Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-01-19


EpwABp II. RuLLoFF has been con
victed of murder in the first degree ut
Binghampton, n. Y. His counsel has
moved to stay proceedings
! ARTHUR X. BREED, who was taken to
Albany from Syracuse on suspicion Of
being the express assassin, has been
discharged
The ice at ST. Louis broke up We'd
nesday afternoon. The river is now
open southwark from that city.
EARLY Wednesday morning a fire
occurred in the match factory of John
Logger, No 245 West Fifty-fourth ST.,
New York Loss on building, $50, 900;
on stock, $4,000. No insurance.
THE Democratic State Convention, in
session at Concord, N. H., Wednesday,
nominated James West, of Manchester,
for Governor, giving him 427 votes to
143 for A. B. Hatch, of Portsmouth
David Gilchrist, of Franklin, was nom
mated Railroad Commissioners. The
resolutions were of the Bourbon order
The st. Louis Board of Trade has
sent delegation to Washington with
petition praying that liberal appro-
priatlons be made for improving navl
cation ON the western rivers.
DISPATCHES from Washington Terri
tory report the country between Mon
ticello and Olympia flooded. The
streams are all high, many overtiowed,
and several bridges and sections of
railway have been carried away Tray
ell is suspended, and the mails are car
ried on horseback. 1t is still raining
heavily, and the streams are rising.
DuBuQuE was visited wednesday
evening with destructive conhagra-
tion. About eight o'clock fire was
discovered in j. l.. Dickinson's planning
mill, which was soon destroyed, to-
gether with Hampden Wagner's cabi-
net shop, the mandatory of the Cabi-
net Makers Association, and several
small dwellings adjoining. Dickinson's
mills were burned little over two
years ago His insurance is SO, 500, not
ono fourth of the loss. The insurance
on the other property is small, and the
total loss cannot be far from $4,000.
STEPHEN BALLou, a young man resid-
ing in the vicinity of Quincy, H., was
arrested Tuesday for the murder Of
james Golden, near Shreveport, La,
some time since, where both were
engaged in some sort of speculation.
Ballou returned recently from Louisi-
ana and married Golden's sister, since
which time he has told many stories as
to the whereabouts Of Golden.
L. X. BRUCE, Chicago Board OF
Trade commission man, has been placed
in bankruptcy. His liabilities are
1855, S53. Oh and his assets $417.
WARDS bill to make the reading Of
the Bible in the public schools unlaw-
tul, was up in the Ohio House Of Rep
resentatives The vote stood IA yeas to
rs nays.
The South Carolina House Of Rep
resentatives passed and sent to the
Senate resolutions introduced by col
ored member, instructing the Senators
and Representatives in Congress to
vote against general amnesty.
NEGRO children have been admitted
by the public school authorities into
the public schools in Louisiana White
children only attended heretofore.
PERRY FULLER died suddenly Wed
nesday morning at his residence in
Washington, of paralysis Of the heart
He was forty-four years of age.
A COMPARATIVE statement of receipts
F,n,,, AZ. cayara1 op,,rraa ~ ravapun fnr
the first five months of the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1870, show a loss Of
81, 463, 9l9.
THE reduction in the number of As
sistant Assessors, by reason OF the con
solidation of Internal Revenue Dis
tricts, is SAB, nearly "a per cent. of the
whole number in service in 1870. This
reduction will effect saving to the
of over $500, cooper annum.
1t is estimated that further reduction
of quite 300 Assistant Assessors will DO
made before the work OF consolidation
is complete.
FOREIGN.
A SCHEME for q direct cable from
London and Liverpool to New York has
been brought out by Messrs. Chadwick,
Adamson Il Co., of London, under the
best auspices. The capital is to be
S3, $50, 900, three-fourths Of which has
been subscribed already. If the one
fourth should be quickly taken up in
America, the cable will be laid III July.
BREAD RIOTS are again reported in
Paris. A collision is said to nave taken
place between the mob and the military,
GEN. FAIpHERBE's cavalry had en-
counters with the Prussians on the Sth
md 9th, and met with some success
PrERoN has capitulated to the Prus-
slams with 1900 prisoners.