Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-26
THE WORLDS WORK.
MISCELLANEOUS.


Newport, r. L., March 10Th.
REV. JAMES DEkovEN, ID. d., dean Of
Racine, Wis, college. died March 10Th.
RECENT experiments show that
shrunken wheat answers well for seed.
THE amount of claims already Mo.
against Archbishop Purcell amount to
$3,600,000.
Ex-UNITED STATES SENATOR GEO.
GoLDTRwAIT died at Montgomery, Ala,
March 18th.
A MEMPHIS dispatch of March 18th
says: A heavy frost last night has in
jured the fruit crop in this section.
THE great Sulphur" shower that fell
in Pennsylvania, turned out to be pol
len from pine trees.
THE Illinois senate has adopted Il re-
solution to prohibit the Introduction of
new bills after April 1st.
A STATE convention Of colored men Of
Wisconsin is to be held at Milwaukee,
IN May, to discuss plans for colonizlng
themselves in the far west
A ST PAUL dispatch of the 18th says
the first boat of the season cleared from
Duluth to-day, two days earlier than
last year and the earliest on record.
REV. DR.. Gro. G. LoRIMER, of Boston,
Mass, has been called to the First
Baptist church of Chicago, rs the sue
cessor Of Rev. DR.. Evarts. The church
offers DR.. Lorimer salary of $4,000.
ST. PATRICK's DAY was generally OBJ
served throughout the United States.
All the parades and other demonstra-
tons passed off quietly. The storms in
the east prohibited very extensive out
door exhibitions.
The victory of the millers' over the
claimants of the Cochrane patent is q
grand one. The millers' everywhere
are jubilant, and herceforth t.-ere will
be no monopoly in the method of puri.
iying middlings.
DR.. DUNE, of Chicago, who attended
O'Leary in all his walks in Chicago,
confirms the report that O'Learys fail
ure is due to the use OF stimulants es-
pecialiy of champagne, while walking.
THE long war between the Sutro tun-
mel company and the mining compan-
les of the Comstock lode, has been
amicably terminated. Both sides make
concessions. A heavy force is already
at work in the tunnel.
CHIEF MOSES is under arrest, and on
his way to Washington. Gen. Howard
believes this puts an end to ali appre-
tensions of Indian outbreaks in Ore
gon and Washington territory during
the coming summer.
A READING, Pa. dispatch of March
18th says: 1t commenced raining
here last night and continued
until about noon to-day. All
over the city can be noticed strange,
yellowish deposit, resembling sulphur,
supposed to have come down with the
rain. The same reports comes from
other towns in Pennsylvania.
SIR JULIUS VoGEL, of New Zealand, in
recent number of the Princeton
Reuieg, suggests plan whereby the
vast mineral wealth Of ile tropical
regions Of Australia might be developed
by the Asiatic races. There is an
abundance ofroom in Australia for mil
lions of these people.
A BALTIMORE dispatch says Captain
Vaughn of the British bark Sogita has
Just arrived and reports that on Febru-
AIRY 18th, latitude 45 deg. II min.
north, longitude Is deg. 4 min. west,
ne spied u. S. man-of-war, bark rig
ged with rudder head gone. Tie could
not understand the name but her COM
mander desired to be reported and re-
quested steamer be sent 10 his as
sistance.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of March 18th
saws: The United States court this
morning decided the case Of the Amer
lean Middhngs Purifier company against
the millers of this city, in favor Of the
defendants, on the ground that the re-
issued patent does not conform to the
original and therefore is invalid. The
Minnesota cases follow the st. Louis
cases. The plaintiffs will probably APP
peal to the United States supreme
court.
A KENNEL SQUARE, Penn, dispatch of
the 18th says the business Of that place
was entirely suspended out of respect
to the memory of Bayard Taylor, and
many of the houses were draped II
mourning. Governor Hoyt and Il joint
committee of the state legislature AZ
rived early; also the grand chorus from
the adjacent towns. AT Cedar Croft, a
private burial service was held, the
parents of Mr. Taylor being too intirm
to attend the regular ceremonies. The
funeral procession then started for Long