Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-09
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DYNAMITE cartridges have been discov-
cred in the custom house at Limerick
MICHAEL DAvIrr has been elected 10
parliament for Meath, to succeed A. M.
Sullivan.
The Bank of Eng land has reduced the
rate of discount to per cent, and the
Banks of France and Belgium to Al per
cent.
A SAMPLE of the reductions being made
in Irish rentals is given in Cork dis
patch. One farm was cut from ESQ to f59
and another from fl26 to ESQ.
THE mercantile firm of Hill, MacMas-
ter & Plant, of Manchester, England, has
suspended payment, with liabilities OF
go 600. MacMasters has absconded.
SPECIAL prayers and Thanksgiving services
were held in nearly all the churches of
England, on account of the queens es-
cape from assassination.
REPORTS are current in EHrope that the
car will abdicate after his coronation UNI
less the condition of Russia improves, and
that General Skobeleff will be ordered to
reside on mis- estate.
COLONEL JOHN l.. LAY, of Buffalo, in
ventor of the naval torpedo, went to Rus
STA to interest that government in his
warlike inventions, and was made a noble
man and elevated to the position of
knight of st. Anne.
THE military element at Alexandria
Egypt, reigns supreme. Its chieftan is
General Charles p. Stone, who will be re-
membered as the blunderer of Balls bluff in
the American civil war, now pasha I'M
der the khedive
A MEMBER OF the British house of COM
mons to succeed Bradlaugh is to be
chosen to-day in n orthampton. A cavalry
regiment have been ordered to that point
Redmond, a home-ruler, will be present
to organize the Irish voters against the
return of the agitator.
Two HUNDRED liberal members of par
| Lament were present at the conference at
| Gladstone's residence, where the premier
| announced that he would regard as a want
| of confidence an adverse vote on his land
act resolution. In the house of commons.
| the motion to postpone the order of the
| day was carried by 300 to 1877. Secretary
| Forster stated that the government needed
the whole support of parliament to up
hold the law in Ireland, Mitchell Henry
said that, in the event of general cleo
| tiou, seventy Parneiltes would be re-
| turned.
| QUEEN VICTORIA, after spending two
| DAYS IN London, returned to windsor at
5:25 o'clock March 3D. As she Was step
ping into her carriage, resident of
| Southsea. named Roderick MaoLeau,
deliberately discharged revolver at her,
but the bullet missed the royal target. In
stantly the weapon was Knocked from the
hands of the assassin, who evidently in
tended to fire again, and some Elton
scholars made au attempt to lynch the
| fellow. The queen al once drove oil to
the castle, and sent back and enquery to
know if anyone had been hurt. Ponson-
by, the queens secretary obtained all pos
sible information at the police station and
telegraphed it to Gladstone. The car OF
Russia, the empress of Austria, and the
emperor of Germany telegraphed mes
sages of sympathy TO the cabinet, sent a
dispatch expressing qualification at the
failure of the attempt. The queen held
her usual dinner party. No bullet-marks
were found on the royal carriage. Two
chambers of the assassin's revolver hac
been discharged, and fourteen ball cart
ridges were found on his person. Mac
Lean is a grocer's assistant, n years o.
age, and is pronounced sane by physicians
He says hunger prompted him to the deed