Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-02-27
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caused loss or f31u,oOO on tue vessel, anu
Ss00,0O0 on the cargo. Both arc partially III
sured.
OS Sunday afternoon tho roof OF the Ne"
York Presbyterian Church, southwest corner
of Houston and Thompson streets, Ne" YORK,
WAS crushed beneath tho weight OF snow that
accumulated on it. The walls Of this building,
which are about forty years old, were forced
out and completely demolished, together with
the entire furniture and new organ. Loss
100000 Several persons were in the basement
at the time but escaped unhurt
Ap,uGHTRR OF James Yreeland, living near
Detroit, fell through the ice i'll tho river, sat
urday, AID was drowned.
PARTY of ronghs entered the town Of
Sargent, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad, and amusing themselves shoot
ing into peoples windows. They then attack
ed a saloon keeper named Chris Gibson, VINO
shot and killed two OF them, Wright and
Mcclellan. and wounded another called Jack
Tho remainder of the party left and went to
Dodge City, where they undertook to run the
town. Sunday night the citizens formed a
Vigilance Committee and killed two OF the
roughs. one named Charles Hill, tho other
known as Antelope.
SIX cars Of a freight train fell through a
bridge in Medina, \. Y, a distance of twenty
feet on Saturday evening. The engine and
part Of the tram afterward ran over and killed
an unknown man on the bridge some rods
east Of the broken bridge. No train men were
injured.
A TELEGRAM from Sands, Miss, says that
William Saylcs, a farmer living near Bates
vile, was attacked, on Saturday, by party of
negroes, one OF them shooting him in the
back and dangerously wounding him. After
he fell TO the ground he raised himself on his
elbows and shot the scoundrel who fired upon
him with one barrel Of his shotgun, and then
fred upon another Of the assailants, killing
both instantly
Archbishop MoCLosKY has appointed Rev
Father Preston, Of St. AIMS, New York Vi.
car General, in place Of the late Father Storrs
THE snow is twenty reet deep on the noun
tain side in the Little Cottonwood region.
There is great danger Of slides
SEVERAL creditors Of Bowles Brothers state
that the claims in this country against tho
firm would amount 10 over $780, 900. the
Japanese claim is said h. be as much IS 500
900. II is claimed that Nathan Appleton,
whose property at Newport, Il. l., has been
attached in the interest of the japanese, is
liable as partner, aud beyond what can bo
realized from his estate little is expected by
these creditors.
In addition 10 the vessel American Con-
gress, winch has already been reported as
probably lost at sea- tits stated that two other
ships the Lincoln and Sterling Castle, both
British, have probably met the same fate.
The Sterling Castle sailcd from New York De-
ccmber lOth tor London. sho had Il crow OF
twenty-six men. The Lincoln sailed on De
cembor 18th, and had crew Of twenty-thret
men.
A RAILWAY accident on the Hudson River
Road. near Yonkers, Wednesday caused the
loss OF several lives.
FIVE hundred thousand dollar cOndagra
ton is reported from Shreveport, La.
The President has refused to pardon o.
Brlen, under sentence of death, to be hanged
in Washington on the 27th inst.
On Friday night Ben Leonard negro
waiter at the Phoenix Hotel, in Louisville, Ky,
while carrying gasoline lamp, was fatally
harmed by ITS explosion
TuE loss of tho ship Jessere is reported at
sea, with three of her crew.
IHEEE ku-kluX prisoners were released from
the Albany ponitenuary ON Monday,
Can rates from Denison, Texas, to New Or
leans, have been fixed at ono hundred dollars.
1t is believed those rates will bring two hun