Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-02


thefts aggregate several thousand dol
! lars
! In the military maneuvers at Fluent
kirchen, Prussia, Wednesday, in the ter
! 1ible heat, one-third Of the soldiers werA
overcome. -Four commissioned officers
! eight corporals ard ten privates died If
sunstroke.
Mr. Stuart, Gladstonian, NJ. F.. as
chairman of the Welsh party, will in
troduce in parliment a bill regulating
Welsh diOceses. This measure Is a
forerunner to a bill disestabli sizing the
church in Wales.
Hamburg newspapers accuse the mu-
nicipal authorities with having kept
/ back the truth concerning IT,, cholera i'll
: that city. The disease has gained sonic
ground in ST. Petersburg, tut is lot Of
, 81 virulent type there.
Owing tC the difference between the
! Julian and the Georgian calendars Gov
Crnor Merriam, Of Minnesota has issued
/ an aniendatory proclamation changing
(, the day for the Columbia celebration
from Oct. j to Oct. 4.
Mrs. Francis Mccarthy, who shot
| James Byrant in Scuylerville, \. Y.
three weeks ago, died in jail WedneS
day in childbirth Six hours later her
f, victim, who had been hoverlns between
, life and death since the shooting, died
! Alexander H. Carver, of Willimantic,
Conn, went to California many years
ago, leaving his family ignorant Of his
| whereabouts, and now he Turns up dead
in Brazil worth S4,ODO,00O, which will
/ come to the children who had almost
forgotten his existence.
A woman nalned Grcenbaul, of Ma
ian township, Mich, is reported as hay
ing left her child asleep in Il wagon
while she went borrying in the woods.
When she returned she found some AM
mai, probably a lynx, which had de-
youred her child all but one foot. She
may lose her reason.
A fight occurred near Kennedy, Tex,
between John Pace and Ambrose Col
Inns, in which Collins was instantly
killed Another fight occurred near
, Comes City between Felix Burris ana
Sam Henton, and BurriS was shot
| through the bowels and will die Hen
ton was instantly killed.
Zip O'Tip, who Claims to be Zulu
! ITince, but who is wanted in several
cities for violations of the law. has been
| arrested at Louisville. The last place
he operated i'll was Toledo, Ohio. where
with two white contederateS he broke
into and robbed several houses. His
confederates were captured and con-
ricted.
A fatal accident resulting in the death
of seven miners occurred Thursday in q
cOal-pit ut Swansea. Ten Of the men
employed in the pit were descending in
the cage to their work in the morning
when part of the pit fell i'll. The men
We're caught under the falling earth anC
| rock and seven Of them were crushed to
death. The other three We're rescued,
but it is hardly thought probable that
| they will live.
The French expedition that is march
ing against Abomey. the capital of Da-
| honey, consists of 100 officers and men
| of the naval artillery with six guns. 1876
| marines, $50 Bnegalese troops, and 800
native allies. The force has occupied It
| Stragetic position on the road to AbO-
! mey. The foreign legion Consisting of
1000 European infantry and 200 cava[
ry) are expected to join the force on
! the field.
A decision was handed down by
Judge Anthony, which enriches the city
Of Chicago by at least S1,O0p.OO0. III
| 1893 Elisha c. Hultdley. Of Virginia,
dedicated a strip of land along the lake
| shore north of the city for park pul-
! poses. Parker B. Mason and others
have Cor l-cars contended that the dedi-
cation was not valid. They have held
/ that J1undley'S dedication of the
| nominal possession, and have sold poI-
tons of the property. Judge Anthony
! property held good, and that the title
rests with the city.