Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-31

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man, is dead.
HAD the first shell missed the emperor
three others would have been thrown be-
fore he reached the palace.
THE Texas house has contempt ously
rejected a proposition 10 submit prohib-
ltory amendment to the people.
THERE are ten cases Of smallpox in
Monroeville, Ind, and the rest Of the in
hsbnants are scared almost to death.
4. W. LATHAM, the Albany telegraph
operator who was recently married by
telegraph. has deserted his wife by rail.
THE emigration from Germany 10 Amer
lea Is 30 great that extra steamships have
to he chartered to meet the demand
REPORTS of serious injury to winter
wheat have reached ST Louis merchants.
A gentleman from Griggsville, H., stated
that fonr-fifths of the wheat in his county
Is utterly ruiced.
The timers Of Pittsburg and Allegheny
have notified their employers that if their
wages are no: raised 20 per cent. by the
first of April, they vii inaugurate a
strike.
JAY GOULD has departed with his fam
lily for pleasure trip TO Florida He
will be away about a fortnight. His
brother has called in loans to large
amount.
TIE greenback central club, composed
Of the grecnback ward presidents and
Leading greenbackers OF San Francisco,
adopted resolutions indorsIng the assasi
nation of the Gar
A MICRO, delirous from smallpox, es-
capped from his keepers and rushed naked
IL ~. -
INK smallpox" at the Top of hi. voice.
He was captured and taken to the hospital.
THE Colored Mans Protection Club, of
Cincinnati, have held meeting to express
their dissatisfaction because the republi-
cans had given the colored men no recog-
milton on the city ticket just nominated.
WILLIAM A. HUNTER, son of an ex-may-
or of Brooklyn, having been detected
in embezzling money for speculation,
shot himself in a grove near Fall River,
Mass.
Miss HATTIE DEUL, Of Iowa City, Iowa,
has not tasted food Tor twenty five days,
nor spoken a word for three years. She
is starving because she believes ii to be
religious duty and abstains from talking
for the same reason.
The attorney general Of PENNSYLVANIA
declares unconstit ltional the Law allowing
members OF the legislature 80 day after
the expiration of the regular session. The
Solons have no recourse but to shut up
shop at the time fixed.
THE people of towns along our western
rivers and small streams will show pru-
dent discretson by taking all possible pre-
cautions against disaster from freshets.
The melting of the great mass Of snow
covering the ground will necessarily cause
spring floods.
JAMES BLACK, colored, who was hanged,
at Marion. ;. c., for the murder of Eli
Wilcox, had been reprieyed twice. As
the trap fell the rope broke and Black fell
heavily to the ground, splitting blood and
calling for water. Eighteen minutes
later the trap was sprung Il second time.
THE committee of the Illinois legisla-
ture on State Charitable Institutions, rec
ommend appropriations for those institu
tiOns for the next two years, aggregating
81 sol ,443, being S349, 900 less than recon-
mcnded by the State Board of Charities,
and s5l 600 than recommended by the
Governor. This does not include the state
penal and educational institutions.
GEN. SHERIDAN and the officers of his
staff discredit the story from New Mexico
that the Apache Indians attacked a wagon
train and massacred thirty persons, No
such intelligence has been received at
military headquarters, where il would
naturally be known first, since the indians
make their raids from a point near Fort
Cummings, from which post any hostile
movements would be instantly telegraph
cd to Chicago.
THE Northern Pacific railroad has re-
~. On A..
which for wears has been a residue of com
mon stock held in the company treasury.
To have issued this stock before would
have destroyed the supremacy Of preferred
stock. so it has been held back until the
demand Of the propretors has become i'm
perative. From 800 to 800 persons are en-
titled to receive it, and it is pretty we'll
distributed among them. When the news
reached Wall street the excitement was
great The effect of this issue was not only
felt on the market but on the position of
the Willard pool, and was subject to much
discussion. An active member af this
pool denies that it had ever been claimed
that the pool had secured the greater part
OF the company's stock. He declared it
only held larger amount than was held
by any one or could be secured by any one.
The amount held by the Willard syndi-
cate is Il block of s25 100000 Of the s73,-
900 600 Of stock, which was secured for
3S for common and So for preferred. But
since the announcement of their invest
ment. prices have ranged at about 50 for
common and ~ for preferred. The Vii
lard pool represents the Oregon Steam
ship Co.
Accidents.