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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

A PRESENT FOR THE PREsIDENT-Tne Baltf.
more american of this morning says: An item
on the manifest of the steamship Nova Scotian
which arrived In port from Liverpool on Wed
nesday, was one case Of stuffed birds to r. B.
Hayes, care Samuel NJ Shoemaker. The sup
position Is that Mr. Shoemaker, who Is now over
In Europe, has sent this as present to the
President OF the United States. The funniest
part Of 1t is that both freight and duty Will have
to be paid on the case, which is now In bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

THE DEFAULTING PAYMASTER. - Paymaster
General Brown has ordered a thorough tnspec-
tion into the matter of Paymaster Nelson's sup
posed defalcation. This investigation is being
made in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

bUNKo PLAYER KILLED.-At CeIna. Ohio.
WIN: Crestman, bunko player, while stand,
Ing IN auGSany JShn MaTphys saloon Thursday night
drawn quickly out OF the door and strnck On
the head with club with such Violence as TO
cause instant death. The murderer eScaned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

THE TREASURY now holds $3.50, SEC, $50 in U. s.
bonds to secure national bank circulation. Q.
S. bonds deposited on account of circulation for
the week ended to-day, $439, 500; and withdrawn,
Sq42 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

LEAVE for three months has been granted
Colonel E. Upton, Fourth Artillery. On the
expiration Of his leave Colonel Upton will pro-
ceed to iOin his regiment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-18

REPUBLICAN SALUTE FOR THE MAINE VICTORY.
Under the direction of the republican congress
ional committee Major Hannemann will fire
national salute Of two hundred guns, with a
platoon OF his District artillery, in honor of the
republican victory in Maine, at the armory lot
to night at sunset.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
burned to Death.

Mrs. Clara Clsviss, aged l0S years, was
burned to death by the explosion of lamp
at New Orleans, on the eth.
Mrs. Jones, of Oconce, H., left her three
year-old daughter in the house with two
other small chiliren while she went to q
near neighbours IN an errand. During the
mothers absence the little one got small
lamp and lighted it, as it had been in the
habit of doing in the mothers presence,
and in so doing is clothes caught fire, and
when the mothe. returned she found the
little sufferer envrspped in flames, standing
in the door, witt locked hands and speech
less, with its skin and ears burned to a crisp.
1t lived few hours when death put an end
to its suffering.
James Glasoos house burned at Ayers
town, NJ ass, on the 2Sd inst, and three chill.
dreu persisted In the flames.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
WORK Ofihe Flames.

Dutton 4 Rhodes clothing house, New
York city, was damaged by fire 70 the extent
of SS5, 900 on tie night of the 9th. Other
occupants of he building suffered to the
extent of $1,000. The building was dam.
aged $4,000.
Boston was ,isited by disastrous blaze
on the 2Sth, Consuming property to the
extent of neany two and half millions.
The insurancee quite heavy, and will, it is
thought, coverthe LOGS. The firms suffering
total loss wsr d Rice, Kendall & Co., paper
warehouse, Hpghton, Osgood & Co, pub.
fishers, and thu Union Express company.
The Bailey hat factory at Newburyport,
Mass, was buned on Christmas. Loss S1l0,.
600; insuranes$40,0 900.
The Chicsgo Union distillery, owned by
the Woluer Bos., was destroyed BY fire on
the oath. LOSS COO
A destructis fire st Wayneshoro, Ga, on
the night OF u, 22d, destroyed the stores OF
W. A. Wilkes Marshall T, L Bea'l, J. +.
Tspt. !. A, p,niei, HcCatheriue & Co. snd
5. Chwalzweis Several persons were in
iurea, one colaed fatally. Insurance S45,.
000.
The Buell. eoolen mill at Blue Rspids,
Kansas was sally destroyed by fire or the
Esd. James I aruing, foreman OF the mill,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
WHEAT.
CoRN.

Mr.. GREELEy's politics methods
neatly defined in letter which he once
wrote to politician of Burlington, Vt,
during 81 excited campaign. In this
letter--which has just been published in
the Free Press of that city--Mr. Greeley
said: "You spoke of sending me money
for speaking in your vicinity. l beg
you not to do it. am not in need and
have taken nothing since left Windsor
county, having received there enough to
pay my expenses. | would rather not
have any more. Should the state go
right and the Wings who assemble at
Montpelier at the meeting of the legis,
lsture, see fiji to make me any little tes-
timonial of good will for my endesvor to
aid them, | shall be grstiied A mere
resolution passed by them and published
would be very acceptable; but money |
don't want"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Blown Up.

The steamer Prairie City, plying on the
Wabash river between New Harmony and
Wabash Station, blew up on the 9th, when
above Hodges landing. The fireman, cabin
boy and cook are missing. Tie body Of
Mrs. Capt. Mcintyre was found on shore,
with both arms of. Capt. Cox, who WAS at
the wheel, was blown up with it and fell in
the wreck beneath the debris, and had one
arm broken, his ankle sprsined, aud was
otherwise cut and bruised. The engineer
escaped with slight injuries. The survivors
escaped on barge and were taken to New
Harmony for medical aid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Mutfny AT Sea.

There arrived in the Atlantic dock, Brook.
Ign, on the 24thshe bark Francisco Dona.
vora. During the voyage from Navarino a
terrible mutiny occurred. The captain 8
statement is as follows: any bark is from
Ssvona, and is owned by Italian owners.
On board l had a couple of bad fellows as
sailors named Gregoria Pedro Irene, of
lloilo, and Antonio Aredunda, of Manila.
On the 9Th inst, both of these seamen mu.
tinted while changing the watch at mid
night, intending to kill all hands, and take
possession of my vessel. They killed the
rick C. Werner, from his residence in Long
Island City l.. l., on the goth, Max Hess, the
hired man, butchered Mrs. Werner with a
large sheath knife and robbed the house of
lot of wearing apparel and $3.50 in cash.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Santa Domingo.

Santa Domingo dates TO the Sth inst. con-
firm the announcement of the flight OF
President Guillermo. The city suffered
from hunger before the surrender, and Gull
lermo is greatly dislked As being response
Die for the distress. AS a consequence OF
his feeling, The triumphant entry OF the
revolutionary army, on the 18th OF Noyem
Der. wss attended with perfect order. lt is
sall unknown who viii be the next prest'
dent. Peace has been entirely restored.
None 81 the plantations have been restored.
An outbreak WAS feared At Cape Hayden,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

A GENTLEMAN who recently retu rned
from Cuba says that the difficulties in
the way of the Spanish government are
greater than ever before. 1t has become
absolutely necessary that the slavery
question should be settled at once, and
settled by emancipation. The urgency
for this action arises from the fact that,
under the pacifcation policy recently
adopted, the slaves who participated in
the last rebellion have been set free.
The result is that the spirit of insurrec-
tion has spread among the remaining
slaves, who zee that they have nothing
to lose and everything to gain by rebel
lion,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
The adoption of the GENITAL system by

THE adoption of the GENITAL system by
the New York board of trade, and its
probable general adoption by the boards
of trade throughout the country, has in
duced the Syracuse Herald to make up q
table of the relative prices per GENITAL
and per bushel of wheat and corn. The
figures of couse may be adopted to other
articles where the rate of cost and weight
per bushel correspond. The bushel
quotations are taken to approximate
about the highest and lowest prices of
the market lately. The fractional fig
ures are given in eighths, which for ordi-
nary calculation will be better under
stood than decimals, which are not gen.
orally much used by farm produce sellers:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Fraud I'm Orange Sh,pments.

The steamship Colombo recently arrived
at New York from Mediterranean ports
with fruit. One OF the boxes OF oranges
appeared unusually heavy, and, upon open
ing it, in each of its three compartments
was discovered d small bag of sand care.
ully packed around with straw, and oppo
site the open spaces between the Stats of
the box was row of halfdozen or more
oranges, the deception being most complete.
1t was discovered that 450 orange boxes
packed with SAID had been slowed in the
hold. The loss viii fall upon Barring Broth.
ers, of London, who made advances on the
cargo.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

John NJ. Waite and NJ. b. Gould, both
prominent and respected business men in
Chicago, on the 9th, thinking to play
practical joke on colored jauitor, disar.
ranged the contents of Mr.. Waite's room
aud then concealing tn mselves in closet
waited until the jantor appeared. The lat.
ter becoming excited at the condition of
the room procured revolver, and hearing
noise In the closet tried to pull the door
open, and failing in that fred through the
door. The shot passed through Mr.. Gould
head and he died shortly after.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
The Maine MIDDLE.

As the time for the assembling of the leg
islature in Maine approaches, the situation
begins to assume serious phase. The
Augusta authorities have increased their
police force to be ready in event OF a con.
fict, and the arms of the Hersey Light In
fantry at Oldtown were taken possession of
by the Fusiouists on Christmas night, aud
moved 10 the residence OF the commander
of the company. Oldtowp is the residence
OF the Fusion candidate for governor Clear
headed politicians, however, predict that
the skein will be disentangled without
series difficulty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

ONE of the greatest booms to the ru-
raj population of England of late years
has been the establishment of cottage
hospitals. The first institution of the
kind WAS at Savernake, in Willis. lin
1867 poor farm laborer was injured by
machinery, and had to be carried miles
to a doctor and then forwarded ten miles
farther TO hospital. The case 80 inn
pressed the vicar of SaveIuske that the
idea occurred to him to try and estsb.
hsh cottage hospital. He found warm
and generous coadjutors in Lord and
Isdy Ailesbury, the chief land owners of
the parish. Lord Ailesbury gave large
sum and site in a lovely situation, and
in due time the thing WAS done. During
the past year 2ll cases have been treated
with every comfort, convenience aud
attention, at cost per bed of 1915 a
week, and the mortality among them
was only \ decimal fraction more than
three per cent. against nine per cent at
GUYS, ten per cent. At st. Bsr1holo.
news, and sixteen per cent. st st.
Thomss's, the great London hospitsis.
In case of amputation the advantage is
enormously ia favor OF the cottage hos
pitals, in consequence Of the purity of
heir sir.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Important Decision.

The secretary Of the interior has rendered
adecision OF Importance to all purchasers
OF public lands by private entry, holding
that whenever prior to patentisg it is dis.
covered that the laad previously offered
and entered as agricultural is really mineral
its character, the entry must be cancelled
and the lsud reserved for entry under laws
especially applicable to mineral lands. The
issue was presented DO the case of Smith
VS.. Charles Culver ct al, involving the title
to tract of 1000 acres OF land in Camden,
Arkansas district, which was purchased
from the government at private entry in
1878, but subsequently found to contain ar.
gentiferous lead ore.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
The Afghans Defeated.

Gen. Roberts attacked and completely
routed his Afghan adversaries about Csbul
on the Goth, INJECTING terrible punishment
upon them. While the native loss was Sc.
we're the BrisAh suffered loss of five killed,
including Capt Dundss and Lieut. Nugent,
Of the engineers, who were killed by pre-.
mature explosion when blowing up the
towers of neigh boring village. The Balla
Hissar is again in the hands of English
troops.
A Lahore dispatch says the Afghans who
attacked Gen. ROBBERS on the Esd numbered
5000, and the ground around Shirpur is
streWn with slain
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Gave Themselves I'm.

Geronomo, the Apache chief, with eighty.
three OF his band of Indians, has surren.
dered to the military authorities at Camp
Kicker, Arizona, and will be sent to the San
Carlos reservation at once. This is the
band which has been depredating for some
months along the border, and did much of
the work credited to Nictoria's band. This
virtually wipes out all the renegade Indians
III Arizona snd on the border.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

THE lower house of the Massachusetts,
legislature has thirty-fve merchants,
thirty farmers, twenty-five lawyers,
twenty-five mechanics, and twenty man
ufacturers. There are five editors and
three reported as literary gentlemen.
One member is described as button
hole maker. 1t is suggested that he
might be valuable adjunct to the lobby.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
MOrtlpArV,

Recorder Hackett. OF Now York city.
died on the 9th.
Geo. W. Bel, of the Buffalo Commercial
advertiser, died on the Goth.
Gen. Avezzana, one OF Garibaldi's most
famous companion in arms, is dead.
Irwin Russell, a well known dialect writer
and poet, died at New Orleans on the night
of the 23d in destitute circumstances, and
among strangers, after few hours illness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

WAS badly injured by falling from ladder.
Loss heavy.
At Reading, Pa, on the 23d the ware.
house, machine shop and part of the foundry
OF Rich Bros, were burned. Loss $4,000
The large corset and suspender factory of
Bradley & Cary, New York city, was con.
sumed by fire on the nigh. of the 22d inst.
Loss $500, 900; insured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Railroad Wrecks.

An unknown man was run over and cut
to pieces by railway train at Menomonee,
Wis, on the night of the Goth.
A passenger train On the Chicago and
Alton road ran off the track between Kane
and Berdsn stations, H., on the night of
the 25th. Two coaches were burned and
the train generally wrecked. The porter,
George Paine, of Chicago, and Col. Bond, of
Auburn, ILL.,, were killed. Several were
badly bruised.
A freight train ON the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad broke through burning
bridge near Durant Station, Texas, on the
23d. The locomo olive passed over safely,
but the tender aud twenty-five cars were
wrecked and burned. Mike Kelly, fireman,
fell into the fire and was burned to death.
Brakeman Aberpathy was slightly injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
n urtierOus Deeds.

During a dance near Ellenton, s. c..
Christmas eve, William Bates, while drunk,
shot and killed Stephen Bush. Bates was
arrested.
A coroner's jury, after several DAYS session
upon the body of young Gustave Linden,
who was found dead on the street, at Chi.
cago, with revolver near his head, and
whose death has been attributed variously
to suicide or murder, found verdict that
he came to his death from pistol shot fred
by an unknown hand with murderous in.
tent.
Sam Woodruff and Joe Seminole, the lat.
ter half-breed Indian, who murdered r.
B. Hayward, farmer of Jefferson county,
Col, on the 10th of Septela Der, was taken
from jail at Golden on the 2Sth and hung,
by $50 masked men.
Joseph Hanson engaged in difficulty
with George Pickering in saloon in South
Camden, Del, on Christmas eve, aud was
stamped to death by Pickering.
John Woodson. Cincinnati barber, way.
laid Frank Coleman, colored, head waiter
of the Miles house, on the I'd of December
pCbt toiiip1f Win po"iNSi
wrapped in a towel. Coleman fingered
until the Goth when he died of the injuries
received.
At two O'Clock on Christmas morning.
Bernard Pecker, an old German resident of
Delphos, Ohio, was called to the door by
loud knocking. Upon responding to the
alarm he was confronted by three armed
men, who demanded his money. Pecker
resisted and was shot dead. His wife was
then bound with ropes and tortured with
fire until she delivered up $1,000. No clue
TO the criminals.
At a ball near Batavia, Ohio, on Christ
mas eve., quarrel occurred between Albert
Fitzwater and Jake Geiger, in which the
former was fatally pounded with stone
mason's hammer.
Peter Gilroy, aged "a, died at Cincinnati,
on the 23d, from wounds received in an
ARRAY several days before. William Ortner,
an old man, is under arrest, charged with
nhi citing the wounds with large butcher
knife.
At Boomer" ball at sailor toarding &
house at Wilmington, N. c., on the night OF
the oath, Maria Hail. negress, fatally
stabbed VIM. Marie, a white sailor.
Edward Hsnley was fatally shot by Dep.
uty Marshal Mullins in Edgefeld, a suburb
of Nashville, on Christmas. Mullins was
attempting to arrest Hanley.
Near Jernigsn, in Russell county, Ala
bams, on the night of the 10Th inst, two
Irish lads. Edward Harvey and James Nc
Gee, peddlels of dry goods, were murdered
and their bodies thrown into the Chatta-
hoochie river. Two negroes were arrested,
who confessed, duplicating two others, when
mob O. whites and blacks assembled and
hung the two miscreants. The others are al
large,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

Reported by CHANDLRR, Brown Co., Commits /
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Milwaukee,.
large.

MILWAUKEE, December $3.50 P. M
Flour-yery dull but strong good to choice
spring at s600@6.75; common 81 $500
$50 Wheat-Tame and strong; No. l at
81 Sl94; No. 1 regular at Si.3l; No. 3 At
81 l524 No. seller February at Si.3S@
1857 Corn-Firm at 4ossc. Osts-STong
atS5s.c Esrlev-No cash at 75c; seller
February az IKE; No. s at 53n. Rye
Tame ST S0I9c. 2ork-Dull at 1880 cash.
IArd-At s. 60 each.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
VARIOUS TOPICS.

MRS. HENRY FROUDsHAM, whose
husband WAS lynched by the vigilantes
at Leadville, Col, few weeks ago, will
bring suit against the City of Lead
vile and the County of Lake for $40, 900
damages. She has secured able counsel.
The city and county will fight the case
on the ground that Froudsham deserved
lynching.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
A Fatal kp.ttVAI.

AT Candabar, on the 26h, on the occa-
sion of Mahomedan festival, the fanatical
portion OF the popuIace became highly ex-
cited and some mounted Ghizais ran amuck
through the British camp. Gen. Tytler was
wounded and four OF the fanatics killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Cold Weather in France.

Severe weather continues to prevail
throughout France, and several deaths have
occurred in the streets of Paris from cold
and privation. The Seine is passable at
several points within the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Bold Highway Robbery.

Lester &. Turner, merchant of Sioux
Falls, was set upon by two men when emery
ing from hotel clubhouse at Worthington,
Mimi, and robbed of Sl5,5OO. The Williams
were traced a short distance by railroad
and then lost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Captured n Train.

Eight roughs boarded Baltimore and
Ohio train at Camden station, Md, on the
two colored passengers. A regular set.too
with pistols and sticks occurred, in which
colored woman WAS shot in the neck and
d man badly cut.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Forei1u.

LONDON, December 27.--12 80 P. M.-Liv.
erpool wheat market opens strong Califor.
MIA club at lis 7d@1?s; amber California
at lis I'd; spring at 90 7d@l1s Id. Floating
csrgoes strong. Good cargoes of red wint ter
wheat OFT coast at SIS Cd. Arrivals off coast
for wheat small.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
New Yorh'

NEW YORK, December 1880 P. NJ
Flour--Ruies quite firm; receipts, 10000
bbls; sales, $4,000 hbls, Rye four steady,
Wheat-Quiet strong, with good specnls-
tive inquiry; receipts, 81, 600 bus; sales 81,
10 bus No. red seller January at 81 81
Rye-Firm: state 81 CSC. CorR-Steadvi re
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

Near Bolton. Eng, on the Gath inst, an
explosion in coal mine injured eleven
men, one fatally. Others are not expected
to survive.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Victims Of the Sea.

Part OF the crew Of the steamer Borussia,
from Liverpool November Goth for New
Orleans, has been landed at Queen stown.
The Borussia was abandoned in a sinking
condition on the I'd inst. The party con.
sisted of the chief engineer, bostswain and
six seamen, and were picked up in an
open boat on the 9th inst. The Borussia
had $50 passengers, OF which number 105
embarked at Liverpool and rs at Corunna.
The crew numbered "a men. After leaving
Corunna on the oath of November, the
steamer experienced terrific weather,
and sprang sleak on the LIST OF Decem
Der. The severity of the weather in.
creasiDg, the vessel was abandoned on the
% about $50 miles southwest of Fayal.
The captain and first mate remained with
the sinking steamer. The crew and passen.
gers left her in eleven boats, but before
they were separated one boat had capsized
and all the occupants were drowned. From
what can be CLEANED from the survivors it
would appear that a panic occurred on
board the sinking ship. and that general
confusion existed. A number Of passengers
with the captain, second mate, three engi.
neers, eleven fremen, three stewards, the
carpenter and two boys went down with the
vessel.
The Northern transportation compsny's
propeller City of Toledo, laden with pro-
duce and merchandise, stranded at Luding.
ton, Mich, on the east shore of Lake Mich
igan, on the 2lst, and became a total loss.
A schooner supposed to be the Mary D.
Pomeroy, from Crescent City for San Fran.
cisco, has been sighted bottom up off Point
Reyes. There were on board eight officers
and seamen aud twelve passengers, all of
whom are supposed to be lost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
Death to the Gas Commands.

The London Economist says: at seems
as if another scare had set in in consequence
of kilograms reporting Edison's completion
OF his electric light. All gas companies
suffered more or less, the heaviest decline
being GS per share and the smallest f1."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
A Sudden kfse.

The water in the Licking river rose sud.
denly on the 25th, sweeping away eight
barges belonging to the Swift Rolling mill.
The craft with contents were valued at IL
O0O aI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01

A gentleman about so years old, supposed
to be s. A. Skies, of Kennedyville, N. Y,
jumped from the new suspension bridge at
Niagara Falls, on the gath.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Singell Santa Claus.

George Lynn, who was persousting Santa
Claus at church festival. at Pataskals,
Ohio, was probably fatally burned by his
costume taking fire.