Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-09-16
Niagara on the sth, in sight OF several hun

Niagara on the Sth, in sight of several hun
dred visitors.
An explosion occurred in the colluloid fac
tory at Newark, n j., on the Sth, setting the
building on fire and destroying it. OF thirty
men in the building at the time some es-
capped uninjured, but several were either
killed outright or fatally injured.
The Chicago and Cincinnati Industrial Ey-
positions were opened on the Sth, to continue
one month.
The fifteenth biennial session Of the Ameri-
can Pathological Society was begun in Chica-
90 on the Sth. Marshall p. Wilder, of Massa-
chusetts, was reelected President and ". c.
Flagg, of Illinois, Secretary.
detailed account Of the recent riotous
proceedings near Clinton, Miss, is given in
Memphis dispatch Of the 18th, according to
which about 5000 people had assembled in
attendance upon a mass Republican con-
vention and barbecue. By agreement a
joint political discussion was engaged in by
the Republican and Democratic speakers
During the proceedings a disturbance oc-
Cured on the outskirts OF the crowd, and
freely used over 800 shots being fired in
about fifteen minutes-threc white and four
colored men being wounded. The dispatch
says the negroes were mostly unarmed and
the difficulty was wholly unsought by them,
they fighting only in self-defense. BY five
O'clock not colored man was seen on the
grounds. Armed white men from Clinton
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locality, and on the morning of the 9Th gen.
eral slaughter OF negroes was begun in
different parts of the county, fifty being
killed and large numbers fleeing to the woods
and swamps for protection. Many bands OF
armed white men were reported TO be congre
eating on the 9TH, and on the Sth Gov. Ames
made formal application for aid from the ma.
tional authorities at Washington.
A Washington special OF the 9th says the
Secret Service authorities in that city had in
formation that IA company of Italians had
gone West via a large amount Of the coun-
terfet $40 bills Of the First National Bank OF
Philadelphia These counterfeits are said tC
be exceedingly dangerous. One of them was
recently received at the Treasury cash-room
anu tANHdhGcu ny tHc tApeTLS lpT sUidl'
money. The counterfeit is perfect imta-
ton on its face, but there are a few defects on
its back
very heavy rainfall occurred at Chicago
and in large section. of Illinois, Wisconsin
and Iowa on the 9th, doing considerable dam
age in the way of floods. Three accidents oc.
Cured on the Wisconsin Division of the
Northwestern Railroad, caused by washouts
At Lawrence a bridge was washed away and a
passenger train plunged into the stream at
that place and completely wrecked, the engi-
neer, baggagenan, newsboy and one passen-
ger being killed and several Others injured
Two accidents occurred to freight trains,
causing loss of life.
A special dispatch from Vicksburg, Miss,
ON the 9th reported all quiet in Warren, va
zoo and Kinds Counties, where disturbances
had occurred. A Washington telegram o.
the same date says the President had in
structed the djutant-General of the army &c
direct the commanding General Of the Depart
ment of the South TO furnish assistance &
the Governor Of Mississippi, TO enable him to
maintain order and preserve life, in case such
assistance became necessary.