Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-04

wife, in the parlor, when masked man en.
| tered with double-barrcled gug and fred
two shots at Golden, who died shortly after
ward. The murderer escaped.
| A SAN FRANCISCO telegram of the 22d
says the situation in Northern Idaho far ex-
ceeded in gravity any Indian outbreak OF our
day, ard it Will tax the best resources Of the
| Government and Of the people Immediately
| interested to subduc the Indians and restore
peace to the country. The citizens there and
in Oregon were organizing volunteer com
panies and asking for Government arms. In
the raid on the settlements on Salmon
Greek the Indians killed the men,
but spared the women and children, and al
lowed them to be taken under escort Of
friendly squaws to State Creek, which had
thus far been left undisturbcd. At State
Creek the whites had fortified them .ulves in
q stockade. The Indians had expressed
their determination to take the fort and
murder the men.
A SPECIAL from Mauch Chunk, Pa, on
the oath, says the Nollic Maguires had muir
dered William O'Connor, near White Haven
and also assassinated John Grady, miner
employed in one of the Lehigh collicries
and James McDermott and Michael O'Brien
who were witnesses against several of the
executed Mollies, had mysteriously dsap-
peared, and fears were entertained that they
had been foully dealt with.
A BOLD attempt was made by four men,
on the night of the 22d, to rob an express
car on the Lake Shore q Michigan Southern
Road, near Ligonier, Ind, but the event had
been anticipated, and four detectives secret
cd in the car came to the assistance Of the
, messenger, and after desperate fight, in
which the postal clerks on the train also par
ticpated, the robbers were secured. Their
LANES were lallo, Billman, Hathaway and
Christy, all of Ligonier.
A SEVERE and destructive wind storm
visited st. Joseph Mo, on the night of
the 93d, unroofng several houses in the cen
ter of the city, and blowing down walls,
trees and fences. Several persons were more
or less injured, but none fatally so far as
known.
A HORRIBLE murder was committed
near the Village Of Gore, seven miles from
Logan, Ohio, on the 23d, the victims being
John Weldon, thrifty farmer, Hrs widowed
sister, Mrs Susan McClurg, and her daugh.
ter. The object of the murderers was plum
| der. Two men, named Joseph King and
VIM. Terrell, were arrested for the crime,
and the latter made confession throwing
the principal part of the crime on to King,
who denied all knowledge Of the affair. 1t
was thought Terrell did most OF the horrible
work.
| The Chief of the Ordnance Bureau at
Washington has given orders for the issue of
1000 stand Of arms to the State of Oregon,
500 to the Territory of Idaho and 500 to
Washington Territory.
A FIRE in Marblehead, Mass, on the
25th, destroyed over seventy buildings. in
Guiding every shoe factory but five in the
town. Fifteen acres We're burned over, be-
! ing nearly the entire business district of the
town. Loss over 100000. A large number
of persons are thrown out of employment by
| the burning Of the factories, and many fam
lilies are homeless and rendered nearly desti-
tute.
Two HUNDRED MOrmons arrived at New
York on the 25th, from Europe, en- route for
Salt Lake City.
A VERY severe wind and ram storm
swept over portions of Northern Missouri,
Iowa, Northern and Central Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin, on the 18th, doing con-
siderable damage to property in many locali-
tes-unrootng buildings, uprootng trees,
blowing down fences, signs, etc The rain fall
was so heavy in some sections as to produce
a miniature deluge. Near Kankakcc, III. the
passenger train from Chicago for Cincinnati
was blown clear off the track, the engine
alone remaining on the rails. One of the
seven cars was lifted on to an embankmeut
six feet high, and all were turned over on to
their sides. OF the $50 people on boald the
train, only six received serious injury, no
one being fatally hurt Much damage was
| done in Chicago and to the shipping in the
| harbor.
! AN insane man called at the Executive
| Mansion in Washington, on the 25th, to OBJ
tain an order for the payment to him of the
! Geneva award. He had a large bundle of pa
| pcrs supporting his claim.
A MAN named George Fistcr, of Maha-
noy City, Pa, died Of hydrophobia . few DAYS
ago.
ON the 25th, the supreme Court of
Indiana Sustaiu,d the decision of the Circuit
Court Of Dearborn County, which held that
the patent divorces issued hy the L ali
courts are illegal, and will not be recognized
by Indiana courts.
Personal.
RoBERT DALE OWEN, the noted author
and SpiritupIiSt 1iaI ut | .l., Iza,r,,. Y V