Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-29

railyyav comnanies 10 transport the can Of other
companea or of individuals, for inst ana impair
tial Compensation, with The same di-passh a. l1f
cars belonging exclusively TO said roads; call
| ing for legislation making II penal ofense TOT
| public officer TO accept or u.e free pass OF any
railway company, aud prohibiting railway com
parties from granting passes 10 other tnah en-
ployea; and declaimiug against the granting OF
subsidies In any form; recommending that ran,
WAYS and canala be constructed by the National
Government, the manner OF constructing ran
WAYS To he by contract TO the lowest bidder; that
when constructed they should be used TOT the
transportation Of Government property, ahu,"heh
not required for Government use all citlzehs are
TO have the night TO place cars ana loCotnollNsS
thereon and To operate the same, subject 10 thc
regulations to be provided by the Government
they paying toll therefor sufficient to maintain tue
roadway.
Resolutions were also adopted:
That the convention ask Of Congress, as means
Of affording relief to the country, the enlargement
Of the Erie Canal and lake rome, the enlargement
and extension Of the Illinois Michigan .anai 10
the Mississippi River, al Rock bland, t0gether
with the completion Of the work on the Illinois
River; the Improvement of the Mississippi RIVER
aud the Tennessee River route, The latter being
known a. the Atlantic Great Western Canal
the extension OF the Chesapeake 81 ONO Canal
from Cumberland, Md. to some point on the ono
River and the control Of a water line through
Virginia.
According to dispatches of the nth there
was no prospect of an adjustment of the diff
Guilty among the coal miners Of Pennsylvania,
and the strike, which had become general
promised to be Of long duration.
A telegram from Duluth on the 18th says
the Indians at Vermilion Lake were dying of
starvation They had eaten two children and
one man. The scarcity OF game and the fail
ure of the rice crop had been the cause. They
claim the Government failed to send The usual
supplies Of provisions. Several were coming
Into the settlement for relief.
A few nights ago the daughter OF Jesse
Ritter, OF Champaign County, Ohio, was
burned to death The family had retired,
when the young lady at ten o'clock attempted
to fill burning lamp. The fluid ignited the
can, which exploded, throwing the burning
fluid over and completely enveloping her.
Nine workingwomen were killed and many
others seriously injured by an explosion in a
knitting mill at Bennington, VI, on the Goth
The explosion was caused by the accidental
ignition of gasoline, which had escaped from
a pipe that leaked.
The Iowa State Temperance Association met
at Des Moines on the Goth. Resolutions were
adopted calling for the repeal of the act ez-
tHIIllIuE DttI anu WHY iio'h SNiHN'N' viz -
favor of the total prohibition of the manufac-
ture or sale OF liquor,
The Wisconsin State Grange of the Patrons
of IIusbandry met at GAINESVILLE on the 10th,
nearly every Grange In the state being repre-
scented. The Order was reported TO be III a
fourishing condition throughout The State
On the 2lst reports of officers were made Mr.
Osborn, State Agent, in his report, takes
strong ground In favor of combined action
against such manufacturing companies as re-
fuse To rive direct wholesale terms to Grange
agencies The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Master, Col. John
Cochrauc, of Dodge County. reelected; Over
seer, D. Williams, of Walworth County; Lee
turor, S. W. King; Steward, G. Foster;
Assistant Steward, A. j. Sexton; Chaplain,
T.. L. Durham; Treasurer, Jonathan Cory,
Of Rock County, and II. +. Huxleyot Wenc-
bago County Secretary,
At Shcibyyillc, Ind, few days ago, a com.
mittee of ladies visited all the liquor saloons
and other places where liquors were sold, and
held praycr-neetngs, iaploring the dealers to
give mp their traffic. At one or two places
they were treated rudely, but were generally
cautiously received.
The Georgia State Grange of the Patrons OF
llusbandry met at Atlanta on the 2lst. Two
hundred aud seventy fye subordinate Oranges
were represented.
In his recent report to the Wisconsin State
Grange, the Secretary gave history of the
Order in Wisconsin, dating its progress from
the Portage meeting, October %, 1872, and
from the Ripon meeting following The
largest Grange now In the State is at Evans
vile, having membership of ninety-six men
and hfty-two women. The September report
to the National Grange showed a State mem
bcrship OF 64l4, and l61 Oranges. On Janu.
airy /, 1874, there were IN the State 30i
! Oranges
The Michigan state Grange met in Couyen.
! ton at Kalamazoo on the 2lst. The Secre-
! tary reported that in the United States there
! are now more than 10, 900 subordinate Oranges
with a membership of l,oOo,0 600 patrons. The
report concludes with very hopeful view Of
| the condition Of the Order.