Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-10
Prince Arthur arrived IN New York


/ Eighteen Generals and large number OF
other officers have joined. General Koz.
lay has been elected Commander Appli-
cations have been made to open fourteen
camps in the State.
The remains of George Peabody were
conveyed from the British ship Monarch
to the City Hail. at Portland, Me-, on the
goth uls., with suitable public honors, and
the streets were crowded, although the
weather was uniavorable.
+. A. Stevens, an ex-gauger, has been
arrested in New York for making alleged
fraudulent certificates. He was bailed in
$4,000.
The Connecticut Democratic State Com
mittee has designated the Ed of February
as the day of meeting of the State Con-
veAtion.
Early on the morning of the 31st ult.,
a kerosense lamp exploded in the house of
Nicholas Bliss, at Buffalo, N. Y, setting
fire to the furniture in the bedroom occu-
pied by that family, consisting of Bliss,
his wife and two children. All were
burned in a dreadful manner. One child
died Immediately after the flames were
extinguished The other was in very
critical condition. Bliss and his wife
would probably recover, but they will be
very much disfgured.
Arrangements are making for holding a
National Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa,
early in March, for the purpose of secur-
ing an amendment of the Federal Consti-
tuition recognizing God and the Holy
Scriptures.
The final rites at Portland, Me-, in
honor of George Peabody, took place on
the 1st, after which, with appropriate
ceremonies, the remains were escorted to
the cars, which left at ! o'clock for the
town of Peabody, Mass, where they ar
rived in the evening, and were deposited
in the library room of the Peabody Insti-
tute The principal buildings, particu-
larly the institute, were festooned with
Grape.
Funeral services over the late Gen. Jo-
seph A, Mower took place al New London,
Conn, on the LIST.
Seventy.six new cases of new cpl
demic, the relapsing fever, were reported
to the New York Board of Health on the
31st ult. No death from the disease had
been up to that time reported.
The New Jersey Assembly, on the 1st,
rejected the Fifteenth Amendment, by a
vote of 80 to ~.
The Vermont State Female Suffrage
Convention was held in Montpelier on
the I'd, and was largely attended. The
meeting is said to be the commencement
of lively canvass designed to be carried
on in the State prior to the election Of
delegates to the Constitutional Conven
ton, to be held in My.
The West.
The Iowa House passed bill on the
9th, striking the word "white" from the
code relating to qualifications for prac'
ticing law. The joint resolution ratifying
the Fifteenth Amendment was adopted
by both branches of the Legislature.
An expedition left Fort Shaw on the
18th, against certain tribes of Indians
who had been stealing and numbering
and it is reported that on the 23d it sur
prised camp of thirty lodges and killed
all but six or eight.
The expedition of Col. Eugene Baker
against certain troublesome bands of In
dams in Montana has proved complete
success. There were 173 Indians killed
A lodges burned, winter supplies destroy
ed, and 300 horses captured and the Fed
eral loss is reported at only one killed
and one injured by falling from his horse
The passenger train which left Omaha
for California on the 9th ult, ran off the
track two miles west of Aspen Station
Six cars were thrown from the track. Two
passengers, named M. O'Sullivan, former
ly an Alderman of Chicago, and Angus,
Buchler, of New York, were killed. SIEVE
raj were injured.
Two hundred and ninety-three chests o.
tea were shipped overland from Calitor-
mia during the week ending January 30
and the officers of the Union Pacific road
have advices that one thousand chests
more are to follow.
a dispatch, signed by Hol22e Cooke
was sent from Chicago on the 31st ult., tc
his wife in New York city, saying: 81
have left for parts unknown. You will
never see me again"
On the first of January there were 1904
conyicts in the Illinois Penitentiary at
Joliet, SAG of whom were received during
the year. Gov. Palmer issued 10S par