Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08
CONDENSED NEWS.

1t is Sald the senate Will tdlk dL least
two weeks before voting on the silver
question.
Several thousand acres near Nom
ence, ILL.,, have been swept by prairie
fire.
The Northwestern Elevator company
has instructed its agents TO pay for
wheat in sight drafts.
Republican members of the senate
will claim that Martin. Of Kansas, was
not properly chosen.
Carriers plan for opening permanent
national headquarters is said to be
boom for Harrison ii 1896.
All the large factories in st. Joseph,
Mo, have made arrangements to re
sumo operations.
BY the explosion Of a steam mangle
In New York laundry nine persons
were burt. Two will die.
1t is reported that the town Of Biggs,
In Butte county, Cal, was entirely
wiped out by fire this morning.
Miss May johnson was killed in a
run. way accident at Ottumwa, Iowa,
and companion, Miss Rupe, was
seriously injured.
Bishop Marty, of Sioux Falls, has
been exonerated By the priests Of his
diocese from all charges preferred
against him.
At Eau Claire, Wis, the 1O-year-old
son of James Brown fell into a dry
well and died from the effects of the
noxious gas.
WIN. II. Noad, of West Superior, has
been sued for brea h of promise Of
marriage by Florence Byrne, Il school
teacher Of Chicago.
The captain of the steamship Cor
govia, which arrived at Marseilles from
Jedda, reports that 20 pilgrims died
on the voyage from cholera.
There is some feeling in certain cir
cIeS of Germany concerning the duke
of Edinburgh's accession to the throne
of SAKE Cokurg- Gotha.
-Four people were killed and three in
jured as the result of Il head end col
IiSiOn on the Harlem railroad near
Dykeman's station.
Delegate O'BIien, of the Seaman's
Union, was shot and killed while lead
ing an attack on the non-union crew of
the schooner Reuben Doud at Detroit.
WilliaT Bull u street car conductor,
and Miss Meyer, daughter of Ferdinand
Meyer, the wealthy bank president,
eloped from st. Louis Saturday and
were married at St Charles.
Thomas Grady, 4 worlds fair waiter,
was found fatally hurt by the side Of
the railroad track at Lincoln, Ill. He
says he was knocked off train by Il
brakeman.
Chicago officers mad a fight with a
parade of unemployed workingmen who
persisted in impeding street traffic.
Mayor Harrison has given orders that
no more palades are to be allowed.
A cooking club in Washington was
broken up in one year by matrimony.
To the club dinners, ordered, cooked
and served by every member of the
club in turn, Il man could be asked by
every girl The result has been as
many weddings as members.
H. f. Brown, of Minneapolis; Lee
Paul, of Dundee; n. L. Clarke, Of ST.
Cloud, and the Cosgrove Live Stock
company have taken the lions share of
prizes at the worlds fair live stock
show.
France will not send military attaches
to the German maneuyers this fall be
cause the sham battle field is to be
around Metz. The news of the deci-
sion has caused surprise i'll Berlin.
The coast from the capes of Della
ware to Cape Cod is strewn with
wrecks. Small crafts had little chance
to live through the furious storm. In
all twenty nine lives are known to be
lost.
A jury at West Superior, Wis, re-
turned Il verdict of $3.50 in favor of
Summertield VS.. the Western Union
Telegraph company, on account of the
delay in a message announcing the
death of the plaintiffs mother.
g. L. Beadell. cashier Of the Bank of
Yellow Creek at Pearl City, ILL.,, left
town several days ago to raise cash on
collateral and has not since been heard
from. The bank has closed its doors
Cattle near Bloomington are suffer
ing from Il peculiar disease of the eyes
which results in total blindness. The
disease is contagious and was brought
by animals from western Missouri.
Michael Riordan was probably fatal
~ injured while making Il parachute
jump from Il balloon at Peoria. A high
wind was blowing at the time and he
was dashed against 4 building in his
descent.
Fourteen persons We're killed by 4
collision Gu the Long Island Railroad
early Yesterday morning. Among the
dead is Colonel +. A. Buck, editor of
the Spirit of the Times. The seriously
injured number nineteen.
A local cyclonic storm blew down a
small church on STATIONS ranch, four
miles from Cleburne, Tex, and wound
ed twenty-one persons. broken limbs
being the most serious injuries.