Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

to remain away from the polls at the cleo
ton.
The prohibition amendment in Pen
nsylvania was defeated on Tuesday by an
immense maj ority.
The proposed abolition of the 80 cents
poll-tax qualification for voters, voted for
Tuesday IN Pennsylvania, was defeated by
a good majority.
The quantity of wheat in the visible sup
ply at the leading markets Of the United
States and on passage 20 European
markets is about 34,250 900 bushels
against 5O,250,000 bushels one year ago.
THREE cases OF lsprosy have been dis
covere on Cape Breton island. The IN
fortunates are two women and one man,
and they will be received to the lazaretto
at Tracadi, N. B.
AM 40 the seventeen bodies found on
Monday, at Jobnstown, Pa, was that of
Mrs. AnEie Bates, of Racine, Wis, who
was on the train that was wrecked by the
food.
The ladies siK-day bicycle race at
Denver resulted in favor 'of Miss Kittie
Brown, % Pittsburg, who defeated Miss
Hslen Baldwin by eight feet.
IT is reported from San Francisco,
Cal, that 81 100000 have been subscribed
for the proposed cable between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu, and that the work
will be commenced within eighteen
months.
CITIZENS of Tuscaloosa county, Ala,
have declared war on the "moonshiners,"
or Illicit distilers. The latter are armed,
and bloody conflict is among the near
probabilities.
THREE hundred delegates from all
parts Of the Union, to the World's Sun
day school Convention, which meets in
London July 2, have sailed from New
York on the steamer Bothnis.
CONNECTICUT woman is suing her
neighbor for damages for putting up fly
screens. She claims that the flies which
cannot get into the neighbours house on
this account will come into hers, aud she
will thereby have double the usual mum
Der.
A NEWFOUNDLAND dog in California
which lost its master was found no less
than three times trying TO dig open his
grave. After the last visit, the body for
some reason or other, was disinterred, and
the dog upon shifting the coffin took to
the woods and thereafter refused all
food.
THE largest ferryboat in the world is
the Solano, used in carrying passengers
across the straits OF Carquinez, between
Belnicia and Port Costa. It is $50 feet
long, and has capacity OF forty-eight
freight cars and two locomotives.
THERE died in Chester, few miles from
Fernandina, Fla, several days since, the
oldest person probably in the United
States. He claimed to remember per-
feotly incidents of the revolution, and
was brought from Africa seven years be
fore that period, and was at time that
nearly 20. The nearest estimate of his
age is 1870 years.
JoLIET, II.-A committee sent from
this place TO ascertain the condition OF
affairs among the striking miners in the
Braidwo0d district, reports that they
found many cases of actual want in the
households of the miners, nearly all of
whom have large families. There are
about 5000 persons without means o
Livelihood.
Mrs. HRTTY GREEN, of New York, enjoys
an income of $1,000 day, aud her total
yearly expenses are said to be less than
$1,000 Her fortune at present is estimat
ed at $50 1000 900, and it Is climbing at the
rate of more than a million year. Mrs.
Green has proved on sundry occasions
thai she is amply able to take care of her
self aud this big hunk of money.
MARTIN BURKE, the man under arrest at
Winnipeg for completely in the Cronin
murder, is reported to have made cen
fession. It is said that he has consented
10 waive extradition proceedings provid-
ed the authorities will allow him to turn
states evidence. The special grand jury
investigating the murder has returned an
indictment against Burke, charging him
with murder and conspiracy to murder.