Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-02-17
Editorial GleaEIugS.

waukee.
An enterprising individual has intro
dueed veloeipede to the people of Mon
roe. Last week he had it on exhibition
+ N hall. charging for admission same
Is to any other show, but had such a
small house that he did not pay expen-
scs
NHALE,,, the murderer of Hon. u Arcey
T.! Mctiee. in Canada was executed at ota>
F wa, Canada, on the llth INST. He show
+ ed great dignity OF character and moral
/ courage under the last trying scenes
1 The following words composed his scat
/ fold speech:
81 beg pardon for any ofense | may
have committed. | forgive all parties
( who have injured me, and ask iorgive>
ness from any one | may have injured.
( God sa Ireland, aud God save my soul
STATE War CLAIMS The SEN
ate Military Committee have reported
/ toyorably upon Senator Morton bill, re-
funding to States the interest and dis
count on bonds issued by them for war
purposes and the Senator expects to find
time to pass it this session.
Tbs Salt Lake Daily Repo rter speaks
Of Brigham Ioungs funeral discourse
over the body of the body of the lecturer,
! Miss Augusta ST Claire, as an Outrage
On leceucy' 1t was verv strong doe
( trinal serm. n, with much self-gIor flea
ton, and an attack upon religious oppo-
! nents.
! ANY information of the whereabouts
( Of y. W, Carr, will be gratefully received
/ by Sarah 4. French. All communica-
tons should be addressed to Baraboo,
| Sank Co, Wis.
GENERAL PRIM's Christmas esent
from q certain royalist was q magnificent
box, with silver key attached Being
opened by his vile during grand recep
ton, it was found to contain miniature
! gallows with an efigy of the General, re-
markably we'll executed, pendant.
BURGLARS at Madison broke into a
book store and, gas having been shut
| off found themselves without n light to
! prosecute their nefarious work. and, as
substitute, used fve-dollar greenbacks,
found in the money drawer They used
about thirty dollars in that way
4 THIEF broke into the treasurer's Of
fee of Calumet county, on Wednesday
last, and took 81. 700 therefrom. No clue
to the robbers has been obtained.
An OUTRAGE - While services
were being held in the Jewish synagogue
on Christy street, New York, on Satur-
| day, on the occasion of consecrating one
e the holy books of the law, two heavy
stones were thrown in a window, one of
tn EN- striking n gentleman, and the other
| norrowly missed the head Of little girl
The Indians have again made their APP
| pearance on the south side of the Platte,
near Fort Mcpherson; and two compa-
MES of troops were sent west from Oma>
ha. on the night of the 10th inst, i'll an
ticipation Of serious disturbance, as
their appearance in that neighborhood is
in violation Of the treaty, and indicates
mischief
SHANGHAI CHANDLER has taken to
the stage again. He is to appear on the
stage the same evening that Andy disap-
pears in the character of Captain Fair
{ !, - 0F
and also as Box in Box and Cox"
CALIFORNIA has beer visited with a
great rain storm and damaging flood,
aud by a heavy snow storm in the noun
tains.
i NV ORLEANS dispatch makes
the appalling announcement that the
steamer Nellie Stevens was destroyed by
fire in Caddo Lake, Red River, La, on
Thursday night, and GO lives we're lost
Furty-three sur ,ivors were rescued
Hon. CAiEB CUSHING, who was
cent BIZ our Government as special
agent 10 Central America TO negotiate a
treaty with the Panama authorities for
the construction of ship canal across
the lsthmus of Darien, has been success
full The ratification of our Government
only Is necessary to insure the early com.
mencement of this important work
Dir. NUDD, one of the Lincoln as
saSsination conspirators, sentenced to the
Dry Tortugus, has been pardoned by
President j Crimson. 1t is believed that
be viii also pardon Arnold and Spang-
Ter, the only remaining participators in
that crime now imprisoned
THE Joint Congressional Committee
appointed to formerly notify Genera
Grant OF his election as President of the
United States, performed that duty on
Monday Tho President elect in his re-
ply indicated that his policy would be
one Of rigid puplic economy; but he did
not, as was anticipated announce the
! members Of his cabinet stating that he
: had determined to inform no one, no
: even the persons selected for cabinet po'
sitions, until after his Inauguration.
AsFtTES N THE SoUTH. -General;
, Baxter aud Babcock, of General Grant
staff have returned from their tour of in
spection through the southern States
Aiter visiting every military post, they
: assert that the worst state of affairs ex-