Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-03-02
NEWS ITEMS.

in that county, for injuries received on the Mad /
River Railroad.
70 John Hancock. Esq, nephew. of Governor
Hancock of Revolutionary memory, completed
his 04th year on the 22d inst, when the Han
cock House" saw one of those hearty old fash
Toned times for which it has been heretofore
famous. Mr. Hanc ,ck wears his years well, and
walks about every day.
- The Jefferson Coaiiy Circuit Court a,
its Ia,esittine rendered 8. yerdjct OF Sl,775 dam
ages IN favor Ru..ki4 against Willard, il suit
IS Tie New York E5e,,igg Post says there
IS an increasing disposition 10 invest in real
tate, and this description of property Is once
more looking up, aud daily becoming more &C
tive
Ex- Gov. BEBB AcQuTrEp.-The trial of En-
Governor Bebb, for mauslaughter, commenced
at Rockford, H., on Thursday last, and the
ease was given to the jury Monday afternoon
who, after retiring for short time, return ed
verdict of not guilty.
IS Senator Douglas has entered into CO.
partnership with sugar planter at Baton
Rouge, La, and the slaves from his Mississippi
plantation, recently sold, are to be transferred
to that place.
% There arc fitty-siS manufacturers of to-
bacco in Richmond, Va. whose united capital
amounts TO four or five millions of dollars.
- r. ere are ii has tjale Gao gorkmen in
tl.a Philadelphia Nav larc, about 200 of " nom
u.e laborcrs
cEs The House Committee on Territories have
prepared bill to organize new territory out
Of that part of Utah lying west OF Salt Lake to
be called Carson Territory. -.
- The Democrats of the New York Legis-
lature, in caucus adopted unanimously resolu
ton asking Congress to admit Kansas under
the Lecompton Constitution.
$50 counter felt bills on the Edgar Coun-
ty Bank Ill. have recently been passed upon
St Louis merchants We understand that there
are numerous similar bills in circulation, and
The public, therefore, should keep their eyes
oTen.
- Mr.. VIM. Miles, the young fireman who
was shot by student of Yale College is dead.
4 legal investigation is going OH, but the testi
mony is suppressed for the prese It. The whole
affair creates much feeling, yet general out
break is now apprehended.
! IS" Mr. Wocott. the contumacious witness
before Congress, is now in Jail in the District
of Columbia. v hich is represented, TO be eX-
/ ceedingly filthy and uncomfortable place He
proposes to get out writ of hlbocS corpus to test
the legality Of his confinement.
20 The General Assembly of kentucky has
incorporated The Mosonic Publication Soce-
ty" We presume this is Company of which
Robert Morris, an eminent Masonic Editor, is
connected, which Is re-publishing Library of
/ fifty valuable works, of standard Masonic
\ character, which have been destroy ed-Eree
4 Democrat.
! eE- Senator Bayard has announced his in
/ teution of opposing the admission of the Min
nesota Senators to a seat, on the ground that
+ having been chosen before the State adj
mitted into the Union, that election Is void
There is weight in the objection, unless it Is ad-
mitted that Minnesota is in the Union without
any further action of Congress.-Ffee Dan.
IS The Vicar Apostolic of Hindoostan has
written a letter to Archbishop Hughes, of New
+ York, setting forth the lamentable condition of
/ the Roman Catholcs in India. Their losses
since the beginning of the rebellion have been
immense ard Hey now appeal TO the church
e!-ew!esc FIR rid il -ht5r rrcabIc..
@ A5 Ne.i.-aa.eia. Conn a dav or two
age, Pr. ut z ears clinibed-the lightning rod
OF the Congregational Church spire, one hun
dred and fifty feet high His first ascent was
witnessed only by a younger brother. To sat
isfy the mcredulous the voungster repeated his
( experiment several times, and finally attached
a streamer to the letter Won the compass points.
- At Lady Napier's late ball at Washing
Ton, tie wife Of the Count &c Sartiges wore di-
almonds TO tle amount Of several thousand dol
ars. IL lace robe worn by Mrs Matthews Of
Alabama, cost three thousand dollars Mrs.
Gwil.n. If California also wore robe Of Hon
iton lac, valued with Its decorations, at two
thousand five hundred dollars The dress
worn by Lady Napier cost nearly the same
~ Mr.. Sedywick, of New Y orlz, has recetIy
completed, at a cost of $4,000, a beautiful res
ijcuce on ~Gallows Hin" Lcnox Mss.
- The Buffalo Commercial says that the
Nc". "~s t.g.rs i-: .,-j Contrary have no
.ll-.- 81. 1,a lorI. aid 4.rie Company ;ha, if
viii issue fee passes after the first OF the COM
ing month.
- physician in New York, who recently
conducted the post norton examination IN
case Of iufanticide, reported that he was una
Die to discover whether the child was alive or
not AT the time Of lis death That was probably
the same doctor who Advertised as having re
moved from the place where he NOE resides