Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-13
General News.
RAILWAY LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS

General News.
RAILWAY LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS.
At Harrisburg Pennsylvania on the
7th the State Senate unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved (the House of Representa-
tives concurring, That our Senators in
Congress be instructed and our Repre-
sentatives be requested to vote for the
passage Of the act entitled can act to
provide for equality in rates of freight
upon certain property carried wholly
or in part by railroads in commerce
with foreign nations, or among the
several States and Territories, and to
prevent violent and injurious fuctua-
lions and unjust determinations in
such commerce, and for other pur-
poses"
THE WATER ROUTES.
A dispatch from Albany, New York,
of the 9TH states that bill has been in
troduced in the State Senate to abolish
all tolls on the canals. Such law
would largely benefit the West.
THE STATE OF BLACK HILLS.
A Bismarck special of the 9TH says,
E. .. Brearly, Black Hills delegate to
congress in the interest of new terri
tory, left this morning on his return to
Deadwood. He says the scheme now
is to unite northern Dakota with the
Hills, and leave southern Dakota re-
main as Dakota. That would be ter
ritory with an ell, the Hills being the
ell. In that event, Bismarck would be
nominated the capital, and the Hills in
time would develop into something
bigger than territory-a state. The
commercial interests of the Hills and
northern Dakota are nearer identical
than those of southern Dakota. and
it is also true that the territorial govern
ment would be far more convenient to
the Hills iflocated at Bismarck than at
YanktOn.
BEN'S CHANCES.
A Cincinnati dispatch of the 9TH says,
Hon. Ben. Wade was reported to-day
as being a very sick man, but the fever
has left him. He is still very much
Frustrated, and the chances are abont
even for recovery.
HARD TIMES.
Business is becoming more and more
depressed in the east, and the poor feel
the effects most. A New York special
of the 9Th inst. says that if aid does not
come soon to the suffering poor of He
boken, many will perish of starvation.
There are five hundred and ninety-six
destitute families, with total of 1852
souls, entirely dependent upon charity
for support Poormaster Lewis saws
he knows Of forty families in the third
ward, only two heads of which have
employment, and that for only three
DAYS in a week at IS cents a day.
"The suffering is great now,'' says he,
"but it will be terrible if means are not
quickly taken fol- relief. Last Thurs
day, in the driving storm of snow and
wind, over two hundred poor people
came begging for relief. Barefooted
women and starving children came. I
did all l could for them, but at present
our hands are tied. The cause of this
extreme poverty is the absolute stagna.
ton of business We have no manu-
facturies to speak of; there is no build
ing going on, and there is no work do
ing on the docks" The legislature has
been applied to for immediate relief
WELLS IN PRISON.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 9Th
inst. says Ex-Gov. Wells is still in pris
on his health is improving. His bonds
are fixed at $4,000, and the sheriff is
authorized to accept them if good and
solid bonds are offered. Up to this
hour, 10 ?. NJ. they have not been
given.
BREAKING THE POOL
a Chicago dispatch of the 9th saws
the st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com
panies to-day gave the forty days no
tice requisite for withdrawal from the
Southwestern freight association pool.
MILES AND SITTING BULL.
A Bismarck special, of the 3rd inst.
states that Gen. Miles reports from
Tongue river that the main BODY of his
command has taken the field and he
only waits for $50 recruits from Fort
Smelling before proceeding in person
against Sitting Bull, who he confidently
believes is in the United States terri
tory. His force will operate from Fort
Peck as central point.
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