Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-30
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
AT HOME.

JuuRG 1bddC IGHOlSlOl vi olOuA Siby
Iowa, aled.
Mr.. Bryan reaches his home at Lin
coin.
Mrs. Fleming, recently acquitted OF {
charge OF numbering her mother, Wanu
10 be an actress.
Ex-Goy. DAVIS IA. Waite, the popu
list leader OF Colorado, has declared ioI
Bryan and Sewall.
Charles and Leonard BirrOiz OF Quin
cy, ILL.,, were drowned while bathing II
the Mississippi river.
John w. Lanehart, brother-in-la"
and forme" law partner OF Governor
Altgeld, died in Chicago.
Comptroller Eckles urges the nomln-
alton OF gold democrat for the presi-
dency and u vigorous campaign.
The daily shipment OF celery from
Kalamazoo IL eighty tons, an unprece-
dented amount Tor this time OF the
year.
The Kansas prohibition convention
nominated fun state ticket headed by
Horace Hurley, OF Junction city, for
governor.
The 1O-year-old child OF Bernard
Harvey OF Escanaba Mich, Is lost IN
the woods. 1t Is feared she has been
devoured by bears.
Prof. +. E. Mills, of Cornell unlver-
Bity, has been elected TO the vacant
chair OF mathematics and astronomy III
Lawrence university ut Appleton, WIS,
The republican national executive COM
mltteeh as decided to begin an nggrcs.
Biye campaign US soon as the New YORK
and Chicago headquarters can be
opened.
The West Virginia conference OF the
Mormon church, which embraces also
eastern Kentucky. begins July 81, con
tinuing until Aug. 5. Forty elders VIII
be present.
Peter Maher, who IL matched TO fight
Joe Choynski, has arrived IN Frisco.
Maher says he il already in good con
hlion. lie will not light for less than
"a $4,000 purse.
While resisting arrest for tho ut
tempted murder Of his sweetheart at
Tinsley Ridge, a small Indiana town,
John White shot and instantly killed
Thomas Fields,
Reports from thirty leading postof-
fees OF receipts for the quarter ended
June 80, 1896. show Il gratifying in
crease over the receipts Tor the same
period last year.
Charles s. Faris. an editorial writer
for the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper COM
pany, Il pioneer OF Kansas and one OF
the oldest newspaper men in the state,
il dead, aged 63.
The Hallot a Davis company OF Chi
cage, dealers III pianos and Org MS,
made an assignment. A statement was
tlled showing assets OF $2S3,OOO; liza
bilitits, $liV,0OO
In fight between n party OF revenue
mon under command OF Kid Greer Of
Floyd county, Ky, and moonshiners ut
Elkhorn Creek. three OF the raiding
and two OF the sinners were shot.
Miss Della Hutchinson of humboldt,
Kans.. myslerlously disappeared,
Later her body was found IN the Noosho
llNNl Will ~ blollNS il'h w ~ JuhN
Rogers Is in Jail charged with murder.
w. ID. Lathrop was thrown from the
back OF his buggy by the sudden start
ing of his team ut Fort Dodge, Iowa He
struck on his head and The skull was
fractured lie has been unconscious
ever since.
The corr,spc ndence between Sccro-
4 At,,lt ,l,
gard to an arbitration trWty has been
made public The British premier pro
posed the draft OF Il treaty which Seccc-
tary Olney could not approve.
Negotiations for the sale Of the Great
Chino ranch In California, which con
tains $1,000 acres, to an English syndi-
cate is about complete The syndicate
Is represented by John +. Gilmore
The purchase price Is said to be 81 ,6O0,-
900.
Gencarn won the third annual yacht
race In the series between Glcncairn of
the Royal {. Lawrence Yacht club, of
Canada, and lei llciric for the silver
trophy cup offered by the Seawanhaka-
Cornthan Yacht club.
Joseph X. Dhnlop OF Chicago, has
sued for letters of administration upon
the estate OF his late wife, Mrs. Dun
Top, who was married three times and
worth $3.50, 900 which Mr.. Dunlop Is
nxious to get hold Of
Allen Il. Cook, a lawyer and farmer
was found murdered and buried in Il
cornheld ut Leila, Ok, Dock Bennett. a
]. Montgomery and Charles Hyatt hay,
been arrested for the murder. Cook
and Bennett we're claimants for tn,
same tract of land.
George j Gould won his suit to pre-
vent the collection OF nh Inheritance III
S. 900 900 hcuucathcd to him by his ia
ther. the late Jay Gould, II was elaine,
that the bcquest was compensation to
services rendered, and this Contcntot
was sustained by the court
Governor Mckinley passed the Sab
bath very quietly mt his home, recoir
ing "A few callers Rev. John Wesle!