Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-02-06
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J. c. GuNsIEe's wagon factory at Hisboro,
H., was burned on Saturday. Loss s3OOOO
insured for 5000
CHARLES A, RUssEIL. has been sentenced to
be hanged March 2lst, for the murder of
James Crotty, in San Francisco.
o. Saturday freight train backing into the
Detroit q Milwaukee depot, at Detroit, ran OF
the track, striking one of the supports Of the
root and breaking it. A large portion Of the
roof fell in. Damage about s4,o00. -Four men
were slightly injured.
DISPATCHES from Topeka, Kan, say an IN
Outstanding has been finally effected between
the four leading Opposition candidates, where
by they can at any moment concentrate upon
one of them. Pomeroy's friends continue to
claim eighty votes. and that he viii 30 elected
aurc. The Opposition claim about the same
number, and arc equally certain Of success, as
there are only 103 members in the Legisla-
ture.
A DESPATCH from jefferson City says the
Senatorial Bribery Committee viii report on
Wednesday, and viii exOuerate all the Soma
torial aspirants excepting General Doris !;
further, that no member of the General AS
sembly received any money for votes.
NEAR St. Mary, ILL.,, on Friday night, three
pilot engines on the Cincinnati, Lafayette and
Chicago Railroad, engaged in breaking SNOW
drifts, ran into hand-car containing a gang
of shoyel-mcn, killing W. Il. Even, the section
boss, breaking the leg OF man named Bass,
ana injunng all more or less.
On Saturday, a freight train on the North
western Road, going south, ran into one on
the st. Paul going west, at Watortown juno
ton, throwing three cars Of tho st. Paul train
off, and smashing them badly. The North
western engine is in bad shape. The property
in the cars was not much damaged.
Ir is reported that Commodore Sefri1ge
has been relieved from duty as commandant
of Mare Island Navy Yard, and ordered to re-
port at Washington, March LIST; and that Com
modore Mulloney has been appointed to sue
coed bin.
PRorEssoRs Coz and Lay, and Mr.. Hull, Of
the Bulletin who made balloon ascension
from San Francisco, on Saturday, and landed
twenty-five miles south.
GEO. ". BAILEY, a prominent lawyer OF
Contra Casta county, smcidod recently, by
shooting himself through tho head.
THE baggage car OF passenger train on the
Rockford, rock Island and st. Louis Railroad
jumped off the track near Coal Valley, Sltur-
day morning, aud was thrown down an en-
bankmeut, instantly killing the baggagc-mas-
ter named Christy, and O. N. Lane, an agent
for Mossrs. Keator Il Wilson, Of Rock Island,
and severely woundjng another passenger,
name not ascertaincd.
The defaultng officer OF the Granite State
National Bank, Of Exter, n. H., is A. Appleton
Shutc The bank loses two hundr- thousand
dollars.
ArrrrY thousand dollar conlagration oc-
cured in Kingston, S c., on Monday.
A MAJORITY Of the Massachusetts, legislative
committee on the liquor law have reported a
bill 50 repeal the beer clause
THe ncwly.dscovered tin mines near San
Diego, Cal, are reported very rich.
AMONG the COMBINATIONS by the Senate, on
Monday, were the following: Nayy-Commo-
dorc Alexander NJ. Beunock, Rear Admiral,
vice JAS. LannNn, retired Commodore Jno.
l., Worden, Rear Admiral, vice JAS. Il. Wins
low, retired: Commodore Geo. T. Emmons,
Rear Admiral, vice J. 7. Greene, retired
Ink Quincy packers have putup AZ 600 hogs
AMAN named Miller was shot by another
named Davidson, at jamestown, Indiana, on
Monday night, Mllerls not expected to live
Az account Of the rayaEcs Of the late iccnoes
and foods in many tributaries of tho Della
ware river show that large amounts Of lum-
Der have been carried away, dams DESTROYED,
and roads obstructod by immense deposits OF
ice left 10y the recoding water. DR.. @. b. May
uri ufiF.
Darlington, of Hamden, were drowned by being
swept from bridge over the Little Delaware
River near Hamdon.
IEnUHLE snow storms have prevailed in
some OF the mining districts Of Utah.
CINCINNATI has slaughtered SCI ,572 hogs
since November lst.
4 DAUGHTER of District Attorney Garyn OF
New York was seriously burned Friday even
iug while dressing for party.
A LARGE number Of suits are about 10 be
entered against the Missouri Pacific Railroad
AMI the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad by cit-
aoEs Of Warrensburg, Sedaa, and other parts
ON the roads, for unjust differentiation in
freight charges. These suits involve over a
million dollars.
TnG cashier OF tho National Granite State
Bank, at ENter, y. H., has absconded, leaving
dcalcauono OF H25, COO
THE Secretary OF the Treasury has informed
inquirers that the terms with the Syndicate
are the same as heretofore. with the addition
that the SHANGHAI parties have agreed to in
sure against loss in exchange The arrange
ments will go INTO effect February &c.
IrS number Of small poN cases in Boston