Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-01

recent Washington dispatch says that
from Commissioner Duclls annual state
ment Of the operations of the Patent-Once
1t appears that the amount of money re-
ceiyed on application for patents on trade
marks, designs, reissues, extensions, caveats,
disclaimers and appeals, from Oct I, 1915,
to Sept 30, 1876, was S1l0llo There was
also received for copies of spociica-
,ions and other papers, S55,2ot and from
other sources-including subscriptions to
the Official Gasette-- s3i ,203; making the to-
tai receipts $780, e7, The total expenditures
ON account of the Patent once during the
same period was s66l ,S3s, the principal
items being slS7 $50 Tor salaries, s5i SOL
for contingent expenses, and SO, OPS
Tor pho ographng back issues There were
81, ioS applications received for pat, hts, and
1871 patents issued during the year, besides
1913 pa ents allowed, but not issued for
want of the dnal fee; also, 1857 tr de-marks
and 400 labels registered, aud 2,ai3 caveats
filed during the same period, Only two
patents were extended
a telegram was received In Washington
on the 9lst from Indian Agent Mitchell, at
Fort Peck, Montana. stating that mcsscn-
gers from Sit ing Bulrs camp reported that
the entire hostile camp had crossed the Vel.
lowstone at Tie muu h Of the Big Horn, cjs
route for that place. They claimed To
want peace Instructions were at
once seut to Mir Mitchell to irform
sitting Bun that the only condition
ot peace is his surrender when he will be
treated rs prisoner of war Issue no ra-
tious, except af er such surrender. a, d when
fully satisfied that the Indians can be held
at the Agency; make every preparation 10
defend the Ag ncy stores and property
The military will cooperate rs far as posi-
ble.n
According 10 the school census Just taken
in Chicago the population Of the city Is
about 407,G6l,
4 salt Lake dispatch OF The 2lst states
that snow had recently fallen in the noun
tains in the ucighborhood TO the depth OF
from ono 90 three feet
During 1870 exhibition DAYS, from the opvu-
inG day May 10, down 10 and GLIDING
saturday, Oct Il > -, ilS paying visitors
attended the Exposition, the receipts for
gate money being $2.6S6, Ga3i5, The uua-
Der OF visitors given above exceeds by2 .%s.a..
$50 the number In stlc. dance at the Nic.ua
Exp si.iou during lS6 DAYS. During the
week ending on the Fist the receipts were
tGa heaviest Of .bc Exhibition, The number
of admissions footing mp Ola, -, atGrty cents
each,
\ cwwceSs ago the View York T,a5ss sub.
mitt,6 70 les Compositurs a proposition that
they should quit tae Typographical U.iou.
that 1t should pay them the p c.ept rat. uu.
TN Dec, /, aud for The ensuing year lori \dve
cents q thousand, and that attcrwM 1t
should pay them 1--WE cents more than the
market price. On the 22d, the Onion or.
dcrcd a strike, and few Of the men left the
office
y decision Of general iHtorest 10 the hold
ers 81 lifcinsurauce policies has just been
rendered by the United States Supreme
Court. The suits in question were those Of
policy holders residing in Mississippi during
the war, and VITO were debarred py the war
from RENTING their annual premiums
20 Northern Companies, and the Court