Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-27
THE WEST.

ADvIcEs from Santa Fe indicate that there is
much cause for alarm as to the movements Of
the Navajo Indians. A party of that tribe re-
Gently attacked the mail bus near Blue Water,
ripped open the mail sacks, and threatened to
kill the driver. The number Of troops i'll the
territory is entir, " inadequate to cope with the
sayages The In liam agent at Fort WIngate Is
exceedingly unpopular with the Indians, and
his withdrawal ia pettioned for by the employees
al the post.
DAKOTA wheat is 20 per cent. better than at
this time last year. and the wheat acreage along
the line of the Northern Pacific railroad is
about 10, 900 against 5000, 900 last year.
JuDGE COOPER X. WATSON, of the court of
common pleas at Sandusky, o., died on the
Goth, aged 10 years. He was a member of cou-
gress in 1850
A Tucson, Arizona, courier brings news Of an
uprising of Indians on the San Pedro Nine
prospectoss are known to have been killed and
five more are reported killed. Settlers are flee
ing from the San Pedro country to Tuscou.
WIN. ALLEN, of st. Louis, sues thirty resi-
dents of Clermont county, Ohio, for trying to
lynch him year ago. He was unduly intimate
with married woman in that county, and the
indignant citizens hung him from railroad
bridge, but, the rope breaking, he made his
escape.
THE state board of equalization of Kansas
has assessed 1907 miles Of railway within the
limits Of the state this year, as against ,, A43
miles last year, an increase of 564 miles IN one
year. The railways of the state are valued for
this location at an aggregate of Sl9Tl $50
this year, rs against $40, 153,0lS last year, an
increase Of S3,5Ss, 636 during the year. Aver
age value per mile this year is S6565.
Mr.. BoUsER, of Paris, H., who vent " 1t
twenty years ago, and had not been heard from
Inv - fa, tlN ty,fsa otal N
the 18th instant
BIsnoP WM. SANrEY, of the NJ. K. church.
died ut his home in Westerville, O., ON the 18th
inst. He was one of the founders of Oberhn
university.
A DISPATCH was received at Tucson, Arizona,
on the nth inst, from Capt. Madden, dated
"Head fSau Francisco river, May l." 1t says:
~ arrived hre tonight, and have travelled
hard for thee days and two nights III pursuit
of Victoria's Indians but they are still day
ahead of me. They got away with thirty horses
from here last night, They have so far to my
knowledge killed eleven men, two women and
-four children Have heard OF twenty-five Others
being killed
4 PARTY of twenty-five men who started on
the 10th Of last month to recover stock stolen
from John DcfTmach, murdered III the lnyan-
kara mountains. and to ayenge his death, came
to a party of seventeen Indians ON the Little
Powder River on the 18th inst, and killed toui
of them and captured seycuty-Seveu horses.
Jos. Rhodes, one of the party was killed.
On the evening of the 18th instant at the
Jewish cemetery, Louisville, Ky, by. Gabriel
Kaiser shot hlmsf through the heart al the
foot of the grave of his wife, who died about
six weeks ago.
MRs. BRYAN, wifeofa prominent physician of
Lexington, Nv, IN n tit of mental derauge
on the 18th instant, gave her child fatal dose
of morphine. and then treated herself likewise
but her potion was too great and in consequence
her life WAS saved. The unfortunate woman
was taken to an asylum.
The body Of Max 0. Plat, New York stocL
broker, was found in the river On the 18th inst.
under circumstances that clearly Indicated SUI
eide. Several years ago he was trusted en-
ploye of stock arm at a salary OF $50, 600 pei
wear but he conceived the idea of becoming I'm
Intensely wealthy, threw up his situation anc
plunged wildly into speculation. In short
time he made 500, 000 but lost every cent ht
possessed in an attempt to double the sum