Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12

were then seized by hVe Masked heavily armed
men, and also placed under guard. The rob
bers then went through the entire train, and
took from the passengers about 81 900, and
over !: 900 from the Adams Express messen-
ger, and rihed the mail. The robbers then left
in southerly direction, and after the release
of the train men the train started southwark
There were only twelve male passengers on
the train. There were five ladies and several
children The robbers also took $500 from
citizens of Gad's Hill
The following is the public debt statement
February /;
Six per cent 21S s2S $50
Five per cent bonds. ................ 49t02i $50
Total coin bonds ................Sl,7 12 $40 100
Lawful money debt.,......,.......... 14,6tSOtD
Maturcd Observation-Disclosures. 1916 $50
Legal tender notes. Observation-Disclosures. 3Sl 79iO.9
Certificates Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 45a600OO
Fractional currency. ............,..... 4Ti93 1873
Com certificates. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 45Ot4,OOO
Interest. 304lS,516
Total dsbt.............,..... ,2q3 40, 6s8
Cash in Treasury
Coin................. ss5 $50, 1863
Currency. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4,7Sl,205
Special deposit held for redemption
ed by Observation-Disclosures. 45,56OOOO
Total in Treasury. ................ st8a7Oo,57l
Debt less cash in Treasury .........S2 l57 40 ia
Decrease during month. ...........,.. Sl,St5,2l
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Com
pauics, interest payable in lawful
money, principal oatstanding...... 6I,6935rq
Interest accrued and not yet paid ..,.. 32}1l7
Interest paid by United StRtcs.....,.., 22,3Sb961
mails, .......,.,.t.,.....,,.. 4,sOOo55
Balance Of interest paid by United
states. .,,...,,.,,.....,... li,Jobb5b
A Middletown On. W dispatch of the I'd
says one hundred employees of the New York
u Oswego Railway had chained the locomo-
tiyes to the track spiked switches, and torn
up the track at Summitville. They declared
they would allow no more trains TO pass till
the railway company had paid wages already
due.
An aggravated case OF triehna spirals oc-
CURED at Aurora, Indiana, lately resulting in
the serious illness of Miss Threnart, her son
and daughter and Mrs Buyter A Cincinnati
dispatch OF the I'd says that these would
probably die The meat OF the diseased hog
under the microscope looked like knots and
coils of the common earth-worm, with very
sharp or pointed eXtremites; and speck of
the flesh not larger than the head of a small
pin contained millions of the maggots,
wriggling and twisting about, although totally
invisible to the naked eye They had suryiy-
cd the process of curing and cooking,
A praying band of men and women has been
organized by some Of the members Of the
Massachusetts, Temperance Alliance to
storm the saloons of Worcester.
In Ohio the movement continues to
spread, and is being nauguratcd In
other States In very many Ohio towns the
women have formed themselves into bands,
with Captains, aud begun systematic attack
of prayer on all the rum dealers within their
reach.
The strike on the New York Il Oswego Mid
land Railway for several months back pay
continued on the Sd The locomotives, with
tenders and mails only, were allowed to pro-
coed. \ car loaded with flour was broken
open ut SummitvilIe, and the contents distrib-
uted to those needugit. The telegraph office
had been taken possession Of, and no tcle-
grams were allowed to pass.
The dwelling of Isaac Wharf, of Guilford,
Me, was destroyed by tire a few mornings
ago, and Wharf and his wife and boy were
burned to death.
The National Reform Association met in
annual convention at Pittsburgh on the 4th.
There was a large attendance, embracing dele
gates from almost every state in the Union
and representatives of all the evangelical de
nominations. A permanent organization was
effected by the reelection of Hon. Felix r.
Brunot, President, with a fun list Of Vice
Presidents.
A general strike recently occurred among
the Union printers at Indianapolis The
strikers have begun the publication OF apaper
Of their own, called the DoRg Union.
\ discharged fireman set fire to the machine
shops of the Memphis y Louisville Railroad
at Memphis, few nights ago, and $4,000
worth Of the property Of the road was destroy
ed, and two hundred workmen were thrown
out of employment
A Washington dispatch Of the 9th says the
Russian Minister had authorized contradic-
ton Of report that Russia had refused to
send goods to the Centennial Exposition on
the ground that il Is A private undertaking.
The Russian Government never intimatcd or
expressed any such intention.
Physicians who went to North Carolina for
the bodies Of the Siamese Twins returned to
Philadelphia on the 5,h. The bodies were in
good state of preservation Announcement
was made that the examination would he con
Quoted by the College Of Physicians pFjyatcly,
but areport would be furnished 10 the public