Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-24
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The Kansas orphans home In Atehi-
son has been formally dedicated.
About 100000 has been expended IN
new buildings, and the home IS open
to all. children, s. s.r., .4.,...e.s.,.,.
Boston George B, Bates, who led a
raiding party to expose a seance at the
Spiritnalist Rtemple, three weeks ago,
was arrested, charged with disturbing
a religious meeting.
The sale of Gen. Torrences stable
Chicago was marked by low prices.
Eight horses, fourteen vehicles, gem
erll tIappings, and two dogs, that cost
$40, 00O,t went for $4,000.
M. A. Spur, convicted of falsely GER
tifying checks while president Of the
Commercial National bank, was SEM
fenced at Nashville, Tenn, to two years
and six months in the penitentiary.
n It Is proposed in Maine 20 buy the
old home of James G.. Blaine as an ex-
ecutiye mansion. Mrs. Blaine offers To
sell it cheap. 1t is the next building
to the capitol. Some of the ruraltsts
object.
w. H.. Lewis, who lived fifty miles
west Of Pierre, s. d.. and a flock OF
$500 sheep disappeared during the
blizzard two weeks ago, and no trace
of either man or sheep has been found
since.
The First National bank, OF Holli-
daysburg, Pa, closed its doors, causing
the failure of the Martinsburg Deposit
bank OF Martinsburg, Pa, and the
williamsburg bank Of Williamsburg,
Pa,
The announcement is made in New
York that Miss Edith Lyman Collins,
of that city, ward OF Chauncey NJ. De-
pew. is to marry Rechid Bey, COUNSEL
lor of state OF the Turkish embassy at
Rome.
Two false witnesses In the Pearl Bry-
an case go TO prison for two and one
years respectively They attempted TO
make the jurors believe that Pearl
Bryan was beheaded on the Ohio side
of the river.
Fire at Lincoln, Neb., damaged the
Hurlbut block and ruined the dry
goods and clothing stock Of Samuels
Bros, as we'll as damaging the goods Of
occupants of the second story. The
loss is sac, 600
Notwithstanding house committee on
appropriations finished the bill for tho
Legislative, executive and judicial ex-
pdnses. The bill carries total Of
$2l ,667 ,S67, which is s1,S99, PSI less than
the estimates.
Chicago aldermen passed the act
which eompels the sale of 6 street car
tickets for % cents, II for so cents and
twenty-five for ST. Only thr alder
men voted against the ordinance on its
tiual passage.
a sad drowning accident occurred at
Brookline, n H., Friday the three
children of Edward Farnsworth going
Through the ice. They were a boy
and two girls, Of the ages OF seven,
eight and II years.
Hearsts, A. r., Journal secured an
injunction restraining the mayor from
signing an ordinance giving away a
gus franchise worth $10,000,000 and re-
straining the board of aldermen from
passing ii over his veto,
while hunting near independence,
Kan, jim Robbins and Richard Webb,
of Cherry Vale quarreled. Both drew
reyolvers. and Robbins shot Webb
through the abdomen, fatally wounding
him. Robbins is In jail.
Two bodies have been petrified by
the injection Of a peculiar fluid by Chi
cago undertakers. A marblc-like APP
pearance and in some parts almost
is attained. The discov
cry is believed to be of use for anatom-
ieal preparations
For the sixth time President CleVe
land has nominated John Beard as
postmaster at Danville, H. The SEN
ate has. at Congressman Joe Cannon's
request, persistently refused to confirm
the nomination, and the President has
repeatedly nominated Beard,
The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress a statement Of receipts
and expenditures OF the government
for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1895.
including the postal service. The total
receipts as reported were $409 475,40S,
and the expenditures s434,67S,654
Representative Ray of New York,
from the committee on the Judiciary,
has reported adversely the bill provid
ing that cigarettes transported into d
state upon arrival shall be subject to
the laws CT the state as though the
cigarettes had been produced there
The court Of appeals at Frankfort,
Ky. has denied Alonzo waiting il new
trial The opinion in the case was
written by Judge Flazelrgg, 70 whom
the Scott Jackson case was submitted
Both men will be hanged for the muir
der OF Pearl Bryan unless the governor
interferes
Excitement over the recent Biz Ran
ids, Mich. bank failure has increased
hy the arrest of ex-Geneml Manager
Chester W Comstock. He is charged
by the depostors' committee with hav-
ing embelzled $4,000 Of the banks
funds. Mn Comstock WIS held Ia 5000