Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-02
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A Summary of Latest Cablegrams
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Latest Events.


in the prize drill at New Orleans.
| ONE man and three boys were pilloried
and logged at Newcastle Del, by the
sheriff.
| GENERAL GRANT has sailed from Vera
Cruz for New Orleans. whence he will pro-
coed directly to New York.
GLENNI w. ScHoFIELD, of PENNSYLVANIA,
| has been transferred from the registership
of the treasury to the bench of the court
of claims.
| REPORTS of damage to wheat by drvuth,
the chinch bug and the Hessian fly are
pouring into indianapolis from all parts
OF the state.
CADET WHITAKER, will, it is said, be ex-
onerated by the court-martal now in
session, who will reverse the decision of
the West Point court of inquiry.
SINCE July /, 1880, the railway mail
gervice has been extended TO $50 miles
of road, this being the extent of new
roads built during that period.
PROCEEDINGS against Kenward Philip.
| Charles A. Byrne, Louis I. Post and Jo-
seph Hart, for libel inthe Morey matter,
have been ended by nolle prosequi.
DAVID EAsLEY, formerly lieutenant Of
the colored fire company Of Chicago, has
become insane from religious excitement,
and will be sent to the asylum at Elgin.
THE log-boom at Stevens Point, Wis,
now contains twenty-five million feet, and
there are nearly fifteen million feet m.re
TO come down.
SENATOR SHERMAN lately rendered to
Governor Foster the amount Of the hotel
bill for the delegates TO the Chicago con-
uention, but 1t was not accepted.
THE representative men Of Boston are
invited to gather at the Hotel Vendome,
to consider the question whether or not a
worlds fair shall be held in that city in
1885,
If the new version of the Testament is
not read by everybody, it will not he for
want of ample opportunity. There will
be no excuse hereafter for ignorance on
this score.
IT is rumored at Springfield, H. that
Governor Cullom will call an extra ses-
sion of the legislature should it al iourn
without making the senatorial apportion-
ment.
NEGOTIATIONS are pending to make the
ST. Paul and Duluth road an outlet to
| Lake Superior for the trains Of three
J
road, and the St. Paul consolidation.
The canal and river improvement con-
vention at Davenport unanimously adopt
ed resoluti-n ms in favor of "A canal from the
Mississippi to Hennepin and Lake Mich
igan, and for continuance OF the work
of the Mississippi river commission.
DR.. LOUIS A. JAMINET, Il representative
Of the highest social element of St. Louis,
has filed a bill for divorce. The cause is
said to be insane Jealousy on the part Of
his wife, who was formerly Miss Mary
Annie Menge.
JUSTICE MATTHEWS, on taking his seat
in the federal court in Cincinnati, ex-
pressed pleasure that his first official action
took place in his native city and among
the members of the bar at which he was
bred. The court room was crowded with
spectators.
A PoRro Rico wv H. paper, the Bole-
| the MttrcdnU, is authority for the news
that the United States government and
Denmark have agreed to The alienation OF
the Danish West India islands, for the
sum of 10000 900 francs (about So 600, OoO).
"IIls Grace the Duke Of Sutherland
whose estimable Duchess was the warm
friend of the authoress OF Uncle Tom
CABIN, with a retinue of wealthy English
gentlemen, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Chicago,
SIX Kentucky thoroughbred horses have
been shipped from Cincinnati for Japan,
The transportation of each horse will cost
about $3.50 but the Japs think the invest.
ment will pay. The horses are intended
to improve the japanese breed,
THE contest for the seasons baseball
championship goes on apace between the
several league clubs Thus far the Wor-
cesters have won 10 games, the Chicagos
9, the Bostons s. the Butialos s, the Prov
idence 7, the Clevelands 6, the DetroitS
4, and the Troys >.
THE Western Union Telegraph Compa-
ny accomplished the great feat of traEs
hitting from New York for publication
in the Chicago papers. the entire revised
New Test ament, in addition 10 Its regular
business. TSenty-one circuits were used
and the work was completed in sever
hours.
: TUE southern states are at last awake to
the desrability of attracting 10 their rel
soil fair share of the hordes of immi
grants pouring into the United States
An immigration agent, representing Texas
Arkansas, and Louisiana, will on SATURDAY
sail for Europe, to establish bureaus II
seven OF the larger cities. The German
who were dispatched from Castle Gardel
10 South Carolina report themselves high
" pleased with their new home.