Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-16
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

II is estimated that 10000 Americans
visited Europe last summer.
CYEUs W. FIELD once worked for A. T.
Stewart for the munificent salary of $50 =
year.
WHILE boring an artesiau well at st.
Louis few days ago crude petroleum
was struck at depth of LOO feet.
TIE Wisconsin Central has Just added to
it's equipment y large number of refriger-
ator cars of the Weeks patent, which will
at once BIZ put in service on this road.
The cold weather has driven so many
bears from the foothills iEto the town of
Grass Valley, Cal, that no one dares stir
out of doors after dark.
NORM CAROLINA is State without
cities. Wilmington, its largest town, has
only 10000 people, Raleigh 1900, Char
lotte 5000 and Asheyille 5000
THE British Parliament reassembled
Thursday. The Queens speech is given
in our dispatches. 1t is without any
noteworthy features.
AT Ishpeming, in the northern PENN
sula of Michigan, the mercury is report
ed to have dropped to 60 degrees below
zero Thursday morning the lowest yet
reported this season.
FURTHER hostilities are threatened be-
tween the coal mine strikers in Pennsyl-
vania and the non union men who have
taken their places, supported by the To-
cal State authorities.
MoGE than $l00O0,0OO worth of oysters
we're shipped from Maryland to all parts
Of the world this season. Over $4,000
persons are employed in the industry in
the State.
THE Michigan Supreme Court has de-
clared fraudulent ana null and void the
promissory notes given by thousands of
farmers in the State TO agents selling
Bohemian oats. This is important TO
many duped people.
Or total American production of coal
amounting to 1Os 100000 tons per year,
Pennsylvania produces nearly 100000,
Illinois coming next with 100000, Ohio
following with 100000, Virginia 4000,-
600, Indiana 100000, and Maryland p
800, 600 tons.
MISS ETA SHATrUoK, the young school
teacher whose exposure TO the blizzard
made amputation of both limbs necessary,
died Monday at Seward, Neb. The Oma-
ha Bees fund for her benefit has reached
81, $50, and will be turned over TO her
parents.
ALL letters, petitions, and other papers
bearing on the case of the anarchists are
being classified at Springfield by Cover
nor Oglesby's clerks, after which they
will be placed in a strong trunk and bs
slowed away for safe keeping in the
vaults OF the State Department.
o. X. HOPKINS, nephew of the late mill.
ionaire Mark Hopkins, died of small pox
at the pest-house in San Francisco Tues
day. His income from his portion of the
Hopkins estate was over 800 q day, but
saloons and gambling places got nearly
all Of it,
IT is expected that the great rubber
"trust" will be completely organized in
few days. The firms interested are ex
| pecting to realize over 10 per cent prohi
annually in the trade of the combine, es-
timated at 800 100000. The working
capital will be $50,000,000.
john r. DE CAMP, Vice President OF
the Metropolitan National Bank of Gin
oinnati, was surrendered by his bonds
men Wednesday, but within few hours
secured other sureties, and was set al
liberty. The cashier Of the bank reports
that there will be surplus of $4,000
after all the claims are paid,