Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-07-29
Land Slide-LOss of Eight Lives.

/ Idhu SIut-LOSS Vi Elg1t LIVES.
ALBANY, July L.
The Toronto Colonist of yesterday has the
following dispatch:
"QueJec, JUN I5.-Eight persons were
killed and three houses destroyed, on Tues
/ day, at Cape Diamond, by a slide Of rocks,
at o'clock p. NJ. Yesterday another slide
took place at o'clock A, NJ, killing one man
and crushing some houses. There was also
another slide in the afternoon, but without
/ loss of life; some houses, however, were
crushed.
| THE CRoPs.-The La Porte Wing says
/ Our farmers are now in the midst of their
wheat harvest. and we are told by them the
| crop IS the best that has been produced In this
county for several years. The heads are large,
and the berry plump and full. There were
not as many acres put in wheat as in some
former years, but the quality of the wheat, and
the yield per acre, will make the present har-
vest rich one for our farmers. The corn
crop also promises now to be fair one; the
weather for the past two or three weeks has
been remarkably favorable to its rapid growth.
The grass crop Is also remarkable good.
HoRRID MURDER AT ST.. PAuL.-We learn
from Mr.. Brooks, clerk of the Nominee that
most hOrrid murder was committed at St.
Paul, on Wednesday morning, just before the
boat left. n man by the name Of C. Godfrey,
| a resident of St. Paul, and carpenter by trade
came on board the Nominee, with his child.
and registered his name He then left the
child, and went to the fremont House, and
murdered his wife by shooting her. Two
! balls entered her body. Godfrey then es-
capped across the river. The officers came
down as far as Red Wing on the Nominee,
| Wednesday, to get the Indians out in pursuit
of the murderer. Jealousy was said to be the
cause.-GGlena .3dU.
MURDER IN kosHKoNoNG.-Wea are inform
ed that man named James Maher of kosh-
konong in this county, killed his wife and
child on Wednesday night last and has made
his escape. He is described as being about
six feet high and dark complexion. We
understand that he knocked his wife's brains
out with hoe in the field, and then went to
the house and killed his child in the same
WatcrtolCn Register.
As ExPECrED.-The Boston Rejection
meeting proved to be a miserable failure. 1t
seems that it was gotten up by Democrats, two
OF whom made speeches abusive ofGen. Scott,
for which they were hooted and Kissed from
the stand. The Boston people could not and
would not stand quietly by and hear the glo-
rious old soldier villifed and abused
Valuable lots of L. S. Mineral Lands will
be offered at public sale at the Ste. Marie
Land Office on the 29th July.
FLYING-.4l,nosf.-A train of cars were run
over the Hudson River Railroad last week in
hours and So minutes-I45 miles.
~ We learn that some of the farmers
on Blake's Prairie, in the vicinity of the
Red School House, have recently lost some
20 or 80 head of cattle, by a strange and
fatal disease Cattle are attacked sud
denly, and die in few hours From an
examination of one or two carcasses, the /
lungs and heart were found to be in a dis
eased condition but the name and char
acter of the scOurge are unknown to all.
ACCIDENT on THE NJ. & NJ. RAIL ROAD. |
Yesterday morning as the Express
train was going west. between here and
Waukesha, the axel of a passenger car
broke, causing quite ''smash-up." Two
cars were badly broken. Fortunately no |
enc was injured-MX Ne1cS. 22l.
II The Milwaukee Railroad was open |
ed to Palmyra, Jefferson county, on Mon
day-a distance Of ~ miles from the city. |
This viii considerably increase the bust |
ness of the road
LEAo.-The n. Y. Tribune of the 18th re- |
ports a sale oil fifty tons of Galena lead at 81
75-time and interest.
Z. S. CRcUs.-Admirers of Equestrian
performances, will see by advertisement
in our Columns to-day, that the celebra-
ted Company of Older & Co. will give an !
entertainment in this village on the 18th
of August.
MURsER OF A WIFE By HER HrsBASD.-A man
named William H. Williams, in Baltimore, suspec-
ting the fidelity Of his wife, left home for short
time and returning found his suspicion confirmed
He Instantly drew a knife and stabbed his wife in
her back, killing her instantly. He then cut her
paramour, named Samuel Abbott wounding hiEa
dangerously. He afterwards delivered himself tp
and was committed to Jail and has been raving
like maniac ever since
II The acting Commissioner of the General
Land Office, has decided that when there is no fur
Their roea for assignment on the back of a Land
Warrant another paper may be attached thereto,
upon which assignments may be made.
TPE LIQUoR Law IN BosroS.-The city gov
eminent Of Boston, in order to render the new
Liquor law imperative in that city, have passed
an ordinance aJoLsling the Office Of City Marshal
and Deputy Marshal, these officers being required
10 enforce the law.