Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-04-02

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beer as they moved through the streets. The
Mayor has issued proclamation forbddng
unlawful assembages. The Springfield Qll.)
saloons were besieged on the Goth, but no con-
yerts were made.
A White House On. c. dispatch of the
morning of the 23d says the reports of terrific
rumblings and roaring noises at Bald Noun
tain were confirmed. Scientists direct from
the scene said there was no doubt Of volcanic
action going on Shocks were hourly felt, the
crockery in some residences being thrown
from the shelves The citizens were fleeing
Religious meetings were held night and day
The savants thought a volcanic eruption is
very probable.
A horrible murder was recently perpetrated
near Centerville, III. The victims were Fritz
Stetzereide, aged about eighty; his son and
daughter-in-law, and two small children, one
an infant The throats of the two men were
cut, and the skulls Of the woman and children
crushed. The murdered family lived on a
farm three miles south of Centervlle.
According to a specia. telegram to the Chi
cago Inter ocean, dated March %, Detectives
Sinner and Baldwin had a fight with James
Younger, near st. Catherine, Mo, on the 2lst,
Younger and Baldwin were both wounded,
Younger getting away as usual
The Governor Of Iowa has offered a reward
of s., 900 for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer of Mrs. Algoi, in Clinton County,
two years ago.
On the morning of the oath the tow-boat
Crescent City, from New Orleans for st. Louis,
blew up at the foot of Montezuma Island
near Helena, Ark. Every part of the boat
was blown into atoms and she sunk in three
minutes. The tow, consisting of five barges,
one trading boat and one fruit barge, was ut
terly consumed. The lost We're: Capt. James
Dawson, Mate Henry Gessler, Pilot John Os-
trandcr and wife, Pilot William Mundy, Watch
man Dan Matte, cabin-boy unknown and
three colored fremen,
In recent fight with Missouri out
laws, John w. Whicher, a detective who
had traced the James brothers to their
hiding place in Clay County, was cap
turcd, led into the public highway and
brutally murdered. On the same day
three detectives encountered the Younger
brothers in st. Clair County, and shooting
ARRAY followed, in which John Younger was
killed and jim Younger badly wounded in the
breast The casualties on the part of the de-
tectiyes were, one man killed, one seriously
wounded and one escaped. On the 23d Gov
Woodson sent a message to the Legislature
detailing the facts in relation to the outlaws,
so far as known, and calling upon that body to
appropriate money to enable him to extermi-
nate them.
The extradtion treaty between the United
States and Ecuador was officially proclaimed
at Washington on The 25th, and is to continue
in force for ten years
Several buildings in Mott Haven, \. Y,
were destroyed by fire a few nights ago, and
in one OF them Mrs. Burns and her three chill
dren were burned to death. Her husband and
two children escaped.
On the oath the Indians made an attack on a
rancho at SCOTS Bluffs, Neb., killing one man
and running OFF several horses. The Sioux at
Fort Laramie and the other Sioux agencies
were reported sullen and discontinued, 1t
was thought they contemplated immediate
hostilitics. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail were
among those declared unfriendlv.
The printers strike at New Orleans was
ended on the 95th the union men resuming
work or the Picaytnc Republican and Times
at sixty cents per 1000. The Bee had full
complement of non.union men, and would
probably retain them,
An unknown, good-looking young woman
visited a fruit and liquor store in Brook.
Ign, n. Y, few days ago, and in
Quired of the proprietor if praying bands could
use his saloon, explaining that she was a com
mittee OF one appointedtom make such inquiries.
She was informed that praying band would
be subjected to no indignity, provided the SER
vices were properly conducted Subsequently,
however, to the horror of the proprietor, she
appeared again at the store, and, as before,
unattended. II was the busiest part of the
day, and many customers were in the place,
Not at all abashed, though, she walked calmly
through the store and installed herself behind
the bar. The astonished barkeepers paused
in their work, and the thirsty customers
looked on in amazement. Not noticing
the tutter she had occasioued, the young
woman composed herself, and broke out
into an earnest prayer, much to the ediAea-
ton of the crowd, and to the evident dis
comfort of the proprietor, She finished iher
prayer, which was long orc, and walked
calmly out Of The place and disappeared as
mvsteriously AS she had come, leaving the
multitude agape with establishment and the
proprietor perfectly bewildered.
A number of gentlemen in New York who
are really and zealously in earnest in their ef-
forts to restore the practice Of burning the
dead instead of burymg them are contem.
plating large meeting or some other form Of
demonstration before the public
\ dispatch from Marion, \. C., says the
shocks ON Bald Mouataiu were more violent
ON the night of the 25th than at any previous