Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-15

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int, made . confession that be and neigLbor
named Wee1ler. murdered and robbed ped
dler, whose body ZONE time ago 1ss found IN
the creek The authorizes are looking for
WeedIeg.
RACHAEL SMITH, q wii1x, 'wss murdered By .
burglar On the night Of the 9Th inst, in her
house near AdaIn.burg, Westznorel4nd county,
Pa Her daughter escaped BY Jumping through
Z giudOw 10 the ground, distance Of twelve
feet, receiying serious injury.
A NAE giving the name VI George VI. Jones,
and claiming 70 be Boston merchant, but sup
p1sed ~ have been lieutenant In the navy
named SMITH shot himself fatally un the 5th in
81. vincent hospital, New York.
GEAyE robbers are at work at Papinesnvilie,
Ottawa Eight bodies we're stolen IN one week.
AT Chicago, On the 9Th. John Murphy, during
al alteration with Anthony Warnimout, drew a
long butcher-knife and plunged it into Wsrni-
n0nt's side. The latter died next morning. Both
were worldngrnsn, and bad been drinking.
Or the 9th inst, All unknown negro tramp
shot and killed a passenger on the Bee Line
railway, seven miles west OF Sidney, Ohio. The
negro had boarded the train at Sidney and hAy-
ing no money wa- put of at Hardin station. As
the train started he got on the platform and
fired through tho window, presumably at the
oenger Joseph N. Lehman, Of Houston The
negro escaped.
CHAELzs FERNANDEZ willie at dance at a
stage station, near Santa Fe n. NJ, on the 9Th
inst, quarreled with party Of graders Of the
ID. x H. q. railroad, aud was shot four times
and killed.
GEoRGE b. QUIgG, a notorious thief, and his
wife were arrested at Chi aga, on the 7th inst,
for hotel thieylng. Property consisting Of jew
elry, ladies' shawls dresses, ETC.. aggregating
IN value =, 900 to .l0,0 was captured; also a
bunch Of keys fitted for rooms in all the pnnc-
pal hotels in the city was found in Their room.
GEORGE SAVAGE, Cleveland shoe dealer, but
who lately suffered revcrses, was found dead III.
bed on the 7th inst, his head nearly cut Off
with long, sharp shoe knife, and blood on the
ceiling and all over the room. He Was insane.
Tbs body Of Albert Scheu, city editor Of the
Cleveland Anzei9ey, German daily, was found
in the lake on the 18th inst, four miles from that
city. He "aded in this water and cut his throat
PosfMAsTER EADDERMAs, at Bolton, Texas,
has absconded with $4,000 government money.
Ar Santa Re, N. ~, on the night Of tho 4th
inst, Vim. Robinson shot Policeman Sunday
twice, knocking of two fingers. Sunday re-
turned the fire, killing Robinson instantly
Robinson was intoxicated.
City, Mo-, on the 9Th inst, while working in
the prison yard, got into quarrel and Smith
struck sBoderick twice over the head with a
SPADE, fracturing the skull. Smith then started
for the tool housc with the design Of escaping
from the yard, but was met by the guard who
demanded his surrender He refused and con-
tlnued to advance. One Of the deputy wardens
| then appeared, and ordered Smith to yield, but
ho again refused. saying he would die first, and
. "a a ,,..
/ manner started toward them. They then opened
/ fire upon him, three balls taking effect killing
/ him almost instantly. Boderick lived about an
hour.
1 Ar six o'clock on the morning Of tho 9Th,
Johnson G.. Whitaker, colored cadet Of the
4 West Point class OF 1876, was found bound hand
/ and foot in his room at the barracks, with a
/ piece Of one ear cut off. The Other ear WAS
! slit and his head was bruised. He stated that
/ three masked men attacked him while no was
/ in bed some time after midnight, and COM
mittod the outrage. Gen. SchOheld ant Jom-
/ mandant Luzello are investigating the affair.
( II is believed the outrage was committed by
cadets.
JOSEPH NJ HARRop shot and killed James
/ Fitzsimmons at Austin, Scott county, Ind, on
/ the 9Th, in quarrel growing out Of political
discussions
! BRUTAL prize fight took place at Philadel-
/ phia on the ith inst, between two bruisers,
/ Callahan and Mcguire. The latter Vase badly
beatOu that his life IL de5paired Of. Callahan
and bis friends have fled.
/ A MESpocISo Cal, dispatch Of the ith inst,
says: AT Narrow Ridge, this county, Neil S.
I Hammaland killed his wife, Johanna, and her
paramour, Frank Allsen, "a they we're sleeping
together, Draining both with an axe. HANNA
( lands little son, sleeping IN the same bed gave
/ the ALARM and the murderer was secured
THOMAS BARKER, wealthy retired upholsterer,
OF 124 East Fifteenth street, New York, was
found dead at daybreak on the 4th inst, IN
front Of No. l,723 Third avenue. UImd
. O'Connell, of the latter place, was arrested on
charge Of numbering him.
A DISPATCH from Reading, Pa. says the
people Of Honey Brook township, Chester coun-
ty are in terrible stare Of alarm over the
degradation Of a band of Welch mountain
thieves, who arc burning their barns aid driving
off stock The maraudors robbed q country
schoolhOuso of q large bible, nailed II TO tree
I and posted Il notice with skull and cross bones
attached, stating il the Horse insurance COM
pany followed them up 10 make arrests fearful
dosoation would follow. Members of the de-
tectiyc company have had their horses and cattle
poisoned
WM. SrmsoN, Jr., pawnhroker, was shot in
bis store, y Chatham street, New York, ON the
81 inst. by Geo. G. Randolph, under Indictment
I for an attempt 70 eNiou money from HIM 10y
by threats His wounds aro dangerous