Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-12-06
NUMBER 40.


GENTLY scaided to death by the upsettins
of q pot Of boiling water. The children
were sleeping beside the stove. when Il
man cnmo into the house drunk, and while
attempting to light his pipe, upset tbs
stovo and a large pet or boiling water upon
the children.
Henry Rover, of Toledo, had difficulty
wish his wife, and put pistol in his
mouth and fired it Off He mover knew
what happened after he pulled the trie-
ger
The Bloomington, (IIl) PontagrapH
says that ". II. Lawrence, formerly n
compositor in that Office, fell head frss
into we'll, about sixty feet deep ON Fri
day evening and was taken out but little
hart.
On Thursday. a freight train on the
Toledo, wabash and Great Western rail.
road wss shroun of she track at Island
Grove esation. The locomotive and sew
erai cars were smashed the engineer,
David Johnson, was killed; and the fire.
man, Mr.. J. BROTHER, was seriously in>
jured.
DR.. Chambers, of Kingston, New York,
was bcset by two stout highwaymen in o
lonely part of the road few nights since
and his money demanded. The Doctor
said, Well, if must give up my money
had better do it" So he Quietly took
of his glo7e, and, putting his hand into
his side pocket, he drew out-not his
pocket book-but a hea5 revolver, and
bringing it to bear in an instant, he shot
one OF the robbers dead. The other ruff
fan then fred at the Doctor, but the BAH
went harmlessly through his hat Tho
Doctor then took his turn again, and
wounded the fellow severely. lie then
rode back to Kingston and made known
the facts, but, on returning, the wounded
man had escaped
- House rents are enormous in New
York. a house on Union square, foici
fashioned style not very remarkable for
anything) rented for 81 900 per month";
$4,000 per annum-about half of tho
salary of the Presidens OF the United
| States. Several others arc advertised fos
rent ct from 81 600 to $500 per month.
Near Bedford, England, is q little,
village church, where the lord of the
manor has private box or apartment
overlooking the chancel A little aicEt of
| steps outside tho church leads to the doubIs
door OF this secluded oratory, which is
| furnished with fireplace and sun6rv
comfortable chairs and footstocis. Tho.
proprietor Is a deyout man and never mis-
ses morning service. When the seryioe
commences he opens the sash window.
which is exactly opposite the reading
desk, and behaves with the strictest de.
corum until the prayers and psalm i'm
mediately before the sermon are sung to.
the end. Then just a. the minister enters
the pulpit, he shuts down the sash and de.
| votes himself to reading the letters by the
morning post, which have in the mean
while been brought to him by his servant.
The safe in the counting-room of w.
L. Richardson, coal dealer at Cambridge,
Mass, was blown open recently, and rob.
bed of seven dollars in currency and
$4,000 in promissory notes, payment
upon which has since been stopped The
| explosion was Of such power that it woke
the residents of the house in the vicinity.
some of whom aver that it made tho build
lngs shake; yet the robbers finished their
work and got off with their, to them, val
ueless booty.
1t has been ordered at Moscow that,
in all public buildings, the doors of the
main entrance shall open outward, in
| stead Of inward, as hitherto. The reason
of this arrangement is to enable people 10
have free egress in tho event of any ecci-
dent or panic occurring.
Tho Presidents Message and accom-.
panying documents are 20 be printed in
advance, sent to governments agents in diff
ferent cities, and b. thom given TO the
public press the day they are delivered in
Congress
An indianapolis paper says that COW
stealing has become regular business in
that city. a number of citizens have los.
their COWS, which were probably convert
cd into steak and roasts by the time they
were missed.
in making some excavations in New
Albany, Indiana, last week, an immense
tusk of the purest ivory, seven feet, nine
inches in length, and at the thickest part,
eight and one quarter inches in diameter,
was-discovered. 1t weighed nearly one
hundred pounds. Several years ago, a
tusk of nearly the same dimcntions, was
found near the same place, and is now in
the possession Of DR. John Sloan of New
Albany. In taking it out of the ground,
the tusk was broken into several pieces,
the ivory having become very much soft
ened.
- The farmers Of California are turn
ing their attention to The culture Of cotton.
Don Jose Rubis Of Angeles county, has