Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-11-17
Ina cellar AT ,sirasbOurg-An Inhabi-
tant's sad Experience.

French paper gives the following ac-
! conn. OF the experiences of one of the in
ls.auts Of Strasbourg daring the siege;
had beer established in Strasbourg for
nHyyears, and my affairs had never been
! gpTJsperous as they were when the war
o05. ont, On the approach of the enemy
nJaeay my wife aud family, but could
ls leave my wareh ouses and shops,
s when the town was taken, they
Aggld be given up to pillage.
Tue FIRST eight days all went well; the
rsr.el Inhabited seemed to be spared;
but Oh .he ninth day q shell exploded in
t,lt Of nay house and broke all the win
hgsor the ground floor, l thought it
g.elt from that time 10 take refuge in
by cellar | had some provisions there,
that | seldom went out of it. | spent
days and evenings in reading, little
1aslg what was about to betall me- On
I,lay the 10th about midday, while 1
taxing meal, l heard a tremendous
se overhead. | ran to the stairs to ascer-
Atneamount of damage doubtless caused
shell falling into my house. L
rev back terrified. The entrance to the
.-a was stopped up by portions of the
A The house had fallen In and [ was
|ned alive. What passed through my
(1ad IN the first hour of my captivity, l
|lnot adequately describes / had fits of
Cao anger, to which general exhaustion
loved. By degrees l came to myself,
III must confess l completely lost my
a3i collected my ideas, and thought
n'ncered having during the day brought
0'1a petroleum lamp. felt my way to
piece of furniture on which ] believed
-" placed 1t, and by good fortune,
par II WAS lighted it instantly. 1t was
ia mat | realized my true situation; all
l ne there were ruins; the staircase
@2Ag existed; could no longer de-
myself, the house had fallen in, and
cellar vas to be my tomb. To clear
u @a rubbish on that side was my only
md l began it with the fury of de-
n L,ery brick / took away made 9TH
a. the walls crumbled continually,
Was from one moment TO another
..3 with destruction by the
ilan nay lamp went out for want
md for a time gave up ali hope;
-s instinct Of self preservation pre-
Land ! set to work again in sort of
n ] md been working, it seemed to
la than Two days, when the ceiling
My ell in; brick struck me
-s head, aud | tainted How
amaued insensibie l cannot tell.
rcOpened my eyes perceived an
by t5oye my head; the stars were
-s; It Was night | suffered horribly,
lagsd not move for fear Of producing
~ Y xrai+nI for 10
'ta. anxiety. As soon as | could re-
-Y position hope returned. l made
the rubbish all round noe, and,
aug to beam of the ceiling, raised
'lt otthe cellar which had SO near
my grave, Once ont OF it, again
When | came to myself once
"roocled down among the ruins OF
aud wept tor more than tive
had spent four days III that Gel
INTO 1t without one gray hair
is quite white. | have ageC
"5n'y years Ia four days. As
s, all Gre burnt. / had worked
r, to set up my family in toler
n. My wife and / looked 10
exempt from care; now all mus
again and see no prospect o
III misery tor our future days.
u0pial Of opening the academ
Ut the Catholic 9 iversity a
.'5 place, October Is. IN tn
he'd TO that institution. Their
large and fashionable congre
4u.aj, who from the unusua
Manifested n the sacred fune
sWa the Freenap) evidentl.
+.Acl 10 ii q good deal of pollt
Eee. The rector (Monsigno
Evered IN address. He dwell
qe-utig on the principle 'tha
religion could not be separat
conclusion, proceeded to sho'
-sthoIie Church had Away
ae cultivation of the arts an