Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-18

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such an array Of witnesses in atHndahce
at first. No indictments have as Yet
been presented, and it is feared the whole
investigation may prove a farce.'
The Rochester, N y, theatre was burn
cd to the ground on the 9th.
Rear Admiral Charles Stewart died at
Bordentown, N. j., on the 9th. He was
90 years Of age, and had served seventy
one years, having entered the navy as a
Lieutenant on the 9th of March, 1893.
A special dispatch to the N. Y. Herald
from the City of Mexico, pia Havana,
states that the great exposure and change
Of air have caused Mr.. Seward to fall i'll,
and, consequently, he is not expected to
reach the capital until the latter part of
November
At the N. Y Tribune Office on the Sth
the Democratic majority in the State was
estimated at 10,500
II. Gaylord, Treasurer of the Avondale
Relief Fund, acknowledges the receipt of
$Sl 1880 up to November 6, Of which
$40, 1880 had been paid to the widows
and orphans, and the balance invested
Capt. Higgins, of the privateer Cuba,
says he was forced to put into Whining
ION, on account of the poor coal furnished
him, and claims that the Cuba was legiti.
mate man-oi-war
The New York Times Of the Sth says
"The fund started for the widow of Gen
Rawlins falls far short of the $4,000 pro.
posed to be raised and the subscriptions
have almost ceased" II says; at viii
be little credit to the Western States if the
example early shown by the merchants
of New York is not quickly followed"
The resignation of Gen Butteriield has
been accepted and Charles j Folger, of
New York, appointed to the vacancy,
The officers of the privateer Hornet
have been brought to Brooklyn in charge
of United States Marshal Foote, of North
Carolina, and turned over to Marshal Dal-
ton, who held them in $4,000 each to an.
swcr before the United States Circuit
Court.
The vote in New Hampshire on the
State Constabulary act was very light, and
resulted in the defeat of the measure by a
heavy majority.
The number of the Cuban Junta in
New York has been increased from five to
seven. Miguel Albania, one of the
wealthiest of the Cubans in that city, has
been elected President.
The venerable Major General John Il.
Wool, of the United States Army, died at
Troy, N. Y, on the morning of the 10th.
The bronze statue of Com. Vanderbilt
was unveiled in New York city on the
10th, in the presence of a large crowd.
An adjourned meeting Of the General
Assemblies of the Old and New School
Presbyterian Churches, which met in New
York last May convened in Pittsburgh
on the 10th
The funeral of Admiral Stewart at
Philadelphia, on the 10th, was an impos-
ing display The procession was a mile
long. Business was almost entirely suS-
pended
Josiah Littlepike, who murdered
Thomas Brown and wife, two aged per
sons, at Hampton Mills, n. H., in May,
1868, was hanged at Concord on the 9th.
He had made full confession,
The New York Times of the 10th says:
Commissioner Delano has resolved that
the income returns of last year shall have
a thorough overhauling. To this end
officers have been detailed to do special
duty, and are now at work in all the lead
Ing cities of the country