Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19
CURRENT EVENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE snow storm in Canada on the
18th inst was ihe worst one Of the sea-
son.
EDWARD r. THOMPSON, retired COM
modore of the U. S. navy, died in Phil
adelphia Feb. 18th.
NINETY thousand hogs had been
packed at Des Moines, Iowa, up TO Feb.
18th this season.
IT is rumored that coal companies
will soon raise the price of coal from
90 cent to 81 per ton.
w. B. FLEMING has been elected to
congress in Georgia to succeed the late
Hon. Julian Hartridge.
A VERY heavy snow storm prevailed
over the northwest on Tuesday, Feb.
18th. 1t brought great JOY to the
plneries.
THE SEVENTEEN anniversary of the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln was cele-
brated by the various Lincoln clubs on
| the 10Th inst.
A FIRE near Milwaukee, Feb. 18th,
destroyed mill property belonging to
! Chas, Herman to the amount of $780,
600. No insurance.
! The Tennessee legislature is again in
session, and the holders of that states
bonds are trying to effect compromise
at 60 per cont.
! THE American print works, at Fall
River. Mass, have been compelled to
ask an extension Of two years on paper
to the amount of 100000.
THE railroad tax war in Green coun-
ty, Ky, is serious matter. The
people are resisting the tax and threat
ening the life of the collector.
The liabilities of the Sayles Manu-
featuring Co. at Norwich, Conn, are
100000, most of which is said to be
covered by available assets.
THE treasurer of St. Clair county,
Mo-, is defaulter to the amount Of
$780, 900. His bondsmen are said to be
good and the county is Unidentified
against loss.
The Nebraska legislature defeated
the proposition to submit to the people
the question of q prohibitory liquor
amendment, bya very close vote in the
lower house.
The Kansas legislature has appointed
a committee to investigate the grave
charges made concerning the manner
Of Mr.. ingalls, election to the United
States senate.
The grand charity ball in New York,
on the 10th inst, was very successful
affair. Nearly $4,000 was realized as
net proceeds, all of which will be de-
voted to charitable objects.
THE case Of the American middlings
purifier against several prominent mil
lers of the United States involving the
question of the validity of the Cochrane
patent, began at St. Louis Feb. 10th.
The Ottawa Cam Free Press has IN
formation that Sitting Bull has not
crossed the Canadian line into United
States territory, but is encamped at
Frenchman's creek, twenty-five miles
north of the boundary.
The coal miners at Ashland, KY,
who have been in a strike for the past
few months resumed work last week
without receiving any concession from
the mine owners.
THE Erie railway, under the manage
ment of President Jewett. has just
gained cont. 81 Of the Atlantic & Great
Western railroad, thus securing a
closer connection with the trade Of
Chicago and the northwest
THE first railroad running into the
city of Quebec, Canada, was finished
Feb Sth This new road runs from
Montreal on the north side Of the ST.
Lawrence and is $50 miles long. The
event caused great rejoicing.
FROM November / to Feb. 9th Chica-
go packers slaughtered and sailed q
60l SS3 hogs, against 2,l01 900 for the
same period last season, and 1,430,716
for the corresponding time in 1876 and
| 1877.
Hon. LEVI B. Villas, of Madison,
Wis, died suddenly in that city Feb
9th. he came to Wisconsin from Yer
mont, in 1851, became prominent
land and hotel owner, and was widely
known and respected throughout the
state.
A NATIONAL conference of colored cit
liens Will be held at Nashville on May
6. The object of the conference i. to
consider the situation of the colored
people in the south relative to the en-
joyment of life. liberty and property,
also, their educational, moral, social
and political condition and the question
of emigration.
THE WHITE STAR steamship Celtic,
about whose safety there was wide
spread alarm, finally reached Cork in