Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-19

place in Massachusetts, at which place the
note was signed is a contract made or executed
Maine.
THE Colorado people, who are urging the
necessity of an aggressive policy toward the ln-'
dians, bring forward the fact that the miners Of
that state have produced more gold and silver
during the past year than would be required to
support the whole Indian population Of the re-
public
Orr Dominion neighbors are becoming exct-
ed over the fishing business, and it il announced
that the fish and game protection society Of
Montreal urge that protection of galne as well
az fish should be under the control OF the Do
mnon government. II was stated at the dinner
OF the club recently that the fisheries Of the
Dominion are worth $13, 000,0 600 year, against
$500, 900 or 100000 in 1863.
TIE project of police of Paris commands an
army of nearly $1,000 men and disposes of an
annual budget Of 20,00D,O00 francs He Is as
sisted by the chief Of the municipal police anda
force of nearly S0O0 including 3S peace officers,
% inspectors, 100 brigadicrs, 700 sub-brigadiors
and 1000 policemen, and to them must be adj
ded an unknown number OF detectives. The
budget of the municipal police amounts to H.
900, 900 francs; that of the central admnstra-
ton to 1900, 900 francs. and that Of the Paris
commissariat TO l,300, 900 francs.
TnE German minister at Washington has re
Gently inquired, on behalf of his government,
for exact information as to the process by which
the signal service bureau so promptly collects at
the war department the meteorological reports
from all parts of the United States--an extent
OF territory greater than Europe-and so rapidly
drafts and publishes them upon the printed
daily weather map. This il high compliment
to Old Probabilities and his stafl. 1t is under
stood that Germany proposes to take a step
forward in meteorological observation; and all
the assistance at the command Of the war de-
partment has been choorfully given.
ACCORDING to the Montana HrdH compara~
lively few huIaloos have ranged the past sum-
mer north OF tho international boundary. Forts
Walsh and Macleod have for some years past
been important centers for the collection of buff
falo robes, the market value OF which to the In
dian hunter may be estimated at 50 each. In
1877 some $4,000 robes were gathered at Fort
Mcleod and large number at Fort Walsh. Ia
1878 the number was l2797 at the former and
1887 at the latter place, while this year only
5,7G4 have como in at Fort Mcleod and S,277 at
Fort Walsh. This steady decrease in the num-
Der OF buffalo slain by the Indians and half
breeds of tho Northwest affords a ready expla-
nation of tho suffering among them.
THE courts have inst rendered decision Of
great importance to all who Use water power. 1t
seems that two mills were built on the same
stream, the lower one being paper mill. Tho
upper one only worked IN the day time, during
which il sent down the wator to the lower one,
but at night the upper one in seasons of
drought, stored all the water Of the stream IN
dams or ponds TO serve its purposes through
the next day. Thus the paper mill got no water
all night, and complained that its business could
only be carried ON prohtably by running day and
night The decision was that proprietorS on the
side of streams. had right TO use the waterto
any extent they choose, and, if the lower mill
suffered by the upper one exercising It's right,
there WAS no redress for it.
Careful observations near Edinburgh. made
during the years 1878 and 1879 indicate the tenn
perature has marked effect upon the growthof
trees. The daily records of temperature made
at the Edinburgh station of the Scottish Mete-
geological society show that the summer Of 1879
was considerably colder in that part of Scotland
than the summer of 1878, the mean difference
being about ten degrees. During those two
years Sir Robert Chrishsun carefully meaUured
the girths OF Il large number OF well-bnowu
trees in Edinburg and IFS neighborhood. The
measurements we're all made by himself per-
sonally with the same measuring line, and the
circumforences to be measured were secured by
marking them at the time of first measurement
with paint The result, we're that of II deed-
uous trees, exclusive of oaks, which We're mea-
surcd by him, it was found that the growth was
Il per cent less in the latter year than in the
former; OF 10 evergrecns of the pine tree, the
growth was % PER cent. less; and of seven
oaks the growth was 10 per cent. less
COMMANDER GoRRINGE, who is in Egypt. SUI
peIintcnding the removal OF Cleopatras Needle
10 New York City. writes n letter to the New
York World concerning the ohohsk 1t appears
from this letter that the great stones which
formed the foundation Of the olclish were Sc
cured precisely as the foundations of important
buildings exposed to the action Of wind and
waves are now secured. Ii is curious that no
better protection should have been found for
the foundation Of such triumph Of modern ep-
gineerngas the Eddystone lighthouse than the
method which was applied on tho shores Of
Egypt before the beginning Of the Christian
era 1t il even more curious that according 10
the competent testimony OF DETERMINATIONS
mandcr Goninge, the iron with which these
stones were secured is absolutely better iron
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