Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-01

the appetite for strong drink.
Arthur Sewall states that he has
withdrawn from membership and the
presidency of the American Merchant
Marine association. He claims that
some of the members have tried TO pre-
cipitate the association into politics.
At Traverse City, Mich, tire is a
$50, 900 fire loss to the Oval Wood Dish
company, whose factory is the largest
Of the kind in the world. The depart
ments where oval dishes and wire end
dishes were manufactured is total
loss.
Francis A. Coffin, found guilty OF
completely in the wrecking OF the In
dianapoIis National bank and refused
a new trial by the United States SUI
preme court, has been taken to the
penitentiary 10 serve out his sentence
OF eight years.
More than one-half Of the twenty
four toll gates IN Anderson county,
Kentucky, were destroyed by organized
bands of advocates of free turnpikes.
The keepers were warned that any at
tempt to collect any more toll would
be warrant for hanging.
The Venezuelan government has
issued a decree offering to allow to any
firm or Individual who may undertake
to bring immigrants INFO the country
the costs or passage. For adults the
allowance is 100 bolivars from Europe
and 80 bolivars from the United
States.
Chairman Sam Cook of the Montana
democratic state central committee to-
day gave out statement that he had
complete returns Of the house to house
canvass being made by the committee
from 1873 school districts He says
Missouri will 20 democratic by 100000
plurality
John Boyd Thatcher, who was nom
mated for governor on silver plat
form by the New York state demo-
cratic convention, said taal he was for
gold standard, but will vote for Bry
an and Sewall FOR the sake OF party
regularity" A Tammany attempt to
have him resign tailed.
At populist headquarters 1t is an
nounced that William J. Bryan viii
speak Ia Minnesota during the week Of
Oct. 10 to 16. Senator w. " Allen Of
Nebraska will speak in Minneapolis
Ost. 2 and 3, and also in st. Paul.
Senator PETER and Jerry Simpson will
put in d week in Minnesota.
A double golden wedding celebration
was celebrated at Bridgeport, Conn,
by William r. Hlgbse, past grand
commander knight Templars of Con
nectcut, and for thirty years grand
treasurer Of the commandery, and
wife and Mr., and Mrs George X. Corn
wall of Port Chester, n. y.
The South Sea Missionary schooner
of the Josephites, Eyaniela, is report
ed to have foundered 1T sea In longi-
tude l47 degrees west. latitude IA de-
grees 80 minutes souta, July 26 Cap
tain McGrath, the cook, and several
missionaries took 70 the small boats
none too soon to save themselves.
Rudolph Frankenson and Bessie, the
daughter of lotto Bonner Of Ramsey
n. j., were married at the country
house of the briues father, at Darling
ton, the Rev s. Morgan Of New York,
officiating. The groom Is an attache
Of the German legation al st. Peters
burg and stands high in Russian
diplomatic circles.
Llsut. Peary's mission in the north is
to secure the big meteorite. Il weighs
forty tons and Ii twenty-five tons
heavier than the British museum prize,
He will return about Oct. /. The
meteorite was mentioned by Sir John
Ross in 1918, but never seen by white
man until Peary and Lee located and
surveyed 1t in 1894 II Is 80 per cent,
pure iron.
Fire in a six-story building at Hud-
son and Leach streets New York,
caused lat ago to Ike extent OF $50 00p,
The greater part IF the loss was sus-
tanned by the Elsas Paper company.
Othert tenants of the building whose
stocks were damaged are the World
Paper company, the Empire ornamen-
tai Glass company. G. III. 0'NeiH and
the Novelty Drum Packing company.
A curious battle is to b. waged in q
New Jersey town. Two men will fight
Il duel with hydrants and hose at a
distance Of thirty feet. The under
taker-contestant Ans gone into the
thing seriously. Every evening upon
his return from the cemetery he has
gone into the back yard with his wife,
who deyotes all her energies to the
task Of plying the garden hose upon
her lord and master
There was the annual blowing con-
test at Naperville, ILL., The rule com
PEELED each competitor with u riding
pillow TO use three horses and ride, each
plowman to pillow between five and
seven inches deep and not more than
fourteen inches in width for sixteen
inch plows and twelve inches for four
teen-nch plows. In a pavilion woman
exhibited needle and hand work and
pastry. Prizes are given for the best
kept farms