Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-23
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| SIX cotton-brokers of New Orleans, who
have been operating in futures. have gone
| to the wall.
Mr.. VENNoR predicts heavy snowfalls
soon. with clustering March and damag'
| pg blockades.
Iowa has l027 deaf mutes, few OF
whom met at Des Moines the other day
and called state convention for Septem
Der.
Contributions toward the establish
ment of Garfield professorship at Will.
lams college have reached "a, 900. and
only 5000 more is req uired.
BEN ELLIS. a noted hunter Of Ashsu,n
H., killed fifteen hundred pounds Of NAL
lard ducks in the Vermillion swamp in
four days.
| CHARLES STANFORD has been nominated
by the republicans for the New York SEN
ate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of Webster Wagner in the Spuyten Duy-
vii disaster.
SENATOR BLAIR's bill to appropriate
$l5 100000 for public education drew out
a complimentary memorial FROM the
| Union League club Of New York, signed
by William NJ. Evarts as president.
GENERAL GRANTS latest grievance is
the persistent use of his name in southern
| journals as a director in the National
/ Land immigration company Of Texas, al
| though he has twice publicly denied all
connection with it.
THE legislative assembly of Utah
adopted concurrent resolution appeal
ing to congress to reflect seriously before
passing either of the nti-polygamy bills,
and asking the appointment of congress
slonal committee of inqu Try to visit the
territory.
Gov. CULLom, of Illinois, has received
information that in southern Illinois
women and children are dying from star
walton. Although not credting the re-
ports, he is giving them thorough in
vestigaton.
HUGH ALLAN and other young men OF
leisure in Boston have organized fox
hunting club, and will import pack OF
hounds and professional huntsmau, and
follow the English regulation OF scarlet
coats and knee-breeches.
COMMANDER CHEYNE seems sanguine OF
securing $4,000 on this side of the At
lantic toward the expense OF reaching the
north pole by balloons. Sir hugh Allan
and other citizens of Montreal offer TO
assist in obtaining subsidy of $50, 900
from the Dominion government.
Mrs. GARFIELD acknowledges the re-
ceipt of letter from Mrs Scoville, and
Authorizes the statement that she cher
ishes no malice toward Guiteau, and feels
profound pity for his sister and other
members of his family, but asks to be let
alone with her sorrow.
1t costs 5000 900 per year to maintain
force at Castle Garden, New York, to
take charge of the tremendous immigra-
ton. A recent decision took from the
commissioners the power to tax the steam
ship companies and renewed efforts will
be made TO have the federal government
take control of the work. The ocean lines
expire a willingness to pay 25 cents head
money.
In the house for two and half hours
the clerks were kept busy reading bills.
Among them were measures to prohibit
polygamists from voting or holding office
in the territories; for ship canal from
Lake poutchartrain to the Mississippi: to
reduce the whisky tax to fifty cents per
gallon; to aid in erecting monuments on
Revolutionary battle-tields; to abolish the
national banks, and to prevent the spread
of infectious diseases among cattle.