Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-10-20
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Oct. IS at s357,S51.
CAPT. Paul Boy,on foated.ou of Pierre,
Dakota, Oct -. on his voyage down the
Missouri.
| The U.ited States supreme court con-
vened Oct L., with bare quorum in at
tendance. Justice Field is still In Europe.
Mrs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, who is staying
at hotel in New York, is too i'll to see
callers, and spends most of her time in
! bed
The Michigan relief committee of New
York forwarded $4,000 Oct. IA to ex-
Governor Baldwin.
PARIS capitalists have subscribed 500
| 100000 to tunnel the St. Lawrence at
Montreal and construct the South Shore
railway.
A BOSTON company has petitioned the
| Chicago council for permission to erect
three experimental towers and light the
business quarter by electricity.
A PATTY Of forty Jewish refu gees from
Russia have arrived in Cincinnati, where
they received a warm welcome from He
brew citizens.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, puzzled by the
indehniteness Of his fathers WILL has COM
menced an amicable suit against his sister
for the sale and division of the estate,
which is valued at 100000.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway has paid the Sioux 1922 900 for the
right of way for a wagon-road between
Chamberlain and the Black Hills, and
will open it next month.
Dr.. J. g. HOLLAND, well known in the
literary world by the title of Timothy
Titcomb, died suddenly in New York on
the E2ih inst. He was born in Belcher-
town, Mass, in 1919, and graduated from
the Brooklin Medical college in 1914.
A CHALLENGE has been issued, in behalf
of Vanderbilts William H., and Lysan-
der, for trot at Hartford, within two
weeks, for s., 900 side. 1t was called out
by the record of 2:22 made by John Shep-
ard at Boston.
Ten THOUSAND persons welcomed 7. p.
O'Connor to New York, Oct. 10, and
cheered for many minutes before they
would permit him to speak. DR.. Dillon
Egan and Mrs. Parnell also made brief I'D
dresses,
LOUIS A. Witt. governor of Louisiana,
died of consumption Sunday morning. He
was 3S years of age, and was engaged in
banking and insurance enterprises. Dur
ing the war he served So a captain in the
confederate army. Samuel ID. McEnery,
lieutenant governor, will succeed him.
| AFTER three days of delay, Professor
King sailed away from Chicago with his
monster balloon and signal service
attache, Oct Is. The air-ship rose to the
height of mile and then moved off to-
ward st. Louis al speed of about twenty
miles per hour.
| The secretary of the Oldham cotton
spinners' association complains to the
| American consul at Manchester that thou
sands of tons of sand are annually paid
for AZ cotton, and suggests that the names
of the planter and packer be placed inside
each bale.
| GENERAL CARLOS Euro is en- route for
the border with thousand Mexican sol
| diers to cooperate with General Wilcox
against the Apaches. General Fremont
has resigned the governorship or Arizona,
and it is reported that General Banks will
succeed him. The count ut San Carlos
reservation shows that there have recently
been no assertions for the war-path.
OK the 10Th inst. lie Moyne's crematory
at Washington, Pa, was made ready for
the Generation of soldier of the regular
army named Moore, who died at Column
bus, o. On the arrival of the parents it
was decided to inter the remains at Onei-
da, n Y, the mother being overcome by
the sight of the furnace.
GIN. JOHN b. SANBoRN has introduced
in the legislature of Minnesota a resolu-
ton, based on the provisions Of article 5
of the federal constitution, asking congress
to call convention to prepare amend
ments to the organic law, special reference
being had to the perversion Of the APP
pointing power of the president.
The democrats of New York assembled
in state convention at Albany, on the llth
inst. The county democracy of New
York was recognized and both the Tam
many and Irving Hall organizations were
excluded. The following ticket was
placed in nomination:
For Secretary of State-William Pur-
cell.
For Comptroller-George IL. Lapham,
For Attorney General-Roswell A.
Palmenter.
For Treasurer-Robert A. Maxwell.
For State Engineer-Thomas Ever
she ed.
For Judge of the Court of Appeals-Lx-
| Atty. Gen Sohoonmaker