Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-19

Dealers Association has requested all persons
connected with the Association to close their
places Of business on Sunday.
Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Mich, was
nearly destroyed by fire on the morning OF the
9th. The building was of brick, 262 feet in
length and four stories high. The total loss
is estimated at $4,000, Of which about s45,-
600 is covered by insurance.
At Valparaiso, Ind, on the Sth, there was
great excitement in consequence OF the pre-
vaiing temperance epidemic. On the preced-
ing day the ladies visited Tom Wards saloon,
during his Absence about fourteen OF them
gaining entrance Mrs. Ward ordered them
out, and as they refused to go sort OF fight
ensued in which Mrs. Kellogg, one Of the
crusaders, was quite seriously injured. Mrs.
Ward grasped hold of one enu Of scarf
which Mrs. Kellogg wore about her neck, and,
some Of the crusaders grasping the other end,
there was a lively pull for possession. The
knot in the scarf was in consequence drawn so
tight as to choke Mrs. Kellogg, and she
tainted and fell to the floor.
According to Washington dispatch of the
9th the Executive Committee Of the National
Grange of Patrons of Husbandry are ma
turing plan for the formation of a Stats
teal Bureau in connection with the Ma
tional Grange, for the collection and dis
semnation of Information in regard to
the condition of the crops throughout
the country. The new Bureau will be To-
Gated in Washington and in charge of ID. w.
Allen, Secretary of the State Grange OF South
Carolina. Subordinate Oranges will report
direct to the State Grange all information OF
interest relating to the crops, and the different
State Oranges will report by telegraph to the
Statistical Bureau of the Order at Washing
ton. The Bureau will compile and summarize
the reports into monthly report Of the crops
in all sections of the country, and will stimuli
taneously transmit reports by telegraph
monthly to all State Oranges, which, In re
turn, will furnish them to every subordinate
Grange within their jurisdiction. This infor-
nation will not be furnished to the press for
publication, it being intended exclusively for
the benefit of the members Of the Order.
The Postmaster-Genera has informed the
Vice President in regard to the postal car sys-
TEN, that he believes it secures the most
economical and expeditions transportation OF
the mails, and advises it's retention and enlarge
ment AS one of the most valuable features of
the service.
According TO a San Francisco dispatch Of
the 9th several freight trains on the Central
Pacific had been caught in a snow blockade
and were temporarily abandoned. AT Summit
Valley the snow was twenty-five feet deep on
the level Several engines and snow-plows
were off the track. Several passenger trains
were also showed in. At Cisco over six feet
OF snow had fallen during the recent storm.
The dwelling of George King, of Indepen-
dence, Iowa, was burned at four o'clock on the
morning of the 9th and Mrs. King and two
children and Mrs. Moses were burned TO
death.
A boiler in the water-works building OF
Binghamton, n Y, exploded on the morning
of the 10th, killing David j. Smith, engineer,
and woundng William Courtney, fireman, and
wrecking the bdilding
Dispatches received in San Francisco on the
night of the 10th announce that the snow
blockade of the Central Pacific was quite
broken, and that trains were passing through
east and west on time
The women's whisky crusade was vigor-
ously prosecuted on the 9th and 10th. On the
former day, at Dayton, Ohio, there was great
excitement and riot was only prevented by
the firmness of the authorities, On the 10th
the crusaders marched in three detachments
of twenty each and stormed thirteen saloons
on Third and Fifth streets A great turbu-
lent rabble followed them from place to place
and the turmoil at times was almost deafcn-
ing. Rbald iests were banded about the out
side mob, with indecent, loud talk and rough
swearing. Crowds Of beer-drnkers pressed
iuto invested saloons and drank as
fast as they could, knocking the praying
women with loud blasphemy and louder bac-
chanaliau songs. Even women Joined In the
rbaldry, and in one place flung out bits Of
bologna and fragments of crackers among
the crusading women, who meekly bore these
CALLING insults, aud persisted in praying
The effect of these Insults had been to inten-
sfy the feeling and make the crusade more
determined than ever. Large temperance
mass meetings were held in Columbus and
Cincinnati on the 10th.
The Praying Movement broke OFT in Chica-
90 again on the 10th inst. For few days
previous quiet visits had been made to num-
Der of the saloons in the West Division, and
the proprietors invited to sign the pledge.
On that day they visited several drinking
places and engaged in supplication aud song.
The ladies were treated, for the most part,
respectfully, and We're allowed to continue
their religious services to the end with
out interruption. On the evening of the nth
the evangelical churches held meetings, which
were largely attended, to consider the temper
ancc question, and the proper attitude to be
taken in relation TO the Praying Movement.
The conclusion was reached that it was better
to wait awhile before vigorously prosecuting