Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-30
AT Cleveland, on the evening of the

AT Cleveland, on the evening of the
18th, a woman named Mrs. Donovan, after
qumreling with her husband, took her two
children, one eight months, and the other
two years old, and jumped into the river, all
three Of them being drowned.
THE forty seventh call for the redemp.
ton Of $50 bonds OF 1865 and consols
same year was issued, on the 2lst, being for
S6,000o10 coupon and a. 100000 registered
bonds, the principal and accrued interest to
be paid on the 2lst of August, interest to
cease on that day.
A SPECIAL from Norfolk, Va, on the
21st, says the town Of Creswell, n. c., was
totally destroyed by fire on the night Of the
18th. All the United States mails in the
Postoflice there were consumed. There was
but little insurance held in the town by the
property holders, and the greatest distress
prevailed.
WHAT may rove to be another Charley
Ross case has recently occurred in Chicago,
little boy named Willie Dean, aged five
and half years, having mystcriously dis
appeared on the afternoon Of the nth No
I'D, further than that when last seen, on the
evening Of the 18th, he was in company with
some stroling Italian musicians. A reward
Of $500 was offered for his recovery, and sew
era arrests Of suspected parties were made,
without any satisfactory results.
Ar Chester, Pa, on the morning Of the
ODD on the occasion Of the launching Of
Iarfra iron Of "a In, pa1IaH
number Of workmen who were under the
hull failed to hear the warning given, and
when the blocking was knocked away the
monster vessel crushed aud mangled ten of
the men, seven Of them being killed or fatal
ly injured. The scene at the time Of the &C
eldent was heartrending, the victims strug-
Cling 10 escape while huge blocks, rolled by
the ship, crushed them to a jelly. No as
sstance could possibly be rendered by those
who were standing by. Instead of the cheers
usually given on the occasion Of a launch,
wall of anguish went up and shrieks of pain
rent the air.
SEVERAL days ago d letter was received
by President Hayes, purportng to be from
j. r. Lewis, Chief-Justice of Washington
Territory resgning that position The Pres
ldent thereupon appointed Associatc-J
Green, Of the same Territory, to fill the va.
cancy supposed to be occasioned by the al
legged resignation. On the 23d. information
was received from Judge Lewis and others,
by telegraph, pronouncng the letter a
forgery, and the President at once recalled
the appointment OF Judge Green and con-
tinuod Judge Lewis in office.
THE verdict of the Coroner's Jury in the
case of the Court House disaster at Rock.
ford H., is to the effect that the cause Of the
falling Of the building was the neglect of the
architect, Henry l.. Gay, to provide for the
great amount of weight called for TO com.
plete the construction of said building ac-
cording to the plans as designed by him; that
the Board Of Supervisors failed to use that
caution in examining the plans and speciica-
lions which the construction OF building OF
that magnitude would seem 10 require, and
that they acted unwisey in not employing
competent architect to superintend the con-
structiou Of the same.
Four inches of snow fell in Berkshire
County, Mass, on the morning of the oath,
and it was found that much damage had been
done TO the fruit crops.
Ar Louisville, Ky, on the 9Th, the
horse Ten Brock ran u mile in 39a{, berg
two seconds faster than the best time for
that distance previously accomplished.
TnE Common Council of Chicago have
passed an ordinance making 1t unlawful to
offer fresh fruits or berries for sale in the
city, except by the barrel, hushel, or some