Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
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the Welland canal is open.
A COMMITTEE Of medical experts bo,
ing examined Mark Gray, who shot =.
Booth, at Chicago theatre, repor, ,Sa a.
he Is insane.
A SALT LAKE specia' of May 9th so w.
the jury in the Miles polyeamv ca 40
was out five minutes and retnrnod !
verdict Of guilty. I"
AN Ottawa special of the 9th saws
strike and riot are reported from a.
ton Is, Pacific railroad. The Winnenoa
volunteers are called out to 90 TO tbss
scene of trouble. WY
In the Custom House cases IN IL,
Sth, Judge Dyer overruled the mot;on
to quash the indictment, and al.o thu
motion for bill of particulars, a irrv
is now being empanelled to try the case:
A RICHMOND, Va, dispatch of Nav
9th says the detectives, to-day. arrested
Alex. Cohen, a prominent insurance
agent of Milwaukee, WIS, charged viii
committing forgeries in that city.
AT mass meeting, at Toronto Nav
9th, resolutions We're adopted strongly
favoring the establishment of national
currency for the development of public
works, such currency to be legal tender
for all debts ia the Dominion.
AT nihiist meeting at New York
city on the Sd inst, resolutions were
adopted favoring the Russian nihilist
movement. The addresses annealed
for sympathy for the victims of Russian
despotism.
AT the interstate oratorical contest
held at Iowa City, Iowa. on the evening
of May It'll, Mr.. r.. M. La Toilette. Of
the University of Wisconsin, was award
ed the first prize, and Mr.. J. A. Barber,
of Oberlin college, Ohio, the second
prize.
A Milwaukee dispatch of the sth
says Chief of Police Kennedy left TOR
Richmond this afternoon to bring back
Cohen, the forger. He took with him
the $500 reward offered for Cohens ap-
prehension by Mr.. Segnitz.
THE funeral of Rush Clark member
of Congress, occurred at Iowa City,
Iowa, on The Sd inst. There was a
large attendance, including state off.
cials and personal friends, and the core.
monies were most impressive.
A ST. PAUL special of May 4th says that
heavy rains prevail all over inc state,
and northern Iowa, and the continuance
of cool weather, remove the present ap-
., ehension of drought. Advices from
all parts of the state just before TIE
rain, Indicate that the crop had not
suffered materially.
ADvICEs from Southeastern Kansas OF
May 5th, say that about 2,OO men
have gone into the Indian Territory
within the past week; also, that nch
silver mines have been discovered just
south Of the Kansas line, and clalmes
ia large numbers are being registered
daily in the Souatters' Registry ONCE
two miles from Baxter Springs, A"nsaS'
A WILKEsBARRE dispatch of the tn
says, at IL O'Clock last night a
gas explosion occurred IN the
Stanton shop of the Lehigh 4 Wilkes
barre severely burned Martin kerrgan'
At midnight while the men were brush
ing out the accumulation OF gas IN the
lower vein, it came in contact with a
blower causing terrific explosion, a
large force of men were driving AT 'hs
tunnel at the time and eight OF them
were badly burned.
In the Miles polygamy case on tTlaI al
Salt Lake, on Saturday the 80, Juuge
Emerson sentenced Daniel H.
Wells, first councillor to lne
twelve apostles Of the Morlhon
chr oh, to pay $500 fine, and two dsys
i'm prisonment for contempt Ill re,usIns
to answer questions relative to poisam!
maria ges in the endowment hou'e
said to have been performed BY hiin'
and to costumes worn. The eViuehoo
taken has been similar to that 'aheN
before the commissioner at tne ca
animation IN October last, and polh's "
conviction.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch OF 'nf
3rd inst. says mee'inS or
prominent citizens, at when Way! ,Se
Stokley presided, was held to-day ~ w -.
MAYORS office for the purpose ol r ~
movement for the REM n,i.
of the colored people who are en-
grating flom the south to the WEI #
was resolved to appointa comn1,t,u .ord
twenty to solicit aid, of which Lu ' the
Mcpherson is chairman. Among ""
committee are the names OF e tx w. r,r.
Hartranft, A. J. Druxell, John W. Nc.
ney, Geo. II. Baker, and wayne NAV
Veagh. al
A CINCINNATI dispatch of May , -%
states that the great insurance Ven Won
which has been in progress iol Goy.
days in that city, and in when ei : the
ernor Washburn, of Wisconsin, Ins.
plaintiff and the Western o1'o ,a-day,
Co. is the defendant, resulted, ~ IN
IN verdict for the ,pialnl,n ten
r n,;nntes, dahharation by the lula