Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22


in command Of sixty cavalryrnen, was
sent in pursuit Of the fugitives. He was
reinforced by Gen. Neil with three
companies. Owing to the depth OF the
sand the troops had to dismount and charge
on foot. The Indians held their position in
the hills until night, and then retreated
under cover OF darkness. The troops were
repulsed three times, with loss Of six NOR
tally and ten slightly wounded. Gen. Pope
at once started all the available troops from
Hayes, Dodge, and North Fork cantonments
TO intercept the fugitive Indians, mostly I'M
armed.
The United States Supreme Court has de-
cided that money temporarily borrowed by a
banker In the course Of business is not taxa
BILE as capital.
Several warrants were Issued on the 10th for
the arrest OF clerks In the Postoffice Depart
meLt implicated in the recently.discovered
frauds in that department. J. j. Kinds, the
contractor implicated, had given bail. Two
clerks who confessed their participation in
the frauds were hold as witnesses against per-
sons who persisted in denying their guilt.
The explosion OF boiler in the Bingham
mills at South Adams, Mass, on the 18th
killed three men and fatally injured two 9th
ers. At Clinton, Mass, on the same day, a
grocery store was destroyed by fire and Mrs.
Dinsmore and her father, who occupied rooms
over the store, were burned to death. The
residence OF =. P. Clifford, at New Haven,
Conn, was also burned on the 18th, and Mrs
Clifford, who was sick and unable to leave her
room, persisted in the flames.
The United States District Court, at De.
troit, has sentenced Daniel Pratt, convicted OF
writing obscene matter on postal cards, to
the State Prison for two and half years.
The condition OF affairs in the mining re-
gions of Pennsylvania was reported as im-
proving on the 18th, and it was thought that
the strike was about over, 1900 miners hav-
ing returned to work, with prospect that
others would soon follow. The State troops
would remain on the ground until their pres
ence became unnecessary tn prevent violence
A seventeen year-old girl named Katie
Hess, living about eight miles north OF
Kirby, Ohio, few evenings ago hurried up
the fire in the cook-stove by pouring kerosene
oil upon it, when the inevitable explosion
lollO"cc, anu Suc WAS 80 Dauly buIHeu tHdt
she died In about two hours. The building
and contents were entirely destroyed,
A young man named Fred Brandenburgh,
aged about eighteen years, was found dying
from starvation and exhaustion under pile
of lumber, in San Francisco, on the morning
of the 18th. He stated before his death that
he crawled under the lumber nine days be-
fore. Other lumber was piled around stop
ping his egress.
A Wilkesbarrc (Pa.) dispatch Of the 14th
says the miners OF the Lehigh d Wilkesbarre
Company, Of whom 10000 were idle, were
fdlly determined not to resume work unless
their demand for an advance Of 10 yer cent
was granted. No outrages had been commit
ted by these men. Business WAS badly pros
| trateo throughout the valley on account OF
Tie long continued strike.
According to Washington dispatches of the
18th the Postofiice Department was In receipt
of Information that parties who had secured
contracts for large number of mail routes In
the Western States were Systematically offer
Ing to sublet them thereby assuming in effect
the position OF mailroute brokers.
A foot and half Of snow fell throughout
New England on tho lith, obstructing the
railroads.