Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-01-05
Summary Of Late News.
AT HOME,


THE most satisfactory observations
have been taken OF the suns eclipse in
England
THE French of San Francisco have
raised so, 900 in coin for the patriotic
fund, fsom Christmas gifts.
THE weather in Wyoming and New
Mexico has been extremely cold, the
thermometer being reported at 26 deg
below Zero
A MOTHER and two children were run
over and killed by train on the New
Jersey Railroad at London, near Eliza
beth, Thursday morning.
RoTHERMEL's great painting, ''The
Battle of Gettysburg" was unveiled
Tuesday night in the Academy of Mus
ic. There was a large attendance of
citizens.
THE New England Society of New
York celebrated the landing of the Pill
grims by dinner at Delmonico's, on
the evening of the 22d. Many distin-
grIished men were present.
THE annual meeting OF the New York
Colonization Society was held Tuesday
afternoon. The report showed that the
interest in the cause is increasing. Prof.
f. B. Morse was reelected President
A COLD snap seems to have succeeded
the snow storm of Monday all through
the Northwest At Sterling, H., Mad
ison, Wis, and several other points,
the thermometer was down to zero on
the GOTH
District of Pennsylvania resulted in q
majority of 1913 for Decherb, the
Democratic Candidate. In October the
Republicans had over 1000 majority in
the same district. The vote was light
THE steamers r. E. Lee and Potomac
collided opposite Natchez, on the 22d.
Both were badly damaged. The Lees
pilot ran her on bar, where she sank
in nine feet of water. The Potomac
was unloading for repairs. No lives
We're lost.
JUDGE GILES, of Maryland, on Thurs
day, in the United States District
Court, sentenced Ludwig Moses, for
merly a letter-carriero of Baltimore city,
to twelve months Imprisonment for
opening a letter which he had for de-
livery to another person.
AT Greeley, Colorado, Tuesday, it
was reported that the coal mines at Car
bon Station, on the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad, were burning; that
track has had to be built around the
hn Cfo In
houses at the station had begun to sink
THE managers of the Atlantic Cable
Company now despair, it is said, of sue
cessfully repairing the broken ocean
lines until next June, when the work
can again be prosecuted with smooth
sea- The steamer Robert Lowe, how
ever, is endeavoring to grapple the
broken connections. The French cable
is again overcrowded with kilograms
for Europe, and they are transmitted
with difficulty and very slowly.
OK the summit of Mount Washington
December 22d, p. M, the thermome-
ter marked 1 below zero, wind n.
w, velocity II miles per hour. The
northwest storm of last week took near
ly all the ice off the house, but it is be
ing rapidly covered again. Messrs.
Clough, Kimban and Woodbridge visited
the Upton House Thursday morning,
and found it nearly buried in snow.
They had no difficulty in getting upon
the roof
A CROWD of angry Crispins, now on a
general strike in New York city, as
sembled at Burt's store, Park Row,
Thursday, with the avowed intention
of assault on the non-society men who
recently began work for Bust g. Co
An assault was committed on some men
Wednesday night. Thursday it was
found necessary to bring large force
of police to see the men safely home
A later report says that the Crispin
strikers finally compelled Mr. Briesly,
of the Park Row shoe mandatory, to
suspend operations and dismiss all non
society men whom he had lately en-
ployed.
A FIRE occurred at Sycamore, Dekalb
county, Illinois, on Sunday, which des-
troyed property valued at over 500,
600. The principal losers are j. c.
Waterman, $50, 600, insurance $4,000;
j. S. Waterman, $4,000, insurance
SO, 900. These concerns were largely
engaged in the sale of dry goods and
clothing. Warren & Ellwood lose So
600; insured for that amount There
were number of smaller losses. The
Insurance Companies lose about $50
600. The fire is supposed to have
originated in the explosion Of coal gas
IN store, throwing the fire on a bed
which stood near