Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-12-12

/ be on the Warpafh.
FRED b. WnITNEY. the well known
young railroad man, died at Omaha.
/ STATE SENATOR KELLER, Of Sank
4 Center, Mimi, has invented costrlyance
for blowing by electricity
ALL those injured by the explosion Of
/ a bomb in the Office Of Russell Sage, Fri.
/ day are doing well.
The United States training ship Mon
onQahela has sailed from the Gibraltar for
the West Indies.
Josiah CARPENTER, who hes just died
at Grafton w. Va, claimed TO be one nun
bred and ffty-nine years old.
UNITED STATES TREAsURER NEBECB-
ER has submitted his annual report to the
secretary Of the treasury
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS: w. II. Jones,
medical inspector; Frank Anderson, sur
geon; 4. ". Ryan, lieutenant.
TuE death is announced at Philadelphi
Of William G.. Allison, president OF the
Allison Car Manufacturing company.
Ex-LfEUTENANT GOVERNOR James N.
johnson died near Columbus, Ohio. He
was lieutenant governor OF Georgia during
the IttOUaIucilOu ptIlDu.
GovERNoR- ELECT FLOWER has decided
10 re-appoint General Porter adiutant gem
eral Of New York
JUDGE JAMES Nj. COFFNBURY, one Of
the oldest members Of the Cleveland bar,
died Sunday, aged 70 years.
TnE board of ST. Joseph, No, has con
scented to put American flags on the pub
BIC schools Of that city.
CHARLES 7 Mccoy, Of South Dakota,
will probably be made governor OF Okla
homa.
TUE Canadian Pacific will build a
double track from Winnipeg to Lake SUI
perior.
CHAUNcEY DErEw objects to having
the Columbian exposition called the "Chi-
cago worlds fair. He says 1t is a ma
tional enterprise
PEORIA, H., Is exscieted over the dis
oovery that Chinese leper has been con-
d1cting a laundry IN that city. The
leper has disappeared and IL believed to be
In Chicago.
PAUL DEsIAANEL, the great orator of
the French chamber of depu. les, whose re-
cent speech on the liberty of the press
made such a sensation, will SAIL for New
York on the 18th.
TnE swine plague is carrying off hogs
in great number in Scott and adjoining
counties of Iowa. One farmer at Walnut
Grove lost fifty.
Gov CAMPBELL returned 10 Columbus,
Ohio, from Chicago Wednesday with a
very sore throat and high fever, and i'm
mediately took to his bed.
The budget committee of the German
reichstag has voted 900 600 marks to be
devoted TO providing proper German ex-
hibit at the Chicago Columbian exhibition
in 1893
THE following Wisconsin postmasters
have been appointed; w. J Brown, Alto
Fond du Lac county; J. Bartlett, Rttica
Green county; NJ Zimmerman, Peck, Bay
field county
EDWARD NJ. FIELD, senior partner Of
the failed firm of Field Lindley, Welohers
& Co, at New York, has been sent to
BIoomingdale Insane Asylum.
GEORGE wheaton ALLEN, better
known az Land Bill Allen, the author
# the Homestead Act, died at Columbus,
Ohio, Sunday night
THE daily arrivals Of congressman at
Washington keep MP the interest in the
apeakership fight.
Tue commission of Don Emile Puyo,
ChIiian consul general at san Francisco,
has been cancelled 10y the Ghllian govern
ment
SECRETARY NOBLE Saturday decieed
the long contested ease OF the Lg Vegas
grant in New Mexico, which will. it is
thought, open 10 settlement 5000, 900
acres.
SECRETARY Proctor attended the meet
ing Of the cabinet Friday for the last time
and took official leave of his associates. He
severed his connection with the war de-
pHtment Saturday afternoon.
AN attachment for $4,000 has been is
suud against the property IF the Colonial
and United States Mortgage company of
Great Britain, in favor of Bird ). Color,
OF New York, Oh an assigned claim.
TuE new cruiser New York was sue
cessfujy launched at Cramps sGipyard IN
Philadelphia Wednesday, In the presence
of Secretary Tracy and other distinguished
persons, together with a crowd OF over
1900 people
IuE New York weekly 1auk statement
shows i reserve decrease at Sl,0lS, 725;
loans increase, S., AGA $40 and a specie
increase Of 81, 2SS 900 The banks hold
SO S63 CPS in excess of the requirements
Of tine % per cent rule
SECRETARY JoHN r. DICRINsCN, of the
national worlds fair commission, says
that the report that he had resigned that
position to accept the genera. managarship
Of railroad in Texas and Arkansas is
wholly without foundation in fact,
FOREIGN.