Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

the neck. He then went into the yard and
shot himself through the head, dying in.
stsntly. Mrs. WEoHTLER will probably
recover. He evidently went to Milwaukee
for the purpose Of killing her.
The brush fires In the Parish of st.
George, Quebec, are said to have done
great damage Seven or eight square
miles of the county have been swept by
the flames, and the settlers of the place
have been rendered entirely destitute. A
large qusntity of timber, grain, and house.
hold property has been destroyed.
The number OF hogs slaughtered and
sailed by Chicago packers from March
to Sept IS, is 100000, against 1,555,000
for the corresponding period in 1879 and
100000.
Recent heavy rains have done great
damage TO the unharvested crops in
various parts Of England. In Yorkshire,
Cheshire, Cornwall and other counties
the rivers have overlooked their banks,
doing considerable damage to unharvest-
ed crops.
A pleasing incident occurred at Boston,
England, on the 18th inst. The bells OF
the parish church were rung in honor of
our Boston. This Is the church which
was presided over by the Rev. John Cor.
TON for twenty years, before he became
pastor of church in the New England
settlement.
GAMBETTA triumphed and De FREY
CINET surrendered at discretion, Satur.
day. This result was brought about by
the threat Of resignation on the part of the
Radical members of the French Cabinet
President GREvY advised concession and
the De FREYCINET.GUIBERT letter as q
basis of compromise between the religi.
Gus orders and the French Government
will be withdrawn, and NJ. constants,
Minister of Public Worship, will enforce
the March decree in such manner and at
such times as he-or rather his chief,
GAMBETTA may deem proper. A letter
has been already addressed to three Ro-
man Catholic Archbishops by M. Con
STAINS, in which he states that the compro.
mise letter csnnot take the place of the
authorization required by law Of the re-
! ligious coniraternities. A Ministerial
crisis is aver,ed for the present, but all is
not peace in the French Cabinet yet
A maiden lady named NANCY HAY.
WOOD, living with her brother in the town
OF Oakland, Mauitowoc county, WAS muir
dered Sunday night. Her brother left
home in the evening, leaving his sister
with a servant girl and her sister, and on
returning he found blood on the floor and
traced it to the body of MS sister, which
he found under the wood pile with her
throat cut She was covered with wood
and boards. The girls have both been
arrested, hut claim to know nothing about
the murder.
HENRY LINDLEY, serving man in the
employ of ANDREW TIFFANY, living near
GAINESVILLE, Hillsdale county, Mich, fell
in love with his employers second daugh-
ter ALICE. Upon her refusing to marry
him, Sunday afternoon, he shot her dead,
then killed himself, They were alone in
the house at the time.
THURsToN, who attempted to assassinate
| Col, ID. r. ANTHONY, OF Lesvenworth,
! Kan, has been sentenced to eighteen
! years Imprisonment
JOHN NEvINs, farmer, living near
Rochester, Mimi, abused his wife and his
hired men. On Saturday he was pound.
ing Mrs. NEvINs, as usual, when BURKE,
sn employe, interfered Turning on
BURKE, he was administering severe
| chastisement to him when another farm
laborer, named BULEN, appeared on the
scene, and put . bullet through the rut-
| fan, killing him instantly.
Internal Revenue Commissioner RAUM
has promised to furnish sufficient armed
! force to break up the band of N CONSUMERS
in southwestern Virginia who recently
/ fired upon government officers.
| A disastrous fire occurred at Green Bay
( Monday afternoon and evening, which
destroyed go dwelling houses, three barns
/ and Presbyterian Church. The resi-
deuces blrned were among the best in
the city. The fire departments of Oconto
and Depere responded to a call tor aid.
/ The fire broke out in the Astor mill, and