Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
ERAL NOTES.

ADvICES from Kansas and portions of
Nebraska under date of June 9th re-
port the grasshoppers as doing consid.
cradle damage in many places.
DISPATCHES Of the Sth and 9th from
many points throughout the northwest
report damage by frost; fruits and
vegetables suffering most.
The Wisconsin, Grand Lodge of
Masons opened its thirty-fifth annual
session at Milwaukee on the 18th with
the largest attendance ever had.
BISMARCK, Dakota territory, advices,
under date of June 18th, report the last
steamers up the river as having found
the Indians above Buford very bold
and threatening. At some of the
w~ood-yards the steamers were afraid to
land.
A SAN ANTONIO special of the 18th
states that the Camanche Indians killed
and scalped two men, names unknown,
IN Yellow CANON, sever miles from
Blanco canon, near Fort Griffin, a few
days ago. Indians from Fort Sill reser-
walton are raiding generally through
northern Texas.
A ST. THOMAS dispatch of
the 11th says Count julien Ro-
chechiechovart, French minister to
Hayti, his private secretary and first
secretary of legation, are all dead of
yellow fever at Port au Prince. His
second secretary was also attacked By
the fever.
The sixth annual conference of char
tiles of the northwest me- at Chicago on
the 10th, Judge Geo. S. Robinson, of
Ill.,, presiding. Lieut.-Gov. Shuman
made an address of welcome. Ad-
dresses we're also made by Gov. Bishop,
of Ohio, Bishop Ellis, of Michigan, and
others. Reports from charities in vari
GUS states made a showing of excellent
progress.
A SAN ANTONIO dispatch of the 18th
inst, says the Indians attacked a party
one hundred and fifty miles west of
here, and shot a man named Tom How
ard through the leg, and also killed and
scalped two men named Patterson and
Jones. The reds were overtaken, and
all the stolen horses they had recaptur-
ed. The ~rascals escaped. The band is
said to be twelve stlong, and making to-
ward New MEXICO.
A New YORK dispatch of June 10th
states that the government intereot due
July l will be about s., 00O 900. EXclu-
sive of the government interest, prob
ably other July interest disbursements
will not fall far short of SO 100000, so
that the amount of interest money to
be reinvested within the next sixty days
is large, to say nothing of relnvestments
of money in called bonds, a good part
of which will undoubtedly go into 9TH
er securities than United States bonds.
A New YORK telegram of the 18th
says the affairs of United States Com
missioner John l. Davenport have been
placed in the hands of a receiver, and
an Injunction issued restraining him
from transferring or disposing of any
of his property. Proceedings supple
mentary to the execution were lnstltu-
ted against Davenport by the American
District Telegraph company, Charles ID.
Blumenthal and G. r. Peter, George
Bliss has been appointed receiver, and
Davenport filed his consent. Bliss
holds a judgment against him for SlO,-
$50.
LIEUT.. PULLS, of the Oath infantry,
reports to Gen. Sheridan under date of
June 18th, that, with q small detach-
ment of soldiers he chased a party of
Apache Indians all over western Texas
and southern New Mexico, being in
saddle eighty days, and travelling twelve
hundred and sixty-six miles. The In
dams, who had about one hundred
stolen horses, were chased to the Mus
calero agency. Once there, under the
protection of the agent, they detied the
military to modest them, and the troops
could do nothing hut retiIe. The men
were worn out, and the animals were
in a frigEtful jaded condition.