Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-09

sofa reservations.
Colonel w F. Cody says he is going
to give up the show business and de-
vote his entire time to the develop
ment Of the west.
The Rev. David Beaton of Chicago
in a sermon, declared Governor Yates
had blasted his reputation by his
abuse of power
Venezuelan reYOlutionists under
Matos at Martinique are making eX.
tensive preparations for the expect
ton against Castro.
The financial views Of Governor
Shaw are not Endorsed by Chicago
bankers, who criticise his scheme of an
elastic asset currency.
The Grassland stock farm at Menom-
onie has added to it's focks four prize
Shropshire sheep from the AItamont
farm at Millbrook, n. Y.
l.. A. LANCE is soliciting subscrip-
tiOns for the erection of a canning
factory at Menomonie, Wis. The cap
itaI is limited to $4,000.
Fragments of a letter found on the
lake shore at Chicago indicated that
woman drowned herself at that place.
Her identity is a mystery.
United States Senator William ].
Sewell died at his home at Camden,
n. J., from diabetes, complicated with
stomach and heart trouble.
An Ontario and Western railroad
coal train ran away on a mountain
near Poyntefc, Pa, and fell down a
mountain, killing four men.
An explosion at the old Sharpsville
Pa, furnace wrecked the furnace plant
and killed three men who were work.
ing at the top of the furnace
The governors of five northwestern
states met Monday at Helena, Mont,
| to decide upon plan of action for op-
! posing the big railroad merger.
The body of Miss Ella Cropsey, who
! had long been missing, was found in
/ the Pasquotank river, in front of her
! home, at Elizabeth City, N, c,
Elijah" DOwle announced his de-
/ cisiOn to remove to Zion City, because
of alleged discrimination against him
| by the Chicago tax assessors.
Emperor Francis Joseph ordered
the expulsion from Austria of the
! principals in baccarat game fl
which Count PotockI lost 100000.
WI Ting Fang, through the secre-
tary Of state, asked congress to in
Vestigate the working of the Chinese
exclusion law before extending it.
Apostle Brigham Young, president of
the quorum Of twelve of the Mormon
church and eldest living son of the ia
nous prophet" is critically i'll.
After a courtship of less than "a
hours Rev. Peter Hunt Fields and Miss
Josephine Mary Lacone, Of Chicago
were married at Warwick, N. Y.
Chicago bowling representatives
held a meeting and made arrange
ments to go to the Buffalo tournament
Eight teams are to represent the city
Christmas tree for a blind hoy
started a fire which destroyed the
Alexandria apartment building in
Chicago in which seventy persons
lived.
In Philadelphia several police sta
SASlAH1 1Ie1fC bCGlI tludI duIIuSu anu nun
dreds of houses and schools are bein;
fumigated in the effort to stamp GU
smallpox.
Reports from some sections of Mis-
| souri, say that owing to the severe
weather of late and the scarcity OF
e feed hogs are dying in considerable
numbers.
II. R. Penny, head of the defurc
brokerage firm of Penny & Co., O
Omaha, was arrested charged will
, maintaining and operating gambling
: devices.
The Northern Pacific Railway viii
shorten it's main line by 80 miles b.
building the Lind-ElIensburg cutof
! across Yakima Valley, which will cost
$4,000 600
1t is said that the car has accepted
an invitation to attend the coronation
Of King Edward, provided that the
czarina is in good health at the time
of the ceremony.
At the terCentenary of Duke Ernst
the Pious, at Gotha, Kaiser Wilhelm
said the union of the evangelical
i churches of Germany was one of the
aims Of his life
Near Guthrie, Okla, Simon Owens
alleged to be 1902 years old, was
burned to a crisp in his cabin. He
was born a slave on Gen. Andrew
JaCkson's PLANTATION.
Russia is establishing settlements
| every ten miles throughout Man
| churia. Stringent police measures
are causing the Chinese to depart
from the province.
Inventor Marconi says he expecCs
his wireless telegraph to be competing
with the cables within six months.
He will make experiments from ships
| clear across the Atlantic.
The Helena police are investigating
story told by Mrs. Mary Hansen
which involves the alleged murder Of
her husband at Belvidere, Ill, eight
years ago, by Charles Buell..
The Uvalde Asphalt company of
San Antonio has been awarded the
contract for laying pavement and
sewers in the city Of Havana. The
contract involves S12,000,000.
President Francis received accept
ances Of the invitation to participate
in the Louisiana Purchase exposition
from Nicaragua and Venezuela and
| favorable answer from Ecuador.
The steamship St. Paul had the
TOOghpSf OaSSaoo in ire hic+orv- or, i+C