Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-14
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ming match at Louisville, on the 4tb. me
President Grant had a very cordial =.
ception in Connecticut, upon his reca ~,
visit there.
Eight thousand one hundred and f,,.-
two Cinnamon have arrived in San Fran@
cisco since the 1st of January
"A soldiers monument was unveiled n
Greencastle, Ind, on the %. II vaa
erected by the citizens Of Putnam Conntr
The Canadian government has ords,
ed the release of the Feniau General NJ
Namara, there not being sufficient evidence
to warrant his detention.
The new school.board in Cinoinnot;
has a majority i'll favor OF reading the Biba
in schools, and the officers thereof are all
Bible men.
George Thomas, formerly connected
with the Evening Argus and Sunday Atlas
of Philadelphia, was suffocated to death
Monday evening by piece of meat stick.
ing IN his throat.
The death of Ex-Brig Gen ]. G. Han.
blen, and E1-Mayor Brush, of Brooklyn. is
announced.
Two brothers named George and John
Wonderful, were drowned at Chester. Pa
Wednesday.
Monday morning the lace and kid
glove store OF Grow q Yogel, PHILADELPHIA
was robbed of goods to the amount Of
$4,000.
"A man named Fritz, working in a sand
! MI al Nau IA "
the 4th, by a large piece of dirt caving in
on him.
"A son of Richard Hughes, aged tbir.
teen years, residing at Racine, Wis. was
fatally injured on the 4th, by the accident
al discharge Of pistol which he was load.
ing.
"A project is on foot for construc ING
short line of road from Dayton to CinCin.
natl. The Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern and New York Central companies
are principally interested in it,
The Touring and plaster mills of
Johns, Brough Il Bostwick, in Corning, y,
Y, were entirely destroyed by fire on the
4th. Loss to the company, $1,000; ipsur.
ance, SAC, 600,
In the trot on Fashion Course, New
York, on the 4th Lady Tborne beat Geo,
Palmer, Geo. Wilkes, Lucy and American
Girl Time, 2:23!, 2;23, 2;24l.
--Thos. E. Burdick, school teacher in
townsville. n. T., was shot on Tuesday
morning by Chas. Eackef and died soon
afterwards. Eacker was Immediately ar
tested. 1t was most cold-blooded murder
Policeman James Murphy, Of Balti.
more, was beaten to death on The Atm by
some rowdies, some of whom he had ar.
rested,
Two heavy failures are reported in
Liverpool Oneis in the cotton business
and has liabilities to the amount of ESQ.,.
600. The other is prominent Inda
shipping and produce trader; liabilities
heavy,
"A fire in New York, on Wednesday
destroyed the building 1873 William street
ownedby Jones q Williams, and occupied
by William Denny, Davis q Kent, Jacob
Rome and others Loss $4,000; partially
insured
A serious ARRAY occurred on the 5h OF
Weason, fifty miles west of Jackson, Miss
between blacks and whites, caused by the
abuse of waiter-boy bya negro. Theme.
oroes fred on the whites, wounding two
| The fire was returned and three negroes
killed.
Jerome B. Johnson, prominent Dem.
ocratic politician, was killed on the 4th, by
! the breaking down OF bridge near Hlgri.
son, O. He was hauling 6 sawlog, and was
on the bridge when it gave way, the log
falling on him and killing him almost in
stantly.
The National Hotel stables and Woods
aud Walbridges livery stables on Fltzhugh
street, Rochester, New York, were discoy-
cred on fire Tuesday a. II. The Union
building and Elevator aud Barry's Block
we're damaged Loss $4,000, insured
S45, 600.
The Union Elevator, in Oswego, owled
by I. T. Darlington, Fielding Rondel and
D. G. Fort, was buried by fire Monday
night The elevator contained about
10000 bushels of grain, mostly choice
Canada wheat. The building was valued
At SO 600; insured for S42, 900. The grain
was valued at S57, 900; fully insured
The democrats in Congress and else.
where are making preparations TO start
party newspaper in Washington the first Of
September large amount Of capital las
been contributed. James c. Hervey, e1'
Minister to Portugal, is reported to be one
of the editors
"A correspondent Of the independence
Beige, at Rome, says the proceedings o.
the Ecumenical Council are dictated by
Father Becus, general Of the Jesuiis
known as BLACK Pope" He adds that the
Jesnits, apprehending the expulsion o.
their order from Germany, postponed TIE
execution OF more ambitious objects "
safer times.
The three banks in Denver shipped u
the month OF June Sl27, 00O in gold GulAol
The business Of the United States bFaneL
Min; for the fiscal year ending June -
1870, was Sos. 576 FOG, an increase 81 flo''
537 205 over 1869. The United s,atss
and-ofdce il the month OF June stid l4oo3
acres OF land. The business Of the secohu
quarter ending June 80, was 4s3. so acres