Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Miscellaneous.

THE new ocean steamer Oceanic, of
the White Star Line, is second in size
to the Great Eastern.
THE peach, apricot, and cherry trees
in the orchards around Alton were in
bloom this spring fully one month EARL
er than last year.
THE failure of the Commonwealth
Fire Insurance Company, of New York,
is announced. It's assets are $3.50, 900,
and liabilities 1854, 500.
No fat men are to be taken by Cap
tain Hall in his Arctic expedition, they
being less capable than lean ones Of
standing the intense cold.
THE Legislature of Michigan has ap-
propriated $4,000 for a temporary
building for the use of the State off,
GERS, and $4,000 for the erection of
new State capitol.
The West.
PUBLIC temperance meetings viii
hereafter be held every Sabbath after
noon in Farwell Hall, Chicago.
THE White Stockings, of Chicago, de-
feated the Lone Stars, of New Orleans,
in a game of base ball at the latter city,
on the Goth, by score of nine to six.
IT is stated that the impeachment tri-
al of Gov. Butler, of Nebraska, viii
result in his conviction. The vote, it
is said, will stand nine for conviction
and four for acquittal.
A JURY in the circuit court at Wheat
ON, Illinois, two or three days ago, rem
dered verdict against the Chicago
City Railway Company and one of it's
conductors for $12, 900, in favor of Jas.
r. Henry, who was elected from one
of the company's cars by the conductor,
On the Goth of December, 1869, under
circumstances which, it is alleged, Sc
riously injured his health.
The East.
THE New York Canal Board has or
lected this season.
Six stores and the post Office at Sing
Sing, N. Y, were destroyed by fire on
the 2Sth Loss $4,000.
THE loss by fire in Philadelphia last
year amounted to 1888, 07S, while the
insurance did not exceed SIS, 6S0,9S5
ADvIoEs from Upper Androscoggin
and it's tributaries, in Maine, report the
snow three feet in depth and the wealth
er excellent for timbering purposes.
A PHOTOGRAPHER in Waterbury,
Conn, is selling pictures of the burn
ing High School in that city, taken at
midnight while the flames were at their
highest.
A LIVE elephant now takes part in
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New York but it isn't the first elephant
the Fisk management have had on
their hands i'll that place.
WALT WHITMAN writes that ne can
hardly doubt his death after reading
the obituaries in New York papers, but
as he has not yet been officially inform
ed of his demise, he prefers for the
time to consider himself alive.
The South.
THERE was a heavy frost in Virginia
on the 2Sth, which, it is feared, has
destroyed the fruit crop.
CROCODILE custard is said to be
favorite beverage of New Orleans ne
groes. 1t is composed of st. Croix
rum, sweet oil, and peppermint
Crime.
HANRArrY, on trial for the murder of
policeman Hansen, in Chicago, has
been acquitted.
The wife of Mervin R. Brewer, a gen
tleman well-known in the political and
commercial circles of New York, com
mitted suicide on the 25th, by taking
poison.
THE body of a young woman was
found in Fox river, three miles below
Aurora, ILL.,, on the 25th. 1t showed
several cuts with knife, had a cloth
tied over the face, and was enshrouded
with fine chemisette.
A NEW and dangerous fifty cent coun
terfeit of the last ISIS lie of postal cur
rency has been produ I'd. The ink and
color of the paper 6 les it the exact
appearance of the genuine after it has
been wet, or worn considerably.
AT Black Foot, Montana, a miner
named John Martell shot and killed
the Chinam"G. Al Sin. The difficulty
was abC"' alter in a ditch. The
Chine Ia Il Martell into town, firing
at lA hlrty or forty times without
effect
TIE Vigilantes of Virginia City at an
early hour Saturday morning took from
jail a gambler named Arthur Perkins,
who had shot one William Smith in
cold blood, some twenty days previous,
and hung him in an unoccup pied house.
The affair caused intense excitement.
FORESTER, the supposed murderer OF
Nathan, has been seen in Memphis, and
ST. Louis detectives are after him, but
have as yet failed to discover his where
abouts Before leaving Memphis, he is
rep rted to have said that if pardon