Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
CAPITAL NOTES.


over the city about o'clock Satur-
day evening. Old residents tell us
it was the most severe wind ever
experienced here. 1t did not reach
the proportions of tornado, but as
a gale was quite serious, and did
considerable damage. The magniti-
cent new steeple Of the Irish Catho
lie church, the finest in the city, was
considerably damaged; the sheet
iron cornices about the tower being
displaced, and the structure disar
ranged 80 as to stop the clock, which
is now silent. A large sash and
blind factory near the st Paul de-
pot was unroofed. The bellfry Of
one of the engine houses was blown
down, and the bell landed in the
street. At the Fuller Il Johnson
plow- works, q fire wal was toppled
over, and other damage done to The
extent Of $50. The towers of the
Episcopal and VI. +. churches were
both somewhat damaged. Three
sheet-iron ventilating fues on the
capitol were torn off. In many 10
calities outhouses were capslzed,
sidewalks upturned for rods, fences
leveled, and trees uprooted, The
aggregate damage in the city is cs-
timated at thousands of dollars. No
person was injured.
The warm weather and strong
winds have dispelled the ice from
the lakes, and boating will begin
this week with yigor. More Of the
grass in the park seems to be winter
killed than usual, but enough is left
to present cheerful view from all
sides. A few more days of warm
weather and we shall have beauti.
full carpet of green.
Controversy in the newspapers az
to extent of plumbers by the late
Legislature, and responsib lity there
for, has about died out. All parties
are doubtless willing to let the mat
ter drop. 1t appears to be one of
those cases where stirring only in
creases stencil from which all are
anxious t. escape.
The Sunday telegraph has lot
of political gossip supposed to spring
from the Capitol, which we will
give our readers the benefit of, with
csution that it is to be taken with
many grains of allowance:
Notwithstanding the fact that no
election will occur till Nov. 1884,
which is a year and half in the
future, there liz as much talk about
politics, and as much speculation
about candidates as if the state con
ventions were to be held in a few
months, with the election soon to
follow. The interests are 10 vast to
be affected by the result, that the
excitement and turmoil will begin
much earlier, the agitation will rise
higher and the effects will last
longer than when the elections were.
less important because occurring
more frequently with fewer officers
to be chosen. In 1884, Wisconsin
will vuto for president, nine con,
/ gresSmen, state officers, county Off
GERS and a legislature which will
elect United States senator To sue
coed Angus Cameron, I state SEN
ators then elected to hold over and
have a vote also in electing a sue
cessor to Philetus Sawyer. This
makes it the most important election
by far which was ever held in the
state, and there ia no wonder that
the issues and candidates are already
being actively canvasse1, and that
agencies are at work to shape the
result.
1t is noted, however, that one
power, which for many years has
been the greatest in Wisconsin poll
tics, no longer exists The death
of Ex-senator Howe dissolves the
combination of Howe and SAWYER
with their friends, of which Howe
furnished the brains and soul, while
Sawyet was its most energetic force.
This combination Was never defeated
but once; that was when Matt II.
Carpenter broke into it in 1879 and
was elected United States senator ia
spite of all its power and skill in
management. +. w. keyes rose 1T
revolt against it and was crushed.
1t has been the strongest element in
state politics which could be created,
but it exists no longer.
1t i already understood that there
will be absolutely no opposition To
1T & 4