Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-13

CONGRESSMAN ELECT DIES.

CONGRESSMAN ELECT DIES.
A New York dispatch of Nov. 9th
says Alexander Smith, who was elected
to congress in t,e 10Th New York dis
trict Nov. 9TH, lied the same evening
very suddenly. The vacancy thus Gre
ated will probably be re-6lled with a
republican.
SUICIDE OF A CHICAGO MURDERER.
A Chicago special of November
4th says: jeremiah kenne-
dy, whom the jury, on Saturday, found
guilty Of wife murder, but found also
that he became insane after the deed,
proved the correctness Of this peculiar
verdict, this morning, by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with razor bor-
rowed from an inmate of the Jail. He
left a note of which the incoherent Ian
guage expressed the hope of pardon
and salvation, and forgave all his enc
mics.
THE LIKE STORM.
Says Chicago telegram of Noyem-
bel 9Th: The schooner .Iohn
p. Marsh, worth so, 900, and with all on
board was lost at Good Harbor, Little
Traverse Bay, on the northern shore of
Michigan. John Dibbige was captain.
Several minor casualties are reported
and old sailors state that the storm has
been the most terrific seen on the lakes
for sixteen years. Nothing yet been
heard from the propeller City of Mon
tred! from here to Ogdensburg,
THE RIOToUS ANN ARBOR STUDENTS.
An Ann Arbor special of Nov. 4th
says: Saturday evening three hundred
students, members of the great univer-
sity OF Michigan, assembled at the post
office at mail time, and, conducting
themselves in such boisterous man.
ner, pushing and crowding citizens from
the sidewalk, that it was found neces-
sary by the police to raid them. Dur
ing the fracas several students had
their heads battered, which so exasper-
ated the others that they threatened re-
taliation. "For the campus" shouted
the leaders. "Let us organize, and
clean out the officers; and away they
marched. When the grounds were
reached the number had increased to
seven hundred. In the meantime
Mayor Smith was consulted by Chief
johnson as to the best course TO be
pursued. 1t was decided at once to
deputize force sufficient to preserve
order. A call was. made on citizens,
who responded, and in less than half
an hour one hundred and fifty stout,
able-bodied fellows congregated in
the basement of the opera house await
ing orders. In their haste to pre-
pare for business they selected al. kinds
Of weapons for defense. Some were
armed with revolvers, and others with
canes, clubs, or axe-helves. fully deter
mined 10 prevent repetition of Thurs
day nights occurrence. 1t was an
easy matter for six hundred men to
attack RapaGe's bagnio, but they were
completely cowed over the fact that
they would be warmly received las.
night if they ventured on another
raid. The students sent scouts out,
who, learning of the full preparations
that had been made, carried the news
back to the campus, when the crowd
soon dispersed, and scarcely student
ventured on the streets after 9 o'clock.
Should an outbreak occur the fire bell
will be rung, calling the citizens to-
gether if their presence is needed to
assist the police.
MURDERED BY TRAMPS.
a dispatch from Sedalia, Mo-, Nov.
4th, says: Thos. G. Cockrill, nephew of
U. S. Senator Cockrill, this state, was
found murdered last Friday morning in
the store of NJ. +. Staitz at Ridge Prai-
RE, Saline county. His skull was
cracked in three places and throat cut.
The supposition is he was murdered by
tramps during Thursday night as the
victims pockets and the money drawer
of the store has been rifled. Cockrill
was clerk in the store and slept there.
TRAFFIC IN DEAD BODIES.
Says Chicago dispatch of No
vember 3rd: The 1y1bme's keo-
kuk special say it has been discovered
that Mackey of that city has been re-
ceiving bodies of recently buried peo-
pie, the graves having been robbed at
Beacon, Iowa, and the bodies barreled
and shipped Two barrels were con-
signed to Mackey Thursday, but the
railroad agent becoming suspicious and
opening one of them found the body of
John Hines who had been recently
buried near Beacon. Mackey has
been arrested but declares he is inno-
cent. His declaration is descredited,
as under his directions the first barrel
was taken to the medical college of
keokuk and is still there. The author
tiles at the college disclaim any knowl-
edge of the source from which the bar
rel came.