Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-07-04
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college. blli0l's . ~ -AN''J
leaving for home
vvpoy BErsH. wealthy farmer residing
near Antwerp o. hung himself on Monday
with loz chain in his barn. The SUPPOSED
cause Is temporary insanity
A yrfr set of burglars tools and Two cans
nj powder were found under cap-stone near I
the Custom House in Buffalo, on Thursday
The burglars evidently intended to 20 through (
the government depository or internal rove
nue. offices.
UNpER the new revenue law all dealers IN /
tobacco are required to pay special tax Of %, I
whether thor sales exceed si00 on not, but the
taxon the sales has been repealed
THE Treasury Department has decided thai
mauifcsts are not required in the case OF forty
boats, or ofbonded cars passing from one stse
toauother through foreign contiguous tern
tory.
A TERRIBLE storm Of rain and hail, accom- /
panied by thunder and lightning, passed over
Halifax on Tuesday The lightning struck the
stcerle Of Chambers church, shatterlngn II. and
passing down through the binding, tearing
he ceiling. floor etc, aud completely demo- 4
ishiug the adjoining mission house Inc
lightning also struck the cupola OF tie proylclol (
building. and did considerable damage 10 that
structure
AN explosion occurred in WaTcn's oil works, /
Long Island citg, Tuesday morning. Michael
Hanahan was blown distance of forty feet, |.
and fatally injured. Fragments of the build, (
iuglR,rc blown great distance The building |
instantly taok fire and was consumed.
Iours LoEpuYNE, Mrs. Burgois, and her
daughter, aged years while boating on the
lake ut Chicago, Wednesday evening, were run
into by another boat containing two men. The !
skif occupied by the irst-namod parties was
capsizrl ia the collision, and the little girl
drowned.
II Ii understood that the Secretary Of tho
Navy will soon issue an ord8, for the di-trt
button Of the 100000 prize money voted at
the last session Of Congress TO the crew Of the
United States steamer Kcarsagc, who, under
the command of Captain WlnsloW, sank the
English steamer Alabama IN foreign waters
during the war;
ArELraRAM from San Fraucsoosta ties that
on Tuesday evening comet appeared a bttle
southW,,,t t mid-hoayon, moving rapidly and
somcwhst irtcguary. Il passed across the
sky unrthoasterly and disappeared. apparently
ascending again. II shone like % star Of the
first magnitude lts tail was wUvv, lunin-
Gus aud rue -coIorcd yepor. It was IN SIGHT
six minutes.
delphia has proved successful.
MAJOR +. b. luru, superintendent OF the
Atkinson and Nevada Railroad, who whs 40
severely injured by an acc,donton that road
on the sth inst, died on Wednesday evening
Of his injuries,
REPORT from Little Cottonwood is 10 the
effect that collision occurred on Sanday, uu-
dcrgrouud, between the occupants of the
Illinois tunnel and tho Emma cxca yatiDn,
during which numerous tirearms were used,
though no one was injured. The lGbuFers IN
tl,e llhuol, tunnel have boon husly engaged
IN sacklug ore ut the point worked by 1he
Emma Company before the cave.
IHE first annual meeting of the Artillery
Associatipnot the Amy Of the Potomac WAS
held in Boston on Wednesday afternoon. II
was well attended by comrades. There was
also a number OF distinguished guests, among
whom were Governor Washbume, Governor
Grary. OF PENNSYLVANIA; Governor Wllmot, OF
New Brunswick Governor Harvey, OF Kansas;
a.d Governor Baldwin, Of Michigan. Con,
Wlu, T. Barry was elected President for the
tu-ung year.
THE ceremony Of breaking ground ON the
Utah. Idaho and Montana Railroad took place
last Monday no Corunc.
MonaAN H. Kovs United States Marshal of
the Weston Judicial district Of Arkansas, aas
been suspended by the pros!dout because Of
Irregularities ul lds accounts
rIr famous umG case will DO soon und
again
Jo,rm Nnnls, JH., has been rc-appointod
Supervising Inspector Of Steamboats,.
ONE hundred oud hity-two deaths in CuicA-
go last week..
Tina OrUugcmeu expect. with police protoe,