Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-24
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A Summary Of Latest Cablegrams
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Latest Events.


Hon. VIM. P. FRYE has been chosen by
the Maine legislature for United States
Senator to succeed Mr.. Blaine.
THE whole German army will 90 into
mourning for the slain Emperor for
month.
HoN. JACOB CARTER, the oldest knight
Templar in New Hampshire, died recent
ly at Concord,
Two convicts at the Chester peniten-
tiary, engaged in cutting stone in the
yard, escaped through breach in the
stockade.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad directors have declared semi
annual dividend of B per cent on all its
stock,
THERE are said to be six wel-developed
cases of smallpox at Fort Wayne, three
of them being catholic sisters connected
with St Joseph's hospital.
CONTRARY to general expectations the
bill to establish the whipping post for the
benefit of wife-beaters was favorably re-
ported to the Pennsylvania house.
GEORGE S. DAVIDSON, once lieutenant
in Lathams confederate battery, who fired
the first gun at the battle of Bull Run.
died at Estellville, Va.
THE ladies' land league of Ireland sent
to the prisoners in kilmainham jail sup
ply of clothing and furniture and guam
tity Of shamrocks.
HANLAN says he will give Trickett or
Courtney fifteen seconds start in five
mile race for any amount, or Wallace Ross
ten seconds start in the same distance.
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the Hudson from New York this season is
the Daniel $. Miller She experienced
very little difficulty in making the trip.
THE Kentucky regulators took William
Dheil, storekeeper at Princess Furnace.
Boyd county. out of his bed. gave him tif
teen lashes, ordered him to leave within
FIVE days, and went away.
AT the request OF provision shippers in
Chicago and New York, Secretary Blaine
has instructed the American ministers at
Paris and London to insist upon the adj
mission Of all meats shipped prior to the
edlct against pork.
Miss FLORA ToRREY, step-daughter of
W. K. Wagstaii, of Paola, Kan, has just
been admitted to the bar, after search
ing examination. She is handsome
blonde, highly educated, and accomplish
ed in music and painting.
A DISASTROUS food at Kansas City has
cut away six acres of valuable property
about three quarters of mile above the
Stock Exchange. One end of the Kansas
City Glue Factory has fallen into the
stream. The people living in the vicinity
are moving out OF their houses.
THE great billiard match at the cham
pion's game, 1000 points, 800 per night,
five consecutive nights, for 1000 side,
between Schaefer and Slosson, has been
definitely set to commence on April IL, AT
either Tammany Hall or the Academy of
Music, New York.
GEN. GARFIELD has appointed Mr..
Henry G. Pierson as postmaster at New
York. He has bee. in the Office of which
he is now the head for many years, rising
from the position of distributing clerk to
that of assistant postmaster. and has been
the very efficient aid of Colonel James
for several years.
ELLEN NJ. STRATToN, a teacher in pub
lie school at Omaha, aged about 80 years,
mas eloped with Charles Duke, a lad of Is,
son of a prominent merchant, in whom
she has long taken great interest. She
borrowed Of various persons nearly $500,
and left a board bill of 500 She has been
regarded as one of the most trustworthy
instructors in the city.
Elk. SECRETARY RAMSEY, of Minnesota,
who has great deal Of property in his
own state, will return there immediately,
give up politics, and attend to his private
business Ex-Nice President Wheeler has
also withdrawn completely from politics
He is now making tour of the south,
and will spend the coming summer in
Europe.
The governor of Minnesota has appoint
ed General A. j. Edgerton, of Dodge
county, United States senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon.
VIM. Window, now secretary of the treas
ury. General Edgerton was a prominent
officer in the western volunteer army In
the southwest during the war, and has
been state senator and state railroad
commissioner. The term to which he has
been appointed will expire in March, 1883.
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