Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-07

THE land Office at Bayfield, has been re-
moved to- Ashland.
THE date fixed upon for the formal un
yelling of the statue of Liberty Enlight-
ening the World on Bedloe's island, is
October 2Sth.
The Third district democrats of Penn
sylvania nominated Samuel J, Randall,
for congress without opposition.
ONE of the deputy sheriffs guarding the
qusrantined cattle in Chicago was knock
down, Friday, and his orders totally dis
regarded.
The public debt statement shows the
debt to have been decreased during the
month of September Sl0,627, 0l3.17.
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GEN MILES will be called upon to ex-
plain why he accepted conditional sur
render of the Apaches when he had or
ders from the war department to accept
only an unconditional surrender, and un-
less he can give satisfactory reply he
will be reprimanded.
THE quarantine established at the Chi
cago distilleriea over infected cattle costs
the government about 800 per day, and
special discussing agent has been order
ed on from Washington. II is probable
that the trouble will put an end to the
practice Of feeding COWS at this distiller-
les.
ADo1rH SUrRo, rich citizen OF San
Francisco, Cal, has donated to the pub
lic-shool children of that city $1,000 seed
ling pine trees, to be planted on the
grounds adjoining the schools. The
BOARD of education has designated Fri
day Immediately following Thanksgiving
day for the children to plant the trees.
THEODORE G. HULErr an aged citizen
of Niagara Falls, went before the sanitary
board at Buffalo and explained the sys-
TEN of Embedding fruit and bodies of
animals in cement, by which they were
changed into subsance resembling
stone, preserving the original color. HIS
will provides that his corpse shall be
treated by this process.
THE situation in Bulgaria is still mat
ter of solicitude in Europe. 1t is very
evident that the policy of Russia is to
maintain its control over Bulgaria and
the only question seems to be whether
the other great powers will permit Rus
sia's continued domininanoy in that prin
cipality.
western senator and his wife, who are
childless, console themselves with pet
dogs. Visitors Mt the handsome residence
ly complained tsat the dogs came in for
n larger share of the attention from host
and hostess than they did. But as the
senator is wealthy and gives plenty to eat
at his entertainments the visitors keep
coming all the same. Two or three weeks
since says Baltimore Sun correspondent
the senator and Mrs. Senator left for
pleasure trip, after repeated injunctions
to the servants to let no harm befall the
dear little doggies which were left at
home But as luck would have it., only
the next day big mastifr passed by as
one of the pets, a King Charles Spaniel
was taking an airing on the front terrace,
The big fellow was in an i'll humor, prob
ably from envy, so he picked the little
fellow up by his gold collar and fairly
shook thelife out of him. The sad news
was telegraphed to the mistress, who i'm
mediately returned and had m elaborate
burial dress and fine coffin prepared for
her pet, and sent him home to be inferred
in the family lot. She did not have any
burial services read over the remains, al
hough this ceremony was actually carried
nut not very long since by another fash
enable Washington lady over Skye
errier which had come 10 an untimely
end
THERE is intense excitement in the
town of Harmony, Me- over a remarkable
series of incendiary fires which have late
ly occurred there, On Saturday public
meeting was held to devise means for
self-protectiou. While the meeting was
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