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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Destructive Fires.

About four.ffths of the business portion
of Pennington, Mimi, was destroyed by
fire on the night of the 22d. Total loss
probably $4,000; insurance will not ex-
coed $4,000.
A sash factory, some lumber, Ss5 casks of
turpentine and about 500 barrels of rosin
were consumed by fire at Wilmington, n.
c., on the 22d.
Several large fires broke out simulta-
neousiy in Algiers, on the 21st inst. Four
persons were killed and ten injured.
The French cream Of tartar works at
Green Point, N. Y, owned by Aoendroth d
Root, was burned on the 2lst. Loss estl-
mated at 100000.
The Falls City steam bakery at Louisville,
KY, was destroyed by fire on the 2lst Sew
eral dwellings in the immediate vicinity
also suffered damage. Chief Trsntz and
some other hremen and citizens were in
iuged by burns and falls.
Park Hall, near Evefham, Englsod, the
seat of the Earl of Yarmouth, burned re-
Gently. Some estimate the loss at 100000.
Peck & Bsnsher's lard refinery factory
and cooper shop, were destroyed with con-
tents, at Chicago, on the 10th inst. Loss
500, 900 or $40, 900; insured.
Galveston, Texas, suffered to the extent
OF $3.50, 600 by fire on the 18th inst.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

THE recently established Bureau of
Labor Statistics in Illinois is going to
work in earnest TO collect information of
general interest both to employers and
wage earners No public document
issued in Massachusetts, is more widely
-esd and commented upon than that
which contains facts and figures on the
labor question. Both Missouri and
Illinois have lately established bureaus
for the compilation of suce statistics,
and their example is likely to be followed
by other states
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

SCARLET fever is a scourge as much to
be dreaded in our northern cities as the
yellow fever is in the south. A leading
cause of the disease being spread is from
ladies visiting houses where there are
cases, or attending funerals of those
who have died from the malady, thus
impregnating their clothing and carry
ing the germs to their own and other
families This disease should be treated
in manner similar to small pox as
regards quarantine regulations. 1t is
not less terrible in its fatality, and not
unfrequently leaves the convalescent
with deafness, blindness, or some other
serious affection
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

TIE Supreme Court of Indiana has
affirmed n principle in respect to the
computation of time, which il likely to
prove of serious trouble to bankers and
Others. Il is that the twenty-ninth day
of February and the twenty-eighth day
of February are ~ be computed ~ enc
day. The question becomes of special
Importance now that leap year <lSsol Is
30 close ut hand. To illustrate, suppose
that nete be drawn upor the 18th of
February, A. ID, 1880, at one day after
date. If the twenty eighth and twenty
ninth be counted as one day day, then
the note would mature on the fourth of
March, otherwise on the Sd. If on the
third, clearly protest on the fourth would
not hold the endorsers. Vice versa, if
the rule of computation be to count
separately the twenty-eighth and twenty
ninth of February, the protest on the
fourth would be of no avail The Ques-
ton in Indians was suggested by the fact
that there tea days previous service of
process is necessary for judgment. And
the cause having been begun in the lsst
leap year, 1876, the process was not
served in time, Il the twenty eighth and
the twenty ninth days of February were
to be computed SIS one day. And the
court held that they must be so counted
The decision rests on no particular pre-
cedent of the courts in Indiana or any
particular statute of the state. 1t is
founded on principle of the common
law, and ia as applicable in its reasons to
any other sts.e as that of Indiana.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

TIE movement in temperance known
as Home Protection, which, in reality, is
woman's ballot on the drains shops, is
gaining in favor in all parts of the coun-
try. Five of the annual conventions of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Unions, held in the separate New Eng
land states this fall, have passed home
protection resolutions indorsing that
line of work. At the late annual meet
ing of the National Womens Christian
Temperance Union in Indianapolis a
resolution was passed to the effect that
"the organizations there represented
should in each state be free to choose
their own methods of work" thus remov-
ing all restrictions of that body from
such state women's unions as shall de.
eide to ask for the temperance ballot
Eleven state organizations already
indorse this movement; only three really
oppose it, and their ranks, it is said, are
by no means solid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN Il Co., Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee aud Chicago.
New York.

NRw YORK, November 24-3 80 p. M
Cotton - Unchanged. Flour - a shade
stronger; receipts 1900 bbls.. sales $4,000
bbls rye flour steady Whest-Spring al
l@lHc and winter l@2c better quiet and
We firm; receipts 2S9, 900 bus; sales 1913, 900
bus; No 2 red cash at 81 Az; receipts
$4,000 bus. Rye--Quiet and unchanged.
Corn - Quiet. Barley - Steady. Oats -
Quiet; receipts 95,0oo bus; sales $4,000 bus
at 44&@47c tor mixed western; white
unchanged Pork-Firme- at Sll Is. Beef
Unchanged. Lard nsettled Butter,
Cheese, Whisky, Sugar and Eggs-Un.
changed. Petroleum-Crude at 44c;
refined, unchanged. Tallow-Unchanged,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Cyprus.

Cyprus is likely to prove an expen.
siye failure. Three of the largest nrins
which started business in the Isle VI
Venus Immediately after its annexation
have withdrawn, though unable to mo
purchasers for their concerns, pun, a.
heavy expense. Trade is no better ta .sa
+ was in the time of the Turk, while tne
roads, railways, and harbors, OF when a. Al
sIa norste scheme was drawn up monln'
ago, have not even been msrken V me
Tie Cyprians are very down N v. sir
mouth, and go about declaring tnss NJ. Lr
Garnet Woolsey, having oamooL .ss
them with fair promises, left them IN .9 ls
Inch and ran away to Africs to e'aue
his pledges
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
a RHOOStV Record.

at New York on the night of the oath
inst, Deputy Sheriff Hines was dangerously
stabbed, being mistaken, it is thought, for
another person whom he resembles and who
has been threatened with death by the
father of girl whom he had wronged.
= On the Esd, in row at q dance hall near
Milwaukee, Wis, Henry Meiser received
such q severe handling that he died soon
after receiving his hurts.
Two brothers named Eichenand were
foully murdered on the 22d inst. by John
A. and Robert Taylor, also brothers, who at
tackled the Eichenands unawares. Cause,
an old feud.
E. NJ. Hicks was shot dead by John Mer.
rift, at Weldon, N. G, on the ed.
On the 23i Albert Bryan, son of promi.
nent citizen of Geneva, Ind, was fatally
knitted by Fred Stanley, who was drunk at
the time snd was being leased by Bryan
and others.
In drunken row at Richmond, Ind, on
the 2Sd, Manford Wallingford shot Theodore
Fisher in the bowels, fatally.
Near Lintdsle, Mo-, on the Goth instant
A. Crockett and ?. a. Nicholas, well.to-do
farmers, engaged in a quarrel over a hog.
with pocket knife and killed at once. His
throat was cut from ear to ear and his
tongue dropped out. Crockett was cut
eighteen times with o dirk, and lived five
hnnps
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Chicago.

CHICAGO, November al 80 p. NJ
Wheat Firm; higher; at 8l.l9h for cash !;
$l.1sA for seller December; $l2lH for
seller January. Corn Firm; higher: at
Al &c cash; 80 hc for seller December; 1870
for seller May Oats-Firm; higher; at
S3hc for cash; 80 10 bid for seller Deem
Der; 361sc bid for seller May. Rye-At
72ac. Bsrley--At Sic. Pork-Firs :;
higher: at $l025@l0 so for cash; SOTO for
seller November and December; sll,3o bid
for seller January. Lard--Firmer at IS 80(G
90 for cash So so for seller Dacem Der
81 O5 asked for seller January. Whisky
At Sl.1O. Hogs-Receipts 10000 head (;
quiet weak; light at sS.70Gs3 80; shipping
at SIS 85g4. 10; heavy mixed packing at IS. 20
as 90 Cattle--Reoeipts 1900 head; fairly
active; tirmer; half fat slow; shipping at
S375GI5 40; cows at So 00@3.25; stoohets at
80 40 Gp3 10.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Suicidal,

At Chicago, on the 2lst inst, Mrs. Buck
minister shot herselt fatally. She has been
the victim OF morphine, and her husband
having lately deprived her of the drug. she
became melancholy over the loss of its
quietipg effects.
Near Kansas City, Mo-, an unknown man
suioided by shooting himself on the Goth.
He was first seen wandering about the
fields. A silver watch, sis, and business
card OF Rob Culbertson, Falmouth, KY,
were found on his person.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Trade Marks.

The secretary of the interior will shortly
issue circular for the information of par.
ties desiring to register their trade marks,
to the E feet that the Federal statute upon
the subject by the recent decision of the
Supreme Court 10 declared unconstitutional,
and that the patent Office registration is
consequently Intellectual as a means of pro.
lection, but that the department will, how.
ever, continue to register trade marks for
persons so deserving.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

A CoMPANY can be gotten up for al
most any object showing the remotest
possibility of yielding returns. One has
been organized in France for the purpose
of raising French war ships sunk at the
battle of the Nile in 1898. 1t is thought
that the eighty tons of copper on each
hulk will pay for the expense of recover
ing them and leave handsome profit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Terrible Explosion In a Tunnel.

An explosion occurred in tunnel Number
Three on the Narrow Guage railroad from
San Jose, Cal, to Santa Cruz early on the
morning of the Sth. From meagre accounts
thus far received, it appears blast WAS let
off about 200 feet from the mouth of the
tunnel, which caused an explosion of gas
generated by the tltering of coal oil through
the roof and sides of the tunnel; twenty-one
Cinnamon and two white men were at work
in the tunnel at the time and i'll edately
about twenty more Cinnamon rushed into
the tunnel with torches to aid their comrades.
When they had penetrated about 1900 feet
their torches caused asecond explosion more
violent than the first, shaking the mountain
to its center. The white men, Hinkle and
Johnston and seventeen Cinnamon were
horribly burned. Twentv.four dead were
found in the tunnel. The engine for pump
ing air was disabled, pipes broken, sheds
wrecked and broken timbers scattered all
around, and work will be delayed two
months. No blame is said to attach to the
contractors 1t is believed the white men
taken from the tunnel will live, but several
of the Cinnamon brought out are fatally in
iured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

The following circular was issued on the
Goth inst:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE, WASHINGTON.
To pension claimants and their attorneys.
To enable this Office to despatch with bet
ter facility the rapidly increased current
business, a change In the system of ABRAMS g.
ing records and files has been made which
will render it necessary that all inquiries
for the condition of pension claims on &C.
count of service rendered after March 4,
1861, should contain the name of the soldier
who performed military service, with his
state, company and regiment, as well as
the number of the claim or pension certifi-
cate as the case may be. Inquiries which
do not contain 1bove information will not
be answered, except in special CAGES, where
the failure to furnish it is explained.
j. A. BENTLEY,
Com missioner of Pensions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Obituary,

The widow OF Charles Dickens died at her
residence in Gloucester Crescent Regents
Park, London, on the 22d inst, after an i'll.
ness of eighteen months.
Gen. Frank White died at Terre Haute,
Ind, on the goth. He was an officer of the
volunteers during the late war.
Samuel NJ. Ogden, promin ent insurance
agent OF Milwaukee, Wis, died on the 10Th
inst, aged 81 years.
Rev. DR.. Ethan Alden, grandson Of John
Alden, Of Puritan fame and a relative OF
Ethan Allen, the revolutionary general, died
at Newport, KY, on the 18th, aged SO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

The next legislature of Texas, it is
thought, will adopt provision making
it misdemeanor at least, if not felony,
for railway company to give or for any
one not paid employee of railroad or
a pauper, to accept free pass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

Downey, Oswego; one man, shipped at Mil.
waukee, name unknown.
Henry Moeris and sister, John Winters
and two men named Lovely were drowned
by the capsizing of sail boat near Halifax.
on the l4th.
The iron steamsr Pallas from Copenhagen
for Amsterdam is believed to have foun.
dered ct Heimskirk. Thirty persons per.
ished.
The propeller Fl. F. Paine grounded on
the bar during violent gale at Grand
haven, Mich, on the 10th, and went to
pieces.
"A heet OF tugs and dredges which had
been employed on the Lachine canal, lett
Cape Vincent for Buffalo Oh the 18th inst
The fotilla consisted of the tugs A. O.
Ihayer, Phillip Baker, Charles Ritter, J ohm
Heckler No. l, John Heckler No. 2, Gordon.
Seymour, three dredges and eight scows
All but the Seymour were owned by con.
struction firm in Buffalo. The fleet made
fine weather of it until after passing the
CALHOUN islands, off Sscketts harbor. when
fierce anow storm from the northwest was
encountered, and the tugs had to cast adrift
their charges in order to save themselves.
The tug Seymour reached port safely and
the Rittet was picked up and lowed into
Sacketts harbor, abandoned and half full
of water. IN all eighteen persons lost their
lives, including one of the proprietors.
LATER From late information it is now
believed that the only persons lost were
VIM Logan and brother Samuel, Richard
Arnold, psrt owner, be cook and her hus.
band, of Dredge No. 8, which foundered.
Besides the dredge the tugs Becker and
Ihayer went to the bottom after being apan.
donsd. The rest of the dredges have been
recovered and the scows are on the beach at
various points.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, November "a 100 P. M
Flour-In better demand ana hrmer; choice
spring at 800 @6.50; common at S505@5. IS.
Whest-A ctive and higher; No. hard at
Si2fk; No. at S1.2l: No. at Sl.ls1a@
l191s; No. at Sl.CS@l.OSH No. at
Os%; No. seller December at $1.19H@
100: seller January at 81 2l@1.22 Oats
Firm at SIC. Corn-Firmer at 4l9sc. Rye
-Firmer at tic. Bsrley-Suong at 72c; No,
at 45hc; No extra at 584c. Pork-tlrm
at $40 so cash. Lard-At IS So97.OC cash.
Hogs-Active at So T5G3 90.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
EnreiRn.

LONDON, November 24-12:30 P. NJ
Liverpool wheat market turn dearer; Cali
fornia lis 3d@lls "A spring at 9s 2d@los 81.
Floating cargoes firm; on passage hrm.y
held Mark Lane steady; good cargoes
red winter wheat off coast ut 55s; GOOD car
goes No spring wheat, off coast, 62'
Good cargoes mixed Amerlcsn corn, OF
coast at 2Ss. Fair average quality No.
Chicago spring and Milwaukee for
shipment at 52s. English country mark
cts firm. French steady. Farmers de-
livery OF wheat daring the week 10000
@45,o01 quarters.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Scarlet Fever Endemic.

Owing to the scarlet fever epidemic pre-
vailing in Springfield, ILL.,, the local board
Of health have ordered the public schools
closed until after January 1st, and adopted
resolution recommending that no public
funeral be held in churches or private resi-.
dences. There are said to be SEQ mild cases
OF scarlet fever in the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Serious Railway Collision.

On the Oath inst. collision occurred on
mile north of Palmer, MISS, between q pas
senger and freight train. Seventeen per-
sons were iniured-five seriously. Both
engines and several freight cars were
Nre ed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Marine Disasters.

The British steamer Rothmore returned
to Baltimore on the Esd inst. in damaged
condition, having encountered heavy
westher in the Gulf stream. Capt. Rowles
WAS killed by the fall of block.
A fishing heet WAS caught in blow of
Labrador on the 18th inst, Three OF the
craft went ashore on the middle ground OF
Guirpon. On board the wrecked vessels
were l2S individuals, of whom all were
rescued except seven.
The schooner W. B. Phelps, OF Oswego,
laden with wheat from Milwaukee, went
ashore near Glen Harbor, Mich, on the
night of the 10th, and became total loss.
Five OF the crew were crowned, rs follows {:
Capt. Dan Kelley, Geo. Kelley, Os~ego (;
Frank Golden, cook, SandusSy, Robert
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
UniatthfuI AeryanlA.

1t WAS discovered on the 2lst, that P. K.
Barger, chief clerk of John JermIn, exten.
sive coal operator of Scranton, Pa, is en-
embezzler to the amount of $4,000. His
dishonest operations began several years
since
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
kahl AlMt.

The premature discharge of blast in the
Deadwood mine, on the 2Ist. caused the in.
slant death of Joseph G. Conkrite and the
serious wounding of John Matson and John
GalAbinski.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

An extra session of the Florida legis-
lature to consider the proposition of the
Floida ship canal will probably be held
soon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

Adolph S:emple, inventor of q guard gate
for bridges, shot himself fatally at Chicago
on the 18th inst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
VARIOUS TOPICS.

INCREASED attention is being given to
fsh culture in Virginia. There are now
three Matching houses in the state.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

A CHAsM that often separ stes friends
Sarcasm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

The following circular was issued on tn
goth inst:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
CcPARTNERSHIPs.

CCPARTNERSHIPS.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FIRM OF
Levy Co. has dissolve owing the inability
OF the several the produce
stipulated in articles OF they
closed accounts Henry Levy and Emanuel
Levy viii be responsible for the payment of bills
goods bought after the day OF
May 1879 by Israel Reens else in the Of
Levy, Reens Co. HENRY LEVY,
EMANUEL LEVY.
NHv YORK. August IL, 1879. Al East Houston st
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
FINANCIAL.

20 WALL ST NEW YORK. AUGUST ~. ls7o.-
~ Subscription open for final nstalment of
~orking capital stock Of the Cheyenne Gold Mining Com
pnny OF the Hills 81 SO share payable close
There $40 share in sight ~
these mines Reports and references ON application.
H. g. STONE L Co, financial Agents.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-12
PROPOSALS.
DRoP0s1L FOR IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS II
l. Washington and georgetown.
ENGiNEKR DEPARTMENT. DISTRICT COLUMBIA

l. Washington and q georgetown.
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, DISTRICT CoLUMBIA,)
WASHINGTON. August 3, 1873.
BY direction of the Board of sealed pro
posas will be received this office til II o'clock
"Wednesday, August 49, 1879. for the Improvements Of
North Capitol between and boundary sts, N W M
North. between New York and LIST st. East; New
Ham shire between and sts. NV. Dumbarton
between Congress aud Washington Blank form Of
proposals and specifications may be obtained from this
office. together with the information
plication therefor and bids upon forms will
be No proposal will be received from fail
ing contractor. known such the of
trict of Columbia sinceJufy l, 1878.
The right is reject all bids
bids. w. 4. IRVING,
Major of Engineers Engineer Commisso II. C.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-11-13

to make money safely, easily and rapidly
is noao. while the stock market offers SO
many splendid opportunities. The COM
bination system has had unprecedented
success and brings good fortune to thou
sands of shareholders in this and other
countries. Investments of from $25 to
$4,000 are thus consolidated into one vast
capital, and operated by the best skill and
experience, result in heavy profits, which
are divided among shareholders every
month. A New Orleans cotton dealer
made $27.649. Is in two months. A Balti-
more merchant received an aggregate pro-
fit cf $9.642 ca from three com binations.
A San Francisco mining agent made $22,-
438, l6 from four com binations, his first in
yestment having been 800. Others have
been equally fortunate. Every day there
are new and grand opportunities. New
explanatory circular, with two unerring
rules for success" mailed by Messrs.
Lawrence & Co, Bankers, 81 Exchange
Place, New York City.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-11-13
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