Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-04

Henry Custer, or Bridgeport, Conn.,,
committed suicide by taking poison be-
cause girl with whom he was infatu-
ated was going away.
The heretofore thriving city of Pitts
burg, Kas., contains 5000 idle miners
and has been ruined by the strike
urged On for political ends.
John Krider, wealthy farmer, was
thrown from his wagon at Elkhart,
Ind, and died Later in the day of the
injuries he received.
Under the new Minnesota law train
men On the st. Paul road have been
arrested for running through a county
seat without stopping.
Bishop Hennessy will be invested
with the archbishop pallium by Mgr.
TENDER following the Catholic congress
Chicago. The American hierarchy
will attend.
Lieut.. Clark, Z. S. A, aged -, son
Of DR.. Clark, of Baltimore, Md, was
drowned at Fort Custer, Mont. He
was married about year ago, to Miss
Elsie Clemens, Of st. Louis.
The new directory of Toledo, which
will come out i'll Il day Or two, contains
4S, 1892 names, showing the city's popu-
Iation to be more than 144,OOO. This is
a gain of 10000 in three years.
Three Of the four men who were
burned in the Edwardsville, Pa, mine
accident died at daylight Saturday
morning. These were Patrick Malta,
Martin Brennan and William Jones
The entire business portion Of EdgeT-
ton, town of LOO in Williams county,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire Friday
night. The loss is about 100000, with
about two-thirds insurance.
Chalie Sames was drowned while
bathing Sager's Pond at Valparaiso
Ind.
Fully twice the usual amount OF
grain has been carried over the Erie
canal this season, and as result grain
dealers are said to be Indifferent to
rail rates for the first time in many
years.
james d. Rawlins, aged %, died
July u at his home in GlIilford, neal
Galena, Ill He was a veteran of the
Black Hawk war of 1882, and father OF
General John RaWlins, who until his
death as the closest friend and adviser
of Grant.
. Killian Lauer, the Springfield Gill;
policeman, was acquitted of the muir
der Of Ernest Koch two years ago al
Springfield. He had been previously
convicted of manslaughter in the same
case, and this was a new trial.
Marie Posey, aged 35, and her 5
year-old daughter, Marie Adele, were
killed by the explosion Of a blast fired
by contractors in New York city. A
huge mass of rock was sent crushing
througs into the home of the Poseys
Miss Belle Day threw herself in
front of an engine Saturday at Charles
ton, ILL.,, and was killed. She had been
a teacher in the public schools the
last year and was well and favorably
known. 1t is thought she was de
mented.
In the Ohio oil field, six miles from
Fostoria, u well had just begun t.
flow, and as usual in such cases, the
-."..It ives saturated with oil. A
frightful explosion occurred, and sly
men were caught in the flames. Twt
are dead, and two others will die OF
their injuries.
Lee Walker, the negro who assaulted
the Misses McCadden near Memphis
about Il week ago, was taken from the
Jail at midnight and hanged by mob
There was no resistance on the part
of the authorities to amount to, any
thing. Walker made full confession
of the crime.
All diving records Of the west were
broken at Abiline, Kas., by James
Brady, son of Kansas farmer. He
leaped from tree into the Smoky Hill
river, at a height of ninety-two feet
Brady was taken from the water, eX
hausted, but uninjured.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the Hudson river at New
York. He was about 35 years old. A
card was found in his pocket upon
which was written Notify Mrs. Au
gusta Lehman of 1926 North Clark
street, Chicago" Underneath this is
written: Send for my body and have
me laid beside my beloved wife, Eu.
gene Cramer.
His Highness Yagatgi Singh, Mahara-
jah Rajai Rajagan, ruler over 2,OOO,,
600 inhabitants in India, arrived at
New York on the City of Paris, accom-
panied by a retinue of a dozen servants
and one Of his wives, the fourth in
number. His Highness is the first In
dian potentate of high rank who ever
left India to visit the world and his
wife is the first woman of a royal In
dian household who ever journeyed
from her native land.
Rejected Il Big Gift.