Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-01-30
News Of the Past Week.

House from A. II. Lee for 5000 900.
The MANSION HOUSE, St. Paul, was
destroyed by fire on the night Of the
18th instant. Loss $40, 600.
SIX MEN, were drowned recently at
St. Charles, while attempting to cross
the Missouri river in a small boat.
\ You've Man named Thomas n.
Bailey was killed by Joel Thompson or
Saturday night, at Troy, n. Y.
THERE are 10000 widows and Co.,
600 orphans in Alabama. three-fourths
OF them utterly destitute.
PASSENGERS leaving Denver. in
Colorado, now reach Des Moines. Iowa.
in four days. Until recently it was
fortnight's journey.
IT is now believed that the Con
gressional Committee on the New Or
leans Riots Will not be ready to report
until toward the end of the session.
". II. HUGuEs, a North Carolina
merchant, has been arrested for obtain
ing goods at New York under false
pretenses.
a LARGE cotton warehouse belong
ing TO Jas. NJ. DUtv, on the corner Of
Albany and Washington strects.N y.
was burned on Saturday night Loss
/ 100000.
Gown. SWAMI, Of Maryland, the
renegade Unionist, has been elected
United States Senator, hut he Will
probably have to wait some time be-
fore the Senate viii admit him to his
seat.
y DRUNKEN man named Isaac Kit
finger of Catalonia. Racine county.
fell asleep by the side Of burning log
on Friday night, and had his legs so
badly burnt that they viii have to be
amputated.
CHARLES f. KAMsTE, a farmer of
Brown county, nearly sixty wears of
age, was thrown from his sleigh re-
Gently and remained on the snow and
ice all night Both feet were frozen
and had TO be amputated above the
ankle
IT, D.,
he bafa9oo HeP"I6tc has notice
of the Baraboo tannerv established
there in 1866, and in which Mr.. Grub,
formerly of Madison, recently became
interested The nnilding covers some
four hundred and fifty square feet, ana
the leather manufactured is of very
superior quality.
THE New Tycoon Of Japan, it Is
stated, is a prince ofuncmmon inteI]i-
gence, and is in favor Of CARVING out
the treaties already made bv the ia.
Panese' Tor trade and intercourse with
d. o''5 c5EIIlzeo natIohs. ne com
.','5 o,',i era lions OF Japan with Europe
= NV y ''i'i I'"' lo" constantly lilcfeas-
my are not liheiy hereafter to be m
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LAST NIHTER on the Hudson river
a great deal Of amusement was had
with = ice-boats." which are boats tLo+
sail on the frozen surface of the river
arINen Dy the wind. 1t IS announced
mat the lce-boat Assoclatlon of Pough-
kecpsle are making arrangements for
race Of twenty miles and return. with
thelrnovel vehicles, during the present
month.
4 N,ax.,xn noner n,,+s font, Go, c..
as President, and Gen. Lee as Vice President
c5on ,c = '''e' states Tor the next 'efm'-E'-
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THE MINES or UrAu.-Govcrno
Durkee of Utah. in his recent MESSAGE
TO the Territoria1 T,acisla+rro -
that during tie past Year some nro.
gross has been made in the devclon-
ment Of the unauestionabIv GREAT
mineral wealth Of the tcrritorv As
saws and other experiments wonId
seem to demonstrate that Cotto,wooI
Rusb Valley RipoIan, Ton,-a, ,,,I
Minersyille mineral districts are odnaI
in richness to anv vet discovered nm.
on the continent The Co,-or,,o,
WISHES the Legislature to encourage
INNING enterprise, and suggests the
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