Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-02

Ruth Slack in DeKalb county anu ""
fenced TO be hanged.
Tho agricultural department is pre-
raring to make an experiment Win d
new forage plant which is indigenous
~ me Russian steppes, and is thought
~ he adapted to the plains OF the
Rocky mountains.
A. Reloit. wis, G. L. Willard, aged
On a workman in the gas engine de-
partment of Fairbanks, MORSE
% g works, got his clothing caush
IN q revolving shaft Of an engine anu
uas instantly killed. lie leaves d "He
and young child,
President Mckinley visited the Nd
I~tional Encampment Of the Grand Afhy
Of the Republic at Buffalo, y !" anu
r,,da several speeches. The next en-
campment will be at Cincinnati D. =
IS. Goblin of Pennsylvania, was eiecteu
commander-in-chiel
The first big pile for the new federal
buIlding was driven down in chicago
In ls an immense ifty-foot pile, was
stood on end, and a tWo-ton pie
Idriyer drove it from Chicago down 10
the gilurian limestone 5eyenty-hNe
feet below the street.
Stehil & Co, one OF the leading SILK
firms in the Zurich market, has de-
cided TO establish a branch factory III
this country. because Of the high rates
of duty on silk fabrics under the
DineIey tariff law. Patterson VIII
probally be the location.
Chin Pom Ye, Korean minister AT
Washington, explains that he ala not
attend the funeral Of the late MI o
because the latter signed the decree
djvorcing the queen from the king OF
Korea. He also objected to the ere
nation Of Mr.. Soh's remains.
Archbishop Ireland OF St Paul
was mustered into the Grand Army OF
the Republic at Buffalo, The official
button was presented to the archbishop
by Corporal Tanner. Consratulatoiy
addresses were made by Gen. o. ..
Howard, Past Commander r"wler and
others.
At Baxter, Ark, Ed Williams, color
ed, was killed and burned up in his
home. About a month ago Williams
committed an outrage on a colored
woman, and then sent word to the dep
uty sheriff, residing here, that he
would XIII him if he undertook to
arrest him.
James Christie is dead. He was con-
nected with Marine bank in the early
DAVIS OF Milwaukee. His end comes at
his bachelor quarters in a London
| club. lie Was a nephew of George
| Smith. accounted the second richest
man in the world, and many years ago
an associate Of Milwaukee bankers,
A committee of ten members OF the
| Society of Friends of Illinois, Iowa and
indiana have arrived in Texas, They
were appointed to come out west ana
secure a location for a large colony OF
quakers. "Iu the old states said he,
land is so dear that we cannot find
homes for our young people as they
grow up and marry,
The sugar trust has begun to perse-
cute dealers in Dutch sugars, II Is SAID
and the Dutch government has protest
ed to the United states government.
Mrs. Angel, who sued the Gould es-
tate, claiming to be the widow OF Jay
could. confessed in 4 despatch to
George Could, that her claim was
false.
At the seventh annual convention OF
the Kelley league in Minneapolis the
delegates present represented nearly
400 local leagues with a membership OF
men who have been redeemed from
alcoholism by the heeley treatment
exceeding $4,000, while the grand lola'
number of persons cured reaches "z''-
ooo. Percentage of lapses among mem
bcrs of Kelley leagues, = l-' Mayor
Robert lIatt, of Minneapolis, extended
q welcome and eX-mayor W. H. EuS'Is
SPOKE.
A case OF a son affection Tor a
rather has come To light m tue navy
department att Washington. Johh
Gassou and his SON acnley CAsson, are