Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-04-27
NEWS ITEMS.


20 Lane and Robinson. it is thought, viii
ted into the Union. Henry ]. Adams will pro-
baby be the first Free State Governor.
20 The Chicago Tribune estimates as the
effects of the late revival in that city, that from
one thousand to twelve hundred souls VIII be
added to the forty evangelical churches therein.
- Tie papers talking of new develop
asents in the case of the murder of DIR. Burdell,
fixing suspicion anew on Mrs Cunningham as
the perpetrator of the deed. Astounding reve-
latIous are promised shortly.
~ Some 3475 letters containing money re-
main il the n Y. City postofiice, addressed to
swindling enterprises of various kinds which
have been broken up by the police, and the
perpetrators fed.
- The earnings ofthe Great Western Rail-
way through Canada, for the week ending April
9TH of this year. show a total of 81 ,5996l less
than for the corresponding period OF last year.
scnl-annual dividend equal 10 81 per cent
per annum, has just been declared
~ The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says both Houses have agreed
upon the 18th ofJune rs the day of adjournment
siT.e die This is one good effect of the salary
system, "a, compared with the former system of
payment.
70 The Nebraska correspondent of the ST.
Louis Democrat writes that Gov. Cdmings' i'll
ness was protracted several months, and that no
disease is assigned as the of his death
L" but it is an undenirble tact that he died Of
rot gut whiskey' and RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS Norway has population of about a mil
lion and quarter. The inhabitants are nomi-
nally Protestant. There is not a Roman Cath
Ollie church or priest in the whole land. Neither
a jew Jesuite is allowed by the Constitu-
ton to set foot on the soil.
~ The Chicago police arc on the q,a pive to
unrayel the mystery Of murdered woman,
shipped from that city to New York in a
barrel.
Is Rev. Dudley \. Tying, of Philadelphia,
was so badly injured few days since, by get
ting his hand caught IN corn-shcller, that his
life paid the sacrifice.
s83- We learn IRON the Albany Journal that
the Canal Commissioners have decided to open
the New York canals on the 20th inst, except
ing the CAamplain canal, which will be OPT ned
the 20th inst.
IS Great damage has been done by the
high water in the Mississippi and Arkansas
rivers, from the mouth of White river TO the
Louisiana line. AT the last accounts, whole cot
ion plantations were under water.
s3- Frigh,ful consequences are likely to en-
sue along the lower Mississippi, which is now
h rhar ,,Iaca. han known bafnra
By the accession of combined floods COM
ing from the upper rivers, the Mississippi is
rising from St. Paul down.
sE- The millers, and flour and grain merch-
ants of Albany have demonstrated against the
proposed reduction by the Canal Board in the
rate of tolls upon flour, and not corresponding
wheat. by which they claim that
Western mIllers obtain am advantage over them |
OF at least eight cents on barrel of -four
- Thomas r. Whitney. formerly mem
Der of Congress from New York, died last week.
70 1t Is stated, on good authority, that the
circulation of the Atlantic Monthly has reached
10000
s8 Fillibuster Walker is quietly A." reposing
on his laurels" at Mobile, attracting the atten-
tion of nobody.
IS The Weland canal is open, and vessels
are passing freely The propeller Jefferson ar
rived at Oswego, New York, on the 9th, from
Cleveland.
Is Bridgeport, the home of Hon. ". D.
Bishop one of the Lecompton represeiltaiv ives
from Connecticut, gave him one hundred and
TWEEN y-liye majority for Congress last fall. At
the recent election it gave 2l8 majority against
his party
c Senator Sumner, whose convalescence
has of late been so decided as to leave his friends
IN no doubt Of his speedy and complete restora-
ton, IS now, we are panied to hear, suffering
severely from return of symptoms which it
was hoped had forever passed away He was
in the Senate on Tuesday long enough 10 vote
Ola the Kansas issue, but was unable 10 remain
more than a few minutes
50 1t is denied that the recent Kansas Con- /
stItution allows to negroes he right of suffrage
Suffrage IS extended to every male citizen of
the United States over twenty-one wears of age.
but the decisions of the Courts which DENY re-
groes as citizens, shuts Their out of the benefits
of the provision unless the authorities of Kansas
prefer to rule otherwise
FmE-NARRow ESCAPE FROM CoxFLAcs.
FioN-About L p. N. on Sunday last. flames
were discovered bursting from one of the attic
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