients You can recover heavy
damages, sir, and the law will make him
pay we'll for it. Just give me the case and
ia bring the money from him. '-"But
stop!" cred the terrified applicant FIR le-
gal advice; it is ! that have built the
dam, and It's neighbor Jones that own
the spring; and he threatens to sue me. "
The keen lawyer hesitated moment be-
fore he tackled his ship, and kept on
"Ah! well, sir, you say you built dam
across. What sort of dam was it, STRIP
at was a mill dam And is it good
mill; is it mill for grinding grain, s,r?'
SO it is, sir. And all your neigh
bors bring their 2 ain to be ground, do
they T-"Yes, all but Jones. Then it
is a great public convenience, is it not?"
"To be sure it is. would never have
built it only for that. And now" said
the old lawyer, you tell me that Jones is
complaining just because the water from
the dam happens to put back into his little
spring, and he is now threatening to sue
you. Well, all have to say is, let him
sue, and if defend yeu, he vii! rue the
day as sure as your name is Barnes"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

pertaining to Immigration at the port of
New York.
FoR several years past the Dominican
republic has been maintaining in its tariff
a free list of articles for the special en-.
couragement of its agricultural industries
By the terms of its recent reciprocity ar
rangement with the United States, this
free list is to be abolished for all coun.
tries except the United States when the
reciprocity treaty goes into effect
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mas Violet Sopwith, who is soon
to wed General h. Burd Grubb, of
New Jersey, United States minister to
Spain, is daughter of Hon. Thomas
Sopwith, of Lismore island, six mileD off
the coast of Scotland, west of Oban,
Miss Sopwith and Gen. Grubb first met in
Madrid at "tea" given in the Young
lady's honor by the ambassadors, and
the generals daughter, Miss Ellie Grubb,
was instrumental in bringing the engage
ment about. Miss Sopwith isa beautiful
young woman of less than thirty whom
the residents of the island where her fam
lily live delight in calling 1.-THE Rose of
lasmore. She il n woman of remark
able beauty and is tn and of fine pres.
ence. She has light brown hair, and her
eyes are of very dark shade of blue,
She is well educated, OF pleasing manner
and kindness of henrt. The wedding day
has not been set, but II will be shortly
after the generals arrival in England, and
after short tc If they will go to Madrid
where they will remain until next spring
when the general will resign and return
to his ancestral home at Edgewood Park,
on the Delaware
General Wichotc has died, aged ~,
the last English officer who fought ut
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
GRIMM 4

A VERY audaoious hotel robbery WIS
perpetrated at St. Joseph, Mo,
Rlors occurred among Arkansas cotton
pickers, several men being killed
OsCAR GuNpMAN, living nj ~ Ontario
street in Chicago, killed his wife and hun,
self Tuesday morning
ruE opening of the Oklahoma lands
Tuesday, was marked by a battle between
cowboys and negroes
MRs DElL RATnHURN who disappeared
from Chicago Sunday. committed suicide
1T Niagara Falls Tuesday morning.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

The morning and evening mists that perNade
the atmosphere Of maarious localities cannot be
breathcd with tmpuuity. A safeguard is needed
to render harmless the dangerous miasmata with
which they are imprcgnated, The surest, safest
defense is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. II is an
nntidote IN the poison which has already been in
hailed and horue truit, an adequate preventive of
It's harmful effects No pvrwU'tve for breathe :
OF miasma tainted air OF drinkers of malaria
"oiSoned water like the Bites Il completely
uputrallzrs the otherwise irresistible onset OF the
wriai foe. settlers on newly cleared land, eNcA-
vatur- of canal routes tuOtAhly that on the 18th
mus OF pauRmN, western pioneers and emigrants
in shor ali subjected 90 pSlsrial Influences in
air or water lind IA IL bvutgu remedy, etIeCtu-
al safeguard Disorders Of tha stomach, liver and
bowels "la grippe, rheumatism and kidney com
plants are remedlcd hN the Buffers.
Judge Il Dlwhur>t, az Ncilisyile, will
hc president OF new s'atn bank that has
Just been starred in Mar, field with a cap
ital Of So 600
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
POISONED MILK.
supposed Deed of an Enemy Affects n
Whole Family.

LoursvrLLE, Sept, 29,-Near SCOTS
willie yesterday the family of County AS
SCISSOR J, G, Pulliam was poisoned at din
ner, Pulliam, his wife and DR., San
ders, his father in,law were
all affected and PulIiam
had hard struggle to recover Mrs.
Pulliam will probably die. 1t is thought
that the milk used at the table was
poisoned By some enemy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
STOPPED FIRES.
Rain Was Sufficient to Effect This Result t
I'm the HinarieA

IA CROSSE, Sept. %. he rain of last
night was sufficient to stop all fires in the
Black river pineries. An inch of rain fell
at Medford and about as much generally
throughout that region. The
damage so far is not
great as not much timber was destroyed,
only number of camps and dams. The
rain is not sufficient to start logs, unless
it continues after today, which is unlikely,
but there is great sense of relief among
lnmhermen
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
MILLS IN OHIO.

lie Talks on the Tariff At Iaues-
Vile.
ZANEsvrLLE Ohio, Sept, 30. Tonight
Hon Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, addressed
a large audience here. He was greeted
with perfect ovation. His remarks were
confined to the tariff,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

ONE of the New York city newspapers
recently printed n yarn about sailor
who was lost overheard just as n whale
was struck with n harpoon by whaling
crew in The Pacific ocean, and who was
supposed to have been drowned The
whale, however, was captured and when
cut up, the missing man, almost dead,
was found in it's stomach. He recovered
and lived to tell the tale of his adventure.
This is sensational story enough, but IL
cruelty ripped into snrods by tho Albany
Times, which Mt the same tune disposes OF
the antique myth about Jonah, 1t de-
clares that IA whale has not u throat large
enough to swallow n child, much less
whale in its agony might fatally crush II
man between its jaws, it could not pass
him down, dead or alive, into its Stom,
nCh The fellow who had told the orig.
innl yprn given in the New York paper
endeavored to fortiiy his story by citing the
prophet Jonahs experience, which he CON
adhered similar "But, says the Times,
Jonah was not swallowed by whale,
There are no whales in the Mediterranean
or even in the Red sea- and besides, the
Bible suys that Jonah was swallowed by u
great Rsh. Now whale is no more fish
than cow il. A whale il warm
blooded animal, and Jonah was swallowed
by cold bloodcd animal, a fish, So much
for that story"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
STORM IN ST. LOUIS.

slight Damage Done, but Rain was
Welcome
ST. LOUIS, Sept ga heavy wind
storm. accompanied by drenching rain,
passed over the city this afternoon Build.
ings, fences and signs we're blown down,
but no great amount Of damage was done.
Rain was particularly welcome, it being
six weeks since The last fall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
BARKER THE WINNER.
Reed Does Not Get "a Game in the ChecIxe
Championship.
CnfcAao. Sent "a y.

Championship.
CHICAGO. Sept %. checker cham
pionship games, twenty-five in all, with
fifteen openings. concluded this even
ing. Two were played today, one
being drawn and Barker winning he other
The final score is. Barker s; Reed 0;
drawn 20. Chas F. Barker. II Boston.
winner Of the tournament. defeats J.
P, Reed, Of this city, fer ; ,0J0
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02

THE Rockford Star evinced the prophet
ic spirit the day young Rust was divorced
from the gay Miss Potter, when 1t rose to
remark: Rust will pursue his studies at
Harvard, while his ex.wile will retire
from public notice, probably only to be
written up by the press again, the next
time giving AN account of her jumping
from the Brooklyn bridge or performing
some other wild freak" The ink on the
prophecy was hardly dry before
the heroine Of the secret mar
rage had contracted another ALI
ance the announcement of which was
coupled with the confession that she had
been surreptiiiously joined to the same
jay more than one year ago. The Star
was in error when it anticipated that she
would drop into notoriety by lcaplng of
Brooklyn bridge, but it was not far amlss
in The expectation that sho would soon
perform "some other wild freak" If the
public has now heard OF this dizzy high
flyer for the last time general anticipation
will be disappointed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-02
w Is

A NICE question is being raised in Idaho.
In the hanging of a murderer there this
week the sheriff devised hydraulic
machine so that when the criminal step
ped on the trap faucet was opened and
the water did the work, jerking him safely
out of the world. IL is urged that the
order of the court was that the man should
be hanged by the sheriff The man was
mace to spring the trap himself, but he
himself is not kicking over the technicality.
WHEN Bah, the topical and troplca
New York scrivener, assails the virtue Of
all womankind, she writes neither wisely
nor well, and is a discredit to her SEX
The women who are good and pure, who
are uustfuI and faithful, and are just
what they seem TO be, are all about US. In
few homes are they az Bah would have
them all appear, deceiluI, tickle, coquct-
ish, vain and untrue. The Bah creation
IL rare and true womanhood il fouIIy
libeed by the insinuations of this creature
whose treason TO her sex would render
credible almost anything scandaOous about
her own chr racter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-21
Shapes for Gloves and Shoes.

The woman who prides herself or
the perfection of her toilet has in hel
dressing room nowadays both hand and
foot shapes. which, rs the name indi,
Gates. are models of those useful mem
bers. On the facsimile hand and wrist
glo"es are stretched for cleaning, and ii
is use4 20 keep a nice pair in shape when
not worn. The counterfeit presentment
of milady's foot performs the same duty
for her dainty boot and slipper, each
model being perfect cast Of the lndJ,
viduaI member. New York Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-21
uanNkerChiefs.

This little bit of cambria is almost as
successful III the hands of Il pretty wom-
III as the of SunS ana long famed fan
Many piece OF by play is carried on
with its help without descending to the
odium of the hopelessly vulgar hand
kerchief Irritation"
1t is no longer considered chic to tuck
one in the bodice. but the pretty en-
broldered ones now shown are a con-
slant temptation to thus dispose Of
Many Swiss worked designs are very
pretty and pleasantly fine for only twen-
fire cents ana the plain hemstitched
ones at that price for ordinary use are
very neat.
A pure linen handkerchief outwears
all union" mixtures. but sometimes it
requires an expert to tell the difference
before they are washed BY always 60
ing to Il reliable firm shopper will not
be deceived as to the quality Of her chif-
fon or rag, as masculine writer plainly
translates this elastic word.
a fine quality with but little work is
preferable to elaborate edges and coarse
SehIei' AT oHe IiLuS IL was uitiu W ulu
the former combination, but in these
days all things are possible, and there are
many of such dainty. refined designs in
the market.
1t is wonderful to think how many
handkerchiets are sold during the holi-
days for gifts. as they seem to come in
the category of confectionery, flowers,
books and gloves that may be accepted
from any one, When in doubt as to a
simple gift send half dozen pretty hand
kerchiefs in neat box, as, like Toodles
coffin, they will be sure to come in
handy" some day.-Emma NJ. Hooper in
Dry Goods Economist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-21
Men Stunned the Polls.

At the school election at PeOtOne under
the new law, Mrs Mary }. Myrck was
the only candidate The woman haters
We're apparently afraid to put up can.
dldate. AS they did not wish to be knock
ed out by ii woman The ladies. bless
them, voted as gracefully as they do
everything else, and as if they had al
ways voted. One lady asked if they had
ID be weighed: another when the num-
Der of her ballot was announced as sew
enty-two sad, IL am not that CID"
Mr. a. b. Hallock had the honor of
casting the first vote for a lady candi-
date in Illinois The only objection to
voting by the women is from the dear
girls and maiden ladies, who dislike to
admit that they are old enough to vote
The total vote was 1902, forty-nine of
which were cast by the ladies.
Let the old crOakers keep silent here
after, and don't say that the women
would not vote if they had chance.
Theschool director elect, Mrs. Myrick,
IS n lady of culture and refinement, and
will prove thoroughly capable.-Cor
Chicago iuteT-OCean.