Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26


were stolen. reward of 10000 has been
offered for the capture of the robbers.
The National Grange on the 18th voted to
excommunicate the Boston Grange. The Sec
rotary was instructed to notify all State
Oranges "that the Boston Grange is no longer
connected with the Patrons Of Husbandry and
henceforth no fraternal recognition can be ex-
tended to it by any Grange, State or subordi-
nate, and the Master Of the Massachusetts State
Grange is hereby required to make a formal
demand for the surrender of the dispensation
and ritual of the Boston Grange, and when
received to return to the said Grange the
money paid for said dspensation and
ritual, and return them without delay
to the Office Of the Secretary of the Nation
al Grange at Washington" The report Of the
Committee on Transportation, after being
presented and partially discussed, was with
drawn on the ground that it was too specific
and not general enough in character, and the
whole matter was postponed until the next
annual meeting. The National Grange then
adjourned to meet in Charleston, S. c., the
first Wednesday in February next.
Several cases of trchna spiralis have APP
peared in Chicago and vicinity, directly trace
able to some ham eaten by the sufferers. A
microscopic examination of shred of the
edible, which was taken from a family at
tended by DR.. Fischer, shows the creatures
very plainly. Two Of the Aurora Qndiana)
sufferers have died from the effects of trichin-
osis, and the bodies have undergone post
norton examination The microscopic view
of portions of the flesh of the victims after
their death developed the startling fact that
millions OF the trichinc were seen alive, coil
ing and uncoiling in the tissues.
The First Reformed Episcopal Church of
on the 18th. The Bishop announced that two
churches in Philadelphia and one in Brooklyn
would speedily be added to his charge.
The intelligence from the Western frsntier
on the 10th Indicated an extensive Indian war.
Further outrages are reported. A Chey-
enne (Wyoming Territory dispatch says:
"a war is inevitable between here
and the Sioux Indian reservation, The
country is rolling and fine grazing, and
there are not less than $4,000 head of cattle
there, but we would rather have war than
peace when we are robbed and murdered with
impunity.'
BY the falling of an ice house in Philadol-
phia twelve men were killed, six seriously and
eighteen slightly injured.
In the town of Lake, near Chicago, few
mornings ago, family consisting of Mrs.
David Thompson, her four children and a
nurse woman were found in a pitiable condi-
~, a.. bnip
dead and the mother, the two remaining chill
dren aud the nurse in semiconscious state
1t was thought the family had either been
poisoned or were suffering from the effects of
noxous gases from Il coal stove in the room
One of the remaining children has since died
Mr.. Thompson was absent from home at the
Time of the tragic occurrence.
The Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners have notified The railroads doing
business in the State that they must comply
with the law requiring them to provide scales
TO weigh grain which they take for shipment
There were rumors on the nth of more In
dian deprcdations at various points in the
West Troops were being rapidly pushed for
ward to the scene of disturbances.
on the 18th with great spirit. 1t was a great
success, and was attended by large con-
course of visitors from all parts of the United
States Similar ceremonies were observed at
Memphis, Tenn, Evansville, Ind, and in other
localities.
Evans, the Northwood murderer, was hanged
at Concord, n. H., on the nth He made
Oh, ba Of
Lowering, his niece, and young girl in the
fall of 1850.
Great excitement was caused in the New Y ork
Stock Exchange on the l1th by the reading of
letters purportng to be signed by the Presi-
dents of the Toledo, Wabash II Western Rail
road and the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, informing the Board that ten millions of
new stock of the tirstuamed company, and
nine millions of the latter had been issued,
An immediate panic ensued, those stocks fall.
ing in price from half of one per cent to
four per cent The panic was of short dura-
ton, as ii was soon discovered that the letters
were forgeries.
The Chicago saloon-kcepers held a mass
meeting in Chicago on the evening of the 18th
and unanimously resolved that theywould not
pay the recent advance in the price of beer (the
brewers having advanced the rate to twelve
dollars per barreN but that they would i'm
port from other cities.
According to the report Of the Board of Pub
lie Charities, the insane of Illinois number
Z, 900, Of whom 2,40O are considered iucura-
bles. The State has asylum room for only
1 800 of these uufortunates, and when the
Northern and Southern Insane Asylums are
completed l,3O0will be unprovided for. They
the State to furnish additional
r...flsty.. 60 4h,;r cav,