Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-12-15

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AS an additional inducemeut to arents a
cePy of The Progress of Slavery in the United
States, a dudecimo volume of 3l2 pages bound
IN muslin, will be sent free of postage to anv
person furnishing ten yearly subscribers. to the
/ Weekly, or Semi Weekly. or partly of b, tn.
Nil. d MISS. r. r. FLOATING DEBr-It is un-
/ derstood that the Company have adjusted $780,
900 of their floating debt, by inducing their
creditors to take second mortgage bonds the
road The amount to9se issued Is $500 000.-
! When their floating debt is all out OF the way,
the company will ha e comparatively easy sail
| ing. The Mil. d Miss. r. r. Co advertises in
New York that they are ready TO pay the
deiaulting interest on the city bonds issued for
The benefit of the Railroad. = Wisconsin
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN EDTroR-Mr Stimson,
Editor OF the New Iork Day Look died sud
denly IN the Long Island cars, on Monday at
ternoon- He left the Brooklyn depot IN the
34o train for his residence, near Cyprus Hill,
accompanied by his sons Upon issuing from
the tunnel III Atlantic street, he was discovered
to be dead. His death was supposed 10 have
| been caused by disease Of the heart.
1--WE VI Et DEOWFED.-IWO brothers named
bandeIt, one named Hazel another Jones. the
fifth name we unable to give all fisher
men, drowned off Barcelona, on lake Erie, a feu
days since. The bodies of three came ashore
near Dnnkirk. Barcelona is the port of West
neld Chautauque County. 4 large business is
done there in fishing.
SUDDEN DEATH N CHrGAGo-John II. Fergu-
son died very suddenly, night before last IN
Chicago The Journal saws ii is feared that
the unexpected tidings viii have a fa.al effect
upon Ms. Ferguson who has been very weak
and prostrated by severe sickness for some time
'-Hiaconsin 5th inst.
GoSr.-Capt. S. W Smith, senior editor ths
Manltowoc Tribune, has stepped out of the
ranks OF batchelorhood, and is now sharing his
bed aad board with one that was Miss Mary
a Laird, Of Napieryille, Ill. Long may they
wave.
HoRsEs.-The price of horses in this city has
deprecated nearly half since last spring. We
saw good single horse. young and sound which
cost about SIX months ago, ; 30, sold at auc-
n n9n Yesterday Tor SI5.-Bngaio Commercial
81 INST.
IS The rates Of freight to New York, via the
Central d Erie Railroads now, are soc per bbI.
Tor flour, and 45c per cwt for provisions having
been raised since the close of navigation
G"T. Com 4th inst
Deer Snow AND Com WEArHER-AtS St. P~ul
and Tor some distance this side, the snow i six
teen inches in depth, aad at Chippewa, on Tues-
day morning last, the mercury IN the thermom-
cier stood y degrees below zero.
- The loss by the late conf1agration in
Rochester \. Y, estimated at Si25, QUO
The Daily DemocrsL Office was completely burn
ed out the books however, were rescued
This Is the second lime that Office has been
burned out.
S~The Jancsvin Standard of the 23rd says:
An cid gentleman by the name of SquIrcs,
living in the town of Rock, " ho was missing on
Thursday last, was found to day III the Hayner
neighborbood frozen to death.
THE STATE PESrTEx1TARy-There are, at the
present time, five hundred and seventy-two
convcts in the Illinois State Peniteutiary at AL
ton. This is an unusually large number.
/ sS- The Capitol building at Washington cost
originally three millions of dollars. 1t is said
+ that the Improvements now making to it Will
cost seven millions moic.
! sT~ The father of Waters is troubled with
cold in It's head. Navigation has been suspen-
ded above Dubuque.
/ AN ILLINOIS WHEAT FIELD.-A correspondent
of the St. Louis Rep2tblcaa says there Is field
OF wheat between Decatur and Springfield, in
this State, containing $500 acres.
/ - man named Dennis Nolan jumped off
train of cars on the III iuois Central x. r., at
Dunlleth, on Friday evening, and slipping un-
/ der the wheels, had both his legs cut off.
/ s45 John Kelly. who resided some three
miles from Galena, troze to death while return
I ing home from that city on Tuesday night
I - The snow was about four feet deep at
I Thorold, c. W, on Saturday. rather ahead OF
our time.
/ .S Two brothers named Dc.son fought
/ duel 1t Waterloo, South Carolina, 4 few days
since, the younger WAS killed
/ Queen Victoria is about to be proclaimed
Empress of India, and the government of that
country forever taken from the East India COM
pany.
I - Resolutions have been introduced in the
Legislature Of Tennessee, requesting Hon. John
Bell to resign his seat in The United States SEN
ate.
- The debt of the new Territory Of Wash
ingron; incurred mainly il Indian wars amount
to SlC0) 900.
ACCIDENT AT JA> EsvILLE-A man named
COnncll, was seriously injured on Friday eve
ming at the Monterey Touring mills but Is like
y To recover
-. The Pioneer says that during the past
six weeks, over 100000 have been remItted
through the North Western Express Company.
.S~The loss Of the British was 1000 men in
stounng Delhi. The rebels made a stout Ie-
sistauce, tut were unable to overcome Anglo
Saxon pluck and weight.