Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
. SILVER DISCOVERIES IN NEVADA.

tlDue III tne vicinity OF leaQfllle.
Among the latest and most remarkable
discoveries is one which was made by
Lieutenant Governor Taber, last
Saturday morning at sand
carbonate vein from which
$500 was taken that day, and the dis
covery Of very rich deposits on Ten
Mile creek, where a assure vein, sew
enteen feet thick, is reported. BY an
examination of the Denver and Red
River Railroad Company's books for
November, it appears that near
~ two million pounds of base
bullion were transported froni Leadville
by that route in November, and up
wards Of twice that quantity Of high
grade by the Colorado Springs route in
November. 1t is very evident that that
produced in silver Of the Leadville mines
will very largely exceed any estimates
hitherto published.
LOST IN MID-oCEAN.
a New York dispatch of Nov. 18th
says: A fate like that which the steam
or city Of Boston met in mid-sea has
probably overtaken the Herman Ludvig.
she left this port for Antwerp on Oct.
2S, and was never seen after she passed
the Fire island light No bit of wreck
found on any shore has been identified
as hers, and no fortunate passenger or
sailor has escaped to tell the story of her
wreck. The date of her departure
comedies with series of very severe
gales along the entire Atlantic coast
The charterer and owners gave up all
hope of her long ago. The captains
wife and Henry Greve, an Antwerp
merchant together with the thirty
Flemish seamen, composed her entire
ships company. Her cargo consisted
of $4,000 worth of general mer-
chandise. She was valued at $4,000.
There is no list on this side the
water of her crew Her cargo was
largely insured by the shippers, but the
amount lost by the insurers has not
been ascertained. The steamer belongs
to the White Cross line, plying between
New York and Antwerp, of which
Messrs Funch, Eydc Il Co. are the
agents. She originally belonged to
British owners. She was bull, on the
Clyde by John Key, in 1870, and was
baptized the Andes. She almost as
soon as launched passed under the Bel
gian flag, and was rechristened the Her
man Lltdacig. She was built Of iron, on
the newest models, rated 100 A l in
Lloyd's, and was regarded as patent
freight steamer.
AN ELEVATOR BURSTS.
a Kansas City, Mo-, special of Dec.
10th says: The Hannibal and st. Joe
railroad elevator, large structure in
the bottoms, not far from the Union
depot, literally burst TO peiccs last night,
and is now q total wreck. Workmen
We're engaged unloading cars, when
it was discovered that the foun-
dations ofthe building were giving away.
filled the structure. During two hours
the settling process went on. First the
top portion broke of, and then the sides
burst out, and the grain ran out, carry
ing the cars in the immediate vicinity
before the awful tide, and crushing them
to pieces. There were ten cars on the
outside either crushed into atoms or
badly broken, and three inside, which
Of course were smashed to nothingness,
making thirteen cars in all ruined. The
building was l24 feet in height,
and was placed on brick
wall foundation Ii feet in height.
There were at time of the accident
stored in the building 45, 900 bushels Of
wheat;and %, 900 bushels of corn and
small quantity of other grain, making
about 10000 bushels in all. The ca
pacitv of the elevator was 100, 600 bush
els. Loss on building. about $4,000;
on grain $4,000.
FLOODS II THE EAST.
Heavy storms prevailed in the Allan
tic coast Dec Iotli. Floods prevailed
through Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
yania, New York, and elsewhere. Con-
siderable railroad and mill property
was destroyed.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORsHIP.
a Columbia telegram of Dec. 10, says;
The legislature elected GOV. Ham p
ton to the United States senate to-day.
The vote in the senate was unanimous.
The house, with two exceptions, voted
for Hampton; the exceptions were Mil
Ter and Simmons, colored members
from Beaufort, who voted for MaCkey.
COY. WADE HAMpToS's LEG.
Says a Columbia, 5. c., telegram
of December 10th; Governor Wade
Hampton had his leg amputated to-day
below the knee. The amputation is the
result of the fall received while hunt
ing. His immediate friends say his
condition is not dangerous.
ANOTHER MILL EXPLOSION AT MINNIE
ApOiIS.
At late hour on the night of Dec.
9th an explosion occurred in the Anchor
mill, Minneapolis, which totally de