Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-09-16
DONlENTIC.

William Dagle, young man engaged in
travelling with a circus in the capacity of an
aeronaut under the name OF Prof. Ariel, made
an ascension in a hot.air balloon at jackson,
Mich. on the ith, After reaching an altitude
ofabout 1000 feet the balloon rapidly de-
seconded When within fifteen or twenty feet
of the ground the professor anticipating
that the basket would strike upon the rail.
road bridge at the Fort Wayne Railroad
crossing, jumped from the basket into the
river and started to swim ashore, but sank
to the bottom and was drowned.
The Grand Jury of Washington County,
Ga, before whom the alleged negro insuuec-
tonists had been on trial, presented report
on the 4th recommending the discharge Of
the remaining prisoners, aud commencing
the Judge and counsel for the faithful per-
Torrance of their duty. The Recommended
ton was complied with,
The Postoilicc Department has ordered the
mail service on steamers plying between
Louisville and Cincinnati TO be discontinued
after Sept. l5 What is known as the "Star'
service has been arranged for routes between
those two cities, whereby, It is said, the Gov
Official announcement was made on the
9th that there were no cascs'o yellow fever
in New Orleans.
Mrs, James Shambaen, of Fond du Lac, Wis,
attempted to lighta tire by the aid OF kero-
sene on the 9th. She was horribly aud fatally
burned
The Ohio State Fair opened at Columbus
In, rtb
In the case of Il colored man in Brooklyn,
N. Y, who applied for maudamus to com
pei the Board OF Education to admit his son
10 school set apart for white children,
Judge Gilbert, while reserring his decision,
said ON the Ith that the system of common
school education WAS established for the
public and all persons had access 10 1t. The
Board Of Education had no power to exclude
any.
1t was reported in san Francisco on the
18th that an Indian outbreak had occurred in
Eastern Nevada and Western Utah. mum.
Der Of settlers and miners had been KILLED,
and women and children were being removed
TO places of safety. Troops and volunteers
were going to the scene.
The Central Illinois Fair opened in Jack.
sonyillc on the sth with a fine display of
horses, cattle and other live stock The
Wisconsin state Fair was formally opcpra
at milwaukee, on the It'll, under very favorable
auspices.
GOV. Bcyeridse, Of Illinois, has addressed
note to the States Attorney at Rockford
concerning the recent duel in Winuesag,
County and expressing the hope ,hai
prompt measures will be taken to yiudicat,
the law.
Mrs, c. II. Young, OF Kansas City, Mo. wa,
fatally burned ON The night Of the 9TH by m,
explosion Of a lighted kerosene lamp which
she Was carrying from one room to another
Mrs. Lucre,a Mott Peer, Of BROOKLYN, y
T., testified in the Wc>tgryelt trial on IN, >l
that on July g, 1874, she saw in a strtct.cs,
in Brooklyn man whom she now recognized
as Westeryelt, accompanied by q little bo,
about four years old, who seemed 90 De afraid
of him, and whose features She rcyo Enizes IN
lkenesses Of Charlie Ross.
Capt John c. Jones, Of New York city
committed suicide by jumping into the rap
ids and going over the American fails al