Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-21
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A'uDuQue anu IaclHC n. IL.
sY The Monroe Sentinel says that boy
named Glass; residing in the town of Jefferson.
was accidantly shot in his right arm, Wednes-
day of last week.
sE Peaches, says the Boston Ccsricr, are
going 10 be short crop in New England this
season.
- The rust has made its appearance in the
wheat fields of Southern Georgia far earlier than
last year.
cB A w. Delaney il about establishing a
paper at Chippewa Fall. to be called the Wis
consin Pioneer
GEN. TwIGss.-The San Antonio Texan SAYS
that Cen Twiggs is still very sick. but it is be-
lieved that his disease is assuming more fovor
able character
CHEAP LtvISG.--The Rev Henry Wood, now
in China, writes to the New Hampshire Patriot
that a laboring maa in the interior of China Car
i've comfortably on food costing one cent per
day.
sF- Thomas w. Lilly. of Olney. H.. who
KEEP, 81 900 in his bureau drawer. and foolishly
boastcd OF his wealth. robbed of all his
treasure on Sunday night.
.B The unsettled condition of affairs in
Europe does not check the travel thither. The
two steamers that left New York on Saturday
took out $50 passengers.
~ A box containing a lot of wooden -soled
Shoes which are supposed to date back to the
time of VIM. Penn. were exhumed in Philadel
phia. on Monday last.
A HuMsuc-The n Y Tri6u,,es Washin gton
correspondent says:
The HeTalds story of tho loss of one million
annually by counterfeited and rewashed postage
stamps. is unfounded. There is no such infor-
nation received here"
~ The Congregational Association of Mich
igan, now in session at Detroit have repud,ated
the American Tract Society at New York, aud
endorsed the Cincinnati and Boston Societies.
~ Some of the leaders of the Democratic
Party in Missouri are proposing w. H. Butfing-
ton for Governor and John s. Dryden for Lieu
tenant.
.T- David Logan. who has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans of Oregon. is
a of Judge Logan. of pring6eld. Illinois.
sB There was report current in New York
city on the Goth inst. that the n Y. & Erie r
R. Co. had suspended paym,nt.
IF Key West. Florida has beet destroyed
by fire 50 s1ys report from Baltimore. the
Intelligence having been bfougAt there by i
T. S. surveying schooner.
! rs The Bakers are on a successful tour thro'
the State of Illinois
| sT Miss Effie Carstang had awarded 70 her
| by The Court of St. Louis the full damage claim
| ed, 100000, against one Mr. Shaw for breach
of promise of marriage. If Mr.. Shaw should
| make pair of breaches OF that kind it would
| ruin him.
| sY The first term of the Circuit Court ever
held in Lancaster. Grant County, was held in
the fall of Is37, Judge Dunn presiding.
! ~ The W ashington Constitution in an elab-
crate leader. repudiates most empbatically. the
recent &" Southern Commercial Convention
| - The proprietors of the Beloit Journal are
| talking of establishing a daily paper in that
/ place
sE 1t is understood in Washington that
Jerez, the Ncaraguan minister. has received
| intelligence of Walkers nedtated foray upon
| Central America, and that the English and
French admirals on the coast had instructions
To seize them and his followers either ashore o
afioat.
sB- The New York Journal of Commerce
| says: Mr.. Daniel +. Sickles appeared on
Broadway on Monday, in promenade hours ant
! took the fashionable and crowded side Of the
street untlnchngly."
YouxG BCnGLEns.-Two little girls, one Il
and the other years old. arrested ant
sent 10 jail in Kenosha last week. for stealing
goods from the house of NJ. Pomsroy. of tha
city.
~ The New York Herald says that reccn
Investigations into the affairs of the post Office
lead to the belief that the government loses no
less than one million of dollars annually for tn
counterfriiiug of stamps and rewashing of thos
once used.
sE- The late frost effected greater damage
in Ohio than here. The winter wheat WAS jus
developing its kernels, in the milk, an,
where the frost was severe, it was nearly des
troyed by it.
Ham DaiEssAcH.-This distinguished Z" Lilo
, Tanner left Potos, his home a few davs age
to join his old rnenagerie, and expects to max
with it summer tour through the Norther
States. The Company is travelling /
! Virginia
IN few d1vs the bridge across til
, Mississippi at ST. Paul will be Completed whe
I the citizens of ST. Paul propose a celebration.
; - An effort is making to unite the mo
influential merchants of ST. Paul against recciv
ing Minnesota currency, ba,ed on State bond
issued to railroad eompan les.
J ~ There is a talk ot nominating Geo.
>, PRENTICE for Congress in the district represen
D ed by Humphrey Marshall the latter gentlma
having declined re nomination in advance.
SParyG WEEar-THs HEssIAx FIr.--An il
i telligent farmer living near Hazel Green inform
: us tha, the Hessian Fly has made its appearan,