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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
IL VIII out.

A confession is received from a prisoner
at Ballston Spa, N. Y, to the effect that
John Ryan, now in the Michigan penten-
tisry, and John Lamb, now awaiting trial for
murder at Chicago of Officer Race. were the
men who in 1875, committed the terrible
murder at Norway, near LsSalle, by which
one Burdick Somsen lost his life while
defending the life aud property of his
friend, old Mr.. Keppler, from burglars. The
perpetrators of this outrage have never
been discovered. The confession states
that Lamb and Ryan were driven by the
Ba!lston Spa prisoner in wagon from the
scene Of the murder, and that from their
conversation he knew they had committed
the crime The gambler who put up the
job ha. been arrested. Lamb utterly denies
any connection with the matter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
MartUe Disasters.

The British barque Edith, from Philadel.
phia for Queenstown, was wrecked at sea,
The steamer Atlas arrived at Boston on the
Goth ult. with the mate end seven of the
E1ith's crew, which were picked up in a
small boat, after being exposed to week q
saffering on the ocean. The captain and
four of the Edith's crew are supposed to be
drowned
The off GERS and crew of the bark Mercury,
abandoned in the ice October oath, in lati-
tude II 10 north, longitude 172 west, just
north OF Herald shoals, were landed at San
Francisco on the 9th, by the whaling bark
Helen Mar. The Murcury had on board
1000 barrels of oil, 5000 pounds of bones
and 1000 pouods of ivory, and was owned
by Bartlett & Son, of New Bedford. The
ship was valued At 5000. The Mar left the
bark Vigiant in the same pack of ice,
frozen in, but the crew were all well.
The steamer Throw. from Montreal, was
severely damaged by collision in the
Thames, on the 9th ult. she was after
wards run ashore and sunk.
Two hundred and thirty.six fishermen
have been lost from Gloucester daring the
past twelve months, and it is feared
others will be added to the list, as several
vessels are now missing.
The crew of the ship Sves, bound from
Boston to Antwerp with palm oil, were
taken of their vesse. by the steamer State
OF Alabama. The men were exhausted from
exposure and leck of food. One WAS wash.
ed overboa I'd before the steamer arrived.
A dispatch from Shanghai says the
steamer Pingou came in collision with and
SINK the brig Condor.
The pier of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company at Aspinwall, has been swept away
by storm.
Fears are entertained for the safety of the
Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, transportation
company's steamer Waubuno, which left
Collingwood on the 22d, for Parry sound
nothing having since been heard of her
One of the Waubunos metallic life boats
aud portions of -four barrels and other
wrecked stuff have been picked up. The
crew numbered seventeen and her passenger
list thirteen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
a bloody Record.

Jerry Saunders and Phil Bradshaw, color
ed, quarreled at Kinsley, Kansas, on the LIST,
a hout woman, when the former struck the
latter with n doubletree and killed him.
Mrs james Powers, the old lady, So years
Of age, who was brutally beaten by burglars
in her house at Chicago on the 2S,h nit has
died from the effects of her INJURIES. In
the melee the mask of one of the men be.
came displaced and Mrs. Powers got a look
Mt him. She identified Kesrns Slavery, sub.
sequently arrested, rs the man whose face
she saw. He will probably now be held for
murder.
10 quarrel at saloon in Henderson
county, Ky, six miles above Mt. Vernon,
Iud., on the 28th, Marsh Carter shot and
killed John Barker.
James NJ. Lowe, arrested at Portland, Me,
for the murder of his brother Joseph last
September, plead guilty on the 29th ult,
and confessed the horrid details Of his
crime. lie hid behind the barn door at
night, and when his brother appeared ne
murdered him vita !. Ratchet.
murder occurred in the county ip6rm.
airy at Cleveland, o., on the 2Sth. Edward
johnson, 3 Svede, assaulted another inmate
named John Carr, aged 90, with butcher
knife, fatally carving him.
Marshal Lindenberg, of New Bremsn,
Auglaize county, o., was probably fatally
shot on the night of the 9th ult,, by burg
lars, whom he was trying to arrest.
The body of Thomas Russell, fist Charles,
Mich, sailor, belonging TO the barge Wal
ton, was found floating in Buffalo creek on
the 2Sth, bearing evidence of having been
murdered and thrown in. His face and
head were horribly disfgured with some
blunt instrument. Capt. Andrew Mckenzie,
of Detroit, master of the barge, has been
arrested on suspicion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Artemus Wards Revenge.

Of Charles F. Browne, (Artemus
Ward, the Voice of Cleveland says that
once at Vincennes, Ind, where he was
lecturing, che was grossly insulted by a
very consequential depot baggage
master. The fellow, out of desire to
show his authority, used him very
roughly on some triding pretext,
Browne meditsted revenge, and walked
up and down the platform for fully
fifteen minutes. Suddenly basket of
eggs attracted his attention, and he
bought about dozen of them. be put
three or four in bis own pockets and
gave as many to two friends who were
with him. Then he took them into the
baygage-csr and awaited his opportunity.
In a few minutes the train began to
move, and Immediately Browne and his
friends made target of that man, the
first egg hitting him on the nose and the
others decorating him at irregular in
tervsls. One of the persons who saw
the occurrence says that the look on the
baggage masters face rs the shower OF
eggs came upon him was indescribable.
Browne was in his happiest mood for
the remainder of the trip, and appeared
entirely satisfied with his revenge"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Destructive Fires.

Megarge's paper warehouse, at Philsdel.
phis, was destroyed by fire on the LIST inst.
Loss over $500, 600; insured.
The Erie railway depot at Hornellsville,
N. Y, burned on the night of the 29th.
The greater portion of the town Of Ovens
burg, Green county, Ohio, was burned on
the Goth. The village has a population of
between 800 and 400.
The town of Randalis, Fayette county, on
the line of the Milwaukee division of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
railroad, between Cedar Rapids and Post
lille, Iowa, was reduced to ashes on the
26th. Many OF the business firms will be
financially ruined by the calamity. The
fire is believed to have been set by rival
saloon keeper in the upper section of the
town, and indignation was high.
The stables of the Eighth Avenue horse
car railroad at New York, took fire on the
18th and burned to the ground. There
were In the structures ut the time eight
hundred horses and an immense quantity of
baled hay. Over one hundred of the
animals were burned to death. Two FIRE.
men were fatally injured by falling walls,
and several others were badly hurt. The
loss is estimated at about 1915, 900; insured
fully.
The extensive cooperage works of Dot.
bsld Bros, at London, Ont, have burned.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000. The work
of an inceDdiary.
The Otonoco Touring mill at Oronoco,
Olmsted county, MINI, was burned on the
25th. warehouse with 10000 bushels of
wheat was also destroyed. Total loss not
less than $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Royal NuptiAIs.

The marriage of King Alfonso, of Spain,
and the Archduehess Marie Christine, was
solemnized in the Atocha church, Madrid,
on the Goth ult. The bride was richly
dressed in white and wore diamond Of
brilliants and the insignia of the Marie
Louise order. Troops lined the streets
through which the procession moved. After
the marriage ceremony King Alfonso and
his queen. Marie Christine, drove through
the city preceded by brilliant cortege. The
queen made most favorable Impression
and was enthusiastically greeted by the
p.,ulace
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Fatal Eyniastpns

The boiler in lae + g Claire, Wis, Lum.
Der company's planning mill exploded win
terrih3 force at o'clock on the aft,rr DON
OF the lst instant, killing the engineer, Hal
kius, fireman Hosphn, and teamster
named Gallagher The force of the explo.
sion was so great as TO be felt all over the
city, and fragments of the wreck were
scattered for blocks distant Several other
employees were more or lessinjured.
Two children of Donald McNorton were
killed by the explosion of powder al Otta.
wa, Canada, on the LIST inst.
The Marcellus powder mill, situated about
twelve mills from Syracuse, n. y, exploded
on the 2Sth, destroying three bulldogs.
Three thousand pounds of powder blew up,
aud the report was heard twenty miles, but
fortunately nobody WAS hurt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Railroad Ruupus.

Near Topeka, Kansas, on the goth ult.,
while contractor on the Kansas Central
road was paying off, a large number of
forged checks for the men's time were pre-
sented, which the paymaster refused TO
honor. A mob o: graders, with drawn re.
volvers, took possession of the contractor
quarters and forced payment OF the checks,
whereupon the citizens of the vicinity be-
came highly incensed at the riotous action,
organized a posse, arrested the ringleaders
and restored order.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
cuban Insurxeugs Defeated.

Lieut. Col. Navarro with squad of forty
cavalry volunteers, defeated aud dispersed
at Sabanos Neavos, province of Santa Clara,
a band OF insurgents under the leadership of
Chief Garlic. Twenty-three insurgents
were killed and many wounded. Among
the wounded were two brothers of GARLIC.
Navarro's fore. also captured the so.cslled
Colonel Castillo and In urgent BoDachea,
together with a considerable number of
ton, aud liberated 20 negroes whom the in
surgents had forcibly taken from plsnta-
tons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
New York.

New YORK, December 1-3:30 P. M
Cotton-Quiet at IL 716c for uplands.
Flour-Shade lfrmer; receipts ZOO bbls
sales 1900 bbls; rye flour dun and un.
changed. Wheat-Spring shade better
and winter II to 1hc higher and
rather quiet; receipts $4,000 bus; sales
IA 900 bus: No. 2 red cash at 81 49H
Rye--Firm and unchanged. Corn-Quiet;
@6lc for western mixed. Barley-Firm !;
two rowed state at 72@03c. Oats--Quiet;
receipts "a 600 bus; sales $4,000 bus at ASK
l147c for mixed western; 46@4SHc for
white. pork-Hieher at $ll.90. Beef
Quiet. Lard--Higher at $3.50. Butter-At
17@37c. Cheese: whisky Sugar and Eggs
Unchanged. Petroleum-Cruds 1T 7h@
SIC; refined unchanged. Tallow-At &c.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
FoRTY.SIxTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

MONDAY, December 1.-At noon the
senate was called to order by Vice President
Wheeler and prayer was offered by the
chaplain. After the regular routine Of in
forming the president had been observed,
the annual report of the secretary of the
treasury was pre- ,ented. The presidents
message was next received and read. Ferry
formally announced the death of Senator
Z sIhsrish Chandler, and the senate ad.
journed out of respect to the deceased.
House.
MONDAY, December Speaker Ran.
dali called the house to order at noon. The
roll call showed 232 members present and
Sc absent. Newly elected members from
California, Iowa and New York took the
iron-clad oath. After short recess, while
the president was being informed of the
convention of congress, the presidents
message was received and read. AID.
journed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Death on The Rail.

A freight train on the Little Rock road,
jumped the track at point 40 miles west Of
Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th inst, ditehng
kfteen cars loaded with cotton, which then
burned, A negro woman, her two children
and George Forsythe white brake smsn
were killed outright, II. + Trowhridge, con.
ductor, Joe II aoker, proprietor, of the Black.
fl h eating station and o'Brien, brak emsn,
were seriously Injured, aud o'Nesl, another
brakeman had his hands burned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
The Irish Land Troubles

The excitement through the west Of Ire
land shows no signs of abatement. Large
meetings are being held in all populous
places in counties May and Sligo. Parnell,
in addressing a large meeting on the Gath,
in Sligo, asked the people to persevere in
the agitation, and remember his advice to
keep a firm grip on the land. There are
evil omens for the winter which are begin
ming to be felt, and correspondent OF
the London Times calls attention to the
brisk trade doing at Irish fairs for old gov
eminent rifles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
The Debt Statement

The debt statement issued on the ist inst
show the decrease of the debt Tor November
to be $799, 1913; cash in the treasury, $780,
2l7 SOS; gold certificates, $l3, $40 100; silver
certificates, S7067 ,9l0 certificates of de.
post outstanding, $l4 lGo 600; refunding
certificates, s. 6lt 1850; legal tenders out.
standing, Si6 6Si ,m6; fractional currency
outstanding, $l5 704,S4S
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04

Three children broke through the ice in q
mill pond at Cayugs, Ont on the LIST, and
we're drowned.
Henry Cords, aged 10, and two girls
named Young and Hart, were drowned, at
Baraboo, Wis, on the LIST inst, by the
breaking OF ice on which they were coast
ing
At Boston, Mass, On Thanksgiving day,
three girls were drowned by breaking
through thin ice upon which they were
skating.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, December 800 P. M
Flour-Strong; good to choice at S6.Ou@
6.75; common spring at So 50@5,75. Wheat
Active and higher; No. 2 seller December
at 81 22@l 2224; seller January at 81 2SA0
1,245s; No. cash at $1.23H; No. at 1922
Gl22h; No. at $l.09. Corn-Dull at
39kc; new at Sc Oats-Tsme at 33c !;
white at So nc, Bayley-Active and higher !;
No. at 741Sc; No. at 49hc. Rye
Firm; No. i at 72Kc. Pork-Sronger at
s1237h. Lsrd-Flrm at $7,40@z90. Hogs
Firm at 81 COCOA %.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04

The brig We>tmoreand arrived at New
York on the LIST inst, after q forty days pas.
sage from San Domirg go. She experienced
a trying passage, having encountered the
cyclone OF Nov. goth, while short handed,
four OF her crew having died of yellow fever
while at sea, Captain Pacsham says there
were TWO vessels brought into Jscmel, san
Domingo, whose crew were lying dead on
their decks from the fatal scourse,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Forei2n.

LONDON, December 1-l2:S0 P. NJ
Liverpool wheat market opens firm !;
floating cargoes urn; on passage quiet but
steady; Mark Lane firm. Fair average
quality No 2Chicago spring wheat for ship
ment, &c, 53s; good cargoes red winter
wheat off coast NJ sos Sd; good cargoes Cal
ifornia wheat of coast at 2Ss 81. Arrivals
off coast for orders wheat small. English
country markets quite; French steady
Farmers delivery OF wheat during week,
35,0o0@40,C00 qrs. Weather in England,
hard frost
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Business WRECKS,

The importing hrm of Goddefrey & Son
Hamburg, with large transatlantic connec-
tions, has suspended. Liabilities estimated
ut ESQ 600.
McGowrau, Tucker g. Co., lumber mer-
chants of Montreal, have failed. Liabilities
$3.50, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Lead and silver.

D. A. Portertield, who recently discovered
lead and silver ore on his farm, near Gym.
thia, O., has sunk shaft and took out
specimens at the depth of FIVE feet which
have been assayed by +. Swayne, of Cincin-
natl, VINO fluids in them 500 pounds of lead
to the ton and 1SSs ounces of silver.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Chicago

CHICAGO, December 1.-1:30 P. M
Wheat-Strong and higher; 81 22S for cash
or seller December; $l.24A bid tor seller
January. Corn-Srong and higher at
$3.50 for cash. 4o14c for seller January /;
45c asked for seller May. Oats-Cash
lower; options higher; S3@351sc for cash
or seller December: 33Hc bid for seller
January: $500 for seller May. Rve-At
73Hc. Bsrley--At Soc. Pork-Excited
and higher at $l2,OO for CASH sll2 for sci
Ter December; $l275 for seller January.
Lard-Strong and higher at 1925 for cash
or seller December; 81. so for seller January.
Whisky-At $110. Hogs-Receipts $4,000
head light in fair demand and SOLO cents
higher at So S0@400; shipping at IA l0@' 80;
heavy packing at $3 90ta4 l5 closing 100
Is cents higher Cattle--Receipts 5000
head steady and unchanged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
A nauce of Death.

A dispatch from Paris, France, dated the
3oth ult, says; "Twenty-seyen persons
we-a dancing on the floor OF factory in
course Of construction Mt FogglG, Naples,
when the two upper stories fell upon then.
Seven persons have been extricated, but
there are no hopes of rescuing the others
alive ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
A KiYcr nisasier.

Near Helena, Ark, on the Goth ult., n
torn of wind struck the steamer Bates
ing the barge which contained 400 bales of
cotton. The steamer +. o. Stanard being
near at hand, saved 800 bales. The re.
mainder floated down the river.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
GArrOtN1.

Jas. Johnson, general southern agent of
the Illinois Central railroad, was garroted
near his home on Washington avenue,
Cairo, on the 26th, and robbed of gold
watch and money. Aggregated value $500.
ersonally he was unhurt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
suicidal.

A well known citizen of Cincinnati,
named James Gibner, strangled himself
with a handk erchief at his residence in that
city on the 25th,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
A RtY Indian War.

Washington dispatch of the 28th ult.
says: "The belief is becoming general
among army Off 'ers that the severest Indian
war since the Seminole trouble is impend.
ing. Letters from the west corroborate the
BELIEF
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Violent Tornado.

portion of Louisville, KY, and its
suburbs, was swept by whirwind on the
9Th, accompanied by deluge of rain.
Roofs, chiplnsys, fences and light structures
generally suffered severely. The damage is
considerable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Collapsed.

at Hanover, Pa, on the goth ult., ware.
house containing 10000 bushels of grain
collapsed. A man named Etsel was killed
by q falling wall.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04

By the accidental explosion Of powder a.
the residence of William Knapp, in Ceutse
parish, La, Knapp and one child were
severely burned, and two children, sged
three and six, and e: venerable grand.
mother, Mrs. Taber, were killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
A kaSN Case.

The residence of Mra. Samuel F. Ticknor
at Norwich, Conn.,, took FIRE on the 25th
and the neighbors found Mrs. Ticknor sit.
ting in d chair burned to death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
Fall Of Church.

The front and back walls, with the roof,
of the James Street Baptist church, Ham!l.
ton, Ont, recently built at cost of $4,000
fell in on the LIST inst.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
HO for Tenn Ssee,

The Cooperative Colony Aid association
of New York has determined to establish
it's 6rst colony in the Cumberland plateau of
East Tepc ossee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
MetSoric Display.

The explosion of me,ecrs caused louo
report and brilliant light in the vicinity o.
Syracuse, N. Y on the morning Of the 2Stf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A RIS1ug saw.

Two men named Hutchinson and Denton
were killed on the 2sth by the bursting of a
circular saw At E.mdale, o.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
II eRVy Robbery.

At Covington, KY, an the eth. Mr.. Their.
ion, jeweler, was robbed of SO, 900 worth
of stock. Two of the thieves engaged the
jewelers. attention, while the third one
helped himself
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04
THE MARKETS.

Reported by CHANDLER, BaowN 4 Co., Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-04

Michael McGrsth and John Moon, while
operating hand car near Providence, &. l.,
were run into b. train and killed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
CONGRESS BY STATES.

In the event Of failure by the people
to elect a President and Vice President
(Which has occurred twice in our ma
tional history already, the election of
1880 will be thrown into the House of
Representatives, the delegation from
each State having one vote. This being
the case, the complexion of the present
House, in State point of view, may be
of the greatest Importance. California
(the last to elect members of the pres
ent Congress), having gone Republican,
the organ of the D smocracy at Wash
ington, the Post, says, with an evident
view to the Presidential contingency
mentioned:
We do not see how, in justice to the
party and the country, the majority
can delay much after assembling in
December the work Of seating those
Democratic Representatives-elect who
are now kept out of the offices to which
they were elected last Fall by the rad
ical usurpers. So foul an inju ,tice
ought to be quickly remedied.
The surely-Democratic State delega-
tions in the present Congress are: AL
ALBANIA, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentuky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri, North Car
olina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and
Ohio-eighteen. There is one doubt
full State, Indiana, which will have the
balance of power. In that delegation
the Greenbackers now hold the balance
of power The plain meaning of the
Post is that enough Republicans should
be unseated in that delegation, and
their places given to contesting Demo
Gratis, to give Democratic majorities
therein, thus neutralizing the present
Greenback balance of power.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
WISCONSIN ELECTION.

The State election coming on the 4th
of November there will be but two
more issues of the TELEGRAPH ,og. : te
election. Being SO near at hand it may
be well to inquire what Of the pros
pect. In Kenosha and vicinity there
have been no public meetings held and
there has been but very little said on
politics. But it is very different in
some parts of the State. Public meet
ings have been addressed by able Re-
publican speakers in various parts of
the State and there comes a good report
from them. And there are appoint
Inents already published to Oct. so
But there are none of these appoint
nents for Kenosha. the nearest being
for Elkhorn and Racine. The present
prospect is that the Republican State
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
OHIO AND IOWA ELECTIONS.

OHIO AND IOWA ELECTIONS.
State elections were held in Ohio and
Iowa last Thursday.
Ohio was considered doubtful
State and both the Republican and
Democratic parties made their best
efforts to carry the State Returns
have thus far-Wednesday morning
been received but from small part of
the State, but enough has been received
to make it certain that the Republican
candidates have been elected by large
Notwithstanding 10000. It was
becoming evident for some time before
election that the Republican State ticket
would be elected and so the Democrats
redoubled their efforts to secure the
Legislature-a Senator to be elected in
place of Senator Thurman. Nothing
definite is known yet as to the Legis.
lature except that it is believed ma
jority OF 10000 for the Republican
State ticket would be very likely to Sc
cure a Republican Legislature.