Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-02
Summary Of Late News.
AT HOME.

AT HOME.
RICHARD ADAMS LOCKE, well-known
writer, died at his home on Staten Isl
and Friday.
A COMPANY has been formed at Gin
cinnah to build iron, steam and other
boats It promises soon to go into OPP
Grafton.
ArmE at Princeton, H., Saturday
night, destroyed the Republican news
paper Office, the stores of Showl &
Clark, r. Foster, Harris & Cottle, and
others. Total loss, $4,000; insured
A WOMAN about thirty years old, sup
posed to be Johanna Essert, was found
dead in the Groesbeck woods, near
Clifton, Ohio.
THE Missouri Legislature has passed
a concurrent resolution, asking Con-
gress to pass full and complete am
nesty act.
An entertainment was given at Cros-
by's Opera House, Chicago, Thursday
afternoon, for the benefit of the Little
Church around the Corner" There
was an immense crowd present.
The Mechanics Cotton-mill, on Swift
Creek, near Petersburg, Virginia, was
totally destroyed by fire Wednesday
night. Loss, $4,000; insured for $780,
600.
An Ere freight train ran off the
track near Coal Pickets, about mile
east of Port Jarvis. Ten cars we're de-
molished A broken wheel caused the
accident.
w. G.. GAMBERT, New York broker,
was committed Friday in default OF
$40, 900, bail for having in his posses
sion Scranton City bonds stolen from
Joshua W. Drake, of Van Burep, Penn
sylvania.
MEssRs, DALLAS AND KING, employed
as teachers in japanese College, were
attacked at Yeddo and cut down with
swords. They were not fatally, but
frightfully, injured. The assailants
escaped.
The Great Republic brings nine
Japanese students for San Francisco,
and seven for New York; brings one
hundred and fifty-four Chinese; has
5, 700 pack ges of tea to go overland to
Chicago, / IA to Boston, and 1000
packages of tea and large quantity OF
silk for New York
The four o'clock train from New
York, over the Hudson River Railroad,
on Thursday ran off the track two miles
north of Greenbush. The baggage ard
drawing room cars were thrown down
an embahkment and burned Only
one person was hurt, and he was
burned by the explosion of a lamp, but
it is not thought seriously.
THE Massachusetts Senate Friday
passed an order to have the following
sentiment, uttered by Gov. Andrew,
engraved upon the pedals of the statue:
81 know not what record, sir, awaits
me in the other world but this | do
know, that l never was SO mean as to
despise any man because he was poor,
because he was ignorant, or because he
was black"
ABROAD.
THE capitulation of Belfogt has been
signed The garrison has withdrawn
with their arms and baggage.
TIKI defensive works proposed by the
British Secretary of War are estimated
to cost ESQ, 600, 900, and the new artil-
lery required e10,0o0,OO0.
A BORDEAUX dispatch says that eau
Gus, composed of majority OF the dele
gates to the French assembly, resolved
to establish Provisional Republic
with Theirs as President, Favre as
Premier, and the Duke DeCases as
Minister of Foreign Affairs. The other
ministers are M. NJ Simon, Picard, Buff
fet and Barthley. On the conclusion
of peace the convention will adjourn to
Paris and will submit to a biebiscite to
further form government.