Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-10

GEORGE WAsHiSGroS Eis dead. He was run
overby construction tram on the Peoria and
Rock Island Railroad and killed. Deceased
was member of the firm of E. Williams
Co., of Galva, Ill.
4 NAN from Morgan county, H., named }.
Wells, fell from the porch of the sherman
House at Quincy Thursday night, to the
and fractured his skull. No hopes
of his recovery.
A PARTY of Indians reached the Gallatin
Valley near Gallatin City, carried off large
amount of stock, and killed two men. They
are supposed to be Piegans. Citizens aud
troops from Ft. Ellis are in pursuit.
VIM Cross was arrested at Dubuque, on
Thursday A skif load Of dry goods etc, val
ued at s400, which he had stolen at Glen Ha-
ven. Wis, was found in his possession. He
acknowledged the theft, and was taken back
to Glen Haven.
JOHN THOMAS, engineer Of freight train on
the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central
abroad. had bis skull fractured by bringing
in contact with the timbers of bridge about
100 miles outside Of Chicago. He died in
short time.
CART. JAMES SLASIN, of the stone canal-boat
d. Hess, was instantly killed on the
Illinois canal. Monday night. The towing-post
of his boat broke under the strain of the tow
line, and striking him on the head, Drained
him. knocking the body into the river.
THE Greenfield (Mo. y vidette says the body
of an unknown man was found hanging to
tree near Golden City, about week ago. 1t
ia suspected that he was one of the horse
thieves who were pursued through that town
some days ago, and that his companion was
shot.
SERIOUS stabbing ARRAY occurred at Dyers.
Vile, Iowa. Sunday night. Two young men
named J. Stagner and Henry Bagley got into a
dispute. when Bagley stabbed Stagner with
dirk knife the blade entering his breast and
penetrating his lung, The wound will prob
ably prove fatal.
The ore-concsntrating mill at Georgetown,
Col, known as the Washington mill, was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning, together
with the valuable Krom concentrators. Loss
about s2l 900, and no insurance. The loss OF
this concentration mill will be severely felt by
the miners in that region
Ar Jacksonville, H., Friday night, two
Irishmen, named Witham and O'Brien, went
to house Of ill-fame kept by Georgia Potter,
and commenced throwing bricks at her win
dows Mrs Potter arose from her bed and
discharged derrinSer pistol through the win
dow. The bah entered Williams side, indct-
ing wound which will prove fatal
The south,
DIR. L. d. DUoYER of Grenada, Mississippi,
sucided at Memphis, Saturday on Main
street, by taking morphine, Cause, impecuni-
osity.
A soMyAMBuLIsr named Meyer walked out of
a thirt- story window in the Globe Hotel at
Louisville, Sunday morning, and sustained ia
tai injuries.
CONSTABLE BoUdHAM, who was wounded
while attempting TO arrest aesperado named
Armstrong near Springfield, Mo-, day or two
ago has since died.
A YOUNG lady named Della Colgrove, living
at gainesville, o., having been discarded by
her lover, swallowed a dose Of arsenic, and
died from its effects.
Tue steamer Olive Branch struck snag and
sunk in deep water ten miles below Graud
Tower. between st. Louis and Cairo. Loss
$40. Insurance $4,000.
NAN named Joseph Maddox, claiming to
have been poisoned by John MethernSson
was found ON the pavement in Newport, Ken
lucky, Sunday night, in a dying condition.
JOIN COMBS an Englshmsn, was murdered
at Chattanooga, Saturday night, by Hugh
Tllity, policeman, who beat him with his
mace and shot him twice. Talhty has been
arrested
ACCOUNTS from Raleigh, N. c., says that
there are already over one hundred indict-
ments against members Of the Ku-klux I'M that
state and the number will probably be increas-
ed to one thousand by the time specified for
Circuit Court, to be presided over by Judge
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