Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-05
HISTORY OF THE WEEK
MISCELLANEOUS.


A at ST. Joseph, Mo-, last week,
destroyed $3.50. 900 worth of property.
J. d. WALKER, democrat, was elected
U. S. senator by the Arkansas legisla-
ture Jan. 25th.
LOUISIANA will indulge in constitu-
tional convention which will meet April
21.t.
A LARGE party of stockmen have
organized in western Nebraska to re-
capture their stock from the Indians.
EX-Gov. HARTRANFT has been nomi-
mated and confirmed Major-General of
the National Guards of Pennsylvania.
THE lower house Of the Louisiana
legislature repealed the charter of the
Louisiana lottery by a vote o. GO to 20
last week.
THE Delaware legislature have elect
ed Robert J. Reynold state treasurer for
the next two years and John f. StGats
auditor.
The question of organizing the city
of Nation, ILL.,, under tee general law.
will be voted on February 25, and will
probably be adopted.
THE nomination of T. j. Robb to be
collector of internal revenue for Ne
braska, has been withdrawn by the
president, and J. i. Mitchell, of Ne
braska City, viii be appointed.
A RICHMOND, Va. dispatch says r. l..
L. Beal conservative, elected to the 10th
congress-, has teen chosen to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Repre-
sentative Douglas.
THE Idaho legislature is so mes Fly
evenly divided in politics that fifty
eight votes were cast for speaker with
out choice. The democratic organiza-
ton was declared illegal
A DIsGRACEFUL row occurred ut Shelby
City, Ky. Jan. 25th. At primary
election the negroes and whites came
in conflict and began an indiscriminate
war putting the whole town in a state
of great alarm.
A FIRE at Turkey City, Pa, on the
night of Jan. 9th destroyed the whole
of the business portion of the city in an
hour and half The fire spread rapid
ly under II strong wind and the water
works being frozen up no water could
be had.
The will of Caleb Cushing has been
admitted to probate. 1t directs his prop
erty to he divided into two equal parts,
one part for the children of John NCush-
ing and the other part for the children
of the late VIM. Gushing. The will was
made in Madrid, in 1876.
SENATOR CRRIsI1ANCy has accepted
the mission to Peru. lie will resign
his seat in the senate, and it is expect
ed that the Michigan legislature, now
in session, will elect ex Senator Zach
ariah Chandler to fill the vacancy.
THE magnificent estate owned by eX-
Governor Washburn, in Dane county.
Wis, and known as "Edgewood Farm"
which he generously offered last year
as gift to the state for public charita-
BILE or educational purposes, has just
been accepted by the legislature. The
property is located near Madison, is
very valuable and will be used as a
school for INDECENT boys.
THE committee which went to Texas
with the remains of the late Congress
man Schleicher say that the funeral in
San Antonio was an imposing one, and
that people came from II distance of
forty miles on ponies to be present. 1t
is intimated that Mr.. Schlelcher's sue
cessor will be his son-in-law, an ey-Gov-
ernor of the state, who is popular in
that section.
A CAPITALIST has lately returned to
Canada from Glasgow, where he formed
a joint-stock company, with a capital Of
8, 100000, to carry ON copper-mining
in Newfoundland on Il more extensive
scale than formerly. There are but
seven shareholders. The new mines
are considered ahead of all others for
quantity and quality ofore.
News from Newfoundland brings very
unsatisfactory information concerning
the fishery operations on the west coast.
So far the herring fishery has been a
complete failure, and little nor. can be
said of the catches of Goldfish SO far
secured. The fishermen on Placentia
bay are said to be in state of starva-
ton.
The Canadian government VIII, AT
the approaching sessionof Parliament
propose the appropriation of sum Of
money sufficiently large to defray the
expenses of sending a commission to
the Sydney New South Wales) Inter
national Exhibition, which opens in
August next. All goods which are in
tended to be exhibited must be shipped
at Montreal 10y the lst of March next.
SITTING BULL has sent to the Uncpap2
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