Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-12-20

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cember.
Mss Lucy STONE. Esq, and Col. Antoinette
Brown in England lecturing.
JupGE TERRY has been indicted in San Fran
cisco for killing Senator Broderick.
InvIsG's Life of Washington is having
much larger sale than any of his previous
works.
SENATOR SUMNER received an offer Of 800 10
10 lecture one night before one of the New York
Lyceums.
Col. FREMoxrs title to the Mariposa property
and mines has been confirmed by the sup
RENE Court
Mr. RARrr. the American horse-tamer. was
operating at Liverpool with great at
last accounts.
GARIBALpI SAYS that he resigned his post III
the army in consequence of underhand machi-
nations.
A vessel recently arrived in England from
Scbassopo. with a cargo of two hundred and
thirty seven tons of human bones 10 be ground
up for manure. They are regiments of soldiers
in reduced form.
SOME of the Old Fogies Holding Union
Meetings in the Northern cities. The South 1.
suggested as much the better place for such
meetings. The only danger would be that the
Speakers might smell tar and feathers.
HENRY JuArERTz has had his second trial for
murder in Chicago, and been acquitted The
Press aud Tribune says that :" Murder in Chca-
90 is elevated to safe, if not an honorable
crime"
The Rev. DR. Cahill, the distinguished Cath
Ollie clergyman who recently arrived in thi.
country from Ireland has declined offer of
$4,000 for the delivery of his lectures in vari-
Gus cities in the South.
We wonder If lac is afraid of being lynched.
The statistics of the oyster Inspector of Vir-
GINA shows that about twenty .million bushels
of the bi-valvcs taken from The Virginia
waters the past year.
The Hon. Thomas Corwin, twenty mine years
ago on the 9th inst. took his seat in the House
of Representatives a member from the same
District now represented by him There is not
member of the House with him who was
there when he ii rst took his seat. Ia less than
generation there has been an entire change
with single exception.
A Mr.. Peters sends roll of butter TO The
Ironton, o., Register stating that ii made
from The milk Of calf nine months old. Tie
calf has nerer had a cat. but has run wife others
that have sLcked her until the owner found it
necessary TO milk her regularly.
Ir is said that Virginia intends to make APP
plication to Congress to liqudate The expenses
Of the late Harpers Ferry affair. This Will be
a lew phase of the slave qusstiou-auother at
tempt at naturalization OF slavery.
LAST spring, mad dog went through Coun-
ci Hill and bit a large number of cattle. Sumo
fourteen head soon after died And we learn
that since then every little while one and an
other lave died I'D Lat u..ly fa- d-ye
ago, all, is supposed. from the bite of the same
dog.
Ms. Woop wife of Fernando Wood Mayor
elect of the city of New York, lied in TINT city
on Friday morning last.
ELEVEN demo cratic papers in iowa, have sus-
pended since the election in that State in Octo-
Der, and about the same number In Wisconsin
THE Washington papers are anticipating the
gayeSt session which has ever been seen in
WashinGton.: Fan the members of Congress-
who lave families aie expected to bring them
and continued series of brilliant fetes, and
entertainments will be the result.
WE extract the following sentence from a
sensation story in a recent number of tile Wa |
verify Magazine And this exceedingly beau |
tiful and highly accomplished young lady was
actually dying for want Of little fresh heir
THE La Crosse Union says, that all the Steam |
Saw Mills At North La Crosse have been closed /
for the winter and the people are going to hunt |
muskrats.
Tue Central Wisconsin learns that Mr.. HcIn- !
doe does not intend to put in more than one ,
fourth of the lumber this season than he usually |
does.
Ir has always been a charge against the Re- (
public ans that they feed agitation" II
tbi. be so, their e" feed" can't cost much, for the
enemy keep. them fully supplied.
THE Washington correspondent of that old
and reliable journal, the y. Y. Courier and En- /
q,sirer, notes 1t as significant fact that the /
Democratic side of the House has applause
for Union sentiments, but whenever expression /
is given to a determination to dissolve the Tn
ion if a Republican President is elected. CT the /
South is further encroached upon, there is n
great clappng of hands
An Albany paper says it IS estimated by /
those best informed in such matters, that there
Was never before an election in New York In
which much money was spent as IN that OF
Tuesday. II is supposed that not less than
Sl2000o was used by the two parties of Mozat
and Tamnany Hall
The New York Independent of the 18th says
i, is now admitted, that large portion of the
imported goods for the season to be carried
over. The importers have not only confessed
~ suffered heavy loss, but have larse I'M
saleable stock on hand This has occasioned
the large reduction in prices throughout the