Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-11-14
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there.
On Friday night two freight trains collided
on the Huntington Broadtop Railroad, Mary
land. Conductor Bowser and three ether
persons were MORALLY wounded.
Gov. BALDWIN, of Michigan, has issued a
proclamation appointing Thursday, Nov. Is,
as day of Thanksgiving.
j. c. KAY shot and killed George Cole, a
Deputy Sheriff, near Memphis, Tenn, on Sat-
urday.
THE coal miners at Pomeroy, Ohio, have
struck for an increase Of wages from three
and half to four cents per bushel, and the
colored employees have demanded CORE
spending advance Of pay.
JUDGE THOMPSON OF Brooklyn City Court,
denied the application of Hubbard Hendrck-
son for an order to compel Registers to regis
ter his name. Hendrickson is clerk III the
Treasury Department at Washington who
came home to vote.
A SUIT is now in progress at Denver, between
the Union and Kansas Pacific Railroad com
pauies. The latter csmpany claims 81 100000
damages from the Union Pacific for failure to
comply with the provisions Of an act OF Con-
gress providing that no discrimination shall
be made by one road against the other.
A TELEGRAM from ST. Louis states that Gott-
fried Gebhard, young boy who was bitten in
the rand seven years ago by a dog, died on
Sunday night of hydrophobia, after suffering
intensely three days. This is the second death
by hydrophobia that has occurred in st. Louis
within woek.
THE pivot pier of the bridge over the Mis-
souri, river at st. Joseph reached the bedrock
on Monday Two more piers remain to be
sunk, and the contractors will have the work
completed and ready for the crossing of cars
by the 10th of January.
FIRE at Kansas Cityon Monday, destroyed
three buildings. Loss $4,000.
SEVERAL New York stage companies have
brought suit to restrain Bergh, OF the Cruelty
to Animal Society, from stopping their horses
and arreshug their drivers.
COUNTERFEIT twenties on tho First Nationa
Bank of Plaiuficld, New Jersey, are circulating
ittho East
Gov. BALDWIN, by proclamation, appoints
Thursday, November 28th, a day of public
thanksgiving in Michigan.
THOMAS ANsBRo for libel of Edith OGorman,
the escaped nun, was fined 81, 0OOiu San Fran
cisco.
THE Philadelphia mint has commenced
melting. One million one dollar gold pieces
will be converted into pieces OF larger donom-
inaton. Twenty millions Of these pieces are
to be used.
CHAN LAI LuN, the Chinese Imperial Com
missioner of Education, together with his wife,
on Sunday joined the South Congregational
Church, OF Springfield, Mass.
THE Executive Committee on the grand
musical festival, to be held in Chicago the first
week Of next May, has issued to the choral
societies OF America an address inviting them,
one and all, to take part in it.
Tn bankers Of the oil region have held two
meetings relative to a plan recently adopted
by convention of producers to control the
market of crude oil. The plan consists of the
formation of an agency with q capital stock Of
six million dollars, through which the entire
production is to be bought and Sold with
ample storage and heavy capital, and restrain
ing the production whom necessary. II Is be
Heycd the price can be maintained at IS per
ton. The bankers offer support aud willing
ness 10 cooperate.
ruE State Of Wisconsin has filed in the
United States supreme Court an application
for an injunction against the Duluth and the
Northern Pacific Railroad Companies.
Ar Salt Lake, Friday in the case OF Page
VS. the Central Plcih, Railroad for $4,000
damages for election from the cars, the jury
disagreed and were discharged.
EARLY Tuesday morning i've disguised men