Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-31
Ci1ppirgs and Drip,ngs.


match aking mothers.
"a New York wom;, has named her
babe Brick PomcroF
Father McNifon, the Fenian, In
prisoned, since 200, has been liberated
b. tie C'anadiarauthorities.
Only tw Massachusetts dai!ies are
in favor of the Prohibition law = the
Boston ysfrel}er and the New Bedford
Mercury
Jeccnt heavy and continued rains
have seriously damaged the crops in
!ox. Oar advices for two or three days
"a from that section are yery discour~
sing.
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany have a great project in view the
construction of a tunnel under the Detroit
River, SO as to make unbroken railway
connection between Chicago and Boston
= The recent announcement Of the
marriage of Miss Minnie Warren ana
Commodore Mutt was premature Miss
Warren Is now Mt hoeIe with her parents
at Niddleboro, Mass, and has not told
the day of the union.
= Pullman palace car ''Wasatoaa."
with through passengers, made the trip
from Sacramento. to New York city in
six days and a half European passengers
will make the trip in sixteen days from
San Francisco with but one change
- It is announced that George VIII
liam Curtis, present editor Of Harper 5
H'cehiy, viii shortly succeed to the eds
torship of the New York Times made
vacant by the death Of Mr.. Iiaymnnd.
- The Detroit Post thinks that our
naval vessels, if we wonid have them in>
spire terror should receive such names
as Cholera, Yellow Fever, Nitro-Glyce>
rine, Susan b. Anthony, Anna Dickiz-
. son, &c.
The suicide mania continues Al
most every newspaper we take up chron-
lc!eS one 0r more cases. W. have never
known a time when murders and suicides
have been 50 frequent in this country as
during the past few months.
= Canada does not do we'll in the inn
migration business. Daring the month
Of June last the total number arriving at
Toronto Canada, was 7,09l. OF this
number only IA remained in Canada,
while 6,3l4 came to the United States
The sale OF lager beer in Boston has
been generally resumed, the State con
stabulary having evidently received in
strUctions to he less rigid about It Gro-
shops are closely watched. ami seizures
oil liquors are made daily.
An attempt is making in bourbon
county, kentucky, to raise a fund for the
purchase OF home for jefferson Davis
in that, his native, State A gentleman
# Louisville has offered, if 500 GOO shall
BE subscribed to the fund, to give
splendid building site for hoa>e, with
ten acres attached, within four miles of
Louisville.
= So violent is the opposition in the
Third District OF Georgia to the assess
mcnt of the United States internal reve-
rue, that no man can be found who will
accept the A>sessorship The Govern-
ment viii probably have to send troops to
that rebel district to secure the enforce
ment of the revenue laws.
Within eight years there have been
built in San Francisco twenty>cielt new
Protestant houses of worship, as follows :
Baptist, ( Congregational, g. Episco>
y
also, one Mariners, one Lutheran, and
one y 3w Jurusalem.
- The London Times states that Gen.
Prim and other Spanish statesmen are CON
WINGED that the separation Of Caba from
the mother country is only Il question of
time. The Times advises Spain TO sell
the Island TO the United States and re-
gard herself fortunate that she has, at
present, anything left to SELL
-Ofthe lase Virginia election the Rich
mend Uhig SAYS from In day forward
it may be confidently asserted, the white
and coiored people OF Virginia ill, in the
main, act together The blood line which
has been attempted to he drawn has left
but faint traces that viii soon disappear,
and in future political parties VIII in all
probability be formed, without reference
to race or color
We learn that al Beloit Y Wednesday
night. Deputy Sheriff johnson and Con
stable HawIey, of that place, arrested
stranger, on suspicion. He submitted
very quietly at first, and they thought
there would be no trouble with him, and
were taking him through the street 10
coniine BIN IN the Caluboose until morn
Ing whcn he drew a revolver and fired
on them, shooting Johnson through the
shoulder, and then shooting Hawley
twice, inhicting severe wounds in the alb
domen, which, it Is feared, VIII prove
fatal. Johnson fred several times at the
man, but he ran away, and is now at large.
The Freeport Ba7ietia says: The
Forest City Base Ball Club of Rockford,
having beaten number of country ann
eteur clubs, began to think themselves
inviRcible, and with true knight.y cour-
age they threw down the gauntlet to any
club vino should dare to accept it. The
challenge was very cheerfully accepted
/ by the Red Stocking Club Of Cincin-
natsi, who came to Rockford and PLAYED
! the Forest City on Saturday last The
result was that Rockford got badly dis
/ figured in the contest The score stood
+ 81 to l3-the Is belonging TO Rockford
The Forest City chaps have gone into
thirty days sackcloth.'