Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-01-13
TINT; INCOME TAx-A Washington dis

! HI INCOME TAx.--A washington dis
patch u, the Tribune saws:
There Il n good deal of talk among
members of the Congress about the in.
come tux, and .ome of them arc receiv-
ing letters asking If the tax must be paid
this year. The law il 30 p ain TINT il
would seem as if no one need rnise this
question. Taxes cannot he paid on this
years income, but they must he laid this
spring on last years income, and the
Revenue Bureau is now having the prop
er blanks printed 1t is not certain
what action the Ways and Means Com.
mitIee will recommend in reference to
the continuation OF the tax, but it ia not
at all likely Congress will e.enact it nc
S per cent The Democrats generally
show disposition to 20 against the
whole thing in my form bnt the proba-
billies are tina, per cent will finally
lie laid, with u change in exemptions.
CAyEs OF INSANITY The report Of
the Trustees OF the Illinois Insane Asv-
lum gives the following interesting table
showing the causes OF ins nifty among
It's inmates admitted in 1869:
Domestic Is, Religions excitement 25,
business ansieties 4, death of lriend- 9,
puerperal 7, disappointed love 8, physics
al injury 6 i'll health Al, vicious indul,
gence i6, over-exertion 8, spirltnalsm 3,
bard study 5, snnstroke 9, intemperanre
10, fright |, epilepsy 10, paralysis 5,
jealousy 2, typhoid lever 6, nostalgia a,
hereditary predsposition 5, seduction |,
inflammation Of brain | unknown l42,
total 357
Sex and civil condition of the patients
admitted since Dec l. 1868:
Males Single II, MARI ed II, widow
ed 10 Females-Single A. married 80,
widowed Is.
The EcuMENIcAL Council. The sec.
ond public congregation of the Ecumen
zeal Council commenced on the 9th. -
The Pope was present. buo there was no
PROCESSION to the hall of the Council
and no opening address was delivered
Mass was celebrated, after which each
Father delivered TO the Pope his profess
sion of faith, according to the formula
PIUs ". Though its organization is
completed, the Council cannot yet pro-
mulgate DEGREES A correspondent of
the London Times, writing from Rome,
says that the Pope will, probably, rro-
clam the dogma OF iniallbilitv by de-
cree, not admitting an appeal to the
General Council His Holiness contin.
ues in fine health.
The CuBANs are not disheartened or
disposed to give up the struggle for in
dependenc, the reports OF the Spaniards
to the contrary notwithstanding They
have begun the manufacture of powder,
and hope to be able to supply consid.
cradle rart of what they need of this in
despensable article Of war Lack OF pow
der has compelled to inactivity when
they might have struck vigorous blows
at their oppressors We wish that they
had access to some Of our arsenals and
magazines; we apprehend that the Span
inrds would find hot work at hand. - r
REGULATING REVENUE OFFICERS 1t is
said there is likely to be some rather
startling developments about ce rtain Of
Johnson's revenue officers in New York
city. Partial examinations Of the ac-
counts show that one of the Collectors
will probably prove to be over $500 900
short
WALL STREET There was eonsidera.
Bile excitement in Wall Street, Friday
by the bulls trying to create panic
in the gold market, The prime movers
were such men as August Belmont Fisk,
Gould and others, and they have invest,
ed some S25, 900, 900 or $50 900 600, and
were still buying,
GENEROUS EMPLOYER. ID. d T. Moore,
editor and proprietor of the Rardt Ne,o
Yorker, presented, on New Years Eve,
twenty Of bis employees with paid up life
insurance policies in amounts of $500,
81 600 and $1,000 respectively, asrega>
ting $4,000, at II cost to the employer of
nearly $1,000
1T is reported that there is an organ
lzaton ol congressman numbering eighty
members, whose purpose II Is to defeat
any Further appropriations Tor pubic
buildings at Washington, and to agitate
the reno al question,
The Republicans of the Main Leais-
lature nominated Lot NJ MORRILL, for
United states Senator The Democrats