Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-26
LATE REPORTS.
A Summary of Latest Cablegrams
and kilograms.
Latest Events.

ALL vegetation in the region of Bed
ford, Ind, is said to be overed with pota-
to bugs.
COLONEL iNGERsoLL, the Biblical critic
takes the Garfield side of the unpleasant
ness.
ILLINOIS Senators have amended the dog
tax Law by making tie tax 80 cents per
head
PROFESSOR EDWARD f. BARNARD, Of
Nashville, claims to have discovered a
small but very bright comet.
THE supreme court of Nevada has de-
clared unconstitutional the lottery bill
passed by the last legislature,
HENRY HALL, of Nokomis. H., publicly
whipped his sister tor taking Sunday
walk with an Objectionable man.
THE striking mania has reached Bufia-
10. Freight handlers, yardmen, bricklay
ers, stone mssons, and plasterers are on a
strike.
JOIN SCHMIDT of Richmond, Va, who
was given twenty lashes for stealing bacon,
killed himself with laudanum because of
the disgrace.
THERE is very large demand for iron
rails and all kinds of railroad material.
Orders for immediate and future delivery
are unusually heavy.
The mansion in Boston owned and &C.
cupied by Mrs. Howe, the woman banker,
was sold by the signeo for s2l 900, the
purchaser being Sheriff Clark.
CHICAGO has an average death rate of
25 in the 900. That of New York is 33.7.
The highest in the United States is Mem-
phis, $40; the lowest is Peoria, IL.
ANTICIPATING the arrival of the fleet,
Tho Ota,aJ,,.a .pJ co.l bopIIars Of Ihto,-
20 asked an increase of wages. Their re-
quest was granted, without fuss or strike.
SOME thrifty person desires to sell to
the Yorktown commission, for 81 900, a
cut-glass goblet which formerly belonged
to Lord CORVALLIS, The purchase will
not be made.
THE Hebrews of New York have got be-
fore the legislature at Albany bill to pre-
vent discrimination against them at pub
lie resorts, the penalty being fine of
from S25 to $50.
The officers Of the Northwestern Uele-
graph company has signed contract with
the Western Union for a lease for ninety
nine wears, but the consideration has not
been made public.
THE Chicago council has passed reso-
luton asking the legislature to submit a
constitutional amendment permitting that
city to issue bonds to the amount of s., 000,-
600 to secure an adequate supply of pure
water.
OVER 900 Cinnamon have landed at
San Francisco during the past month, and
the Chronicle estimates that the arrivals
will average that number for each month
of the coming season.
SIX thousand persons gathered in Elm
wood cemetery at Memphis, to lay floral
tributes on the graves of the contederates
who fell in battle. Casey Young delivered
the Grafton and Miss Olivia Hill read
poem.
) Ex-GoyERNoR WAsHBURNE, Of WIscon-
sin, has given his beautiful Edgewood
property, near Madison, to the Sisters Of
the order of ST. Dominica, to be used by
them for educational purposes. The prop
erty is valued at about $40, 600.
THE labor troubles on the Grand Trunk
road have eliminated in "A strike by the
employees of the car shops at Montreal.
The superintendent declares that the
works will be closed unless the men return
to duty at the old wages
NJ. III. De YOUNG, of San Francisco, who
was called home bv the dangerous illness
of his mother, was taken from Chicago to
Omaha, by special car on the Burlington
road, in the running time of twelve hours
and twenty-four minutes.
THE coal-diggers in the Sunday Greek
and Ohio Central mines, at Corning and
Rendyille, Ohio, after having been on a
strike for several weeks, have returned to
work at the reduced rate of seventy cents
per ton This, it is thought, will break
the backbone of the extended strike in the
Hooking valley.
THE brewers wound up their convention
in Chicago lay grand banquet at the
Grand Pacih:. During the day they re-
solved to light ali prohibitory legislation
and interference to the bitter end, and
with that view they will have a test case
under the Kansas prohibitory law taken
to the supreme court for adjudication.