Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-15
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leck we're Inferred IN Greenwood cemetery on
Thursday afternoon.
Tur Cunard steamship Line offered to carry
Wednesdays European mails free OF charge
thus enabling the Postmaster-General TO re-
dnce the rate of postage to -four cents.
THp CANAAN of the bark Warren Hallet tes-
flied on Thursday in Boston, that ne shot
George Little dead while he and other seamen
we're nutinving and beating the second mate.
MAN named John Oburn conlmitto1 sui
eide in Joliet, on Tuesday, by shooting himself
with shot gun. The shot took effect IN his
heart, causing instant death.
CnIcAGoASs we're highly excited. and many
f them elated. on Monday, over rumor that
the principal portion OF st. Louis had been
destroyed by fire. Unfortunately for Chicago,
there was no truth in the report.
MISS MATTE RALEIGH, aged about twenty
one years, only daughter Of W. W Raleigh,
we'll known citizen of Columbus, Ohio, com
mitted suicide, on Tuesday evening, by taking
poison.
Gro. W. WATSON, a Williamsburg hair
dresser, waa shot dead in bis own establish
ment by Mrs. Fanny Hyde, aged Is, who says
he has been in the habit Of insulting and &C
cusing her Of unfaithfulues to her husband.
The commerce al agency of Brock Brothers,
in Boston, has exploded, leaving 100 Young
men and girls, employed as clerks, without
paw, many Of them destitute and among
strangers.
II Now York, on Saturday, Henry Hepner
while suffering from dorium tremens, shot
and instantly killed his own son, eighteen
years OF age, and then inflicted a mortal wound
upon himself.
JONI MCKESzE, a miner working in the
Kenosba coal mines, about three miles from
LasaIle, H.. was instantly crushed to death by
tho fall Of an immense mass of rock upon him
from the roof of a nine.
The Grand Jury OF Hudson county, Now
Jersey. indicted "Boss Burnstead, of tho
Board OF Public Works, Fire Commissioner
Thos Fielder, Chief of Police Williams. Police
Captain McHarney and number of Repub-
lioan politicians, charged with ring jobs
PnoMINEST Tamnany sachems say that the
amount in the Treasury of that Society is
about thirty-slx dollars that the Society has
never since It's organization had large bal
anoe on hand, but has often found it's oxpend-
lures greater than ite income.
JEFFERSON CALLING has been convicted in a
Chicago court, OF the murder of James Town
send, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
This il known AZ the Pigeon Hole murder,
Calling having deliberately shot Townsend
while The two we're engaged IN playing pigeon
Hole.
DESPATCH from Nice reports a terrible
railroad accident in that city on Thursday.
Willie tram from Cameo was crossing a
bridge over the Pagiono river, the structure
gave way, and the cars wore procipitated into
tho water. Fourteen persons were killed and
wounded.
,EuE Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the
the following nominations @. A. StraiIeu-
burg, marshal for Colorado James H. Nc
Carrey attorney for Arizona; Il. G. Holmes,
agent for the Yankton Sioux in Dakotah
Territory 4. =, Slater, register at Lewiston,
Idaho.
STEPHEN MoRaAS, "-young Baptist Minister,
who has been about hyo months preaching 20
congregation in Chevot, q suburb e. Gin, J.
NATL was on FRIDAY arrested by n detective for
stealing books from the Theological and Re-
hglous Department of the Cincinnati Public
Library.
Mus WHARTON was admitted to bail in 81, 900
upon an indictment for attomptirg 20 poison
Van Ness, and gave her own personal reeog-
niZancc, and 81, 500 each on the two sureties
viz, j. Crawford Nelson and Miss Nellie
Wharton. Mrs. Wharton remains few DAYS
IN Annapolis at the house Of friend.
Hal y. Spring, colored, murdered two of HIS
companions few nights ago, at League sta
ton. on the Mississippi Central Railroad
haI
train and paid of. They had boon indulgiug
IN cards, and Hal had lost his money He
then murdered the winners, robbed them, and
then escaped.
TuE small poH is raging with great fatality
in the town Of Thsyer, Iowa, situated on the
Inc Of the Burlington and Mississippi Rail.
road. over sixty deaths have occurred in Il
population OF lese than one thousand, within
few weeks, and almost every person, old and
young, Ia down with the disease. No trains
on the road are allowed 10 stop thore,
Abroad.
TUE Empress Dowsgor OF Brazil has freed
all her personal saves
NEW national federation on a Communist
basis Is organizing IN Para.
SIR CR,RLEs DILKE was married. on Tles.
day, IN Chelsea, TO Miss Sheal
ms Emperor aud Empress Of Brazil leave
Paris on tho 30th Of January.
Five persons were drowned in Rlackwood
Col'iery, England, ON Thursday.
IHE Jaunlcymen carpenters OF Brussels are
on astrlko, and the masters have closed .heir
shops.
lHF bark Manitoba went ashore. on Weinss-
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