Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-30
GENERAL NOTES.

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Orleans.
CAPT. DAVID G. WooDs died at Mare
Island. April oath During the war he
commanded the monitor kickapoo.
THE state constitutional convention
of Louisiana met in New Orleans on
the DIST inst, and after an address from
Gov. Nichols, appointed regular COM
mlttees and journed.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of the 2lst says
the scarlet fever is reported to be rag
ing seriously. The first case came from
hirkwood suburb few days ago. Now
it is spreading to an alarming extent,
though the city medical departm ent
is trying to keep the fact suppressed.
4 New YORK dispatch of the 22nd
thought, fatally Injured to-day by be-
ing thrown from his carriage as he was
leaving Central Park, a heavy road
wagon having come in collision with
him.
UPPER FALLS, New Hampshire, adj
vices of the 22nd inst. state that owing
to the rise in the Connecticut river, sew
eral hundred thousand feet of lumber
was washed over the boom of Blood
pond. The loss is between $50, geo and
$50 600 to the owners. Messrs. Frye
and Perry, of Maine.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, advices
of the DIST inst, state that the Grand
Jury found the following true bills:
Geo. f. Pritchell, w. K. Coxey, and w.
A. Lowndes, for falsely certifying the
result of election; NJ. j. Heidi, A. NJ.
Moreland, and w. A. Fishburn for re-
fusing to receive votes of persons entitled
to vote.
A TELEGRAM received at military
headquarters in Chicago on the Odd
instant states that Il. Loder with IA
men of the 3rd and 9TH infantry had a
brush with some Sioux Indians in Mis-
selshell Canon, in which eight Indians
were killed and several wounded. He
lost one friendly Indian, who was killed.
CUBA is now suffering from a great
drought Havana advices Of the 22nd
state that the rains have receded, and
the drought has been aggravated by the
terrible south winds; disastrous con-
aagraiions have resulted from the
drought in the canehelds of the district
Of Colon, Mantanzas and Cardenas;
over fifty plantations suffered more or
less; on eight, the crops and buildings
were entirely destroyed.
AT meeting Of the Wabash railway
directors in New York on the Dist inst
Messrs. Garrison, Post, Billings and
Bliss resigned and Jay Gould, Russell
Sage, JAS Lawler WEIGH, and Jas. +.
JAY were elected to fill vacancies. This
it is said gives Gould control of the road
and $1,000 shares of stock are locked
up to secure him in the perpetuity of
that control
A NICKslURG dispatch of April ODD says
arrangements are being made for theac-
commodation of the labor convention
OF the Mississippi Valley, which meets
here on the 9Th of May. Col. Merrill,
colored, of Carroll parish La. now at
tending the colored convention at New
Orleans, has given notice that he Will
attend with large delegation from the
rlyer parishes of that state. The object
OF the convention is to take steps to
check the emigration Of laborers to
Kansas.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on Sunday the
10Th, one hundred and len colored per
sons, male and female, were baptized
in the rlyer. The performance COM
menced at II o'clock and ended late In
The afternoon. 1t required the services
Of several ministers to perform the rites.
The wharf was literally thronged, and
II seemed that the entire colored popu-
lanOn lad turned out TO witness the
ceremony. A majority of them stood
Tor several hours without once moving
from their tracks, so absorbed were
Ihey IN what was going on.
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch OF the 24th
states that there was a disastrous hurrl-
cane at the Friendly islands, March 6.
me Roman Catholic Chapel, Wesleyan
Parsonage, English Consulate, Govern
ment warehouse, many business build
lngs, and two-thirds Of the dwellings
We're RACED to the ground. The cocoa
nut crop was destroyed. The bark
queensland, fofty-two days out from
newcastle, Australia, for Auckland, Is
.leafed to have been lost with all hands.
me Tactic mail steamer Alaska COM
p'e'ed repairs at Honolulu, and sailed
'of Yokohama April 20.
a DETROIT dispatch of April
- says work commenced to-day
Win considerable ceremony on
Iue canada Southern railway tunnel to
9s built under the Detroit river at
Trass Isle. Special trains ran from
De'Folt, Toledo and from Canadian
points on the Canada Southern to carry
invited guests and railway officials.
Ssfound was broken on the Canada side
.oI the approach to the tunnel en-
~ance. The parliament act authoriz-