Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-01-25
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70 In consequence of the detention OF Dr
BARNARD at Hartford. by unavoidable duties bis
inauguration as Chancellor of the University of
Wisconsin, which was understood to be due To-
DAY. viii be deferred until the first week in Feb-
ruary. The Board of Regents viii be IN session
today and make some definite order as TO the
time, of which due notice viii be giyeR.-t Mad
isoa Patriot
FIEE-TLe house of " m B. HAYES, az Aliens
Grove, took fire on Sunday last, and before the
flames were extinghuished. the binding was
entirely consumed II vas insured in the Ma
tual Fire Insurance company of this city. The
loss was promptly adjust and paid. as We believe
all loses sustained by this company viii always
be.-C ya7sesuiRe Ga=ette
TIE NEw NcRK AND ERrE RArLEoAD.-The
annual report of the Erie Railroad Directors has
been published. The gross revenues of the year
were S5,l50,6l6. The total expenses including
taxes, amounted to 1871 457. making the net
earnings Sl360.l56. The total Indebtedness
of the company is S39 ,086.
e~- Judgment has gone against Gen LANE
in bis case before the Land Office in Kansas,
the heirs of Col. JENKINS obtaining title to the
\
/ JENKINS had their shooting match last summer
/ - The Rev. TuEoDoRE PARKER has been
compelled by Ill health, 70 resign hir charge in
4 Boston temporarily, and viii leave for the West
Indies His congregation supply his place and
continue his salary
sE portion of comb, bearing the name of
7 GEORGE WAsHIsGToS, has been found at Valley
Forge, and it is supposed to be one lost by him
during the Revolutionary War.
/ sw The electric cable has beon successfully
laid down between the Isle of Syria, in the
I Greek Archipelago. aud the Phalera harbor. al
the Pir;eus The point Of departure is at the
tomb of Thenistocles.
.N- The U. S. Senator electnd by the Della
ware Legislature last week to succeed Mr..
Bates, is Willard Salisbury, of Sussex. He,
like his predecessor, is Democrat.
- The Harrison Flag, published at Marshal,
Texas, has the name of WILLARD FILLMORE for
President in 1860, at the head Of its colums.
~ The mills of the Gorham (Me.) Powder
/ Works, with eighty kegs of powder, blew UP on
Saturday night, the 18th, killing one man.
/ ~ The Portsmouth (Va.) Literary Hall was
burned on Sunday morning, the 10th, causing
/ loss of 81 900. The Ocean House was destroyed
to the amount of 3, 500.
/ ~ The ice continues good for teams, loaded
/ or otherwise Conside rable water was rnnnirg
( upon it yesterday, but it is drying up somewhat
to-day 1t viii take considerable warm
ther to impair its safety.-Dma!eith Adg., 20tt.
sE~ a little girl, the daughter of the proprl-
etor of the American House, Dubuque, wa. Bit
ten by mad dog Tuesday morning.
a brother Of policeman Swivel was also Bit
ten by mad dc, on Wednesday evening. The
Herald goes in for q knocking every of these
mongrel concerns around town, on the head"
~ Dr.. W. W. BEACH has been mulcted
in the sum of $4,000, by Chicago jury, for
NAL practice. $4,000 was claimed
cY- A Central National Club has been or
ganized at Washington, the object of which IS
to present Jouy u. Boris Is the opposition
candidate for the Presidency.
~ GEy. QurraAx attributed the cause of
his decline, up to the last moments of his life,
to poison administered to him in the shape Of
arsenic while a resident of the National Hotel,
Washington. He said that it was mixed with
the sugar.
s5g- A thousand divorce cases are pending
in the several counties of Indiana. We should
hate to live in Hoosierdom. The whole State
presents the appearance of house cleaning day
in private family.
" The Racine Il Mississippi Railroad IS
now completed to within fourteen miles of Free
port. Another feeder Of the Illinois Central.
ss- fearful epidemic has broken out among
swiu-fed hogs at Willstone, near kariton. N J
Upwards of 90 die daily. 4 sharp look out IS
ordered to tie kept by tho police for diseased
pork.
~ The Eau Claire Free Press thinks the
lumbermen of Wisconsin will find ready sale for
their lumber this year, at improved fgures-that
the demand viii more than equal the supply
tg- The Shebeygan Journal is suspended
until its proprietor can effect settlement of all
rs outstanding accounts. 1t awaits Michears
trump.
aY- Quite number Of the citizens of Geneva
Walworth county, the Elkorn Independent says,
are getting the Pixies Peak gold fever.
DEArH OF JuDsox HUrcurNsox-Jupsos J
I HUTCHINSON one Of the brothers Of the Hurcn-
Iysox family died at Lynn Mass on Tuesday
last, jan. Il,
- II. J.. ARxoLp, Of Elkhorn. has received
patent for his new car for railroads
/ One Of Wisconsin's Mineral Resources.
The Prairie Dr. C1t,on Loafer has an encourage