Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
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on Saturday, in the steamer DOMAIN lie was
accompa led to the steamer by number OF
his friends. He expressed himself as much
pratifed al tue reception ho received II tbs
country.
The second Of tho Times excursions to the
poor Children oG New York occurred on Sun
day. Eight hundred and sixty children par
tcpated under the care OF Aixty-hve adults.
M G. T. Williams, OF the limos, supeilh-
tended assisted by three membcrs OF the
Times stan.
CONGRESS, at the last session, approprated
two hundred and fifty Thousand dollars TO buy
certain private property for the extension OF
ae Capitol grounds, but the totai valuation Of
the grounds and houses Is stated by the
APPRAISERS to be SIX hundred and fifty tAoa-
sand dollars
MHs LINCOLN, widow of tho late President,
has presented to the state OF Illinois, through
Hon John I. SCuart, a worry valuable OH pof-
trait of the late Colonel Il. b. Baker, favorne
son Of Illinois.
FATHER GAvAzzI, Of the free church Of Italy,
spoke twice In Cincinnati, On Sunaay, to lhl-
mense cougr, cations, it being necessary on
both occasions to provide extra accommoaa-
tons for the audience.
QUEEN VICTORIA, and tho members of the
ROYAL family, viewed the picture OF Bradford
the American painter, Mt Windsor, on Thurs
day last, ana congratulated tho artist ON the
pIeasuro his work had giyon them.
TIM Indians killed about 20 head of cattle
belonging t. c. A. Moore, Of sidney, Nebras-
ta. about Is miles north Of there last week.
detachment Of cavalry from Sidney has gone
after thcm.
TuE saw mill belonging to W. 7. Irwin, OF
Albany, n. T., situated Mt South Saginaw, was
burned ON Wednesday last, together with
$4,000 feet OF lumber and 800 cords of wood.
Loss S35 900.
FRANK HARRrs fell from the top of the
BROOKLYN tower of the East fiyor bridge, 100
feet, throns II one of the holes that have been
left to be ticd wi concrete. Three feet OF
water at the bottom saved his HE lie was
boosted ont uuinjnrod.
Iur wife of Judge Smith, of Winchester,
Ind, died at that pace on Monday, from IN
juries sustained by jumping from an omnibus
in front If passenger train, which ran over
her eating of both limbs. aud otherwise M
turing her.
A pEIRERArE murder was committed IN
Codarvlle, Green county, on Friday. Thomas
Grant, driving along the road IN spring
wagon, met an old man, Willis Allen, on
horseback After few angry words, Grant
picked up - mu-kct, fired, aud blew Aliens
head TO pieces Grant was arrested Both
men were colored.
Tur pcture-framo, looking glass and mold
ing mauufactu Y Of Sanford Bon, on the
corner of james and Pearl streets, Syracuse,
was DESTROYED by fire Saturday evening.
Loss soc, 600, upon which there MAS an lhsHt-
nuoo of $50, 900 The store house was saved.
IL Cincinnati on Monday, work was com
mencod upon John Robinson's new theatre,
corncr of Ninth and Plumb streets, intended
to- be one of the most spacious and elegant in
the country. The first tier, stage, otc., will
be on the ground floor The theatre viii be
125 feet deep. with Stage depth of ~ feet.
GENERAL ynowAnp has made his report tt
The Secretary of the interior about his oper
atoms IN Arizona He believes Gen. Cook, the
commanding officer, should have large discrc-
ton. One can do nothing bound head and
foot with multitude of specific orders which
may or may not apply TO the situation.
A Catacazy pamphlet dated Paris, July eth,
it published in the Herald. The ex-Minister
endeayors TO vludleate himself from the
charges brought against him by Secretary
Fish, aud say, his pamphlet takes the form of a
eter winch he addresses u Chief
-srice Chase He was not dismissed
from his position, but was relieved at
his own request. He goes At lcngth into the
history ct the Perkins clSim, IS Wei As other
matters in which he was said to by involved,
AVID asserts that most of tho charges against
him were based GA old woman stories which
we're grOuudoss Tna documents winch lac
aupynd~ in his drfeuCe comprise letters from
Fisk, Horace Greeley, Chas. A. Dana, JAS
Gordon Bennett, Junior, Ne The Her Id cdl'
toraly gives NJ comfort TO the cX-MmisIcr
charactrrzmg him as a sort Of ntrlEucr from
whose own showing it would be difficult TO say
who was IN the wrong.
Abroad.
Tx German r1 men from America, whC
are to tax, part III the federal schuotlenfcst
,ruvea last weed, in Hanover, whore they has
nmost cordial reception,
TIM German government has notified THU
government that it has adopted metrya
system, Of which the unit OF value is on,
mark: value IN United states gold, % sous
TuE london Observer anticipates that BY
,hr award e. be made b, the Geneva Tribunal
England Will he obliged 10 pay heavy sums To-
direct damages although It believes the tota
amount Viii fail several millions below III,
American estimate.
AocoRplNa to tue latest advicgs from Soutl
America, Brazil has declined 10 receive Gen
eral Nitra, tnepleuupiteutlar, from the Argen
time considerations The Bt aaihan Government
4 - IL Thu 4fYgFnFa tylY
the ArEo tine SJates originated IN the non
fuldlmut OF the treaty concerning Paraguay
FGoN pan IT is announced that the apph
roti,. Il A.. "a trg.fy with tr9.rs.q b,. lsa,, ~,