Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

/ named SWOpe park aHu JHe NIty hlhot
spend $1,000 year on 1t.
The body of Fritz Greye, a brick
! layer was found In the basement of
the government building at Rock
Island, H. 1t is supposed death was
duo to exposure. He was 35 years old.
/ Archbishop Elder, Of Cincinnati, had
a golden jubilee this week. The arch
bishop has received rOOmful OF costly
gifts More than twenty bishops and
several hundred priests attended.
President Cleveland has signed the
filled cheese bill and it is now law.
Saturdays storm did considerable
damage in South Dakota. Floods re
sultcd, Minnesota suffering with the
rest.
At the Grand Rapids convention the
Wisconsin plan Of establishing small
homes, rather than large asylumS
was endorsed by nearly all speakers eX-
cept those from New York and Massa-
ChuSctts.
Charles Harding, a wcIlsto-do farmer
near Green Mountain, Iowa, committed
suicide by taking strychnnc. lie had
been brooding over the loss Of his
brother, who committed suicid" four
months ago
Governor Altgcld has issued rcqul.
sition upon Governor stone OF Missouri
for Jeff Hamilton. wanted at Edwards
= lille for attempting TO Kill Henry +.
ia, Nm, IL In,
county, Missouri.
COMPTROLLER Roberts is said to have
visited Mark Hanna previous to the an
nounccmcnt OF his candidacy for gov
ernOr OF New York to ask for Mckln-
lcy's support The application Is said to
have been refused.
The requisitiOn pf the governor of
North Carolina for John r, Hicks, un-
der arrest at TuscoIa and wanted at
/ AshcviIle, N. c., for obtaining money
under false prctenscs, has been hon
ored by Governor AltEcld.
An indianapolis woman has sued the
pastor and officers of church for $40
600 damages for OK communicating her.
General John |. Itinakcr was seated
! bl the house yesterday as congressman
from the sixteenth Illinois district.
In New York Dunlap pleaded guilty
! to larceny in stealing the Burden
/ former may be IA state witness. The
jewels were held at the custom house
] on a technical claim for $l7 800 duty.
II Is said a formal demand Will be
made by representative democrats on
/ Attorney General w It, Mylrca 10 bring
j suit to set aside the new apportonmcnt
law The suit has under Wisconsin
procedure, TO be brought in thc name
of the state.
! Miss Lille Gilmore. a winsomc clerk
! In an Anderson InI, bakery. cIoped
with her proprietor three months ago
and went west with him Her parents
! have received information which leads
them 10 believe she was one Of the vie
TINS of the st, Louis cyclone ANA one
/ of the unclaimed dead
Up to Saturday the gold standard
democrats had a farr majority of the
delegates to the Minnesota convention
to name eighteen delegates to Chicago
but the thirteen county conventions
which were held Saturday. went so
strongly FOR silver, that 1t Is evident
the convention Is going to be very
close
Arthur radcIford. Baltimore society
man. is dead in Paris He married
lsrtttr, daughter of Con Orlway, of
washington, about ten years ago. but
got divorce and SHE went ON the
stage under the namc of Rotlina &c
mrd, lie recently married Edith Grant.
sister Of Lady Essex of Casscbury
Park. llcWroriahrc
The city council of bloomington, H..
Is considering the cXpcdicncy of raising
the liquor license rate from 5000 to
$1,000 year The city now has sixty
four saloons. The SALOON men are sign
my an agreement to the effect that in
case the ltccnsr fee is raised they will
operate under tho gallon law, tnkng ont
licenses to sell by the gallon only.
Two things seem TO be- settled regard
my the conventions of this year Both
are accepted as settled by the Washing
ton politicians, II is agreed that Nc.
ktnley IS certain of the nomination at
st. Louis Il is regarded just as Ger.
tain that the Chicago convention will
declare for free silver. Tie two doubt
full questions are as to the $. Louis
platform and tn" Chicago candidates
Obituary At Oldonhurg. Ind, Adam
Mollrny So. At pesrara. Italy. Erncsto
Rosst the actor, g. At Omaha.
Colonel +. t.. Hooker At Huntington
w. Va, Colonel Robert 4. Harvey, So.
NJ Danvcrs, Ill.,, Israel D. Jones, ST.
III" ceremonies at Lincoln park
when Joseph Medill presented to the
city of Chtcago Packs noble bronze
statue of benjamin Franklin were
highly interesting
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