Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30


of St. Paul, Mimi, doing great damage
to property
The CaBiNEr.-The first full Cabinet
meeting held in seven weeks took place
at Washington Tuesday, and lasted sew.
eral hours. 1t is stated that no conclu~
sions were reached on any of the impor-
tant matters before it
CorToN, Corn AND FRUIr-The month.
ly report of the Agricultural Bureau
states that unless the season is very ia,
vorable the corn crop will be reduced by
l5O,OOO,OOO bushels; the cotton and fruit
crops, however, are larger
-KEnrUcKY had in bond on the LIST. of
August last, 7,429,54l wine gallons of
whiskey, which proves it to be the lar
eest whiskey manufacturing State in the
Union. Pennsylvania comes next,
The Iowa Methodist Episcopal Con.
ference decides in favor of lay delegation
by a vote of eighty>two for to eight
against The Micbiga Conference has
done likewise by one hundred and twen-
ty.five to twenty.four.
"A six year old was asked by his
teacher to write composition on the
subject of water, and the following is the
production; "Water is good to drink, to
swim in, to skate on when frozen. When
! was a little baby, the nurse used to
battle me every morning in water.
have been told that the Indians don't
wash themselves but once in tell years
| wish was an lnjunl
A ISLANDER REFUrEn. The Washing>
ton Republican contains positive denial,
made at the Presidents request, of the
story that a member of the firm of Jay
Cooke d Co. called on him On Friday,
and begged him to order Secretary Bout,
well to sell gold, and that he acceded
to the demand. The story was started
by New York evening paper.
Counterfeit $40 bills on the Nation
al Bank of Commerce, are reported to
be plenty at St Paul, Minnesota. 1t is
believed that nearly 81 900 have been
passed on the business men of that city.
They are very well executed, and MS
some of them may find their way to this
locality, it will be we'll to notice 20s.
-ADvIcEs, through the Cuban block
ade, received at Washington, on Friday,
are of a very discouraging character t.
the revoutionists They say that two
Cuban Generals have been assassinated,
which compelled Cespedes TO take CON.
mand of the army Serious trouble
was apprehended with the American
element in the Cuban army. They say
that the assassination of General Mar
ring has caused want of confidence
in the Cubans The New York Lemn>
Junta is blamed is blamed in Cuba b,
Americans, who have gone there under
its auspices and promises.
So severe have been the rains in
Minnesota that large part of the whe'
crop must be retained on the farms al
winter The roads are in an impossible
condition, and it will be impossible to
move the wheat before the ground closes,
The return of the President and thu
Heads of Departments has had the effect
Of drawinga large crowd of politicians
an d ofce.seekers to ashington.-
Among the prominent men already there
are Senators 'ameron, Drake and Saw
yer; Representatives Clark of kans
Potter, of New York; Hopkins, of Wiz
consin; Cessna, OF PennsS lsania; In
gprsoll, of Illinois; Bowen, of South
Carolina, and Cavanaugh, of Montana;
Gen Gorham, Secretary OF the Senate,
and Col. Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms OF
the House
SPECIE SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITED
SrA1Es Specie to the amount of Sl39,
600 has been withdrawn from the Bank
Of England for New York Large ANTS
have also been drawn from the Bank oil
France for the SINE dcs ination. The
tanner China, which sailed on the 25tt,
from London, took out 1 "a, 900 in spe>
Gle. Que firm had u quarter of mills
ion pounds OF specie sent to New York
during the past week.
Tie Minneapolis Tribune says the
complaint is general all over the State
that he potatoes are rotting bat'y
A cal! has been made in Minnesota
for a Temperance Convention to nomi-
nate State officers, without the slightest
shadow of their election
--REv PETER CARTWRIGHT, having
been presiding elder III the Methodist
Church for fifty years, q jubilee was
held at Lincoln, Illinois. by the Metho-
dists, Friday, to con emoratc it at v b ch
large donations were made fol t 10 bcne-
fit of the aged minister, whose name is
household word all over the land,
"A Washington dispatch says "Tbe
destruction of the Hamilton party in
Texas by the Administration issteadly
going forward since the return of the
President; he has received letter from
Gen Reynolds to the effect that in his
belief, the election of Hamilton would
destroy the Republican party in Texas
and throw obstacles in the way of the