Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-16
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

been sold for S65,00o.
CUTwoRMs have playe d havoc with
the tobacco crop in Lancaster county;
Pa.
THE Salvation Army's barracks at
Care, Mich, are now used as dance
hall.
AT McKeesport, Pa, Black Bros,
who have been drilling for gas, otruck
oil Wednesday at depth of 1000 feet.
THE vacations taken by tho judges
and officers of the New York city courts
cost the taxpayers $130.463 every sum
mer.
THE Alaska exploring expedition,
Lieut.. Storey in command, arrived OF
| Ilinlink Ounalaska, June 8, and Will
proceed north as soon as the ice in
b brings sea will permit
FIVE HUNDRED men are working on
the great railroad bridge Of the Balti-
more & OHIO railroad over the Susque-
hanna at Frenchtown. The structure
will be ninety-fve feet above the water
level, and will be built entirely Of graz
tie and iron.
A man in Epson County, Georgia,
twenty-five years ago buried 5000 ELL
yer half dollars, and did not unearth
them again until last week, when they
were exhumed and put into circulation.
a dumb Inmate OF the poor asylum
at Vincennas, Ind, named Sicily, was
boxed on the ears by his keeper for try
ing to run away, and Immediately be-
gan to speak
ANDREW d. WHITE, ex-president of
Cornell university, declares that he is
not candidate Tor the governorship of
New York. Probably ii wouldn't make
much difference if he were. Men like
him are not in favor with the politicians
of the Empire State.
THE Supreme Temple, Patriarchal
| Circle, of Odd Fellows, in session at st.
! Paul, elected officers, Peter Vanvechten,
Jr., of Milwaukee, being chosen SUI
preme Consul, and Geo. G. O. Akley, of
Chicago Marshal.
The situation in Indian Territory is
about like this: The Cheyenne Indians,
being well armed, are likely to make
trouble. An attempt to disarm them
is sure to make trouble. The war de.
partment is IN doubt whether to tackle
a possible trouble or positive one.
GOLD and silver coins valued at 81 900
AelNe pttN uutdlb lNu On II ldIiu NEAR
Racine, Ohio, including a number of
old AID rare American and foreign
pieces. There have been traditions Of
buried treasure in the neighborhood
since its earliest settlement.
THE strike caused the closing down
Wednesday of all the lumber mills or
the river in Bay City and West Bay
City. At one point the officers and
strikers were in collision Three arrests
were made but when a threatening
crowd surrounded the Jail the prisoners
were released.
DISPATCHES from points in North
western Iowa, Northwestern Nebraska, |
Southwestern Dakota and Southeastern
Minnesota state that within a few days
the corn crap has been greatly improy-
4 d by warm weather.
AN investigation ordered by the gov
ernor Of South Carolina develops a
shocking condition Of affairs in the con-
Wet camps of that state, the prisoners
having been systematically overw0rked,
underfed and cruelty punished. The
next legislature Will probably abolish
the system Of farming out convicts to
railroad companies and mining opera
tors
Mrs. ELIZABETH GILvERSON, of Mans !
field, Ohio, has sued for divorce from /.
her husband on the ground that he has |
kept the body Of her dead son in a box |
under her bed for twenty years, com
pellins her by threats of violence to oc-
cupy the bea every night. She claims |
thai the carnations from the box in |
iured her health
A bad fraud on the government has
been fou-d in Cincinnati Icy internal |
revenue officers. Two slaves of a bar |
rel are thickened, the one in which the |
bungholo is and the one opposite, the |
other slaves being of the ordinary
thickness, The gaugiDg instrument, of
course, in such case, measures the |
capacity Of tie barrel two gallons less
than the actual contents. The govern.
meut has lost largely by the trick.
A VIOLENT storm, attended by wind
and lightning, sweep across the state of
Wisconsin from northwest to southeast,
late Wednesday night working great
destruction to proper ~ at various
points. AT Sparta it ragged fercely for
full hour, unrooting many buildings,
uprooting trees, and leveling crops. At
Lind nineteen barns and six dwellings
were partly wrecked. At Madison the
damage is estimated at $4,000 Re-
ports Of similar visitation also come
from points in Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan.
GABLECRAMS
SCOTLAND has just experienced