Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-08-04
DOMESTIC.
taken easily

ldCIOlleS LudI nave Ueeu ldle loT the
last ten weeks.
The electr.c-light plant in Liyings-
ton, Mont, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
! George w. Short Of Cleveland, aged
55, who was prominently connected
with several manufacturing institu-
tions Is dead.
! The large sale stables at Bement,
H., owned by All Ramp OF Buffalo, n.
y, were destroyed by fire, together
with sixteen horses.
The first bale Of new cotton was
sold at auction in New York for
$500 for the benefit Of the United
States hospital fund.
Jasper Simpson, while resisting ar
rest. shot and killed j. b. Grady and
l.. S. Hill, deputy United States mar
shals, near Renton, ARK.
! Lewis Warner. the absconding bank
president from Northampton, Mass,
who left shortage Of SG40,000 was
arrested in Louisville, Ky.
Major Williams Jefferson Hearin,
president of the Stonewall Insurance
company Of Mobile, died in New Or
leans. He was 70 years of age.
President Mckinley made number
OF Louis.anan appointments, includ-
ing that of A. L. Wimberly to be col
lector OF the port Of New Orleans.
Mrs. Jacob l.. Simon, of Paterson,
ni al intl hnl ~
, was a girl. She wanted a boy, so
she could name it after her husband.
1t is thought the candidacy Of Col.
Theodore Roosevelt will help Gov
ernor Black to obtain the republican
nomination for governor of New York.
Edwin Storey Smith, the most
prominent paper manufacturer in
New England, Is dead in Boston. lie
was born in Brooklyn, N. y, in 1850.
A Dawson City correspondent, after
review of the Kondike gold field,
says that the American side would
seem to be the place for the future.
The car barn Of the Consolidated
Traction company In Pittsburg was
Quilted by fire, entaillng loss OF
about $4,000, well covered by in
surance.
Peter Burton, a negro, murdered
Henry Myers, white farmer, his wife
and infant child at Cypress, u small
town near Houston, Tex. The negro
escaped.
J. d, Sublett, proprietor OF the
Shirley Hotel in Petersburg, Va, died
after an illness Of two months. He
was native Of Richmond and G2
years Of age
General John b. Gordon was re-
elected COMMUNICATIVE of the
United Confederate Veterans, in
their annual reunion at Atlanta, and
Richmond was decided upon as the
site for the battle abbey.
A beautiful girl from Buffalo went
voluntarily to st. l.uke's hospital, New
York, for treatment, She was suf-
fering from hysteria due to hypnotic
influence.
1t was learned that John Harvey
Myers, secretary OF the Home Build
Ing and Loan Association of Milwau-
kee, Is short In his accounts to the
amount of $4,000.
The large malt house at Oswego,
N. y, owned by the Stevenson brew
ing company of New York, was struck
by lightning. The loss Is over
100000, partly covered by insurance.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani. attended by
her private physician, DR.. English OF
Washington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hele-
luke, has arrived in San Francisco
from Washington, en- route to Homo
lulu.
The Kentucky state board OF health
issued proclamation placing the
whole of Jackson county and each of
its inhabitants under rigid quarantine.
There have been more than 100 cases
OF smallpox.
Joseph A. Roy of Quincy, ILL.,, was
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis of the fifteenth district. Henry
G. Smith Of Adrian, Mich. was nomi-
mated by the second district repubi-
can convention.
me report OF the committee which
has been investigating the New York
canal contracts will be ready by
Aug. /. 1t will recommend that the
work be continued, and estimates the
additional COST ut $l0,000,000.
EX-Banker Charles w, Spalding. OF
Chicago, now sewing an indeterminate
term In the Illinois state prison,
married his former stenographer,
Sarah Louise Erwin, while in Chicago
testifying in bank litigation.
DR.. Il. Benjamin Andrews, president
OF Brown university. IN telegram
to President Harris OF the Chicago
board OF education, formally accepted
the position OF superintendent OF
Chicago's public schools at $1,000 a
year
The separatlng-house at the Her