Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-01-06

river at Carondelet, a southern suburb
, Of st. Louis, will be started early next
year. Eastern capitalists are interest
! ed in this project.
At Bloomington, Ind, the Progress
block and several adjoining buildings
were destroyed by fire. Seven business
firms were burned out, including the
Progress printing company; loss $15,.
600, partially assured.
While drunk on Christmas night, John
Quinn hrutally beat his wife, and then
cast her out in the cold. The woman
is now lying in a critical condition, and
her death is hourly expected. Quinn
was arrested, and is now in Jail.
At San Francisco there has been
quietly organized a transportation COM
pany that may make matters interest
ing for the overland roads and the
Pacific mail 1t is the North American
Navigation Company, and has $780,
600 of capital.
At Denver, Col, Thomas NJ. Fisher,
United States inspector Of immigration,
arrested Ye Linge, Sing Luck and Mon
But, three Cinnamon, charged with IL
legally entering the United States from
Canada Other arrests are expected to
follow.
During q Christmas festival at lanai
co, Ky, Marshal John Cox was shot
and killed by Charles Johnson, aged
twenty years. johnson was creating
a disturbance and Cox endeavored to
keep him quiet. The murderer escaped
during the excitement that followed.
AS result of correspondence with a
large number of commercial and MUM
cipaI organizations in various parts of
tho country, Secretary Thompson, of
the Duluth chamber of commerce, has
issued q call for a national ship canal
convention, to be held in Washington,
January u, 1893.
Owing to the continued low silver and
lead rates, the Niagara group of mines
at Bingham, Utah, in which over $780,
600 is invested, has shut down, and the
managers of the old Jordan group have
notified the men that they will have
uary l.
Emma Goldman, the autonOmiSt of
New York, is said to be at the head of
movement to secure Communication
Of the sentence for Burkman, the anar-
chist, who shot II. G. Prick. 1t is their
intention to make an appeal to the SUI
preme court on the grounds that Berk-
man was Illegally convicted
Burglars broke into the house of
Warden Louis E. PilsbEry, Of the peni-
Tertiary on BlackwelFs Island, \. Y,
and stole Il big cedar chest containing
sos worth of silvelware, and got
away, on the night of the 18th, but the
incident has been kept quiet until now.
Mr.. Iilsbury slept in 4 room about ten
feet from the treasure chest.
Mrs Elizabeth Barton, wife of a
farmer in the town of Stanford,
Duchess county, n. Y, drove to the
village for some stuff to put on the
Christmas tree. On her way home the
horse became frightened at a passing
train and ran away. Mrs. Barton was
thrown from the wagon, her head
striking d stone, killing her almost in
rstantly.
William keefe and George Graves
alias John Brown, both convicts from
New York city. serving sentences at
tho Elmira Reformatory. escaped
They were employed in the domestic
building and dug a tunnel under the
wall, through which they made their
escape A reward of $50 each is offer
ed for their capture.
Frances J. Simmons, aged 20 years
widow of jacob Il. Simmons. u wealthy
manufacturer of New Haven, Conn.
committed suicide at her home In that
city, by taking Paris green. She was
firm believer in Spiritualism. and she
told her neighbors that her husbands
spirit was continually visiting her and
begging her to join him.
At Chicago the announcement is made
that the big opponent of the Edison
General Electric company has surren-
dered, the Westinghouse company hay
ing turned it's worlds fair lighting con
tracts over To the trust. 1t will be re-
mcmbertd that considerable of a fight
was made by the Westinghouse conf
pany when the contracts We're awarded
last spring.
At Chicago, Rev. Gilbert johnson and
Bishop Francis E. Snowden, of the Afri-
can NJ +. church, have been arrested
on warrants charging them with embez-
Element. The warrants were sworn out
by Bishop Campbell, of Toledo, O., the
head of the African church in this coun-
try. 1t is alleged that Johnson and
Snowden have used 5000 belonging to
the church.
Safe-biowers had prepared to blow
open a large safe i'll Muggin's store in
Carlyle on the night Of the oath, when
officers discovered them. Several shots
were exchanged and the safe-blowerS
plate glass window. A trail of blood
was left for some distance, and it is
thought one of the craftsmen was
badly injured.
The organization of a somewhat novel
corporation has been completed in Jer-
sey City. 1t will be known as the Cor
poration Trust company of New Jersey,
and it has a capital of 100000, which
will soon be increased TO S1,0oO,O0O. 1t
will in effect be the trustee of corpora
tons organized under the laws of New
Jersey, but really doing business out
side that state.
Joe and Fred Reynolds have been ar
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