Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20
GEN ERAL NOTES.

THE legislature OF California has chosen
John +. Miller United States senator.
GENIAL J. 4. HAwLEY was nominated
by acclamation at the Connecticut senate
rial caucus.
The worlds fair committee at New
York, announces subscriptions to the
amount of $S4, l0O.
Cor. ISRAEL VOICES. Of the lst artil-
lery, has been retired, at his own request
after forty years service.
THE republican caucus ut St. Paul re-
suited in the selection Of Mr.. Mcmillan as
the nominee for United States senator.
The president has nominated Jacob
Rich to be pension agent at Des Moines,
and Nicholas ii. Owings to be secretary of
Washington territory.
THE republican members Of the Ohio
legislature met and unanimously homi-
mated Hon. John Sherman for U. S. SEN
ator.
A MoNsrRosITY in the shape of a man
turkey gobber has for twenty years been
an inmate of the intirmary of Dearborn
county, Indiana.
GEN. HAwLEY was unanimously nomi-
mated for L. 5. senator by the republican
members of the Connecticut legislature,
at a caucus neld Jan. llth.
DEER searching for food have been east
" caught near dwellings in the rural re-
gion of Virginia, and birds are found fro
zen III the fields.
Mrs. VALERA +. STONE, of Maiden,
Mass, wound up her princely charities for
the week, by sending s. 900 to the Massa-
chusetts homeopathic hospital, for free
bed
A WOMAN who sought refuge at He
brew charity in New York, and who
burned herself to death, has been iderti-
fed AZ the wife Of Morris kerstine, mer-
chant of Ashley, HI. She was undoubt-
eddy insane.
The lively contest between The North
western and st. Paul roads at Clinton
Iowa, has been stopped bv a compromise
Stockwell's switch Is To be made spur
track, the st. Paul company to put in one
crossing.
THE war on corporations has been OPP
ened in the Illinois senate by Mr.. Neece,
who presented measure for the regula-
ton of stock yards, which ia nearly iden-
teal with the one defeated two years ago.
ROBERT g. lSGERsoGL is laboring with
the ways and means committee at Wash
ington for the abolition of the tax on bank
deposits and circulation, mainly on the
ground that the national revenues are large
enough without them.
As the Maine legislature must adjourn
by Feb. II, after which date a sreenback-
er might be appointed senator by Govern
or Paisted Mr., Blaine intends to send
in his resignation some time this month
and make room for Frye.
GENERAL GRANT has been elected pres-
dent of the worlds fair commission, and
has signifed his acceptance. General
Joseph l.. Johnston and Augustus Schell
will succeed 10 any vacancies in the board
of directors. \ X. Fairbank, of Chica-
20, has been placed ON the executive COM
mittee.
THE committee on gubernatorial votes,
in the Maine legislature, made the follow
ing report: The joint committee on guber-
Material votes. having attended to their
duty, ask leave tc report that the whole
number OF votes cast were l47,SOO. Har-
ris NJ. PIaisted had 1918; Daniel +, Day
is, 70, IA Joshua Nye. 800; VIM. A. JOY,
1874; Harrison NJ. Plaisted, 81; scattering,
50: and Harrison NJ. Plaisted having re-
ceived plurality Of all votes cast is duly
elected governor Of the state of Maine for
lSSl-S2. Mr.. Mortlsnd put in minority
report, declaring that Plaisted WAS elected.
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\ Louisiana observer says that eX-
Governor Yarmouth, of that state,
will lead in the formation of new
party in the south. He is described as
dignifed, audacious and magnetic. He
was born in Missouri and went south
from Illinois.
Webb the English swimmer, is going
to swim from Holyhead, Wales. to
Kingston, Irelanl, across the Irish Sea,
sixty-four miles, early next summer,
pan then retire N his laurels.