Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
DOMV.STIC.

Iowa, Kan sas, Missouri and Ohio, according
to the Information OF the National Crop Re
porter. In Illinois the increase Is ~ per
cent. Iowa shows decrease Of 10 per cent,
TO be attributed to the severe drought last
summer The condition of the fruit trees is
good, and fine yield is expected.
In Chicago, on the 18th, 600 women met in
the First NJ. T. Church and voted to visit the
Council Chamber on the 10Th and present a
petition asking the authorities not to rescind
the present Sunday law or adopt any ordinance
more liberal or less restrictive upon the keep
ers Of drinking saloons. At Dayton, Ohio,
the crusade continued on the 18th, with no
abatement of fervor on the part OF the
women, and without visible success. The
movement began in Cleveland Ohio, on the
tied, bat the failure of the ladies was COM
plete. Not saloon surrendered
The Secretary of the Interior at Washington
has asked that troops be sent to the Ute Reser-
walton in Colorado, with instructions to notify
all unauthorized white persons that no one
will be permitted to go upon the reservation,
and that those who are now trespassing
must abandon it Immediately or be forcibly
removed.
An important case has just been decided in
the Supreme Court OF Mississippi, involving
the legality Of a marriage between white man
and negro woman. The children Of the
parties brought suit as heirs for large
amount OF property left by their deceased
father, and after years Of litigation their right
to the property has been affirmed, and the
union thus declared legal
There was general suspension of business
in Boston, and oil the public schools were
closed, on the 10th, on the occasion Of the OBJ
sequies of the late Senator Sumner. The
funeral ceremonies were very imposing. The
remains were buried in Mount Auburn Gene
terry.
Gov. Ingersol has appointed Friday, April
3, as day OF fasting, humiliation and prayer
in the State of Connecticut.
The colored people in various parts of the
country held memorial meetings on the 10th
In testimony of their love and veneration for
the life and character of the late Charles Sum-
ner
In Chicago, on the after noon OF the 10th,
the promised mass meeting of the ladies &C.
Cured. About 1000 ladies were present, and
after religious exercises a committee of fifty
was appointed to visit the Common Council
and presen. petition for the closing Of
saloons on the Sabbath, containing the names
of ii, 175 women. After the organization Of
the Council the petition was presented by the
Chairwoman of the ladies' committee in
neat Speech and ordered filed, The pending
ordinance, allowing the sale Of liquor on the
Sabbath, was then passed-yeas %, nays
Ia. The ladies then retired, and were met at
the exitdoor OF the City Hall by crowd OF
disorderly men and boys, who rudely cheered
and jostled them, and prevented them from
leaving the building. At last posse Of po-
lice came to their assistance and safely piloted
the ladies through the kissing, screeching,
catcalling, whistlng, obscene rabble. The
committee of ladies reported to those who
had stayed behind to pray while they went on
their perilous mission as follows: " In spite
of your remonstrance, the Liquor law is
passed by the Common Council. We have
nothing now to do but to renew our pledges
to perseverc in the cause. Let us all pray to
that end"
st. Patrck's Day was celebrated throughout
the country with great enthusiasm by the
Irish Americans. No disorders are reported
anywhere.
A Raleigh On. c. dispatch Of the 18th says
that rumbling noises were heard on the sur
face of Bald Mountain, in the western part of
the State, and that volcanic eruption was
feared, The people living on and near the
mountain were seeking safety in flight. One
report states that houses on the sides and ut
the base of the mountain had been thrown
down by the upheavals of the earth.
The largest steamer ever built in the United
States, "The City of Pekin," was launched
at Chester, Pa, on the 18TH The launch was
witnessed by an immense concourse Of spec
tators, among whom were many Senators and
Representatives in Congress. The steamer
belongs to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, and will ply between San Francisco and
Pekn.
Cairo, H., was visited by heavy wind and
rain storm ON the 18th. Stores were unroofed,
small buildings blown down, and in one in
stance a house was blown into the water, but
no lives were lost Wharf boat proprietors
and those in charge of the steamers in port
acted on hint from the United States Signal
Office in that city that the local observations
indicated a storm, and took the precaution to
make everything extra secure. 1t is probably
owing TO this fact that no damage was done to
shipping.
A counterfeit Of the new tifty-cent note has
been received at the Treasury Department in
Washington. 1t is a poor imitation.
George Russ, a boy about seventeen years of
age has been arrested at Davenport, Iowa, on
suspicion OF setting several fires which have
occurred there of late. The evidence against