Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23

NEWS OF TINE WEEK.

MINI, has been held in $4,000, and will
be tried in February.
Three nobby lads of New York have
been layishing money in the saloons and
/ brothes of Springfield and Peoria, H.,
in a way that attracted great attention. II
raised check In New York and obtained
/ $4,000, with which the party are now see.
ing the world.
! The person who set fire to the Anderson
Qnd Court House Thursday night, set
/ fire TO the Catholic Church at that place
| Friday night and was detected and ar
rested. He confessed to his crimes, and
/ the Andersonites, whose loss is about
| 800 600, have considerable difficulty in
restraining their wrath The incendiary
has been tramp, and what his motive
was in setting fire to the place cannot be
easily sscertained.
SARAH BEREHARDT has vanquished
Secretary SHERMAN in the contest about
| duties on her dresses. She persuaded him
| they were her implements of trade" and
as such, under the statutes, entitled to ad
mission duty tree. SO they were admit
| ted, and the thrifty SARAH gets back the
duties exacted.
Secretary SEIZURE has written Governor
LoNa, of Mass schusetts, an elaborate let
ter on the Ponca question, in which he
corrects many false statements made in
speeches uttered at the recent Boston
meeting, and shows that the Executive
branch of the Government, unaided by
Congress, can do nothing to restore to the
Poncas the lands which they 50 foolishly
ceded to the Sioux, in 1868 The Secre-
tary quotes from his annual reports since
1877 TO show that he has been urging the
rights of the Poncas on Congress, with
great periinaci,y.
The Spanish official organ, the Impair.
ciaI, urges the conclusion of treaty with
the United States, whereby the duty on
Cuban sugar and Spanish fruits will be
reduced In consideration OF correspondent
reduction of the Spanish duties on Amer
lean grain.
| Greece Is preparing for war. The Greek
| Parliament has negotiated for large loan.
| Ii Is said that GARIB ALDI's son has offer
| ed TO raise 1000 men for the Greek army.
| Turkey offers TO cede certain portion Of
territory to Greece, but will not yield
Janina, Metzova, or Darrissa. These
provinces Greece demands. In the mean
time the European Powers are negotiat,
ing, jealousy watching each other, and
trying to make combinations OF various
kinds.
Deputy U. S. Collector JAS, NJ. DAVIS,
badly wounded by moonshiners near
Cooksville, Tenn, was left in the road to
die; he came to consciousness, crawled
200 yards to o hsystack, where he made
himself a bed on which he lay for twenty.
four hours then dragged himself mile
aud half to a friendly 'squire's house.
He has been brought to Cooksville, and
may recover.
The city of Pensacola, Fla, was almost
entirely wiped out by the confsgration of
/ last Saturday. The loss is about $780,
| 600, about one-half of which Is covered
by. insurance Monday, a lady died from
burns received Several property owners
were to commence rebuilding, today
/ Tuesday) Monday, the uins of the
custom house were blown down by the
city authorities.
The Mays Landing railroad accident
of last June was so expensive afsir for
( the West Jersey Railroad Company
which has already paid out $50 800 in the
settlement of claims for damages, and this
without any lawsuits One boy, who wss
rendered deaf and msimed for life by his
injuries, received $3.50 as compeusa
ton; while a father whose daughters
were killed, compromised " for 5000
for the two.
Sir EDWARD THORNTON, who has repre-
sented the British Government 81 Wash
iucton for twelve years, is preparing to
leave for his new post ST ST. Petersburg.
The Pope has conferred upon d. J.
MURPHY, merchant of San Francisco,
the hereditary title OF Marquis, for laeors
in holy cause.