Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09


the following recommendations: Immediate
compliance on the part If the Government with
the terms of the existing treaties with all In
dians; appropriations for consolidating the
agencies; generous appropriation for educs,-
tional purposes; discontinuancs of tribal rela-
tions; extension of The law for the protection
of life and property; allotments Of land es-
Enlistment of industrial and agricultural
boarding and compelling the attend
ance of all between seven and eighteen years:
the issue of supplies to be made to heads of
families; increased salaries to Indian Agents.
THE suit, in New York, of the En-.
glish owners of the famous Emma Mine against
Irenor w. Park and others, who sold it, to recov-
er the s., CO0,000 paid for it, alleging there was
fraud deceit and Misrepresentation on the part
of Mr.. Park in regard to the resources of the
mine resulted on the 18th ult., after "A four
months uial, in a verdict fer the defendants.
SEVERAL members of the st. Louis
Whisky Ring, who were sentenced to pay fine
and to nominal imprisonment, year ago, but
who had never paid the fine, were arrested in
that city on the 2Sth ult. One OF them paid the
fine 81 000) and was released, but the Others
gave bail in Il 800. These arrests were made
under the direction of Dist.-Att'y Bliss, in pur-
suance of resent decision of the Secretary of
the Treasury that measures must be taken to
collect all unpaid fines in the whisky cases.
AN Omaha dispatch of the Goth ult.
says information from nearly all sections of
Nebraska was to the effect that the heavy snow
and ram storm of the previous three DAYS had
destroyed all the grasshoppers. The weather
was intensely cold and froze the 'hoppers to
death. Experiments in thawing them out
showed no signs of vitality.
Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY employees,
mostly females, in the employ of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, in Washington, were
discharged, on the Both ult.
THE Dime Savings Bank, at Bethle-
hem, Pa, suspended, on the 30th at, with liza
bilities exceeding $685., 900: assets unknown.
THE public debt statement for April
shows the following: Coin bonds outstanding,
81 6S5, 020, 750 total debt, S2,22I, G5S $685. cash
in Treasury sl54 299, $50; debt, less cash in the
Treasury ?2,070, 1853, 9l7; decrease during April,
S4,3l5, $40.
The nj agara water-power property
on the American side was sold at auction on
the LIST, and bid in by "A Buffalo gentleman at
1000.
SECTION of the northeast corner
of the New York Postoffice building fell on the
afternoon of the LIST, while men were at work re-
moving supports which had been placed under
it while making repairs. OF the ten men at
work in the room at the time of the accident two
were killed, and one fatally and Others slightly
injured.
A JACKSON (Miss) Associated Press
dispatch of the LIST says that on the evening of
26th ult John W. Gully a prominent citizen of
kcmporia WAS assassinated by an unknown
party On the 18th, " two coorcd men made
an affidavit that Benz. Rush, a white man, did
tho deed, and that Judge Chisholm, who ran for
Congress on the Republican ticket in the Third
District last election, his son and Gilner Rosen-
baum and Hopper, prominent white Republic
cans, knew of ard instigated The crime.
Chisholm and sor were arrested and i'm
prisoned ut De kalb. Mrs. Chisholm and
daughter insisted on sharing their confinement.
On Sunday, the 18th Chisholm sent to Scooba
for Gilmer, for whom u warrant had been issued.
GImer came, ard on his arrival WAS arrested; ,
but just rs I've arrived Mt the Jail was set upon
by mob and killed. The jailor was then
overpowered by the mob, who Immediately
attacked Chisholm, mortally wounding him
and killing his son. Miss Chisholm, in de-
Tending her father, shot and killed DR.. Ross
or, and Mrs. Chisholm severely wounded
Young Gully, "A son of Gully who was assassina-
ted. Miss Chisholm was also seriously wound
ed. Roscnbaum and Hopper were carried to
the woods by the mob TO cNtort from them the
whereabouts of Rush, the alleged assassin of
Gully, 1t is supposed Rosenhaum and Hopper
were hanged. 1t is reported that u horrible
state of affairs is existing throughout that sec
ton. The people are wild with excitement, and
other hangings will probably follow"
IN New York City, on the 81, the Grand
jury found indictments against Dr. Thomas $.
Lambert, President; James Cruikshank. Secre-
taIy, and Alex. j. Reid, Cashier, of the Ameri-
can Popular Life Insurance Company, charg-
ing them with having subscribed to
q sworn statement of the financial con-
diton of the company in which the
facts are misrtprcsented. DR.. Lambert was held
in ball Of $4,000 and the others were held in
the sum of 5000 each. inducements for a
similar ottcnse were also found against Luther
W. Frost, President, and j. p, Rogers, Secretary,
of the Continental Life Insurance Company but
they had disappeared from the city.
Personal.
GEN. SHERMAN Is sand To be of the oplu.