Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-01-12

AT HOME.

The Nebraska state Legislature met
at Lincoln, Thursday, and will be the
most exciting session since its organlza-
ton.
EIGHT valuable horses and ten stages,
and other property, were burned at
Sissons stables, at Stockton, Callfor-
MIA, on the 3D.
MCKAY, the leader of the mail rob-
bers of Central Utah, has been recap
tured. One thousand dollars reward
had been offered by the Government.
CHAs. H. SwEErsER, founder and for
mery editor of the Round Table and
the Evening Mail, of New York, died of
consumption at Pilatka, Florida, on
Sunday.
THE Philadelphia fair in aid of the
German sick and wounded soldiers
Melted S25, 600. The fair in aid OF the
French netted about $4,000.
THE Legislature of Nevada organ
lied Tuesday. The House has twenty
three Democrats, twenty-one Republi-
cans and two Independents. Robert
T.. Lowry, Democrat, was chosen Speak
err Gov. Bradley was sworn in.
THE Maine legislature convened on
Wednesday, The Senate organized by
the choice of Charles Buffum, Repub-
lican, as President. S. w. Lane was
elected Secretary. The House organ
lied by the choice of f. b. Smith as
Speaker, and S. j. Chadbourne was
elected Clerk.
REV Mr. Dunn, Rector of st. Paul's
Church at Oakland California, was
beaten ON Montgomery street, San
Francisco, by Thomas Fem, young
married man, who charges Dunn with |
publishing scandalous articles in the
press concerning his wife. Both were
arrested charged with fighting.
CHARLES S. MILLS, of Michigan, Clerk
to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
was found dead Wednesday morning |
in the water-closet of the Capitol. He |
had left his boarding house short
time previously, and apparently in
good health. The cause of his death
was appoplexy. Deceased was about
60 years OF age.
Born houses of the Illinois Legisla-
ture convened on the 4th. J. 2 Root,
Of Cook, was elected temporary Chair
man of the House, and Jas. X. Maggie,
of Fulton, temporary Cle1k. In the
Senate Z. r. Griggs, of the Rockford
Register, was elected Secretary with q
corps of assistants. Gen. j. B. Tur
chin, Postmaster, and the other nomi
nee of the Republican caucus.
A MEETING of the Catholics of Nash
vile, Bishop Fehan presiding, adopted
resolutions denouncing Victor Emanuel
for despoiling the Pope, and calling
upon the Holy Father to reassemble
the Council of the Vatican ut the Vati
can. An address to the Pope was
adopted declaring that at his call mil
lions will rush to his standard, and pro-
claiming that a retinue would be pro-
vided for the Bishop of Nashville that
would insure his safety in attending the
council
THE President on the 4th vetoed
House bill No. 1896, entitled "An act
tor the relief of Charles Cooper Gas
Hannigan and John Hannigan, for the
following reasons: The act directs the
discontinuance of the act now pending
in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Ohio for the
enforcement of bond executed in the
United States, whereas, in fact, no such
suit is pending in the United States
Court, but in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Northern District
Of Ohio.
THE following are statistics of bust
ness in St Louis for the year 1870: Re
ceipts of wheat and flour reduced to
wheat 1900, 1913 bus, previous year
II, 25l, GA bus. receipts of corn 4, 1O5,-
436 bus, previous year 2,393,9l5 bus;
receipts OF oats 4, ola, $40 bus, previous
year 3,461, Oh bus. The product of
the iron furnaces has increased from
10000 to II, 500 tons. The transactions
of the clearing houses were STA, $685.,
ass, being an increase of thirty-two per
cent. over the previous year. The tax
able real estate of st. Louis is S217,-
355, 6l9; personal property, S5,777, TO,
on which S5,0l7, 432 taxes were col !
lected. There was also 81, f43, l25 IN
ternal revenue tax collected. The col |
lections at the custom house from all |
sources during the year were 5000 |
STA.
ABROAD.
FIELD MARSHAL MoERING of Austria .
is dead
THE Sultan and Khedive OF Egypt |
have again quarreled.
MULrrruDEs of people attended, the
funeral of Gen. Prim, at Madrid.
The opinion prevails in Berlin Court