Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-01-26

Comment e''e''s
= \ lcholas Puoell o'Gormaa. one of the
great Ca'hoiie leaders of Ireland, died on the ID
ult., in his soth year.
~sa iae Chicago Democrat say. there are an
Unusual number of cases of ty phoid fever in that
city.
as Freemen Hunt, Esq, editor of the Ifer
eha'i.s' Magazine is very dangerously III at his
residence in Brooklyn. Y Hi. secoyerv i
considered to be quite doubtful
IS The vote Of the Senate on the confrn,a-
ton of sedgwick, John McKeon 5 successor was
! - IN favor to 90 against. A light squeeze and
not very complimentary to the appointing power.
-S Il Is thought that Charles Fenno Hof-
Z man. the poet, who hes for some time been =,
inmate q the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
\ Insane, will be fully restored to reason at no
distant day
tS- Deputy Sheriff Wogan, in New York
I City, got into : dispute with couple of vo,,c,
men on the evening of the 9TH of January in =
uanee house and shot them both dead H. was
arrested
70 The N \. correspondent of the Boston
Jo''r7aa! expresses the opinion that Mrs i2un-
nInghan1 viii never be brought TO trial for tbs
offence with which she is charged. He a,tio;-
pafes 'toate pro,eqa viii be entered in he
case.
IS 1t IL stated that the highest speed ever
made on the ocean was by the clipper sh,p E7,-
i'l9 Cloud on the voyage to CalifornIa-i6fl mile.
IN twentyfour hours-nipeteeu and on.-.xt1
miles per hour
- The Allegan Mich Journal saws three
indians were found murdered in that county
last week-two in Pine Plains and ono in
Cheshire They We're shot No clue 70 the
murders has yet been found
81 Arehdeacon Jeffrys. missionary in the
last Indies, states that for one really convert
ed christian, the fruit of the missionary labor
the drinking p acticcs Of the English have made
fuIiy one thousand drunkards in India"
GY Nr. Fuller. the Delegate" from the now
Territory of Daeotah. has reached Wasbinf,,or
a--d will shortly present his credentials as del
egaie from said Territory, but of course carno,
take seat IN Congress until tie Territory i,
organized.
sS Two elderly maiden ladies by tie NJ. ne
Of Beard, who have lived as If in state Of .,reat
if lot AFFECT, poverty, recently died in South
Gardner, Mass within few DAYS of each otbcr,
and since their dccease it has been ascertafned
that they were IN possession of over five thoQs-
and dollar. worth of property
IS The San Francisco Herald had ! very re-.
naarkable article expressing its expectations ofa
Mormon war:
FROM the Mormon war great advantages will
be rope. Cd BY the people of this State. irwin
- Lrfs mob
Treasury 10 5GbdUe tie Marmons If Brigham
+ Young should gain the most trifing succe,s
over the troops sent out against him in the Gem
+ nencenent, ten years war at least Is before
/ sE- The Beaver Dam Citizen. by Mr. Culla-
tion j. now published daily. It IS neat, five
+ column paper, and has 4 very sprightly appear
ance We hope the people Of Beaver Dam will
give it liberal support.
+ ~" The frame dwelling house of MIR Childs.
and 81 log house OF NJ. Warner, adjoining. about
four miles south of Mansion, in Adams county,
were destroyed By fire on the 3rd inst. Loss
about 500. No Insurance.
/ PsarErUAL MoTIox-The New York Jourray
Of Commerce announces that, after years Of labor.
0 Heudrickson Of New Jersey has succeeded
Ia making machine " that will go" He has
attached :, 10 4 click the motive power.
81 u. Papineau, one Of the leaders Of the
* Patriot War" ofls31, in Canada, has been ell
ecfed TO the Provincial Parliament over the
Ninisterial candidate.
sE- Vice President Breckenridge sides with
Douglas in the Kansas dispute.
sg- The we'll knowu Vim Lyon Mckenzie
has been reelected to the Canadian Parliament
.E- The London Money Market continues TO
grow easier, and there is every prospect Of
further reduction in the Bank rates
sS- The kenosha Tribune says that W.P.
Wattles, of the early settler of that county,
died on the 18th inst
- Thos. Lewis, of Heart Prairie, was ter
nbIy kicked and cut up by vicious horse, at
Whitewater, few days since. He will rroba-
bly, recover, after some time.
sS- Hoffman and Burns, the makers and ven
ders of horse meat sausages at Philadelphia,
have been tried convicted, and sentenced to
! eighteen months Imprisonment.
AZ Governor Randall read his own message
10 the Legislature.
E Bayard Taylor viii pass the winter in
Greece, and the following Summer in Russia.
returning to the United States next fall
- There were sixty Postmasters, delegates
in the 8th of January democratic convention.
held at indianapolis, Indiana, which endorsed
the Administration.
sE- DR.. Brandreth, the pill man. who recent
ly purchased a ruby for $3.50, a, the sale of
snuggled jewelry by the United States Marsh
al, in New York. has been offered Sl,7O0 for the
same, IS II proses TO be an Oriental ruby of the
first water.
The EAST INDIA DEMAND FOR SILVER During
the present year. EII0G4,507 in specie has