Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-29

Receipts from all sonrces ....... 1886 1877 70
increase over last year ........ l.s52, $50 81
Expenditures OF all kinds ....... 1926 ,4Sl 81
Decrease from las. year ............ 3i7.s2l 81
Excess OF expenditures over re- u
Excess Of expenditures for previous
year was ........-.......-....-.. b,4'2,lZ6 W
Nearly the entire receipts of the Depart
ment are derived from the sale Of stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards, the
receipts from these sources being $780,
o79,5l2 TO-
Among the items Of expenditures the fol-
lowing were the principal ones, viz:
Inland transportation ............. Sl4745,845 95
Conversation OF Postmasters. i,3B.39i II
Clerks Tor Postoiices ..........,.-e 3fstlt5l -
Railway clerks. =. -. ............. J. 40 ~
Manufacture of stamped envelopes.
Postal cares aud wrappers. os',5lU so
Foreign mail transportation........ 22S, l23 20
The revenue from money order business
was $4,000.
A hand grenade was thrown into the sit
ting-room of the residence of Vim. III. Price,
Of Davenport, Iowa, on the night OF the
10Th, which exploded with considerable vio-
lence, forcing out the wall of the house and
demolshing the ceiling. 1t fortunately hap
pened ihat no lives were lost. 1t was
thought by some that the object Of the per-
petrator OF the outrage was to kill Hon.
Hiram Price, Member-eect of Congress from
the Davenport District.
In the case Of Admiral Porter and Others
Of the North Atlantic Squadron against the
rams Texas and Beaufort AID ten other
Confederate vessels, in which sl,50O,000
al Nd 1a1 in
the United States District Court at Washing
ton, on the 18th, declaring that for want of
proof the eaptors are entitled TO but one-half
of the proceeds Of the prizes, and that The
value of the Texas was S55 $50 and the Beau
fort s12,0 900 4at
New York dispatches state that it is es-
timated that there is an aggregate of 3d.
SOC, 600 held in the pool boxes in that city,
wagered on the result Of the Presidential
election, 81 100000 of which amount is 10
the establishment OF John Morrissey
AT Sacramento, Cal, on the night of the
18th, during performance at MoOre's Opera
House, which was situated over a livery
stable, the floor gave way, and the entire
audience of about 900 persons was precip-
itated into the stable below. The lights
were eXtnguished by the conclusion, and a
scene Of fearful confusion ensued. Eight
persons were killed outright and about 100
others were injured, many probably fatally.
The Christian Convention of the North
west assembled in Chicago on the 2lst. A
large delegation was present The chief
object of the mblage was to take coun-
sci concerning the further prosecution Of
the great revival in the West inaugurated
by Mr. Moody at Chicago.
At Faribault, MINI, on the Goth, the
Younger brothers pleaded guilty to an in
dictment for numbering Haywood, the Cash
Ter of the Mortified Bank, and were i'm
mediately sentenced TO Imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary ut hard labor for
life.
A Wellington dispatch of the 22d says
Gen Barry had arrived there from Fort
Monroe, and was in command of the United
States soldiers stationed in that city There
were no arrivals of troops and Gen. Sher-
man said none had been ordered to Wash
ington except the light companies or batter
les then in barracks at the Arsenal aud Navy
Yard.