Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-28

VlClnlty OF the Omaha reservation m
habeas corpus case will be heard ~.
Justice Miller, of the supreme COY
the 29th of May, in that CITY. ''
a SIDNEY. Neb., dispatch of the oos
says, this evening the severest storm =,
bail and rain ever experienced in tn
section occurred. Bridges, sidewan,s
and the water-works were badly d.
aged. Cattle herds being rounded ~
broke loose and many weak animals
and calves were killed. A large portion
of the town was inundated.
A NEW YORK special OF Nav ooth
says the rush of women and children n
purchase $40 refunding certificates al
the p~ostothce to-day was greater than on
any previous day. They stood in alina
three deep. The mems lire was yerv
nearly as long and much more orderlvS
There was frequent quarrels among the
women, and a posse of policemen was
found to be necessary to keep order.
IDAHO TERRITORY advices of the Dist
state that information from Headline
Indians in the Choctaw aud Chlclasaw
nations 10 that the Indians are becam.
ing FESTIVE under the idea that the
whites are about to attempt the occr
patton Of the Territory. Much unessi.
ness exists, and the Chickasaws are
much depressed al the threatening ont.
look. 1t is believed that they are or.
ganizing armed resistance to meet
armed invasion of whites.
A Brazil, Ind, dispatch of the Goth
| inst O ouS tho ctriGarS "a aII =, ,,oor
ing to-day, and decided to offer q prom
osition to the operators to have their
differences settled by arbitration. The
latter decline the proposition, claiming
that they have offered all that they can
possibly give; that their summer con.
tracts are lost, and enough men are
willing to work to supply the local
trade and keep the mines running till
fall.
A DENVER dispatch of the 10Th
inst. says at l o'clock this after
noon the Denver, South Park &
Pacific Railroad reached the Kenosha
summit with the track and at $3.50 the
first passenger train reached the sum-
NIT, zen thousand and one hundred and
forty feet above the sea level, the high
est point yet attained by any
railroad IN north America.
All the difficulties in the
way are now overcome and track
having will continue at the rate of a
mile per day till the road reaches Lead
vile. Passengers leaving Leadville in
the morning now arrive in Denver be-
fore midnight the same day.
A RACINE, Wis.,, dispatch dated May
21st says the event of the season in this
city was the marriage this evening, at S
O'Clock, of Mr.. Edwin H. Pease with
Miss Doolittle, youngest daughter of
the Hon. James r. and Mrs. DoOtlittle,
at the elegar. residence Of the
brides parents on Main street. The
ceremony was performed in a very i'm
pressive name by the Rev. Joseph
Rowley, pastor of the first First Baptist
church. A large number of personal
friends of the contracting parties both
from the city and abroad witnessed the
tying Of the golden bands of wedlock.
The bride was beautifully and tasteful
" dressed in white silk and orange
blossoms. A large number of costly
presents were bestowed upon the newly
married couple. They left on the ll:2O
.. m. train north, to be absent a couple
of weeks.
A BISMARCK, Dakota, dispatch OF the
Goth SAYS the steamer Helena arrived
from Fort Benton yesterday. She
leaves on the return trip tomorrow
She brought down five hundred bales
of furs. The steamer Black Hills ar
rived from Yankton Saturday. Inc
steamer Gen. Sherman left for Standing
Rock this morning, with Gen. Carlln,
commandment of the post, on board
Medicine Bear, with sixty lodges OF IN
capapas, is at Popular river. There
were two hundred lodges of hostlle'
within thirty miles of that agency when
the steamer Helena passed on the l|tn'
The Indians are reported very savage
Medicine Bear wanted a feast, and tne
agent would not give him n e. he told
the agent there would be plenty Oh
Uncapapas there in a day or two, anu
he had better feast him.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, advlces under date
of May Odd bring the following letter Oh
! Secretary Sherman to Gen. Robinson
chairman ot the Ohio republican sta'e
committee:
WASHINGTON, DC, May ID
NY DEAR SIR: In view of the kindly interes.
manifested by political friends during my 20 10
| ylsit home. that | should be nominated as y 10
publican candidate for governor oil Ohloi ! I'D
given the subject much careful consldera.'on he
have come to the conclusion that l cannot, W ~
p,esent situation, accept such a nornlhaliosi
rendered. l am engaged in a puolc GUY a
demands my constant attention ana WIZ n
clearly be better completed by lne tuan s::csnt
one coming freshly into Office. To now afeVr,
The nomination for governor, though fspI
honor | would otherwise highly prize an as
deeply grateful Tor, would be justly rega'ueu he
an Abandonment OF a trust important 70 ~
wpole country TO promote my personal a us@I