Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-12-03

Individuals or local committees desiring more
specific information concerning matters con
nected with the relief OF our peop tshouid au-
dress directly the Secretary Of the corimittee,
and all remittance of funds should be made 10
the Treasurer at Topeka. with emphasis we
assert that our suffering people are not wsntlng
In enterprise. nor courage, nor any OF me ere
ments Of true manhood. The accompanying
patience with which even women ana
children are enduring the missionaries
that have fallen upon them is nothing short OF
heroic Our people have not lost faith in them
selves nor In the resources OF the State III when
they live. In their behalf we confidently appear
to the lberslity Of those who consider It PRIV
1siened) f. :. SLOWER.
Lieutenant Governor. and President Of the Kan
Central Relief Commission.
While Mrs. Riley, Of Trenton, N. J was
lighting fire with kerosene oil on the 2lst,
the can exploded, and herself and her infant
child were burned to death.
In trotting match at San Francisco on the
2lst Fullerton" won the three heats in
2;20119, 2:2oA and 2.2OH.
The first Presbyterian Church of Louisville,
KY, has formally withdrawn from the pres
bytery of that city, that body having, at its
recent seseion, severely reprimanded DR.. VIII
Son, pastor of such church, and called upon
him to resign his pastoral charge.
communication having been receivedfrom
the Cheyenne Agency, Dakota, to the effect
that about sixty white men, miners, are work
ing in the Sioux Reservation in the Black
Hills, Secretary Delano has requested the
War Department to remove any person who
may be found trespassing thar trouble with
the Indians may BE avoided.
Gov Garland, Of Arkansas, issued procla-
nation on the 23d offering $1,000 for the APP
prehension OF Smith and $500 for Wheeler.
1t Is stated from Washington that 1t was def
nitely known there that Smith was in the
Government Arsenal at Little Rock.
The recent heavy winds which prevailed in
many portions of the West and South did
considerable damage in some localities One
third Of the residences in Tuscumbia, Ala,
were destroyed by the gale on the evening OF
the I'D, and twelve persons were killed and
many Others injured. Half of the town OF
Montevallo, in the same State, is also reported
destroyed, and two persons were killed and
twenty wounded.
Much damage was caused and several lives
were lost in different sections of the East by
the recent wnd-storms.
An engine on the Hyde Park dummy road,
near Chicago jumped the track at Hyde Park
on the oath, and the engineer, Charles l..
Morris, was crushed to death under the en-
CINE, which had turned over, and newsboy
scaldcd by escaping steam.
The Board of Trade Of Chicago has been re-
Gently engaged in investigating charges of I'M
commercial transactions against W. n.
Sturges, who got up the late corner on corn.
When about to vote on the question Of expel-
ling Mr. Sturgis, on the oath, an injunction
was served upon the Board, thus putting a
stop to the proceedings.
Reports were recently current that c. s.
glastonbury, Treasurer of the Missouri State
Grange, had become dcfaulter to the amount
of 5000. The facts appear to be as follows:
AT the recent meeting at Kansas City, Mr..
glastonbury was called upon for the
whole sum In the Treasury $4,000,
1t being wanted to invest in a
mandatory. 1t then came out that Quisen-
bury had invested the funds of the Grange in
various ways, and that they could not be
realized at once. He raised 1900 cash and
has since given to the Executive Board of the
Grange deeds of trust on two farms said to
be worth $4,000, and executed Il bond of
personal security which has been accepted by
the Board, and has agreed to pay the whole
amount by next July. 1t is not believed that
the Grange will lose dollar
The Washington safe burglary case was
submitted to the jury on the 25th.
During the night of the 25th some one en-
tered the house Of Allan Glass at Freemans-
burg, Pa, and carried off his infant child,
which was in crib beside the bed occupied
by Mrs. Glass.
slight shock Of earthquake was felt at
Newburyport, Mass, on the Gath. The direc-
ton of the vibration was from west to east
The New York Graphic of recent date an
nounces that the New York Central and Lake
Shore Railroads had in contemplation the
formation of joint company with view to
continuing the two extra tracks (about COM
pleted between Albany and Butfalo) on to
Chicago-the two additional tracks to be ex-
clusively for freight
1t seems that the hoax published in the
New York Herald few weeks ago, giving a
detailed account of the pretended escape from
Central Park OF Il large number of animals
and the killing and manning by them of a
large number of persons, has caused the
death OF one man Henry A. Martin, of Plain
field, n J.--who became so excited over the
perusal of the horrible story that he was
taken sick and subsequently, died
independence, Mo, lost $4,000 by fire ON
the night of the 18th. There was an in
surance of only $4,000 on the property de-
stroyed.
Wesley Underwood, under sentence Of death
at Palmyra, Mo, for killing Richard Menilee