Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-03

Miscellaneous.

President GRANT has returned TO Lo1g
Branch from visit to Poughkeepse.
BucKHouT, the Sleepy Hollow murderer, has
been convicted and sentenced to death.
JOHN p. BoYp, the last surviving member OF
the class Of 1912 OF Bowden College, is dead.
MISS MATTE JOHNSON cut her foot with
piece of glass. Lockjaw set in, causing her
death.
The Assessors Of Internal Revenue I'D
Brooklyn have made important seizures OF IL
licit stills.
THE Connecticut House Of Representatives
has refused to make an appropriation Tor
new State House.
THE funeral of Walter r. Prior, Of the Ninth
Regiment. shot during the recent New YORK
riot, took place Thursday.
LETTERS from Judge Richardson speak
encouragngy of the prospect Of negotiating
the new United States loan IN England
The bark Nehemiah, Of Boston, has arrived
at New York from Colombo, Ceylon, with ten
elephants. in charge of Mr.. Channon and three
natives.
4 QUEBEC dispatch states that the Directors
of the North Shore Railroad, who went to New
York. recently, were highly successful in ne
gotating the company's bonds.
The number of beer stamps Of different de-
nominations issued during the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1871, was % 730 COS, representing
e. is5. 400 being an increase over the previous
year OF 2297 ,G52 stamps and SIl9'5OL.
A COMPANY has been organized TO build an
other railroad from Cincinnati TO New York
CITY, through Kentucky, and across Western
d., - thenr4
by roads now constructing through York and
Reading, Pennsylvania to Its eastern terminus
II il stated that the company has purchased
the franchises and property OF the Maysvllle
and Big Candy railroad which IL to become a
part Of the line. Those interested claim that
this will be. by measurement, 100 miles shorter
from Cincinnati to New York city than the
route by the Pennsylvania Central railroad,
the shortest existing line, and in equatlng dis
tancez. by reason of curves and grades, little
lesa than 200 miles shorter.
The East
PRooroR's BLOCK, in Andover Centre n. H.,
was burned Wednesday morning,
THE deaths in New York the past week were
s57, and in Brooklyn SAG, both showing heavy
increase.
TnE horse plague is affecting the stables of
the Brooklyn City and Coney Island Railroad
Companies.
COMPTROLLER CoSNELLY, of New York city,
will sell, on the 10th of September, 1868 houses
and lots, for unpaid assessments for street
openings.
VIM. N. MARTIN, of the firm of J, o. Davis
& Co., New York stock brokers, fell overboVrd
and was drowned on Wednesday, while fishing
near Rockaway beach.
A New YoRK engineer, named Horatio Allen
proposes the construction of suspension
bridge acress the Hudson at Poughkeepsie,
which will be 1870 feet above the surface of the
water, aud 3, 400 feet in length, with two spans
/ 100 feet in length each, the whole structure
TO cost $1,000, 600.
A DELEGATION OF tho city officials Of Boston
visited Philadelphia on Wednesday, and were
handsomely entertained.
SERGEANT GUM, of the New York police, was
fined ten dollars for publishing resolutions re-
tlecung upon the Eighty-fourth regiment,
A FAST train on the New York Central Rail
road was thrown from the track near Albany,
Wednesday, The cars were badly wrecked.
No lives lost.
Another ehigy of Gov Hoffman was sus-
pended in Brooklyn, Wednesday morning, hy
the friends Of Cleary, one of the victims of the
New York riot,
rur survivors of the Massachusetts, rcgi-
ments which served in the Mexican War, have
formed an organization to be known AS the
Association OF Massachusetts, Volunteers in
Mexico,
TIM Democrats of Maryland have nominal
ed Hon. \. X. sylvester, of Washington coun-
ty, for Attorney General, and Levi Woodford,
OF Somerset county, the present incumbent,
for Comptroller
IuE Comptroller Of the Public Parks states
the cost of the land of the Central Park at
5000, ISL, expenditures for the improvement
of the Park from May /, 1857, to January |,
1871, SG,330, Ia2,
THE trustees of the mot relief fund, organ
lied to relieve the wounded policemen in the
riot of 1868, have given $4,000, IN amounts
varying from $500 to $500 to the policemen
wounded in the riot Of July 18th,
aR,Np sailing regatta is announced 10 come
Oh at Put-iu-Bay, September 9th and It'll. On
the first day the contest for secoud-cass
yachts. including open boats, will occur, and
the distance sailed will he 20 miles. On the
second day the 6rst-cass boats will race SAIL
ing over course Of 50 miles Both races are
open 70 pleasure yachts, kept by owners upon
the lakes for their private use Handsome
prizes Will he given IN each class, the details
OF which are not yet entirely settled. The first
prize, however IN the first class, will be Sl25
in cash, and silver ,p,rgHt, valued at : 100,
One Of the hrst prizes FOR secoud-class and
open Yachts will he a silver center-pece.
valued at S75
The West.