Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
PERSONAL.

Announcement Is maze OF tHc Qeatn OF
Hon. w. A. Graham, Of North Carolina for
merly United States Senator, Governor of
North Carolina, Secretary Of the Navy and
candidate for Vice President in 1852 on the
ticket with Gen. Scott He was seventy five
years old.
Louisville, KY, has been selected as the
place for holding convention OF all the
Grange purchasing agents on the LIST of Octo-
Der The national executive and all the
State Executive Committees will be present
for the purpose OF adopting plan by which
business can be conducted on a uniform sys-
TEN throughout the United States.
President Grant was present at the Nation
al Sunday School Convention at Fairpont, n
T., on the 18th.
Mr.. Edwin Booth, the tragedian, was
thrown from his phaeton at Coscob, Conn,
on the 10th, and dragged considerable dis
lance, receiving serious injuries.
The Board OF Directors of the Winnebago
County Ull.) Agricultural Society on the
10th voted--iive TO four--to sustain the pre-
vious action Of the Secretary in inviting
Jefferson Davis to deliver the annual address
In september telegram was subsequently
received from Mr.. Davis saying that unfore-
seen events made it impossible for him to
attend the fair.
The body of Newton s. Grimwood, who &C
eompanicd Prof Donaldson In his last bal
loon ascension from Chicago, was found on
the shore of Lake Michigan, between Stony
Creek and Montague, Muskegon County,
Mich, on the morning of the 18th. The body
was partially buried in the sand, and had
evidently lain there for some time, and was
in partially decomposed condition. 1t had
on all his clothes except hat and shoes, and in
addition thereto a bursted life-preserver
1t was found by Mr.. A. Beckwith, q
mail.carrier, and was fully identified by let
ters and notes of the trip which were found
on the remains. No traces OF Prof Donald
son or of the missing balloon had been dis
covered up to the morning of the 18th, though
diligent search was being made for them
along the shore north and south of where
Mr. Grimwoods body was found
Rev. Charles G. Finney, for many years
President of Oberlin (Ohio) College, died very
Oberlin, of heart disease
Mr.. Duncan, of the firm of Duncan, Sher-
man Il CO., has issued a circular to creditors
proposing to pay thirty three and q third
cents on the dollar in full settlement of the
Indebtedness of the firm, to be paid in in
stallments, with 1per cent. interest
The body of young Crmwood reached
Chicago per steamer on the 10Th, where it
was received by the father and other friends
OF the deceased and at once conveyed to Bris-
toll H., where it received final interment A
large concourse Of sympathizing friends
escorted the remains to the grave. The
watch found on Mr.. Grimwood's person had
stopped at 20 O'clock, thus indicating that
the plunge into the wafer must have occurred
at that moment, which was probably about
the time the aeronauts encountered
the hereest part of the storm. MIR.
Wood, of the Chicago Journal, who
superintendent the bringing Of Mr.. Grim.
woods remains over the lake, stated on the
10Th that traces Of the balloon-consistiug OF
sand bags and pieces of the clojh Of which
the air-ship was constructed-had been
found about eight miles north Of where the
drowned man came to land The opinion in
Michigan seemed to be that the body OF Prof
Donaldson had been covered with sand cast
up by the waves,