Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
TUE NORTH " ESP,
ILLINOIS.

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Aurora by the grand army division and
citizens generally.
GRpAT floods Of water have fallen in
the vicinity of Champagne, greatly re-
tardlng seeding.
CoLLINsvIlIE is badly demoraized af
ter Its awful cyclone experience. The
loss suffered is heavy one.
AT the recent election at Cairo, 500
more votes than usual were poled, and
the announcement Of this fact created
excitement.
At Egin the new council voted to
close all the liquor saloons at 10 o'clock
! p. m. through the year. During the
past year they closed for six months in
the year at IL O'Clock. An ordinance
was passed prohibiting the keeping or
using any billiard, pool or pigeon-hole
table, hall-alley or shooting-gallery in Ii
quor saloons, The price of liquor IL
censes was raised from $3.50 to $500.
/ The vote stood tie and Mayor Lord
gave the casting vote.
A BLOOMINGTON special says the peo-
pie of Harp township, Dewitt county,
recently held meeting Mt Thorp school
house, to take steps to rid the township
of the Barton family of thieves, one of
whom Il daughter named Lizzie, assist
ed in stealing team last week and was
arrested ut Miner Great excitement
/ prevailed and threats of violence were
made. Finally committee was APP
| pointed to notify them to leave i'll one
week.
A LINCOLN special of April II says
the council chamber was crowded to-
night with both men and women to wit
ness the vote on license. The council,
by vote of five to three, voted down
/ license. Aids. Davis, Hudson, Hum
nell. Hupgerford and Reed voting
against, and Aids. Biwer. Pegram and
Webb voting for. Two Of the church
bells are ringing in honor of the prohi-
hilton victory, while the boys" are hav
ing gay old time all over town, appar-
emily in the belief that it will be their
last opportunity for some time.
AN Urbora special says Thomas ID.
Mckee, banker. of Homer, tins coun-
! ty, was indicted n short time ago for
fraudulently obtaining money, and his
brother, Andrew Mckee, was indicted
for forgery, and ON saturday Andrew
was placed on trial, but the evidence
was not sufficient to coa"'"t him, and
! the Jury brought In verdict of acquit-
tai without leaving their seats. States
! Atty. Mathews then entered uolle III
the Indictment against Thomas ID. Nc
kee in the other case.
MINNESOTA.
| A LARGE hotel with one hundred and
| fifty rooms Is to be built at Lake Mime
! tonka this summer.
! a MAIL route has been established in
Carver county from Norwood via Young
America to Helyeti,.
THE grist and sawmil of Booth &
Buriield, of Norwood, Carver county,
has been destroyed by fire.
THE Missouri river has again COM
menced to eat into the banks at Sioux
City.
RUsHToRp voted in favor of license
by twenty majority.
THE attempt to stop Sunday shaving
in Faribault met with the usual failure.
THEopera hall in Red Wing has been
sold to David Russell of Ohio, ON a
mortgage foreclosure.
The Democrat predicts that Mr.. o Far
rell's bank building at Chatfield will be
the finest structure Of the kind in south.
ern Minnesota.
Mr. l.. c. McKENNEY, formerly assoc
J 4 l, La
| ton Of the Cannon Falls Beacon, has
established a journal AT Hokah, MINI,
called the Herdh.
WINNEBAGo CRY Press Work viii
! be resumed on our North and South
railroad in a few days, and be pushed
rapidly to completion. The cars will
run here sure by August LIST.
Ir is probable hat the failure Of 5.
NJ. Newton, of Chippewa Falls, may
occasion some loss to several Minnesota
parties. 1t is understood that those
who have no security viii receive moth
ing from the bankrupt estate
MANKATo ReHep: We are not entire
ly done, as we had hoped, with the ter
rlble dsease-diphtheria. Three Of
the children Of Widow Dodge, Of West
Mankato, were sick last week, aged Q,
II and II years, two boys and one girl.
The youngest died on Saturday, an
other on Sunday, ard the third is ex-
pected to recover.
TIE three state normal schools OF
Minnesota will graduate about one
hundred teachers at the annual COM
mencement exercises during the first
week of May. Superintendent Doty,
Of the Chicago public schools, has ac-
cepted the invitation to deliver the en-
nual address before the graduating
class OF the normal school in WinOna.