Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01
HISTORY OF THE WEEK
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Mississippi river was closed by
ice from st. Paul to Cairo on Christmas.
SAMUEL EMERY killed James Coombs
in drunken row in Washington Christ
mas.
EZRA WILSON of Boston, first killed
his divorced wife and then shot him
self Dec. 25th.
Snow fell to the depth of four feet in
Western New York on Christmas and
all railroads were blocked.
THE Chicago and Northwestern freight
depot at Fond du Lac, Wis, burned on
Christmas. The books were saved.
"FoREFATHER's DAY. was generally
observed by New England people all
over the country Dec. 23rd.
Two men were killed and five wound
ed by a boiler explosion in the Domin-
ion paper mills at Kingsley Canada,
Dec. 2Oth.
HoN. ALPHEUs 5. WILLIAMS, member
Of congress from the Detroit district, Of
Michigan, died in Washington on the
morning of Dec. Dist.
The residence Of L. 5. Mcpherson at
Woodbridge, n Y, burned Dec. DIST.
The senator and family had "a narrow
escape.
THE Globe and Niagara Touring mills
at Black Rock near Buffalo, burned on
Christmas. Loss $4,000; insured for
| about $4,000
BEVERLY b. DOUGLASS, congressman
from Virginia, died in Washington Dec.
| 22nd within twenty-four hours Of Viii
liams' death. Whisky was the cause Of
his death.
S, ID. RICHARDS, the murderer of nine
| Nebraska people, was captured at
Steubenville. Ohio, December 23rd, and
confessed to hideaus record of crime.
THE people of Kansas City distributed
provisions and groceries to the needy
poor of that place on Christmas. The
whole city, nearly, joined in the splen-
did charity.
A FIRE in Cleveland Dec. oath des-
troyed property belonging to the
Standard Oil company amounting to
$1,000 The fire was incendiary.
! IGNATIUs DONNEILY has served a
formal notice upon w. ID. Washburn
that he will contest the latter's right to
seat in congress from Minnesota.
The contest is based upon nine allega
tons.
TIE great St. Louis bridge was sold
Dec. Goth under a decree of the court
forecloslng the first secured mortgage
bonds. 1t was purchased in the name
of Anthony J. Thomas, of New York,
who paid $4,000 in gold as earnest
money. The price paid was 100000,
THE extreme cold weather that visit
ed the northwest Christmas week, was
accompanied in many places by vio-
lent snow storms. The snow fell two
feet deep in Chicago, while trains were
everywhere impeded. The coolest
weather was west of Sioux City where
the thermometer fell to thirty degrees
below zero.
THE jury in the case of Whalen
against Gen. Sheridan, tried in the U.
5. circuit court, in New York, brought
in verdict for defendant after long
trial. The suit was for the recovery of
over 100000 for the seizure of kilona
plantation, St Charles Parish, louisiana
in August, 1867, and the ejectment of
Whalen by the military, on the order
of Gen. Sheridan, who was then mill
tary governor.
MAJ. MORRILL,, of the Engineer Corps,
has written letter for publication, in
which he shows that Capt. Eads is not
the inventor of the jetty system, but
that 1T has been used 10y our military
engineers for fifty years. He also ques-
| tons the success Of the lettles at the
mouth Of the Mississippi, as Capt.
Eads' contract looks for depth of 80
! feet, and he has thus far obtained only
depth of % feet, although he has
been paid in advance for depth of 2S
| feet
! A PHILADELPHIA telegram of Dec.
24th says the business Of the Penn
sylvania railroad company for
eleven months of 1873, as
compared with the same period Of 1877,
show an increase in gross earnings Of
500 $50; decrease in expenses, SOL
O47; increase in net earnings, 81 ,246. 1872
All lines west of Pittsburg and Erie for
eleven months of 1873 show a surplus
over all liabilities OF $41 500, being an
increase over the same period in 1877
of S23T ,553.
THE Florida state canvassing board
completed the canvass of the late con-
gressional election returns Dec. Dist, and
gave a certificate to Hill, democrat, his
majority oelng Is. The returns of Bre-
ward county, which gave democratic
majority, was thrown out on account of
fraud, and Madison county, which gave
a republican majority, was thrown out
because one precinct was not included