Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-30
ing, after had tried to console him
and get him to hold en- longer, II can't


ing, after l had tried to console him
and get him to hold en- longer, Il can't
do it; you may; you're a tough man.
don't care now whether / live or die.
He gave me his ring and some money,
with the request that if was saved l
would send it to his parents, and then
handed me his watch, asking me to
keep 1t as memento. At 8 P. M. on
Sunday evening he was wandering in
his mind. and l was obliged to lash him
0 keep him from going overheard.
About 2 o'clock on Monday morning
he died, with his head resting on my
knee. 1secured his body, land stood up,
awaiting events. My feeling through
all this trying ordeal were far from
pleasant, but something seemed to i'm
press me that was to be saved, and
throughout did not despair in the
least. My signal was seen by a party
in a boat from Edgartown, and [ was
taken of. The boat YVES too small to
take off the captains body too, but
we afterward returned in a whale-boat
and took it from the vessel. l was
afterward transferred to the Rixr Queen,
and arrived home on Monday. The
many little events of my experience
and the state Of my mind during the
whole time l cannot find words to ex-
press. l was badly bruised about the
arms by the straps about them, and
feel as if was raw internally. 1t is
impossible as vet for me to eat or
drink without pain"
OHIO FARMERS FAIL.
Says a Cincinnati dispatch of Oct.
22nd: The failure of Stagle Bros. Green
field, Ohio, is the heaviest that has oc-
Cured in that section for years. They
owned the largest farm in Fayette
county, it comprising 1900 acres.
They were, to all appear
ances, doing a lucrative business.
A meeting of creditors takes place
at Chillicothe to-day. The liabilities
exceed $4,000; assets probably 10 per
cent
NEBRASKA PRAIRIE FIRES.
A dispatch from Omaha, Oct 22d,
says destructive prairie fires are raging
near Kearney, along the line of the
Omaha and Republican Valley railroad,
in Polk county and other sections of
Nebraska. The east portion of the
state are suffering most severely.
Losses Will be immense to property
seven persons have been burned to
death and considerable number o. 9TH
ers are seriously burned.
HOPEFUL CHANGES HANDS.
A New York despatch of the 21st says:
Thomas p. Wallace, brewer, has pur-
chased the famous gray-gelding Hope
full. Nj. Wallace, it is said, paid Alfred
Richm ond $50, 900 for Hopeful. Mr..
Wallace is the owner of Darby, Triomph,
Henry, White-Stocking, and several of
the best trotters in the country.
CAPTURE OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
A st. Louis dispatch of Oct. Goth says:
Advices from the west received by the
Kansas Pacific railroad says the sheriffs
of Sabine. Rice and Hays counties,
Kansas, with strong posse of men at
tackled the rendezvous of a'gang of train
robbers west of Brookfeld on the east
ern border of the great American desert
some twenty miles west of Kansas City,
early yesterday morning, and captured
Mike Bourke, the leader of the
gang and notorious desperate.
and wounded Dan Dement, who,
however, escaped. Three other of
the gang also got away, but the posse,
started in pursuit at once, going south
towards Fort Dodge. Mike Bourke was
the leader of the band that robbed the
Atchison, Topeka Il Sante Fe train at
Kingsley, and the Kansas City. St. 10.
and Council Bluffs train at Winthrop,
some months ago. 1t is believed that
the capture of Bourke will break up one
of the strongest and most desperate
bands of thieves and robbers ever organ
lied. .... ...
CLOSE OF THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
A Chicago dispatch of the 10Th of
October says: The exposition which
closed tonight has, thanks to sue
cessful management, been the most
interesting and largely attended of any
ever held here. Thousands from out
side the city have visited it daily, and
the exhibition as well as spectators
have derived profit and pleasure.
CROP STATISTICS.
A Washington Associated Press tele-
gram of the 10Th says: Returns to the
department of agriculture place the
acreage and condition of the corn crop
at o6, an increase of 4 over the Septem-
Der average, which brings the figures up
to those of August. The average con-
! ditiOn is 3 per cent less than in OctO-