Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-17
News Items.

The winter wheat crop in middle Ten-
nessee presents magnificent appearance.
Canada was on Wednesday visited by
another snow storm, which is described
as being the most evere Of the season.
SECRETARY Cox has decided to re-
tain VIM L. Otto as Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, at the request of General
Grant.
SENATOR ANTHONY is to be elected
President pro tenn of the Senate, to pre-
side in the absence of Mr.. Colfax He
is from Rhode Island.
GEN. SHERMAN has stated to appli-
canss for appointment in the army, that
no more nominations would be made un~
der any circumstances for the present
THE appointment of Minister to Eng
land lies between Horace Greeley and Mr.
Motley, the historian President Grant
is in favor of Greeley
UNITED STATES 500 bends are again on
the advance in London, owing, probably
to the appointment of Governor Boutwell,
as Secretary of the Treasury
ALL the French residents of the region
about Montreal, Canada, are immigrating
to the United States, some of them leav>
ing with out disposing of their lands
Advices from St. Thomas, via Havana,
state the renewal of the efforts to sell the
island to the United States causes intense
disgust among the inhabitants.
A boa constructor in Singapore has
swallowed a young lady who had on a
diamond necklace valued at $4,000, and
the natives are now hunting for the snake.
The annual State Election in Connect
lieut., for Governor, members of the Legis
lature and membres of the present Con-
gress, will take place on the fifth of
April.
Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, is read
out of the Republican party. The Spe-
cial Committee recommend that he be in
vited not to attend any more Republican
eaucuses.
Fire lucky White Pine spectators re-
Gently arrived in San Francisco each
with 100000 to his credit in the bank.
All the these fortunes were made by sell
ing out. not by mining
KILLED by AN AVALANCHE PoRr
LEVI, March l1-An avalanche of snow
fell from the cliffs on house containing
fifteen persons, four of whom were
crushed to death
The Decatur Magnet says a Mr. Bon>
dill was found on Sunday morning lying
near a hay stack, about two and half
miles from that city, frozen to death A
bottle of whisky found in his possession
AID INTERIM THOMAS is retired, and
shut off from making any more grave-
yard inspections. The Inspectorship was
a mere sinecure provided by johnson to
reward his dull tool.
OFFICE HUNTERS still overrun the
National Capital Secretary Boutwell, of
the Treasury seems to be the most vio>
lently assaulted by these gorrillas, owing
no doubt, to the fact that he sits nearest
the Golfers
Adyices from Japan state the French
Minister has been received by the Aiika-
do, Yeddo and Negata have been opened
to foreigners The former city will here
after be thee permanent capital of the
Japenese Empire.
WELLS, FARGO & Co. have been award
ed damages to the extent of 100000,
against Otto Burstenbinder, for damages
sustained by an explosion of nitro-g lyce-
rine, shipped by the latter on the for
mer's express company.
DURING the month of February 4,453
immigrants arrived in New York, of
whom one fourth went to the Western
States, rather more than one>half to the
Central States, and the rest were scat
tered along the Eastern and Southern
States, Canada and other foreign cou-
tries
L. SEXTON, of Milwaukee. President
of the Northwestern Life Insurance Com
pany, and Vice President of the Milwau-
kee National Bank was stricken with par-
alysis, while in the act OF leaving the
dining room of his residence, on Friday
last. He lies in a critical condition,
and his recovery is considered doubtful
Mr.. Sexton is an old citizen, and one OF
leading merchants IN the State