Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-04
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

CedoCu p1Cdu0S VI AaSh u hANAVJ'
THE schools st Nashua, n. H., have
closed on account Of the prevalence of
scarlet fever.
DIVIDENDS Of 81 per cent. on common
and 2 per cent. on preferred stock have
been declared by the Chicago and
Northwestern Road, payable Dec. 26.
E'even huadred Italian laborers have
sailed Cor Italy from New York. They
have made money here. and 60 back to
enjoy it, where living is cheaper.
NEAR Hammondsf9rd, MINI, Satur-
day night, Tim Donahue's ''shanty "
took FIRE, Donahue ard a man nPmed
James Ryay persisted in the flames.
IN the Cumberland Nd, coal region
notices were posted Monday that after
Dec. /, the price Of mining would be re-
duced from 80 to 40 cents per ton.
THE School Supelintendents Of Massa-
chusetts have resolved in favor of
opening all the schools in the State for
night sessions it being shown that 3d..
/ 600 can not read or write.
/ The Democratic caucus of the Ala
bama Legislature has unanimously re-
nominated j. l.. Pugh for United
States Senator
THERE arrived at San Francisco Tues
day from China fifty-six cases of exhib-
its for the New Orleans Exposition.
THREE mills at Woonsocket have
given notice of a reduction in wages,
and three other mills will work on three
quarter time, beginning Dec. l.
AT Huntington, Oregon, Tuesday
! "a ha-
tween the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton system and the Oregon Short Line,
thus completing the fourth line OF rail-
road aero, the continent
THE 101st anniversary of the evacua-
ton of New York by the British was
celebrated Tuese ~ by hosting the flag
on the old fort in Central Park, and the
dining together of a numbSr of veterans
of the war of 1912,
! OFFICIAL returns from the counties
of West Virginia, giving the vote for
| President, are now complete. The re-
suit is as follows: Blaine Electors,
SO 096; Cleveland, 67,317; ST. John, 939;
Butler, $40; Cleyeland's plurality,
/ 4,22l.
| IN Louisiana the Democratic Elector
who received the highest vote was Gas
kins, who received go SAG. The highest
vote cast for Republican ElectUr was
46, 347, for Bfattia. The majority for
| Cleveland is IS 199
THE school population of the United
/ States is 10000, COO OF this, 10000 600
are enrolled in the public schools. The
public school system of the country
spends more than s9l 900, 600 a year, and
employs 100000 teachers.
LAST year, according to the report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
the people of this country consumed
1858 1873 barrels of beer. This, at
thirty-one gallons to the barrel, is 554,
9i0, 413 gallons-nearly ten gallons
yearly for every man, woman and child.
But as the infants under 10 years of age
are not large consumersof beer, it may
be more interesting to observe that we
consume fully fifteen gallons for every
person, male and female, over 10 years
of age, and about a barrel of beer year
~ for every person engaged in any gain
full occupation.
THE treaty of commercial rocipro-
city between the United States and
Sfain for Cuba ana Porta Rico just con-
cluded is said 10 be the most complete
reciprocity treaty ever negotiated by
our Government, embracing not only
the exchange Of products, but also
special shipping privileges for the YES
sells of the two nations, abolishing all
tonnage and consular fees on vessels
and carg,es and making all other fees
the same as for the national vessels en-
gagged in the c0asting trade. Italso
contains special privileges for CONNER
cial travellers, reform in the Cuban Gus
toms regulations concerning fines and
the responsibility of vessels for errors
when fraud has not been proved; and a
stipulation against the imposition of
new export tlxes. A clause, not in
any of our other treaties, admits from
Cuba and Porto Rico Gree of duty sugar
not above No. l6 Dutch standard;
molasses, cocoa, fruits, vegetables and
some other products, aud tobacco leaf,
manufactured, at reduction of 80 per
cent. of the present tariff rates, but
the tobacco is to pay internal revenue
taxes.