Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-19

sheriff OF New Orleans. who Is jailed in
Toronto for stealing 1880, attempted sui
eide UnEUccesrfuIIv.
LOWELL, Mass. l. excited over The dis
c0very Of the CORPSE OF woman in
vault attached 10 the residences Of iwo
respectable citizens.
j DIFFICULTY aver the sale Of some
bankrupt effects has eliminated In the ar
rest Of 7. Lennon, sheriff Of Ouiassmie
county, Wisconsin. for enhezzleIneut
J0HS WEISMAS. residing near West
Bend, Wis, has been sentenced TO two
wears il the n4nitsntizrv a. chester. H..
for robbing the mail OF registered letters
containing soi.
AT DAYTON, Miun., in a quarrel about
cali, farmer named Herman Tlautck
drew a knife and cut the throat OF stock
buyer named Hoffman from ear 70 ear.
The latest assassination in Ne~ Mexico
occurred at Lake Valley, where DR.. 4. II.
hall1nberg met his death 81 the hands Of
Christian Moosner
COLONEL HESEY 4. sIBLEY, Of Boston,
Eho vas sent u state prison for forgery,
has been pardoned because Of the poverty
Of hi wife.
THE postofice al Georgetown, D. C., was
entered by burglars and robbed Of about
- 900 worth Of property.belOnging TO Miss
Blaekford, The clerk in charge.
Miss NABBY BA>sEI, over ~ years Of
age, living alone at Ash6eld, Mass, was
burned 10 death E.5- Buildings being
consumed, foul plav Is Suspected
JoHS NJ HESKY, the express robber.
broke Jail at Dodge City, Kan, by saving
bolt from bar in the door. This is his
thid escape.
Murray CHASE. Of Rhode Island, has
ruined his aged father By forging his
name for several thousand dollars and
placing bogus mortgage On his farm.
The Delaware and Hudson road has for
the past month had detectives watching
It's conductors, the result being the dis
charge Of FIVE OF the latter One man ap-
propriated SIS on trip OF forty miles.
II the circuit court at Aurora, H., the
trial Of William kimball Tor the murder
Of Billings Wright, resulted in verdict
o. acquittal. The defense was that Kim
ball was insane when he fired The fatal
shot.
Two policemen at Chattanooga arrested
Albert Savald for drunkennes" and when
at him with fatal effect. The coroRers
Jury rendered verdict Of murder in the
first degree.
THE speculative circles Of Texas have
a sensation. One q. Frost, president Of
the Franco Texan Land Company, has
absconded with some $4,000 of his com
pany's money and owing various persons
So, 600 besides.
ROBERT MckELyY. when arraigned in
Boston for burglary, took into the court
room a rope made from the ticking of his
bed He fastened it 10 an iron bar in the
window and managed to get outside, but
the frail support gave way, and he fell
forty feet 10 the ground, breaking his
spinal column.
Two chivaric Georgians named Hart
and Register fought duel with knives in
Sumter county. The duel resulted in the
death Of both In Doolev county, in the
same state, Joe Stoyall was INDUCING in
the pastime OF beating his wife, when his
brother JEFF interfered, whereupon Joe
shot JEFF, intlicting mortal wounds. The
State Of Ben Hill il not a safe place for
chivalric people.
4 Picnic party near Tailedeja, Ala, had
among its partici pants a child OF years,
adorned with gold ornaments and dia
mond pin. On being missed, search was
made and she was discovered dead in the
arms Of a negro thief, who was about 10
throw her body over the falls 1t took
but moment 10 hang the scoundrel to a
tree, where his corpse was left to dangle in
the wind.