Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Northern Pacific has begun lay
ing track on the line hstwe en- Ashland
and Superior City, Ws.
THE Milwaukee, Lake Shore and
Western has been extended from Wake
field, Mich, west by north TO Bessemer,
five miles.
HENLEY democrat IS probably elected
to congress from the First Compression
al District of California by plurality
Of 50.
CONGRESSMAN AREoT, of Elmira, n.
Y. who was blown sky high the other
day by a gas explosion, takessome COM
fort over the fact that he was reelected
without opposition.
THE total vote of Boston is: Blaine,
80 sos. Cleveland, $4,000; Butler, $685.
| 81. John, 1895. Gubernatorial vote:
Robinson (Rep), % 562; Endieott DEM },
/ %. 1853; McCafferty, $500; Seelye (Pro),
1000.
THE complete vote of Massachusetts,
for President and Governor is as fol-
lows: For President-Blaine 1896,
| Cleveland 119, 240 Butler, 1886, ST..
John 10000; Blaine's plurality, "a, 1856.
For Observation-Disclosures 155,091; Endi-
colt. 1Os 2G0, McCaffierty, Butler 3d.
$50. Seelye (Prohihition) s,241; Robin
sons plurality, 56, 1877.
AN infantry battalion of the Peruvian
rebel army under CarcereG mutinied re-
Gently at Cusco. The uprising was sup
pressed by cavalry, and five officers and
twenty soldiers were shot.
A RANCHER near Hawthorn, New, who
owns a good many porkers, found re-
Gently born litter of pigs among his
herds the other day, all of which were
covered with fur instead of bristles.
THE commonest kind of news printing
paper in Mexico costs II cents pound,
and when an editor hasn't got the II
cents handy he suspends publication for
q week and goes to see bull fight.
THE Supreme Court of the United
States has sustained the removal of John
Foster, attorney Of Saline county, Kas.,
for ncglecting TO prosecute violators of
the prohibitory liquor law.
THE National Cotton Exchange esti-
mates the cotton crop in the United
States this year at 5,726 600 bales, a
slight increase over last years yield.
There are prospects that the "top CROP
may increase this by Is 900 bales
COLONEL J. o. p. BURNSIDE, of Him
OILS, late disbursing officer of the post
office department at Washington, is be
lieved to be insane. His family has
asked for his committal to an insane
asylum, as they fear he may injure him
self.
FALLEN forest leaves are giving the
! Maryland Central railroad trains great
! trouble Trains have been delayed by
/ the accumulation of leaves on the tracks
at steep grades and deep cuts The
slippery debris has made it difficult
for the locomotives to make time on
their trips.
In the Union wv. Va.) section the
people, because of an unusual drouth,
have been compelled to use water from
streams heretofore regarded as impure
| A disease known as ilux has resulted,
causing many deaths, particularly of
| children. live stock have persisted in
| large numbers, the loss from this cause
alone amounting to 500 coo.
THE annual meeting of the Woman's
! Christian Association was held Friday,
| at which Mrs. Leander Stone was re-
elected presiding officer. OF the 500
/ 600 nece ssary for the erection of the pro-
posed building over $20,050 has been
rails ed, in. addition to the proce eds Of
the entertainment at the First Infantry
Armory, which are estimated at about
s., 500.
AN important decision under the
Pennsylvania law of 1882, protecting
the wages of laborers, has been render
ed at Allentown. The court held that
the Bethlehem Iron company had NO
right TO deduct store bills from the
wages Of thGir employees. The amount
involved in similar cases is $4,000. The
company will appeal the matter to the
supr; me court.
THE United States supreme court has
decided that the time spent as a cadet
at West Point is to be counted in deter.
mining the length of an officers mill
tary service for the purpose of liking
his longevity say. This adds four years
to the service of West Point graduates,
and makes a corresponding increase in
their longevity pay,
Up TO last week the total shipments Of
apples from Boston, New York and
Montreal were l52, 040 barrels. An adj
vance n foreign market prices is hoped
for, and steamship rates between New
York and Liverpool have fallen.
Red apples arc at present the favorites
of England and Hubbardstons as well
as Baldwins are in demand.
4 THERE is a cholera scare at Monte.
video. the capital of the Republic of
Uruguay, South America. The Steamer
Watteo Bruzzo, from Genoa, Italy,
euarautined for some time with cholera
on hoard has been ordered to retire
from the harbor of Moutevideo on pain
Of being sunk, and the steamer soon
after lef. for Brazil Two deaths from
cholera occurred on board the vessel,
and a number of her passengers are
down with the disease The burial of
the victims in the waters was prohibit
ed The steamer North America was
also ordered TO leave. She is loaded
with Italian emigrants,