Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-16

ed by Capt. ]. w. Abbott, and had
crew Of % persons. The Surbiton was
an iron screw steamer, built at New
Castle, England, in 1877, and owned by
Watts, M:lourn & Co., London. Fully
insured in British companies, and val
ued a. about $4,000.
AT Chicago on the 9th.i inst. during
thunder shower meteor which
looked while in the air about foot in
diameter fell to the ground on the
south eide bursting into many pieces
before striking. 1t was white with heat
and the fragments resembled cinkers.
wire of q telephone connecting two
business offices on the south side was
struck by lightning at about the same
time and electric fluid entered the
offices and played havoc with the furni-
ture.
ELECTIONS were held April 9TH in sew
eral states. In Michigan the republi-
can candidates for the supreme court
and for university regents were elected.
Detroit elected democrat to the mu-
nicipai court. The democ rats carried
the cities of Sandusky. Akron, Paines-
vile and Fremont, Ohio, while the re-
publicans carried Cincinnati, Columbus,
and Warren. At Council Bluffs, Iowa,
the result was draw The republicans
elected Marshal and treasurer and the
democrats elected mayor, recorder and
assessor, and three of the aldermen.
| The republicans carried keokuk.
INDIANS who are believed to be stray
Cling Sioux and Gros Ventres from the
north are raiding the Yellowstone val
ley. They ran all the whites in the
vicinity of Terry's Landing on the Vel
lowstone into the military posts, and
captured all the horses and cattle.
Johnson and Stearns' house in the val
ley was attacked by a band of seven
Indians. Johnson was killed and
Stearns badly wounded. Another band
of Indians run off all the stage stock.
Troops have been sent out from Fort
Custer, and two con- panies 60 from
Fort Keogh in pursuit.
A ST.. LOUIS dispatch of April 9th
says the buildings occupied by APP
pleton. Noyes & Maud, Mack & Co.,
and S. M. Hamilton & Co., 500,
500, 504 and SOC North Fifth street,
and the store of J. II. Meyers, Wash
ington avenue were burned last night;
they cost 100000 four years ago, and
were owned by the Mercantile Block
and Real Estate association. The APP
pleton, Noyes & Maud building was
damaged about 5000; the Mack &
Co., building, nearl Y total loss say
$50, 900; and Meyers & Bros. store, in
iured in rear about $1,000. Total loss,
100000.
A TINE schedule of the special train
ordered by the national democratic
committee to bring Hon. John Whit
aker, congressman-elect from San Fran
cisco to Washington. in time to take
part in the organization of the house,
shows that the whole distance was made
in four days, fourteen hours and thirty
minutes actual running time. The
speed of the train averaged thirty-one
miles per hour between San Francisco
and Ogden and fifty-one miles between
Cheyenne and Sydney. The whole
time is the quickest ever made between
the Pacific and Atlantic.
OIL City. Pa, information says: The
month Of March was one Of unusual &C
tivity in the oil-producing districts, de-
velopments having been pushed to an
unreasonable extent, when the low
prices current are taken into considera
ton. During the month 23S wells were
completed, with an aggregate daily pro-
duction of 5000 barrels. OF tie wells
completed, 202 were in the Bradford
district. The total production of the
entire field in March was 1,441 900 bar
rels; total shipments from the oil re-
gions ], 11S,7S6 barrels, showing an ac.
emulation of stock of $4,000 barrels
on the first of April. Eight hundred
and fifty wells were drilling and prepar
ing to drill.
A VICTORIA dispatch via. San Francis
co April 9th says: The British gun boat
Osprey arrived this morning from Sitka
where she was relieved on the Ord inst.
by the u. S. steamship Alaska. All was
quiet at the time of the Osprey's de-
parture. On the night of the Goth ult.
trouble was feared, and at the request
of Col. Dill, collector of the port,
the commander of the Osprey held her
in readiness to land at the moment
signal was given from shore. The request
Wdc VIII piICu VIII, dlIu tue IltW VI tilC
u. 5. revenue steamer Oliver Wolcott
lying off the Indian village also stood to
quarters all night but no occasion arose
tor other services. 1t afterwards APP
peared thata number of Chilcol Indians
recently arrived from the north had
been holding drunken carousal with
their friends in the village during which
a quarrel arose and Sitka chief
named Anahools, who is friend
~ to whites and lives with
in the stnckade WAS severely