Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Carolina, where we have heard so much
about corrupt carpet baggers ana the bless
ings Of Democratic rule. ALEXANDER G.
LACGHLIN, an expert employed by the
State Bond mmissioner, has been ap.
propriating large amounts of the money
passing through his hands, the sum OF his
stealing being estimated rs high as $780,,
900, and has been committed to jail 10
defauit of $4,000 bsil
The work OF arrestlng, manning, and
killing moonshiners in the mountain q 5
tricts of Georgia is proceeding without
serious interruption. Dispatches from
revenue collectors in that state give par
tioulars of recent encounters with the
brigands which were both desperate and
deadly. The authorities have been so
cessful In breaking up the gangs that the
tipts of the Government from that
gusrler have largely Increased.
GEORGE RIPLEY. for thirty.one years
literary editor Of the New York 7riI une,
and more latterly President ofthe Tribune
Association, died Sunday afternoon, agt i
IS Mr.. RIPLEY was known to fame
through his prominent part in the estab
lishment OF the Brook Farm Community
at Roxbuy, through his long and dis
tingushed connection with the literary
department OF the Tribune, his important
share in the editing Of the American
CycloI gdia, and his lifetime Of literary
labor 10 other fields He was q brother
Of the late MIS-. BRIGHAM, of this city.
The Bishop of the Episcopalian Do
cese OF New Brunswick has taken strong
ground in his annual address to the Synod
against the bill introduced in Parliament
to legalize a marriage with deceased
wife's sister, and recommends that the
clergy decline to solemnize unions OF this
sort 1t is proposed to circulate petitions
against tne passage of the bill.
There is an excellent prospect that the
Canadian Pacific Railway project Will be
energetcsny and speedily pushed to
completion. A syndicate Ct English
capitalists is said 10 be in course of negO-
tistions at Ottawa with the Canadian
Government with the view to forming a
company with 100000 900 capital to
build that railroad, the plan being that
the Government shall give land subsidy
of 100000 or G0C90 600 acres, and be
relieved OF all further responsibility in
the matter. Sir CHARLES TOPPER, the Do.
minion Minister of Railways and Canals,
will, 1t is understood, soon procee! TO
London to ratify with the principals the
agreement already concluded with their
agents al Ottawa.
Canandaigua, n Y, village about
forty miles east of Rochester, has been
startled from its every day quiet by the
dIcovery that Mr.. JonN RANKrSE, q
lawyer of the place, OF high standing
end good social position, church mem
Der and a gentleman who has hitherto
borne an irreproachable reputation, had
mlssppropriated SIS 600 of the funds of
an estate OF which he was trustee. Mr..
RANKINE is trustee of several estates, and,
as he is now believe to be bankrupt, 1t is
feared that the heirs in nearly every in
stance will be sufferers.
The Lachne canal near Montreal,
which was seriously damaged few days
ago by an uumanageable steamship, has
been reopened
HUGH HANNA, a farmer living near
Bryant Iowa, attempted to drive across a
submerged bridge near his home in a
lumber wagon, in which were also his
wife and six children The flood upset
the vehicle, and of the seven, only Mrs.
HANNA escaped drowning.
A sailor, who created a disturbance at
Wellington, British Columbia, the other
day, was chained to 3 post In the barn.
Soon after, the structure was found to be
in flames, and a rush was made to liberate
the prisoner, but the fire drove the peo-
pie back, and the poor fellow burned to
Heath.
By the capsizing of 3 yacht on White
Bear Lake, about twelve miles from 81.
Paul, seven persons were drowned Mon
iay. 1t appears there were fourteen per
,ons on board the yacht when it was
struck by heavy sQusll, and as the men
IN board were by no means expert yachts
men, they were unable TO prevent the acct
lent, 1t il . sad commentary on the gal
sntry Of the unmarried men that OF