Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-02

/ eoulOfls auu COnVenlenCeS OF State-rOomS
and saloons. Three great steel steamers
now building on the Clyde will surpass
10 dimensions any ships ahoat save the
/ Great Eastern.
Judge HENRY MARTIN SPoFFoRD, who
died last Friday at Red Sulphur Springs,
! w. Va, will be remembered as a claimant
for the seat of Senator from Louisiana.
| He mace two contests against Senator
! WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG, but without
avail. He was man of considerable
ability, but politically he was as bad as
! the worst
The greater part Of Miss NELSON'S
property, estimated at about $40 900, is
left by her will to the British Rear Adj
miral HENRY CARR GLYN, C. Il EDWARD
| COMPTON received legacy of $1,000.
The crisis at Buenos Ayres has .ermi.
Noted The Provincial Chambers have
been closed by the military President
ANELLANADA has withdrawn his resigna
! ton.
A young devil named MAXINE CHAPUr,
who has been the terror of householders
at Montreal for several weeks, has been
captured by the detectives of that city
/ He has perpetrsted some of the most dar
ing and successful burglarles ever known
ia the Dominion, and when found, had in
his possession at his retreat, cave some
distar ce from town, large quantity OF
| plumber.
! In the case T. S Detectives L. L. WELL.
GEN and MAY, who demanded a trial at
| Deadwood, upon the charges of murder,
| for killing LEE GRIMES alias "Curley"
| WHITE, attempting to escape from them
/ last fall, the jury rendered verdict OF
not guilty without leaving their seats.
GRIMES was one of the most dangerous
criminals ever in that section, and the
verdict is highly satisfactory.
Mrs. BOXER alias LIZZIE JACKSON, be-
coming enamored OF JOHN LOCK WAR
WICK, one of Calendars Georgia Min
streIs, followed him from Syracuse to
Salamanca, N. Y. While the two, with
other members Of the company were in
saloon, Tuesday afternoon, IIzz1E's hus-
band entered and shot at both WARWICK
and LIZZIE, neither OF whom are expect
d to live JACKSON WAS arrested. AL
tne parties are colored.
The three great northwestern railways,
the Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul, and Chicago, st,
Paul, Minneapolis II Omaha, have de-
cided to prevent ocean steamship agents
from selling their tickets to and from Chi.
cseo and Milwaukee. Hereafter they will
manage this part Of their business them
selves, and will recognize no tickets
bought of outsiders.
The harvest in Russia is reported to be
the poorest since the famine in 1878.
Elsewhere in Europe the crops are good,
except in some portions OF Germany.
Discomfort is on the increase among
The Moslem r 1ialion of Turkey. There
is dangerous agitation at Damascus, and
an outbreak ls feared at Aleppo. The
movement is political, and is thought TO
be due to the weakness Of European con.
cert in the settlement of affairs relating
70 the Empire.
No pay, no fight, is the motto of some
of The Turkish soldiers. 1t is stated on
the authority of the London Standard that
thirty Turkish officers have deserted and
asve applied for commissions 10 the mill.
tary authorities of Greece; also that whole
bsttslions now in the service OF the Porte
are willing to go over to the Hellenic
Army If they are guaranteed their pay
The Turkish Ministers have not teen able
to obtain money by borrowing or taxation
TO pay these soldiers, and hence the dis
satisfaction and the desertion.
That everlasting Church question is
about to be renewed in Germany. Neither
I the Prussian Government nor the Prussisn
/ Roman Catholics are satisfied with the re-
ceutly.enacted Church laws, and, with a
! view to their improvement, it is stated that
( Cardinal HOWARD, who is about to sue
coed Monsiguor JACoBlNI as Papel Agent,
/ or Nuncio, will meet Prince BISMARCK at
I Gastein to talk over matters, and 10 sr.
range, if possible, and it hardly seems
so,-a basis of agreement which shall be
satisfactory 10 all parties. The German
/ Chancellor is said to have transferred his
( bs,re5 from panacy and prelgcy to Cul.