Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-16
nom ESTIC.

On the 4th, the State Department
co official information of the release of the
American Consul at Acapulco and Secretary
Evarts has instructed the Minister to enter
formal protest and demand from the Govern
ment of Mexico an apology and full reparation
for the outrage.
FROM March /, 1869, to April 30, 1877,
the decrease of the debt Of the United States was
T455, 104, 642.
On the Goth ult, the boiler of the
steamship Sidonian burst, during her trip, kill
ing the Captain, the engineer, two fremen and
a trimmer. The cook was wounded.
GEO. Nj. PINNEY, the defaulting and
fugacious clerk to Pay-Inspector Spaulding of
San Francisco, has, after an absence of eighteen
months, voluntarily returned and surrendered
himself to the authorities.
ACCORDING to Salt Lake dispatches of
the 9th, the Latter Day Saints were apprehen-
sve of the arrest of Brigham Young and other
heads of the Church accused of sanctioning the
Mountain Meadows massacre. They had de-
termined to resist any movement against Brig
ham by Federal authority, and to that end were
secretly arming and drilling.
BY the expiration Of the various petents,
at noon, on the Sth, all the vital points in all
classes of sewing machines became common
property. In consequence, very important
changes are expected to occur in the sewing
machine trade, and prices will be largely
duced.
ANOTHER cali for the redemption of
$40 bonds, of May and November 1865, to
the amount of $40, ia $50, was issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury the 7th Prin-
cipal and interest to be paid the 9Th of
August
OLEoMARGARINE, aggregatng 3, $40 500
pounds, worth !48l, 7i7, was exported from New
York during the seven months ending March Is.
AFTER a session of 11G days, the Gen
eral Assembly of Ohio has adjourned.
THE President, on the It'll, discontinued
forty Pension Agencies in various parts of the
country Eighteen agencies to do the
work Of hfty-eight. saving of $50 900 per
annum is estimated to result from this action.
The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania,
Maguires has directed that warrants for execu-
ton shall issue.
IT was resolved by the Cabinet at Wash.
ington, on the 9Th, that the organized cattle
stealing and other depredations upon the prop
erty of American citizens in Texas must be
stopped without further delay inattention on
the part of Mexican authorities
A TREATY between the Postoflice De
partmonts of the United States and Italy. was
signed by the President the 9Th.
AT Glasgow, Ky, on the Sth, two
United States Deputy Marshals and two specia
United States Baihifs were arrested charged with
shooting with intent to kill. An attempt to
arrest Illicit distilers was the cause of the
trouble.
COUNT SHISKTN, the Russian Minister
at Washington, on the 9th formally notified
the Secretary of State that n state of war exists
between Russia and Turkey. The Turkish Min
lister gave n similar notice some weeks ago.
In the Vaudeville Mines, near St. Clair,
Pa, an explosion of gas occurred on the morn
ing of the 9th. Thirty men were imprisoned.
Eight were taken out alive, but badly injured.
Six dead bodies had been recovered up to the
morning of the 10th.
A REDUCTION of the army, says a Wash
ington special of the 9th, has been decided upon,
and the discharge of 2 500 enlisted men has been
ordered by the President. The Secretary of War
was instructed to issue the necessary order
Tux State Fair of Minnesota will be
held the first week in September at Mime
apolis
On the 10th, being the anniversary of the
opening of the Centennial Exposition, President
Hayes, ex-rresidcnt Grant and many prominent
persons, attended, the opening of the Permanent
International Exhibition at Philadelphia. APP
propriate and elaborate ceremonies were OBJ
served.
On the 10th, the Legislature of Illinois
resolved 10 al ouru size de on the oath