Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK

an Albany county, New York. fsrmar
found one of his employees in bed with his
young wife and shot him fatally.
The Basutos refuse 10 surrender their
arms to the British authorities in Sop,h
Atrlca, and the authorities are greatly
perplexed in consequence.
Two colored men were hanged ST Osh
kosh, Miss, Friday They had m1irdered
acoiored man last November.
Acting on the advice of England sns
France, Greece will postpone calling ont
me reserves, SO as to avoid offering the
Forte any pretext for resisting the De.
mands of the Powers.
Wool.raising is profitable in Kansas. A
sheepfarmer of that State has taken from
some 900 sheep an average of about ia. 500
pounds OF wool, which he has sold At 90
Cents per pound.
Two members of the Upper House of
the Hungarian Diet recently fought
duel. Both have been arrested, ana one
has been condemned to six weeks', the
other to two weeks, Imprisonment.
JAMES j, JENNINGS, of Gothic CITY,
Colo, TOOK possession Of JOSEPH THoMP.
SONS house during the latter's absence.
| When THOMPSON returned he tried TO dis.
possess JENNINGS, who shot and Instantly
killed him.
OsMAN PAsHA's removal from the Turk.
ish Ministry of War is taken as an indi.
cation that the Porte will concur in the
decisions of the European Powers. Other
Ministerial changes favorable to a peace.
tul policy are expected.
Several farmers living in the vicinity OF
Wabash, Ind, are under arrest for cutting
the dam which gives that city its water
supply. The back water caused by the
obstruction in the river mandates the
farmers lands, and they are not disposed
to await for redress at law
The result of the Senate amendment TO
the French Amnesty bill will be to ex.
clude RoCHRFoRT and BLANQUI and
other noted CommunstIc leaders from its
effects. The Government, it is said, will
allow them to return to France, but they
cannot exercise any political privileges
or rights
Syrian merchant doing business in
New York is reported to have effected q
combination that will control the opium
traffic Of the world The capital invested
is said to be S15,0Q0,0O0 Agents of the
combination are in the East negotiating
for the purchase of the crop. which is
said to be scanty this year.
Hayti has another rebellion. A con-
spiracy against the Presidentelect and in
favor of pretender has been discovered.
Some have been bsnished and others exc.
cuted. A rising has taken place in the
northern division Of the island in favor of
the conspirators.
One year ago Friday the yellow fever
broke out at Memphis. This year there
has not been a single case 80 far; and
even IN Havana the disease is said not TO
be epidemic. These facts, together with
the satisfactory reports received from the
Sanitary inspectors in the Lower Missis-
sippi Valley, encourage the National
Board of Health to believe that the coun.
try will be free from yellow fever this
year.
Capt HAMLIN, over whose discharge
from one OF the Washington Departments
the Democrats have raised such a howl,
aad out of which they have attempted to
make so much capital, turns out not 10
have been discharged at all. His term Of
service had expired, snd he was not re-
appointed. Why, may be gathered from
the following statement, quoted from the
Washington Republican: "He was for.
merly on the Capitol police, and was
bounced because be proved lazy, shift
less, drunken, worthless public servant.
The Republican had some knowl-
edge Of this man and found him faithless
and untruthtul" The Republican ADDS
that had Senator LOGAN known of HAM.
Inns character, he would have commend
ed instead OF deploring, his dismissal.
The Democrats will not be apt to parade
HAMLGN as victim much longer,
Prof. HENRY YoULE HURD, who has
been appointed to prepare an analysis of
the documents of the Halifax Fishery
4 Commission, has just published letter,
Ia which ne makes the most startling
revelations as to the manner in which the
Official statistics Of tn Dominion isheries