Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-24
Clippings and Drippin2s.

Virginia Is IL 800.
- Fears of a general rebellion among
the convicts ut Sing Sing State Prison are
entertained by the authorities.
The Democrat says robheries oc-
cur every night In Lacrosse. They have
become 50 numerous it is tired of mems
t;Jning them.
The President has issued rroc a
nation designating November Both rs the
time for submitting the new Constitution
TO the voters of Texas.
The indications in Tennessee now
are that Senter will be reelected Cover
nor, and that Andrew johnson will be
chosen United States Senator
= Six or eight hundred Chinese have
been engaged to work on the branch of
tie Ohio and Mississippi railroad be-
tween Jefferson and North Vernon, In
diana.
= President Jaurez, his Cabinet Off
GERS and forty others, had narrow es~
cape from death on the 10th inst They
were taking an excursion on lake, and
the steamers boiler exploded The es>
cape of all on board was miraculous.
The deliberations Of the Chinese
Labor Convention, just adjourned at
Memphis, resulted in the organization of
the Mississippi Valley Emigration Cons
panv, with u capital stock of SI.000.000
in 500 shares, and $4,000 of the stock
was subscribed on the spot.
The Chicago Times SAYS the Iowa
Democracy have nominated Colonel Pat
Richardson, of the McGre@or Times. for
Lieutenant Governor, and unnecessarily
adds the platform on which he has been
nominated emphatical Y denounces the
Maine Liquor law.
Cholera and vomito have appeared
in the dread form of allied independent
forces, rayagin@ the ranks of both con
testants in the field, the Spaniards, being
unacclimatized. suffering more severely
The mort lily is reresentcd by the New
\ ork HeFU}3 as frigttful, sixteen per
cent. of the mon III arms on both sides
being swept away at a monthly ratio
The volunteers do nos, however, despair
Of the cause, and SPAN threatens rein~
forcemcnts when the weather becomes
more favorable. 1t Is war and pestieuce
VIII famine foi.tw? \ question for our
humanitarians.
A nc i CI!t1s INIull Democratic Nt1ie
Convention met in Harrisburg, July I4th,
and the names of the following persons
for Governor were presented: Hon Asa
Packer. Gen G. w Cass, Gen W ;.
Hancock, and Gen. William MCCan-
dlers, but the latter withdrew after the
ballot.-In the second ballot Hancock re-
ceived 10, Cass AZ, and Packer 6S result
ting in the choice of the latter Ballot
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supreme Court resulted in the nominal
ton Of Hon. &. l.. Pershing, Of Cam
bridge County
Poor Han" is a dead cock in tho
pit" Asa Packer is a " bloated bonds
holder" worth 100000 He was born
in Connecticut, and represeted a Penn
syvania District in Congress, from 1853
to 1897. OF course he cries down with
the taxes, most Justify
Rivers and creeks ali over Iowa are
reported Hood height, in some eases great
" Interfering with travel and carriage
of mails On the Nuscatine division of
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad,
there were no trains run tor four DAYS
Numerous highway and railway bridges
were carried away Railways have sulF-
cred great losses. and there has been i'm
mcnSe damage done To other pronertv-
Quite a number OF persons aud many
domestic animals have been killed bv
lightning. The crops have not been
blown down and injured by these storms
50 mach as might have been expected -
The corn on the rolling lands i looking
ma-niticcntly, but on flat lands it is of
little account. 1t is thought in some see.
tions there Will lie half crop of small
grains Barley is fair, but wheat is not
good, all re- ortS 10 the contrary notwith-
standing.
1t viii he remembered that some
weeks ago, Col. Crane, Mayor of jackson.
Miss, was killed by one Ycr1er, who had
been on trial before a Military CommiSs-
ION and application has been mad to Chief
Justice Chase of the Supreme Court, for
writ of habeas corpus and argued at
some l,ny'h ut Washington Owing T.
the importance of the questions involved
Attorney General has entered into a writ
ten stipulation with Phillips and Carlisle,
Merger counsel, for the purpose of init
atlnr proceedings bv which these cues
tons viii lie brought before the Supreme
Court. In October next, for consideration
and adjudication In the meantime. the
application 10 the Chief Justice j. sus-
pended, without prejudice 70 the petition
crS. Tho III trict Attorney in Mississippi
Is directed TO facilitate any proceeding,
necessary for tie presentation of the ease
10 the supreme Court The Attorney
General Is authorized lv the Pre~iden
+ To say that no sentence of the Military
Commission viii he carried into effect.
/ save that which may be necessary to the
I safe custody OF the prisoner. This agree
mcut met with the Appreciation of Chic
! Justice Chase.-Statc yyurHGi