Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-01
CAPITAL NOTES.

but dry notes this week. So far
as local matters are concerned there
seems to be actually nothing to write
about that can be Of much interest
to TRIBUNE readers.
a strong force is vigorously at
work on the new airline railroad
from here to Milwaukee, by the G..
d n. w. company, and the road is
advertised to be completed this fall /;
but there is room to doubt that it
will be. When finished this will be
an important line, connecting Mil
waukee with this city, Dodgeville,
Montfort, Lancaster, Platteville and
GaIena, by a route considerably short
er than any now existing. BY the
new line Madison will be 50 miles
from Milwaukee, and Dodge7iIle
! lbs miles. The travelling TO and
from the Capital from the southwest
are greatly accommodated by this
and the one Uia Gratiot and Mon
roe. Instead Of leaving here at 8 in
the morning, travelling l65 miles
and reaching Mineral Point and
other points in Iowa, Lafayette and
Grant counties in about II hours,
we can now leave here at 4:30 in the
afternoon and reach home the same
evening, Instead of 20 to 80 miles
of staging in addition to 30 to GO
miles by rail and II TO "a hours
time-to reach Dodgeville and
other points along the military ridge
from here, people now so to any of
the same points direct by rail in
from three to seven hours, and will
soon go quicker.
Nothing remarkable has develop
ed in the political situation within
tho week. A little more nervous
ness, on the part of aspirants as the
day OF fate grows nearer, and a
little more activity among the wire
pullers, may be noticed, but nothing
more. Although the --latest in the
held, General Rusk unquestionably
is already in the front rank of com.
petitors, and his friends manifestly
have the greatest confidence. They
positively assert that in the It'll
congressional district where both
Rusk and Warner reside, the former
is the iavorite one in the ratio of
two to one, and our information
from that locality seems to Justify
the claim.
The convention of the Farmers
Alliance to be held at Portage City
next week will be regarded with
much concern by aspiring polite
ians. What will be done, or wheth-
er there is any political significance
in the coming meeting are questions
suggested, which time only can ans
Wer. Rusk's friends are serene in
the premises however They claim
to have assurance from numerous
active Alliance men, that his nomi-
nation by the Republicans will be
entirely satisfactory to the farmers
in support of which they point to
the cordial support he is receiving
from this element in Vernon, La
Crosse, Monroe and other north
western counties, where the Alliance
is most active and It's members en-
brace all of the farming community.
The purchase by Messrs. J. H.
Waggoner and J. II. Keyes OF a
controlling interest Ii the EauClaire
daily Free Press, which is now con-
summarized, removes Mr.. w. from the
list of candidates for Secretary of
State, and transfers his residence
from the Sd to the 18th district. Had
Mr.. w. remained in the district he
would certainly have been warmly
supported by delegates from the
same. His many friends in South
western Wisconsin will regret to