Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-04-14
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est railroad stock in the country.
GEE a man named Samuel Wolfson was gar
roted the other night in public street in Gin
cInnatl, and robbed Of So $50
Us Mrs, General Gaines has commenced an
other suit in the United States Circuit Court.
at New Orleans, for the square bounded bv
roydras Circus. Berdido and Philippe streets.
MEMBER or CONGRESS DEAD.-We learn that
Ion Saml Brenton, NJ. G. elect fromon of the
Northern Indiana Districts, is dead We have
no particulars. Chicago Tribune
NAVIGATION oPEy.-Thc ice has pretty much
All disappeared from the Wisconsin and Fox
Rivers ana the Canal. The first raft from the
PIncries, passed this city yesterdav.-Badocr
Stat, -4pra Sd
MRS FLAGG SAFE-Mrs. Mary Flagg and
daughter, OF Racine who it was feared were lost
on the occasion of the recent Canada r. R. dis
aster. nave arrived all safe at the home Of their
relatives In Vermont.
10 1t is expected that the line of railroad
connecting 81. Louis with Cincinnati will he
completed by the 5th inst. The two cities are
the event.
~ Hon. Samuel Brenton, member of Con-
Sress from Indiana, died at his residence In
Fort ayne. on Sunday evening, from the dis
ease he had contracted at the National Hotel.
IN Washington.
50 The State of Maine can now boas, own
ing fleet of merchant vessels valued al $50
oUuuUo, and greater than the commercial ma
rine OF any European power, Great Britain alone
excep ed
aSS 1t IS a remarkable fact that eper, one of
the men appointed to office in California bv
Mr. Buchanan, IL Southern man--not n single
man from free State. though more than half
OF the population OF California is from the free
States.
Is The D1nviie Democrat states that ono
day last week there was manufactured at the
Montour Rolling Mill the enormous quantity
OF upward OF 10 tuns of railroad iron-the lar
g"5t amount ever manufactured III one day at
any establishment OF the kind ia tie Uuited
States.
c8 In Connecticut. it appears. one of the
Republican candidates for congress Mr Wood
run, has been defeated. This was effected ny
me iactiou7 manoeverings OF the Fillmore Know
Mornings. who, In order 10 defeat Woodruff cast
their influence in favor of the Border Ruffiau
party.
sE- The following Registers of Land Offices
have been appointed ior Minnesota :-Chas. G. .
Wagner, nj Saltwater; Samuel Plurer At Far .
Ibauli, and Geo &. Ciettlrall al Oiibowav Mil /
ION Abbott appointed Securcr of Public Moneys
at Saltwater Min
IS The bills OF the Prairie State Bank IL
n is are now taken at par by the bankers p,
Chicago II Is SAID that the iustitution IS now
IN the hands Of good and responsible. men vvh,
WI hereafter keep the money at r;.r. We hone I
so.
- Rhode Island. like New Hampshire. has I
proved herself faithful TO the sacred cause of T
itePublicanIsm which size espoused last fall /
She has elected a Republican Governor and +
other State ofice.s-a Republican Legislature
by goodly maiority-aad y. b. Durfge and (
VIM. ID. Brayton, botn Republicans, are elected
10 Congress by large majoritjes.
EDUcAriyG THE WE5r-The society 70 provide /
female teachers tor the West Of which ex-Gov I
oi;tGe o. \ ernont : tie head, reports that 80
teachers nave been sent cut 81 these lsO have
returned, nearly al Il them afrer Teaching two
years; one hundred and lorty-six have married /
u have died, q mem after marriage.
RENARKABLE FREsE2rArtoy.-The body Of & /
Mrs. Iompkinss # Kentucky, was exhumed .
t-7r days since. alter having been bured seven
teen years, and was found TO be in 2 stale of per
feet pIcserva}Ion, the features natural and the I
hair Is flexible rs Ia life. She was buried in q .
zinc cct5u filled with alcohol, and the coffin /
packed in charcoal
FGoM THE NoRru-TcE STILL rIRM-We saw
4 private letter yesterday, 10 NJ. IL. Ludurtou .
OF THIS city, u.tcd Little Bay de Nu0Uef, March (
2Sth which stated that the ice thc.eiIbouis was /
several fec; thick and very firm, aud that there I
was no probability OF navigation opening much
before the lSt OF May 1t is not likely that the !
Straits OF Maclnaw viii open much sooner than /
the Bay.-if!. Se,t.ne!.
y SPLENDID GRIT WILL BEsTowEb-Ex- Gov .
e-uor Fgrwell has donated the "MusaUm" prop
erty large and rae collection cf natural curl I
oSIties. to the Stale University. II viii now be {
cared for and preserved. a. an ornament and in (
iere'tIHg feature q that INSTRUMENTATION .
Democrat
F,Rzs N CpEEx Co-Thc Monroe Sentinel, Of 7
the lst instant, states thai the steam mills /
Of F. L. Kent, il the town OF CaGiz. aud Hill d !
Sylvester, IN the town OF Sylvester. wee Ge- !
>troycd By fire last week Mr.. Keat's loss Is /
5000 and that of Hill ii Sylvester S2,OO0- /
Insurance. It is not known how the fires /
originated.
4 FATAL VIcTouY-The Charleston Mercury, I
speaking OF the results of the late Supreme
Court decioi"u on the South, SAYS " The vIcto- T
~ have may indeed be glorious-morr
glorious because Of the disaster Of tie engage
menl. But it Is victory more fatal perhaps
than defeat, the forerunuer Of complete subjec-
ton.
GIN. CAss TO RE OUsTED.- A Washington cor
respondent of the New York Tribune writes
The concerted laudation of Robert J. Walk
ers appointment Is designed to operate on the
public mind rs preparatory TO his promotion to
he Department of State V ich is contemplated
j. any reasonable success attends his efforts IN
Kansas, Gen Cass IS doomed in any way.
The SPECULATION ~ MouxT Y kRxoa-The
crms on which John 4. Washington offers to
sell Mount Neraon are the following: ist He
viii sell only 200 acres OF the estate any way.
ID. lie asks 100000, cash down, for that piece.
acre (inc'ufj"o Wa,hinSton's tomb) and having
it used as burial place forever, for him and his
heirs
A FAIR HIT.-The Buffalo Commercial has
the following in regard to the late marriage OF
Miss Boxer 10 her fathers coachman
Mr. John Dean, coachman in New York
has driven his team over the family Of a Mr
Boxer. wine merchant, who resides in the Fifth
Avenue. All the members of the family were
injured except a daughter of Mr.. Boxer, who
was saved by the presence of mind of Mr.
Dean. No JkG'ne IS attached to tie driyer.
MUNICIPAL Observation-Disclosures st. Louis it
appears that Cincinnati, Toledo and Columbus,
the three LARGEST cities in Ohio elected the cam
didates Of the party of Freedom, at their city
elections Monday. In Cleveland, by forcing
upon the Republican party certain unpopular
side issues the Democrats succeeded in eiec-
ting their Mayor.-thscdgo JournGk
rS- Frederick P. Stanton, Gov. Walkers Sec
i..lfT