Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

| lne morning OF the SIesI ho'
1876, in whici. 40 persons were
drowned.
A WAsHINGroS special OF Dec. 18th.
says: The bureau Of statistics has jest
issued a very interesting statement
showing the exports of provisions from
! the United States during the montL OF
| October last the totals OF when are as
follows: .... .stf
| Articles. Value. Articles. Value.
Bacon........xs, CO. o5l Butter 3p,997
Hams ........ IL s74 cheese 49,. $50, 6lo
Fresh Beef =. LIZA Lard .....,.,... 1,6s4, l64
Sailed Reef 1yG qi Eggs ........... ais
Pork ......, 3ii $50 lallow ......., 4S5, Ga
Total 49, SOC
A BISMARCK special of Dec. 3Oth,
says, Lieut. Harry Tiffany, of the 18th
infantry, Fort Custer, who recently de-
serted while attending a court martial
at Fort Keogh, was driven to the step
by the threatened disclosure of forged
paw accounts sold in Bismarck, and the
proceeds lost by HIM at faro. Tiffany
is a nephew Of Gen. Joe Johnston
and the husband Of a Miss Bar
rett, of Baltimore. whom he clandes-
timely married at the Palmer house,
Chicago, last September An order for
her arrest is out ..
A CHICAGO telegram of December
31st says: Considerable excite
ment has been manifested among
Bohemians since last Saturday night,
when they discov that their ceme-
terry had been violated, and the remains
of a twelve year old girl, named Mathil-
da Stuben, taken rom the vault. The
police tonight discovered the remains
in the rooms of the Chicago medical
college, but nothing is known as to the
perpetrators OF the outrage. -
A PEORIA, Illinois, dispatch of De.
cember 10Th says: Ap almost in
credible story is old here by young
girl named Maggie Lahre. to the effect
that last THURSDAY she was kidnapped
by two unknown masked men and
taken in a sleigh into the country, tied
to IL tree and her clothes set on fire,
having first been chloroformed here.
The flames burned the thongs with
which she was bound. and restored con-
sciousness. She was found by farmer
and brought to her home in this city
where she nov lies unconscious.
A PEORIA, Illinois, dispatch of De-
cember Goth says: Charles l.. Otto,
who reported Thursday morning that
his iewelry store had been burg
larized, has confessed that he did the
job himself The money was found
concealed in the dome of the court
house, which Otto had key to for the
purpose of taking care of the town
clock, and a box containing the balance
of the goods WIS found behind a lum-
Der pile two blocks from the store. His
creditors have attached his stock.
a COMPREHENSIVE review of the pro-
duce trade Of Milwaukee for 1878 says:
The receipts ofNheat, -four, and coarse
grains show 4 very considerable in
crease over the two preceding years,
while the receipts and manufacture OF
-four aggregate a larger amount this
year than everIbefore The live stock
tables show unprecedented increase
in the business done. the receipts Of
live hogs being nearly double, and
those of cattle third larger than last
year, The receipts of cheese reached
the enormous aggregate OF l5,2bo,OOO
pounds. an increase of nearly 100000
pounds over 1877. The receipts of
wheat were II, 800, 600 bushels, and the
receipts of flour =, 266 600 barrels. The
shipments OF flour were 100000 bar
rels.
BEFORE the yellow fever commission,
sitting in New Orleans Dec. 31st. Dr. G.
b. White. formerly president of the
board of health, testified that persons
may come here from an infected district
and may even die of the fever without
causing spread of the disease, and be-
lieves yellow fever can be imported;
does not believe in the given theory;
quarantine strictly enforced would d.
minioh the fever epidemic. Here the
fever of the past summer was similar
to the previous epidemics, except n
larger number Of children were at
tackled He gave his experience in re-
gard to disinfecting; fayors both quar-
antine and local disinfection Mr..
Hooker requested Dr.. White to furnish
the committee with such data rs could
be obtained from his renorts.
THE C5urjer-JournaI special dispatch
of December 31st from Harrods-
burg, Ky, says al a village called Cards
Vile, in Mercer county, on last Satur-
day night, Mrs. Dickerson, in attempt
ing to aid FIRE which she had kindled.
seized a keg containing some blasting
powder, and threw handful on
the fire. The flash reached
the keg, and tremendous
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