Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-28
LATE REPORTS.
A Summary OF Latest Cablegrams
and kilograms.
Latest Events.

LEVI P. MORTON, the new minister to
France, has sailed from New York.
LOUISE MONTAGUE, Forepaughs 3d. 900
beauty has been dangerously i'll at Galena,
bit is now recovering.
JUSTICE CLIFroRD, of the United States
supreme court, lies 80 low at Portland that
his death is hourly expected.
THE Red River region Of Dakota PROM
ses the largest and best crop of wheat
ever harvested.
THE people of Atlantic City, N. j..
have started subscription to purchase a
cottage for President Garfield.
BoURDAKoFFsKY. hereditary chief of
the Aleut Indians, has reached San Fran
cisco on pleasure tour.
THE Chicago presbytery, after hearing
charges Of dishonesty against Rev. James
II. Bournes, resolved to bring him to trial
on the second Monday in September.
BRINK, the naturalized citizen of Con-
necticut, who was recently impressed into
the German military service while visit
ing his native land, has been released.
THE authorities at Castle Garden are
unable to supply the demand for labor
Orders for one thousand men at 80 per
week remain untitled
The Michigan military board has de-
cided to send six companies of troops to
the Yorktown celebration, each man to
furnish his own subsistence.
THE Boston and Albany road has re-
duced to $l2 the price of limited tickets
to Chicago, the rate to st. Loris being
$l6.25 OF course this will produce
further cuts by other lines.
REINFORCED by recent legislation, the
health authorities of New Y ork have set
out to stop the adulteration of milk, COM
mencing the raid by having an extensive
dealer held for trial.
AN investigation into the conduct of
Henry l.. Dodge, superintendent Of the
mint, has commenced at San Francisco.
Among the commissioners are Alexander
Ramsey, of Minnesota, and Thomas L..
Young, of Ohio.
LATER estimates place the value of the
estate of John Burnside, of New Orleans,
at $S,0OO,00O. Robert Burnside. OF Phila-
delphia, claiming to be a nephew, asks to
be given ali that portion which has accu-
INFLATED since the will of 1857.
THERE were 440 deaths in Chicago last
week against 463 the previous week. OF
those who died last week. 800 were children
under 5 years of age. Fifteen deaths were
from smallpox, l05 from cholera-infan-
tum, five from cholera morbus, and five
from sun-stroke.
SURVEYORS sent out from Victoria, b
c., to find southerly pass through the
Rocky mountains for the Canada Pacific
road, were unable to get through Selkirk
range, and the government survey through
Yellowhead pass will necessarily be add
hered to.
LIEUTENANT RAY. of the United States
signal corps, has sailed from San Fran
cisco with nine companies for Point Bar
row, in the Arctic ocean, to establish a
meteorological observatory. Included in
his outfit are ready-made house and pro-
visions for three years.
In its anxiety to preserve the proper
proportion between emigrani and first
class railway fares, the Erie road has made
cut in rates from Castle Garden west
ward selling tickets to Chicago al 50, and
to st. Louis at 81 so. with corresponding
reduction to all points beyond.
THE keeper of the Point Betsy life-sav-
ing station, in Michigan, reports having
found in bottle note written on board
the Alpena, on October Is, by George A.
n. Moore, of No. $50 South Halstead
street, Chicago, stating that Captain Ma
pier had been washed overheard and the
ship was hall full of water.
THE Navajo Indians threaten to kill
their agent, Rev. Galen Eastman, unless
the interior department removes him.
They were well content with the admins
tration of Captain Bennett, of the 9th cav
airy, who once replaced Eastman. The
Navaios number six thousand warriors,
and there are not sufficient troops in that
region to keep them quiet
HENRY DALTON. who was serving five
year term in the Wisconsin, penitentiary,
suddenly disappeared the other day. A
series of raps on the floor of the shoe
shop caused the boards to be taken up,
when Dalton stepped forth He had
neither food nor water for twenty-four
hours, and declares that he would rather
stay in the dungeon for week than to re-
main for an hour where he slowed himself
away. He has lost fifteen months good
time by his adventure.