Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

be determined. Some seem 70 be of
the opinion that Sailing" has been
done, and that shrewd schemers are
about to make barrel Of it. Years
ago silver excitement ragged in the
same locality, but proved to be gigan-
TIC sell. Spectators are prospecting in
the above locality, and prices of lands
have advanced at rapid rate.
DUNN & Co. are Philadelphia dry
goods merchants. They became CON
vinced that somebody was stealing
either goods or money from them, for
their profits were every year less by
about $1,000 than the business should
have yielded. They instructed their
chief bookkeeper, Aigeo, to hunt for the
thief; and he made what appeared to
be a thorough but Intellectual investisa-
ton. Then junior partner went to
work on his own account, and soon fix
ed the guilt on Algeo, who confessed
having stolen 10000 dollars within six
years.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburg, Pa, says;
"The coal-miners along the Pan Handle
Railroad are all out on strike Tor in
creased wages. They have been getting
q cents. but want 3, the same as the
Monongahela diggers. Mining is also
suspended on the CHARTERS Valley
Road. 1t is reported here this evening
that the kanawha miners in West Vir-
ginia are considering the propriety Of
suspelding work. 1t looks as if the
coal-diggers throughout this section Of
country had combined to force employ
ers to concede the demand for higher
prices. The success of the Mononga-
hela miners has greatly encouraged
them"
A RrDGEWAY, Mich dispatch Of the
3lst says. serious accident occurred
on the Grand Trunk railroad, near
Smiths Creek. AS the night express
was passing point two miles east Of
that place. it was thrown from the track
and the engine, tender, and three for
ward cars wrecked. Robert Wilson,
the head brakeman, was crushed to
death between two cars. Ben Waters,
engineer, and Jerry McGuire, fireman,
were fatally scaided, the latter having
since died. Waters case is pronounced
hopeless. Francis kellogg, of Erie,
Pa, has broken leg; S. F. Willard, of
Chicago, was cut about the head, and
his right arm fractured. Several others
were slightly injured. The accident
was caused by train-wreckers, who had
taken up rail- They were traced by
footprints in the mud, and the tools
found a short distance off. Several
persons were arrested. The railroad Of
fcials refuse 70 give any details, but
claim to have the right parties.
AN Omaha dispatch of March 31st
states that the criminal case Of the state
VS.. |. 7. Olive, one of the cattle kings Of
Nebraska, and his ten associates, indict-
ed for burning Mitchell and Ketchum,
in Custer county, begins at Hastings to-
morrow. A desperate effort will be
made on the part of the defense to OBJ
tain a postponement Of the trial or a
| change of venue, on the ground that a
! fair trial cannot be had at Hastings or
elsewhere IN this state at this time.
| However, it Is pretty generally
understood that Judge Gaslin is
opposed to any postponement, and
he will probably order the trial
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be tried together or separately, az they
choose, and, in case of separate trials,
which is likely to be the source of the de-
PENDANTS, then Olive will be tried first.
Two or three days viii be consumed
in impaneling jury and arranging the
preliminaries, so that evidence will not
probably be begun until Thursday
Olives trial will last ten days or two
weeks, and, in case of separate trials,
the cases of the others will extend over
two months, thus running up an i'm
mense bill of expenses on both sides.
| The prosecution fear that attempts will
be made to tamper with the jury, but
every precaution will be taken against
anything Of that kind. Olives aged
father and mother, and his brother,
Ira w. Olive, are here, and another
brother is on his way up from Texas,
with ], 900 horses. The Olives are rich
and powerful, aid propose to do every
thing possible in behalf of the prisoner.
This case will attract universal atten-
ton, on account of the nature and mag
natude of the crime and the large num-
Der who are TO be tried, all on the
charge OF murder.
FOREIGN.
The court of Spain is urging King