Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-27

Cabinet, and of the hold that 1t is obtaining
upon the convictions of the people
very brilliant meteor, described to be as
large as the full moon and almost as bright
as the sun, exploded near Cairo, H. about
one o'clock ON the morning Of the 18th. The
explosion shook the earth and houses In
the city and made the windows rattle. For
nearly half-minute the streets were light
enough to read.
A Charleston rs. c. dispatch of the 10th
says that Georgetown, in that State, was the
scene of dangerous contest between negro
factions led by Bowley and Jones, negro
members Of the Legislature, each of whom
seeks to control the county, in which the
negroes have a large majority. Meetings
held by one faction had been broken up by
the other, and there was a general feeling of
insecurity On the 18th the town was filed
with armed negroes, and the excitement was
intense and liable to break out in deeds Of
violence at any moment.
Washington dispatch Of the 18th says
that up to that date the amount of circulation
withdrawn by National Banks by the deposit
Of legal tenders was greater than the amount
issued since the passage of the new law by
about 100000, thus working contraction
Of the currency to that extent. A majority Of
the banks thus Withdrawing their circulation
are located in the South and West
One Charles Levy, Prussian Jew, twenty
two years old, has given himself up to the
authorities at Bloomington, ILL.,, claiming to
be one of the murderers of the New
York banker, Nathan, in 1870. In
his confession he says he had part
ner who instigated the crime, but that
he levy killed the victim with a stonema-
sons tool, sharp at one end and round and
heavy at the other, while his accomplice CON-
mittcd the robbery, securing between $1,000
and $4,000 in money and large amount of
bonds, the greater part Of the latter having
since been destroyed. But little credence is
given to this confession, although Levy is
said to be in his right mind He says he
knows the consequences of his crime, but is
prepared for the worst.
Twelve thousand dollars have recently been
drawn from the Iowa State Grange treasury
for the benefit of the grasshopper sufferers.
An Augusta (Ga) dispatch of the 18th re-
ports that fight was anticipated between
whites and blacks at Ridge Springs, S. c..
and that both races were arming for the fray
There was an Uneasy feeling that war of
races was about to begin in South Carolina,
and in tina. event the white people Of Georgia,
on lie Savannah River, would go to the res
cue of the white people of South Carolina.
Arms and ammunition were being shipped
from that city.
A cloud burst" occurred at Austin, New,
ON the 18TH About 100000 damage was
done. The people were warned in time by a
messenger on horseback, and escaped to the
hills. The deluge was about ten feet deep as
it rushed down the canon. No lives were
lost.
A report was received at Sioux City, Iowa.
on the 10th, from Fort Sully, to the effect
that the Indians to the number of 4, 600 made
an attack upon Clusters expedition ON the
18th and were repulsed with heavy loss. Gus
ter's loss was reported ut fifty killed and
wounded
A fire at Joliet, H., on the 10Th destroyed
the Robertson House and other property to
the value, in all, of 100000.
A Washington dispatch of the Goth says
that Secretary Fish had denied report that the
Sphiisu OONtIullcut dSTccu 10 Ccuc W
Germany the island CT Porto Rico in consid-
GRAFTON for the recognition by that power of
the Republic of Spain. The Secretary de-
clares that the dispatches which led to this
report are forgeries.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington has directed that regu-
lations respecting the final proof of homestead
settlements in the grasshopperreg of Iowa
and Minnesota will be so modified as to per-
nit settlers 10 go before their County Court
to make their dispositions instead of before
the local land officers. This order is made on
of reliable parties that many
settlers can i'll afford the expense Of a long
journey, especially in their present impoyer-
ished condition.
At Saratoga, on the Goth, the horse Fellow
craft ran four miles IN seven minutes nineteen
aud half seconds, being the fastest four
miles ever made in "A running race.
A few evenings ago Amelia Forndran, an
Omaha girl, eleven years of age, attempted
TO kindle fire in a stove with kerosene and
was horribly burned. The flesh dropped
from her feet and her body was burned to Il
cinder from head to foot. She could not long
survive.
PERSONAL.
The funeral of the late Bishop Whitehouse
took place in Chicago on the 18th, and was