Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-18

footing gave way and he was dragged
under the cars. The third car severed
his head from his body. The remain
der Of the train passed over him. For
years he was yard-master at this place
a BoDIE, Cal, dispatch of July 18th
says the powder-magazine near the old
Standard Incline works was blown to
atoms, and everything leveled to the
ground yesterday. The Summit works,
a short distance of, were shattered to
piece. Many men were killed; the
number is not known at this writing
About twenty wounded men have been
found thus far. 1t is not known how
many, if any, have been injured IN the
shaft and underground works.
SAYS a St. Louis special Of the
18th inst: VIM. ]. Lewis, promi-
nent merchant and banker, and
largely interested in the Big Muddy
coal mines in Southern Illinois, was
overcome by the heat at Carondolet,
six miles from the city, this morning,
and died in twenty minutes. Mr.. Lewis
belonged TO the finn of Bartholomew,
Lewis & Co., bankers, and was presi-
dent OF the commercial bank.
A SOUTH BEND dispatch of July 18th
says q terrible accident happened IN the
South Bend wooden mill yesterday,
and resulted in the death of Minnie
Hart, young woman of seventeen
years. She was engaged with her faith
er in fixing betting to shaft to run a
cochineal meal. She was on step
ladder, and, by some means, was drawn
upward, and before she could be re-
leved one leg was broken, and one arm
in three places, and also two or three
ribs. She died soon after being taken
down, of internal bleeding.
a DECATUR, ILL.,, special of July 18th
says George w. Casner, aged 81,
wealthy farmer and u bachelor, worth
$4,000 living eleven miles east OF
this city in Long Creek township, met
with horrible death Friday afternoon.
In the morning he went out into
his meadow with n team Oi
horses attached to what is commonly
known M Il rear-cut moving machine,
He was moving about eighty feet from
the J., ID. and S. Il. II. track. He was
found about shutdown in the meadow
horribly mutilated and dead.
A SEVERE wind and rain storm passed
over Pennsylvania July 1ltn. A liar.
risburg dispatch Of that date says about
five O'clock this afternoon u storm of UNI
usual severity swept over Millin and
Juniata counties. The Presbyterian
and Methodist churches were unroofed
and the Lutheran church was slightly
damaged. A row of ten buildings on
Main street, occupied principally rs
stores, were unroofed, gable ends
blown in and the contents badly dam
aged. The carriage factory Of Showers
4 School was badly damaged and
number Of carriages destroyed. The
roof of the public school building was
blown oil, and nine other buildings
were more or less damaged. The loss
is estimated Mt $4,000.
A LATER Evansville, Ind. dispatch Of
July nth, says: Developments in the
suicide Of Mrs. DIR. j. w. Irwin, ON
Friday, tend to show that she commit
ted the decd in moment of terrible
fascination which many persons f0el in
tine presence of opportunities t. meet
sudden death ns in jumping from
heights, etc. She had half dressed her
self and went to u drawer to get an artl-
Gle Of clothing and pistol stared her
in tho face. She took it in ner hands and
the deed was committed. There is no
truth in the statement that another
woman had prosecuted her with letters,
claiming to have been Tilted by her
husband. Dir. Twins condition is
causing much anxiety. The city has
not been 80 agitated over II tragedy III
ten years.
A MILWAUKEE dispatch of July 18th
says II man named Mcdonald, while
trying TO cross tho Menomonee river
yesterday morning, in the town Of Wau-
watosa, saw an aged man and woman
sitting on the bank ofthe river, and evil
IDENTITY engaged in preparing for some
unusual performance. Soon after he
saw tho couple locked Ill each others
arms, the mans head resting on the
woman's breast, out i'll the river, and
they appeared to lie drowning. The
man wus then Just under the water, and
the woman's head only appeared above
the surface. Mcdonald, who could not
swim, ran to give the alarm, but failed
to mako anyone believe his singular
story. He came isto town and re-
ported what he had seen, but his state
ment was generally doubted. After y
while tho authorities determined TO in
vestigate, and upon proceeding to the
place designated by Mcdonald IL man
and woman, probably Germans, were
found drowned and locked in each
others arms. Both were plainly
dressed.
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