Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-02-16
Summary OF Late News.

Four vessels, of which three are
steamers, are now loading at New York
with provisions for France. They will
take out nearly 1870 bbls. each of
pork and -four
The German jubilee in Cincinnati on
Saturday night, over the recent victor
les OF their countrymen in France, was
a grand affair. The German quarter of
the city was illuminated. and thou
sands gathered along the line OF the
procession.
Thomas Wilson and John Gilligan,
importers of New York, have been held
in $4,000 bail each, their books and
paper seized, and their store taken pos
session of by Treasury agents, for
smuggling large quantities of dry goods.
-Four thousand dollars worth, which
were mostly silks and laces, were seized
with the store. The purser and steve
dore OF the steamer Europe were also
committed in default of $4,000 bail
for completely in the same transaction.
ANOTHER terrible accident is reported
on the Jackson Railroad, Mississippi,
two sleeping gears of the northern bound
train having been thrown from the
track and badly smashed A large
number of passengers are reported to
have been injured, many seriously. The
railroad company seem to have smoth-
cred etfectually the particulars of this
last calamity.
GEO. STOUT, son of the founder Of
Stoutstadt, in Gibson county, Indiana,
stabbed his wife, prostitute, Saturday
evening, in a house of ill-fame, in
Evansville, whittier she went away from
him. After stabbing her, he stabbed
himself, the wounds penetrating to the
lungs in both cases. She is very low,
and Stout, who is now in Jail, is but
little better.
NETrIR Brown, young woman for
merly from Portsmouth, in Evansville
county, Ohio, shot her paramount, jeff
Gilman, river engineer, Sunday
morning. Gilman says it was done
while he was asleep, and the girl says
it was while he was in the act of strik-
ing her with Ratchet.
MURPHY, one of the watchmen of the
Kensington Bank, has been suspended
on account of disobeying orders. The
reason the neighbors were not alarmed
by the hammering of the burglars is
thus explained: One Waterman is
shoemaker, and has been accustomed
to bring in his bench and work OF
night; when the people heard the ham
mering they thought it WAS him ham
mering on the lap-stone. Had not Mr.
Murphy disobeyed orders in tho first
place the robbery would not have been
committed He was notified not to adj
NIT uny one after closing the doors.
A LARGE fire occurred in Coburg,
Canada, Friday night, originating in
the store occupied by Sutherland &
Co., King street, and spreading west
ward to the telegraph and express Of
fees, and eastward to McCullom & Sons
dry goods store, and Jeffrey 4 Co.'S
hardware store, and the Merchants
Bank of Toronto The whole block
was destroyed The losses are as fol-
lows: ,McCnllom 4 Co., 10000 in
surance $4,000; Sutherland 4 Co.,
$35, 900; Insurance $4,000; jeffrey h
Co., S2S,0D0; insurance not known.
The Bank Of Toronto saved all of its
valuables and papers. Jeffrey & Go.
saved about half of their goods in the
warehouse, but the contents of their re-
tail department were lost. The con-
tents of the Montreal Telegraph Com
pany and the Express Company's Office
were saved. McCullom owned three
stores, and Jeffrey owned three and the
bank building. The total loss will
probably be $150,00O.
PETER MORAN, VIM. Brown, Jas. Clark
and Thomas Riley, the fishermen re-
ported lost by the breaking away of the
ice on Havershaw Bay, at Poughkeep-
sic, NY, Saturday afternoon, were res
cueG at midnight Their hands, noses,
ears and feet were frozen. They are
now With their families, and it is
thought that with careful nursing they
will recover. About 40 persons were
caught on the ice when it started. Many
jumped into the river and swan ashore
No lives were lost.
THE Adelphia Theatre, Boston, of
which John Stetson was lessee, but
which was recently occupied by John
Halls burlesque company, was totally
burned early Sunday morning, together
with the greater part of the wardrobe
belonging to the ladies and gentlemen
who appeared in the performance Sat
urday evening. The fire broke out
about midnight and is supposed to
have originated in the work room in the
rear of the basement. The building
was owned by Frank Andrews. Total
loss estimated at $50, 900; insured for
the great part The hotel adjoining, |
kept by William d. Park, was damaged
to the amount of 81, 600 by fire and wa
ter, insured.