Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-07
REPORTS.
A Summary CT Latest Cablegrams
and kilograms.
Latest Events.

THE contest Tor the Ashley belt between
Weston and Rowell, will take place in Eng.
land, June 20.
FIVE HUNDRED negroes have within
three days left Huntington, Tenn, for
Kansas.
TREASURY officials expect TO show re-
duction for March in the public debt Of
100000
THE senate Of Wisconsin has passed an
appropriation Of g 500 in order to rep
resent the state at the Yorktown ceIebra-
ton.
THE Massachusetts, house of representa-
tives has rejected a proposition to give
women the right to vote at municipal
elections.
THE sum Of $4,000 was expended in
Montreal, last week, by American horse
dealers, some Of the animals being shipped
to Baltimore.
THE Michigan Southern and Lake Shore
railroad declares quarterly dividend Of
= per cent, and the Michigan Central
railroad Of u per cent.
THE legislature of Tennessee has passed
bill FORGETTING the Office of anv sheriff
who shall permit a prisoner TO be taken
from his custody and lynched.
THE electric light is being introduced
with great success in eastern churches.
The gas monopoly is beginning to totter
on Its throne, az it were.
THE authorities Of New York have been
warned of the shipment from Bottstein,
Switzerland, Of two notorious young wo-
men at the expense of the village.
Ir has been discovered that the new
charter of Deadwood makes the city
thirty-two miles in length, yet excludes
the most populous portion Of the town,
JAY GOULD has departed with his fam
lily for a pleasure trip to Florida. lie
will De away about a fortnight. His
brother has called in loans to a large
amount.
\ PENNSYLVANIA lady has been fined
for sending written matter under newspa-
per postage through the mails. She
claimed that she was not aware of the dis
honesty of the act.
IT may interest some persons who are
anxious to know where the present wealth
err comes from, to be reminded that this
day fourteen years ago Alaska was coded
to the United States by Russia.
BUTTER DEALERS in Boston have made
shipped in tubs to farmers near st. Al
bans, Vt, who slip in a sample occasional
ly among their invoices of genuine coun-
try butter.
The Goodrich Steamboat company, al
leging that ill-feeling exists at Grand
Haven in consequence of the Alpena dis
aster, has given notice that it will discon-
tinue running from Chicago to that port.
THE ice in the Mississippi river at Da-
venporl is reported to be "all the way from
thirty-two inches TO five feet Thick Seri-
ous apprehensions are felt there and at
other points along the river of food disas-
ters when the ice breaks up.
JOHN PARNELL. the brother of the agi-
tator owns the largest peach orchard in
the world, 1t is situated in Chambers
county, Ala, near the Georgia line, 1t
contaias 25O acres, and has yielded $40, 600
worth Of peaches.
THE summer packing season commenced
in Chicago on the lst, since which time
packers have slaughtered and sailed l34,
600 hogs, against 100000 for the cores
ponding period last March. The falling
off in the packing this season is due to
the light arrivals of swine on account of
the snow blockade.
\ MAN b" the name of Airport, moving
with hts family from New York state to
Knapp, Wis, became iemented on the
way, got off the cars 1t Menomonee and
has been wandering IN the woods for sew
eral days. He has with him about $50,
two watches and a shotgun without any
ammunition. He declared his intention
of walking back to New York.
OSCAR H., king Of Sweden and Norway,
who il reported at the point of death, is
- years old, having been born January p,
1929 He was "A younger son of the late
Oscar i, and succeeded his brother Charles
Nv. Sept. is, 1872. BY his wife, Princess
of Nassau, he has four sons, of whom the
oldest, Gustaf Duke of Wormland, is heir
apparent The young prince was born
june l6 1853.
AT the assembly committee investiga-
ton in New York to consider the subject
of counterfeit butter and cheese. Gilbert
r. llenshaw, produce broker, testified
that he had visited number Of oleomar-
garine factories and found that oleomar-
garine butter was made from peanut lard,
and "oleo' oils, alum and acids. In some
factories the EMPLOYEES were exceedingly
filthy, some working half naked, and
Others wearing only bag about their
loins
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