Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-12
HISTORY OF THE WEEK
MISCELLANEOUS.

600.
THE Brooklyn presbytery mos Feb.
Bird to consider charges made against
De Witt Talmadge.
The lower house of the Louisiana
| legislature repealed the charter of the
Louisiana lottery by a vote OF SO to 20
! last week.
THE Dakota legislature, after hard
| fought battle defeated the prohibitory
liquor law and passed a high license
bill.
IL 1877 the United States imported
wool from Great Britain valued at over
$3,5O0,0O0. Last year only 100000
worth was imported.
! A PHILADELPHIA dispatch says it is
now definitely understood that Colonel
Snowdcn has declined the dictatorship
OF the United States mint, rendered him
in December last.
| THE Iowa grand lodge of the ancient
order of United Workmen met at Mar
shutdown Feb. 4th. Two hundred del
egates were in attendance. Represent
ing $50 lodges.
IT was reported Feb. 9th that the
y. S. naval ship Richmond had found
cred at sea. This ship was authorized
to convey Gen. Grant eastward from
| Egypt.
The Ottawa (Can) 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 failure of the Sayles Wooden
Manufacturing Co. in Massachusetts on
Feb. 3rd produced great sensation in
mercantile circles. These men con-
Quoted the largest wooden manufac-
tories in the u. 5. Their liabilities run
up into the millions.
SENATOR CRRIsTIANCY has accepted
the mission to Peru. He 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.
A BUILDING used as tailor and tin
shop and laundry, attached to the state
reform school near st. Paul, Mimi, was
burned February 2nd. Besides the
building $50 cords OF wood were also to-
tally destroyed. Loss SIT ,000 insured
for 5000.
ADAM V. HUGHES, Jr., prominent
young man of La Sale, ILL.,, committed
suicide a few days since bv swallowing
dose of prussic acid, in the sanctum
of the La Sale Democrat. Depression of
spirit, owing to lack of profitable en-
ployment, led to the rash act.
THE contest between Sutro and the
mining companies on the Comstock
lode is at last virtually settled. The
terms are not yet made known officially,
though it is reported, on good authority,
that Il royalty of 81 per ton on all ore
hoisted worth $50 or more per ton will
be paid the tunnel company, and less
amount on ore of inferior grade.
THE magnificent estate owned by eX
Governor Washburn, in Dane county
Wis, and known as "Edgewood Farm"
which he generously offered last year
as a 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 rs a
school for INDECENT boys.
A WEILAND, Ont. dispatch Of Feb.
Ind says: This A. NJ. the west
bound train on the Canada Southern
railway while standing on the Lyons
Creek bridge near this station, was run
into by another west bound train en-
CINE and caboose. Eighteen cars We're
smashed and the bridge also consider
ably burned. Geo. Tyler bra keman,
was fatally injured.
A SPECIAL from Go,iad, Tex, says two
men, Henderson and Lockhart, quar-
relied. Both drew revolvers. Lockhart
caught Henderson's arm and fired six
shots into MIN, killing him instantly.
Hendersons brother rushed at Lock
hart with n pistol. They closed. In
the struggle Henderson emptled six
chambers of his revolver into Lock
harris body, causing instant death.
A SCHOONER, H., dispatch of Feb.
9th says that last night, six miles east
of SCHOONER, Fred Malco, while drunk,
upon refusal of his uncle, August Rubl-
nj. to drink, shot the latter through the
chest, killing him instantly. Rubini's
family fled up stairs, Malco following
and shooting Rubini's eldest daughter
three times through the abdomen, while
on her knees begging for mercy. She
died to-day. Malco, who has hitherto
been an inotiensive citizen will probably
be lynched.
A CINCINNATI associated press dis
match pf teh onI SAWS the committee