Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-12-27
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IN Lawrenre, Kansas. corn is worth from IS
to 90 cents per bushel and pork is worth $500
per hundred, which makes the corn in a hogs
skin. worth twice as much as 1t is in bag.
IL Adsma County, Iowa, most every body
breaches. There are two lawyers there. three
doctors, and about three hundred and fifty land
agents, that being the number Of voters.
NAroLEos's Court at Compegne amuses itself
with parlor theatricals, i'll which the Empress is
very charming. only she has chronic difficulty,
with the letter.
THE young woman to whom General Tom
Thumb has pledged his heart and hand is just
for,y Two inches in height.
IT . rumored that Mrs. Burdell- Cunningham
is about to be married to gentlemen of New
York and that the bridal outfit is nearly COM
pleted.
AoconDISc TO the Assessors returnes of 1859,
it appears that there are l03 7l2 slaves in Mis-
souri,, which are valued on the tax schedule
at little over S59,OoO,Ooo Last year number
of slaves returned was l0l ,S62.
A MAMMOTH CAvE.-The caving in of Stephen
a. Douglas.
THE Tribune newspaper, New York, is valued
at 100000. Its profits this year viii foot up
100000. The Herald stands in the same ate
CORY and the Times next
L. E Johnson. landlord of the Prairie Hotel,
was drowned at Prairie dur Chen on the night
of the Goth. lie was ina sleigh with others,
when it went through an air hole in the ice of
the Mississippi.
THE Prairie du Chen Courier of the 22nd
says despatch received there says the new ice
boat has reached Chicago, and will soon be at
Pra;re du CHEN.
A DISPATCH from Washington states that Nj.
Conway, Congressman elect from Kansas had
arrived there Official copy of the Kansas Wyau-
dotte Constitution, and will ask for the imme-
date admission of the Territory into the Union
THE Scientific american announces a machine
for picking geese, the result of number of
years labor, and one of the most ingenious piece
of mechanism ever seen. 1t not only plucks
the feathers, but separates the long ones from
the short ones while passing through the ma
chine. 1t will pick forty-five geese per hour
A sensible writer adyices those who would
srjoy good eating, to keep good natured for
says he, "an angry man canttell whether he
is eating boiled cabbage or stewed umbrellas"
The New York Fire department has per
manent fund of S87,25O, the interest on which
Is devoted TO needy rnenbc.s and their farniI-
les
Hay is selling at Toronto at $50 per ton. and
IS sp'rlngly offered and OF a poor quality at that
Straw Is worth $50 per ton and is also scarce
Gov. M@gofin says in his message that Ken
lucky loses annually more than 100000 by
slaves escaping.
CINcrySATr, Dee. 20.--A despatch TO the Com
n'treid!, says that the Hon. Linn Boyd died at
his residence in Kentucky, day before yester-
day.
ASouTHRES gentleman in Washington, whose
letter appears in the Charleston Mercury. ap-
pears to be pleased with the excitement which
Mason Clark have introduced into Congress
He says: The session has opened bravely These
resolutions Will Keep mp tie ezeiteme,t at every qa,
tey"
a WRITER in the Richmond Enquirer proposes
to dissolve the Union, and then Solica Louis Ma
pofe0 to ASSUME protccorate ofHe Sottren halfof-
u! The dis5raceful proposition is fair illus
tration OF the patriotism of the flunkies who re-
ally desire dissolution of the Union
The Washington correspondent of the Chica-
go Journal says a strong and he thinks sue
cessful, effort will be made to have the Nation
al Republican Convention held at St. Louis.
The New York Times says at is rumored
that Mrs. Burdel Cunningham is about to be
married to gentleman of this city, and thai
the bridal outfit is nealry completed"
How To SAVE TIE US1oS-The question a
mong patriots-honest minded, linking, re-
sponslble men there-will be Is there any
mode on Gods earth by which the Union can
be preserved That will be the questions
there any mode left by which the Union can be
preserved Sir, there will be no restless or
heated spirits there to bring out dissolution.
Senator Mason of Virginia.
Nothing in the world is easier than the soiu-
tion of this question AS nobody is talking of
dissolving the Union but your own party, all
you have TO do Is to stop such useless gable,
and submit it to the decision of the majority,
lawfully declared. like law abiding citizens
and the Union viii stand till doomsday
tinaorc Patriot.
THE Hannibal (Mo) papers state that the
identical horse John Brown rode at the battle.
of Ossawatomie was sold in the streets of ST. Jo-
seph, AT auction, and that Col. Somuel Of Rails
county, was the purchaser
EIRGINAs MODE OF GETTING AHEAD OF THE