Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-06

ease, fears no harm from the recent To-.
shipment of calves to the west. 'se
DEER searching for food have been
" caught near dwellings in the rnra 81 =.
gion of Virginia, and birds are fond ~ re
zen in the fields. ITO
AN investigation of the congress;o..,
greenhouse develops the fact that an oS-
of government funds was paid lsst ~ ovV
for labor and incidentals. 'eSI'
The railroad commissioners of M.
ehuset;s have refused to permit the 60
ton of elevated roads in Boston.
THOMAS J. HEIsKELL. Of Indiananol,.
has been appointed deputy secretary :,
state under the new administration.
SrREET-cAR drivers in Cincinnati
large numbers, have given up their sitna
tions, owing TO the severity of the weati
err Their pay is ten cents per hour
Ii is announced that the control of T..
navy department will be retained in i,
hands of Secretary Ramsey until M
+, the appointment being renewed eve
twenty days.
! WILLIAM j. SEwELL, an officer ofA.
Philadelphia railroad company, who an.
parently had the New jersey senator.b,
within his grasp, is now confronted viii
the candidacy of George NJ. Robson. The
| fight is destined to be bitter one.
The daily freight traffic between Va,
York and Philadelphia averages three
thousand tons each way. A company viii
soon be organized in the former CITY IA
construct two steel steamers, and diver
/ business from the railroads. The trims an
to be made in fifteen hours.
! MAJOR THOMAS MCKEE, of Galesburg
! H., the only survivor in that region
states that the famous deep snow of lSg1
was four feet on a level and for three
weeks the mercury was never less than
| fifteen degrees below zero.
| ARCHBISHOP LYNCH, of Toronto, has mi.
| lished a letter on the Irish question ir|
which he discourages wholesale irnmigrs.
! ton to America, and advocates the rich,
of self government as the remedy for the
evils and the wrongs prevalent in ireland
THERE being provision in the eons.
tuition of MissoIri that no person who ha.
been defaulter can hold office, the repub
| licans of that state will endeavor to az.
raisn as ineligible NJ. X. McGrath, cleo.
ed secretary of state, and force the inaug
uration of ]. G. Broadwell, the Republican
candidate.
An ordinance has been introduced in
| the Chicago council 10 permit the South,
! Side street-car company to put in opera.
ton on its lines the San Francisco plan d
propelling cars by means of steam and an
endless cable. 1t is thought that the
| change in motive power will cost abol
! 100000.
The New York legislature convened |
Albany on the 4th inst The republicu |
members of the assembly, in convention
unanimously nominated Gen Sharpe 70 /
speaker. Skinner withdrew in his favor
The democratic members of the assembr
met in convention and nominated Erasg
Brooks for speaker.
THE Ponca statesmen had another Ion.
interview with Secretary Schurz Dec.
in which they expressed their desire a /
school-houses and teachers, and were 70
that the Indian severalty bill would Civ
each a farm with an unquestioned it'll
The ten chiefs have signed request ii.
congress grant them SliS,00 in compg
satiUn for their removal from Nebrass
and for depredations by the Sioux.
|
bodies of the victims at the late BirGe fs
tory fire, at Buffalo, n. Y, was held at
Joseph's Catholic cathedral. Twent y
eight boys from the factory acted as pa
| bearers. The burial was at Limestc
Hill, and the bodies inferred in one coz
mon grave, a lot for the purpose hay
been donated by the st. Joseph's cathedr
TIE Pennsylvania senatorship is prad I
cally settled. Upon the assembling OF t Il
legislature the republicans went into ca
Gus for house officers, The test OF stren1at'
was to be made on the organization OF %
caucus. This was effected by the OAU
men electing John NJ. Pottery, of Fran IS
lin, as president of the caucus by vote N
| SO to 81. The result was generally recer
ed as evidence of Grows weakness. Il
caucus was conducted without any dse' L:
sion. Il. l.. Hewitt, of Clair, was nom x
mated for speaker of the house. Il