Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-08-23
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he WOOL oA " A>SOE>ll lOE 100, - 49,
timated at 100000 pounds, which at 40 cents
per pound would amount to 100000. Uuless
dogs and wolves are killed OFF soon. the next
crop will be less. as many thousands of sheep
are reported to have been killed, most OF them
by dogs.
The Municipal Court of Milwaukee IS delared
unconstitutional. on the ground that the law
creating it, was no; properly published.
s2500U0 were saved to the British Govern
rnent, by message through the Atlantic Tele-
graph last year. 1t saved by countermand
ing an order for the embarkation of troops
UyooMpnomsrSG.-Judge LEIp. prominent
Democrat of Illinois. denies that he has offered
to make friends with DOUGLASS. He closes
recent letter as follows
l said nothing of Judge Douglass that l did
not know to be true, and do hot take back sin
gle word.
Then. as now.I believed him to be treacher-
Gus, truthless soulleSs man, who would sacrifice
principles aud party upon the altar Of HI am
bitlon, If he could thereby attain the Presidency.
Yours truly, CHARLES LEtB.
A CALIFORNIA letter states tina, all the recent
y pending differences between Col FREsoST
and other owners Ia his Marl-,osa estate, have
been amicably adj usted. All suits growing out
OF them have been withdrawn and the Colonel
IS about to erect new additional quartz mills
upon the river Colonel Fremoni's family and
household are encamped upon the top OF Mount
Bullion two thousand feet above Bear Valley
an about forty-fve hundred feet above tide
water. where the air is comfortable in the hot
est season
The latest news from Pixies Peak is favorable.
GREELEY was not sold JONI ". MAKER, late
City recorder of Dubuque, writes
q have not doubt but this will prove as good
gold country as ever California was. There j.
guleh in front of tent. from which | have
seen washed, with small Tom ) 400 per dav,
yielding for several days $27o TO $3.50 per
day"
A telegraph from Leavenworth announces the
=" discovery OF an Immensely rich gold diggings
on the South Platte" Only two months Of
good mining weather remain.
THE Town of Erzeroum in Turkey has been
destroyed by an Earthquake.
PEoF. PIERCE. of Harvard, in a paper read be-
fore the Scientific Convention, said that the nu-
cleus of a Comet, though small, is as heavy As
ron. Look out for collision
IL AUSTRALIA, the Chinese are organizing
passive resistance to the 6 resident Tax.
IL North Carolina the Opposition have gained
two Members of Congress. The Wings have
deliberately endorsed Mr. Gilmers utilization
with the Republicans.
a LARGE Meteor passed over New Lebanon
\. Y, few days since. and exploded with a
noise resembling an earthquake.
CHARLES Dickens is coming to this country
? Il.
ments.
Presentations J. CRlrTEyDEN, the venera-
bic, able and eloquent L. ). Senator from Ken
lucky, arrived in the city this AFTERNOON. and is
stopping at the Capital House.-Na3json .joqr-
nal.
THE Juneau Co. Arg,es, says the Cranberry
crop viii be an average one Tins year.
SEVERAL men have beeen ARE, ed in Madison
for passing counterfeit money. Look ont.
CALIFORNIA ELEcrroy-The cayass Is getting
| very lively between the political parties Brood
erick and Gwinn have entered the lists azai,-
each other. and their personalities are said 10 he
of the grossest character. Col. E. D. Baker, for
merly of Galena, Is the Republican candidate for
Congress- and Is making a splendid canvass. and
drawing audiences by the thousand We should
not be surprised at bis election
SHOCKING TRAGrBY-Tn Cincinna4I on the
10th inst. 4 man shot his wife sand then shot
himself Neither of them are yet dead, but
their recovery is very uncertain He was I'M
mediatejy arrested by the Police.
As be was lying in the Station House Doctor
Carey informed him Of he probability Of his re-
co1ery. He said, +" If live wSnt you 10 hang
me for this dannable deed-tor Shooting the
wife l loved 80 we'll
They were removed to the Hospital. where
he said thai before they came out or the house
they had taken 30 grams Of morphine divided
1t into two portions, dissolved it in water and
drank it
Blanche is young woman of beauty. and
has sweet countenauce II IS thought she Is
French.
De Marbais IS 4 young man Of short stature.
and we learn that he Is or has been IN the ne
gro mlnstrelsy business
10000 bushels of gr II we're burnt at Osweeo
on the 17th inst, worth 5 5000.
The Mil d Miss R. R. carries delegates to
the Republican State Convention at half fare
MrxNEsoTA-We rather think this new State
is coming out all right. A correspondent of the
La Crosse Y dio,,al Democrat, writing from there
says:
As for the political feeling Of the people Of
this State, it really makes me feel bad to have
to inform YOU that the National Democratic par
" Is reTy SICK, and fast sinking into the shade.
TIE PRoPosED ITALIAN CoNFEDERAcY
The more we learn of the Empelors
treaty of Villa Franco, the more odious
It becomes to those who looked for some