Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-29
THE WEST.

THE WESIs
A COMPANY Of cavalry, under command Of
Capt. Mix, arrived at Fort Laramie on the
18th with the Harney's Peak BLACK Hills)
miners. They had hard trip and report
much snow and high watN.
ORDERS have been issued for the release
OF the miners captured by the milAary at
Harney's Peak upon their promise being
given that they will not again enter the
Black Hills country until permission to do
SO is granted by the Government.
THE Supreme Court of the State of Kan
sas has decided the act authorizing coun-
ties and municipalities to issue bonds for
the purchase of seed grain for destitute set
tiers to be unconstitutional.
ADvIcEs from Kansas City, Mo-, state that
four soldiers were corraled by Cheyenne In
dams twenty miles south Of Fort Wallace,
Kan, on the 18th, and 4 bloody fight ensued
in which ten Indians were killed. The sol
diers finally escaped in the darkness. A
general war is pronounced imminent.
Gov BEvERIDGE, Of Illinois, has signed
the so.callcd " Ant-Scalpers' bill, and it
goes into effect July l. The law provides
that all persons dealing in tickets shall have
4 certificate signed by the officers Of all rail-
roads whose tickets they sell, and that If any
person shall sell tickets without such au-
thority he shall be fined not exceeding $500,
and imprisoned not exceeding one year,
either or both. 1t also requires railroad
companies to redeem pro rata any unused
portion Of any ticket, and Furnishes by fine
and Imprisonment failure to do so.
oND-ADvENTIsrs to tn. number Of one
hundred or more, under the lead OF Elder
Thurman, Of Boston, who claimed to be
prophet and had predicted the second COM
ing OF Christ on the night Of the 18th, assem-
bled in Chicago on the evening OF that
day 10 await the fulfllment OF the
prophecy. 1t is said many OF them
had disposed Of all their worldly
possessions by giving them away, so conf
dent were they of the near approach Of the
reign of Christ on earth. Their prophets
now claim that an error in their calculations
had anticipated the event by period OF
forty-ninc years.
THE Chicago Inter Ocean Of April 90 pub
fishes reports from different sections o. the
country, indicating that the wheat crop in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ten
ncssec viii be less than an average, while in
Southern Illinois, Wisconsin and MINES ota
the yield promised TO be large. The
cotton and tobacco plants In Tennes-
see, South Carolna and Virginia had
been injured by frost, and in those States, as
well as Ohio Indiana and Missouri, the fruit
crop will be essentially = failure. The great
fruit regions Of Southern Illinois and West
ern Michigan have also suffered, and the
yield OF peaches, pears, apples and berries
will be small Oats and clover have been
damaged in some localities.
TIN jury in the libel suit of Miss Early, Of
Rockford, H., against Mr., Storey, Of the
Chicago Times, has rendered a verdict Of
as 600 damages. This suit was brought be-
cause OF the publication Of an article in the
Times alleging scandslous conduct on the
part of the plaintiff, a young lady OF ire
proachable character. The publication Of
the article was admitted on the trial, and
no attempt was made to justify it, the de-
Tense being that there WAS no malice in it,
and that a subsequent retraction was made.
] Inc NDeiOus article was bascu upon private
/ letters received by Mr. Storey, purporting to
/ come from Rockford parties, and was pub
/ lished as a special correspondence of that
paper. The defense moved for anew trial.
! A TorERA (Kan) special of the ODD says
seventy live of the Indians who escaped from
/ the Cheyenne Agency had returned, and
more would follow. They were nearly starved
/ To- death
! II Chicago, on the 22d, spring wheat, No
Q, was stronger, closing at Sl03A..fl 04%
1 cash Cash corn closed at IKE fornew No.
. and 1os.c for rejected. Cash oats sold at
62&Gic, June options were sold at CSC.
Rye brought SlG@lo5. Barley No :,
. sl2o0l25, Cash mess pork closed a.
/ s2lS5tl22oo. Lard, sl5iOGl5.5o Choice
to extra graded steers brought S6.4 to 800;
! prime to choice native stock, $4,000. p;
( Texans, S2.50R5.75; scalawags, s2.75G3 IS,
I Hogs brought 50. 50a7.75 for stll.fattened
and IS. 75G9 - FOR corn tattened.